President* Joe Biden
Multiple sources called this election differently

Here is some timely news and commentary about President* Joe Biden.

On this page:

News and commentary about President* Joe Biden

Gaffes and baggage while Vice President.



Related pages:

Kamala Harris

Media bias in Biden's favor

Biden's Cabinet and Other Appointments

Chinese surveillance of the U.S. mainland

The Socialist Democratic Party platform

Wholesale election fraud

Liberals are out of step with America



News and commentary about President* Joe Biden

Introduction by The Editor:
The news media declared Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election on November 4th, long before any state had so certified.  Then the Biden handlers set up the fictitious "Office of the President Elect" for his television appearances, to promote the perception that he actually won fair and square.  Officially, there is no such office.  There is nothing magical about any president's "First 100 Days" in office, yet that's all the news media could talk about in January.  One might be tempted to ask, What's the rush?  Indeed, Joe Biden is now acting like a dictator, just like Barack H. Obama, issuing dozens of unilateral decrees, in the form of executive orders, the purpose of which is to legislate from the White House all the policies that the Congress wouldn't be able to pass, and immediately implement the Democrats' socialist platform.  But Joe Biden is just a puppet:  He is a senile old man who will sign anything his handlers tell him to sign.  He will read whatever words come up on the teleprompter, just like Barack H. Obama.  He is apparently trying to weaken America's economy, just like Barack H. Obama.  The national news media are doing everything possible to portray Joe Biden in a positive light, just as they did for Barack H. Obama.  The Biden presidency is starting to look like Obama's third term.

The biggest mystery in America today is this:  Who is running the Executive Branch of the federal government? This is an original compilation, Copyright © 2024 by Andrew K. Dart




Yet another note from The Editor:
Perhaps I should apologize, or boast, that this page has turned into a four-megabyte heap of text related directly to Joe Biden.  Unlike the multiple pages of news and commentary about Barack H. Obama, no attempt has (yet) been made to sub-categorize articles about Biden's unwise decisions, mental state, cloud of corruption, or other topics — with the exception of his favorable treatment by the press, and his long list of objectionable appointments.  Use the "Find" function in your browser to get to a specific subject.

Appended 3/3/2023:
This collection has grown to 5½ megabytes, but only the first megabyte or so is on this page.  The rest has been moved to the overflow area, to save bandwidth — yours and mine.  Mostly mine.


Overview #1:
Biden is the most amoral President in US history.  The President pretends to be Catholic but clearly does not live by Catholic tenets.  He supports abortion up until the moment of birth.  This past week, he sent a cease-and-desist letter to the priests who have been ministering to Catholic patients at Walter Reed Hospital.  He intends to contract outside persons to provide Catholic ministry.  While VP, he supported the persecution of the Little Sisters of the Poor for refusing to provide abortion services to their employees.  In short, he is about as Catholic and Christian as Nancy Pelosi, another faux Catholic, a classic elitist who has nothing but contempt for actual Catholics, actual Christians.  There are years of evidence, including from Biden's own daughter's diary, that Biden is a pedophile or at least has pedophilic tendencies.  He cannot keep his hands off young female children; he fondles and sniffs them.  Tara Reade's account of his molestation of her years ago is credible. [...] The sadly mentally incapacitated Biden is a tool of the worst people on the planet:  the Communist Party of China and the Machiavellian scoundrels of the WEF. [...] Biden's weakness has reverberated throughout the world.  His thwarting of our energy independence, his absurd implementation of all the covid restrictions that submarined the US economy and his vaccine mandates that have killed thousands will be his legacy.  This President's obsession with LGBT issues, especially the transgenderism of children, proves his evil intent beyond all other issues.

Overview #2:
A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century.  The laptops are real.  The FBI has known this since 2019, when it first took possession of them.  When the New York Post attempted to report on them, dozens of the most senior national security officials in the United States lied to the public, claiming the laptops were likely part of a Russian "disinformation" plot.  Twitter, Facebook, and Google, operating as fully integrated branches of the state security infrastructure, carried out the government's censorship orders based on that lie.  The press swallowed the lie and cheered on the censorship.  The story of the laptops has been framed as many things, but the most fundamental truth about it is that it was the successful culmination of the years-long effort to create a shadow regulatory bureaucracy built specifically to prevent a repeat of Trump's 2016 victory.  It may be impossible to know exactly what effect the ban on reporting about Hunter Biden's laptops had on the 2020 vote, but the story was clearly seen as threatening enough to warrant an openly authoritarian attack on the independence of the press.  The damage to the country's underlying social fabric, in which paranoia and conspiracy have been normalized, is incalculable.  As recently as February, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to the scandal as the "half-fake laptop story" and as "an embarrassment," months after even the Bidens had been forced to acknowledge that the story is authentic.

Laptop recap and overview:
Hunter Biden:  Looking at that laptop that wasn't mine violated my privacy.  After Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea deal broke down, he changed lawyers and changed strategies.  His former lawyer was a deal maker.  His new one, Abbe Lowell, is famed for his confrontational, slash-and-burn approach.  His latest move is another flamethrower blast.It's a lawsuit to contain the troubles caused by Hunter Biden's infamous laptop computer, the one he left at a Delaware repair shop but failed to pick up and pay for.  When he dropped it off, he signed the shop's standard agreement saying that, if he didn't return and pay for the work, the shop would then own the computer its contents.  The computer repair shop owner examined the data on the laptop as a result, and this has caused a world of hurt for the Bidens.  The repairman gave the computer to intermediaries who gave it to the New York Post, the only newspaper that was interested.  Since then, the Biden family has been dealing with the consequences, mostly by denying the computer was really Hunter's or the data from it was faked — claims which have been disproven by two different US media investigations.  The idea that the data isn't Hunter's has also been contradicted by IRS whistleblower testimony.  Nonetheless Team Biden has battled hard to suppress reporting of the data.  This suppression wasn't designed to help Hunter.  It was designed to help his father win the 2000 election.  That's why father, son, and the team surrounding them denied everything about the computer, claimed it was all a Kremlin fabrication, and tried to prevent newspapers from reporting about it and social media from discussing it or even circulating the newspaper articles.

Overview and recap:
Biden's Criminal Enterprise.  President Joe Biden's questionable activities go back to his first year as Vice President in 2009 and continued throughout his eight years serving in the two-term Obama administration, punctuated with son Hunter being paid $1 million a year as a board member of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma in 2014.  That role continued for more than four years, with a large $10 million dollar payoff from Burisma coming to Hunter and Joe Biden after the latter blackmailed Ukraine by threatening the withholding of $1 billion in U.S. aid unless prosecutor general Victor Shokin was fired from the corruption investigation of Burisma in March of 2016 — an investigation that would have exposed fraud, including questionable payments to Hunter Biden.  FBI documents refer to the two $5 million payments to Hunter and Joe Biden as a 'bribe' paid by Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky.  The case for impeaching President Joe Biden goes beyond bribery and emolument high crimes related to Ukraine.  In 2014, Hunter Biden introduced his father, then Vice President, to Kazakhstan oligarch Kenes Rakishev at a dinner.  Records and testimony obtained by James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee show that at that time of introducing Rakishev to Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden and his business partner Devon Archer were working on a deal involving Burisma, on whose board they both served, and a Chinese company that would have been based in Kazakhstan.  To facilitate the deal and his relationship with Archer and the Bidens, Rakishev wired $142,300 to Rosemont Seneca — a shell company created by Devon and Hunter — the exact amount needed to fund Hunter's sportscar purchase the next day.

Loving Dad Joe Engages Son in Life of Crime.  Organized crime bosses protect themselves from legal jeopardy by insulating themselves from the dirty work.  They use underlings to sell their product, collect the money, launder the money, and if necessary take the fall.  If a legal price is to be paid, it's paid by the expendables.  The boss keeps them quiet with hush money, legal assistance, and witness intimidation.  Does anyone believe that a cartel boss helps an arrested underling out of love?  Nope.  He does it in service to his own selfish interests — which brings me to Hunter Biden's loving father, Joe.  We've learned a great deal about the Biden family business in the last three years from abandoned laptops, congressional investigations, and federal whistleblowers.  We know that Hunter was working on a deal with a Chinese energy company in which 10 percent would go to the "big guy."  We learned from Hunter's business partner, Tony Bobulinski, that the "big guy" was Hunter's code name for his dad, Joe Biden.  Oddly, Bobulinski was never interviewed by Biden's consigliere or his crew, the Department of Justice.

'Someone's got to go to prison'.  [Scroll down]  Then there are the extraordinarily criminal activities of Biden's son Hunter.  The media and the CIA, FBI and DOJ all knew the Laptop from Hell was authentic in December of 2019 but suppressed it and/or claimed it was "Russian propaganda."  That includes William Barr, a wolf in sheep's clothing if there ever were one.  The powers-that-were covered up the existence of his laptop, chock full of proof of Hunter's many perversions — drugs, meth, cocaine, prostitutes including very young girls, and his many schemes to shakedown millions of dollars from foreign actors for who-knows-what in return.  But one thing is clear beyond doubt, given what the Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith laid out before us on Wednesday, information gleaned from IRS whistleblowers.  No taxes were paid on millions of ill-gotten dollars.  When he did pay taxes, he deducted his payments to prostitutes, sex clubs and porn sites.  How's that for chutzpah?  As someone commented the other day, this is a family of feral dogs!  They continue to disavow a biological granddaughter.  Hunter sells his pathetic paintings in some sort of obvious money laundering scheme.  And poor, old, demented Joe continues to deny any malfeasance.  He denies he ever had anything to do with Hunter's business dealings.  Once a grifter, always a grifter.  The Biden family is essentially a mob of the mafia-like variety.



Timely news and commentary:


Being non compos mentis, Biden is unfit to voteNon compos mentis translates to, "of unsound mind."  In some respects, we have an unsound electoral system:  an idiot can run for our highest public office, but be unfit to vote for himself.  Joe Biden is de facto unfit to vote.  After Special Counsel Robert K. Hur's report in the Joe Biden classified documents case, it should be easy to establish that Biden is also de jure unfit to vote.  Thirty nine states have laws that permit judges to disenfranchise people with varying stages of mental disorder, like idiocy.  Since Biden is the village idiot in Wilmington, Delaware, let's look at their law that restricts the voting rights of people with mental disabilities:

Biden Losing Minorities.  [Scroll down]  No less acute is Joe's mental health.  If you look, for example, at the pre-election debate between Trump and Biden in 2020, you can see that the latter at that time was almost able to express himself sensibly and explain his thoughts.  If you look at him now, you can only see an old person who cannot do or say anything without prompting from his assistants.  The president either "doesn't want to answer questions," or "technically shouldn't be here," or "oh, what I'm doing here" (just look at his hands at this point).  Biden is not mentally healthy, no matter how much he claims otherwise.  This is also evidenced by the large number of vacation weekends that he has taken since the beginning of his term (resting 40% of days — something an ordinary man cannot dream of), and the small number of public appearances, and the quality of his performances in these rare moments.

Jill Biden Compares Florida to Nazi Germany.  Oh, so now were back to the nazi references?  The communist left, including baby sitter and husband cheater Jill Biden can't seem to agree on one insult.  Can't stick with "MAGA extremists", "Nazis" or "Russian owned" slurs they've used since 2015.  Now, "Doctor" Jill Biden is comparing Florida to Nazi Germany or something.  Of course she made these cracks in of all places, California at a fundraiser.

Biden Gets Heckled in Raleigh and Folds Like a Cheap Camera.  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were in North Carolina on Tuesday, hoping to get some votes from a vital swing state by talking about healthcare.  So far, the polls indicate that North Carolina is trending in favor of former President Donald Trump, not to mention all the other swing states.  [Tweet]  So Biden is trying to figure out some approach to overcome his own incoherence and failed policies and convince Americans to vote for him.  On Tuesday, he tried to pitch Obamacare as a rationale.  Of course, he left out all the falsehoods that Obama/Biden told us when they sold it: that you can keep your plan and keep your doctor.  Oh, and your premiums will go down.  But as he was talking about Obamacare, he was interrupted by anti-Israel activists.  You can hear one of the activists yell out, "What about the healthcare in Gaza?" as Biden looks around in confusion.  [Tweet with video clip]

It Sure Looks Likes Joe Biden Lied to the Special Counsel About His Political Origin Story.  Did Joe Biden lie to then-Special Counsel Robert Hur about a long-proclaimed political origin story?  According to a new report, it sure looks like it.  In October of 2023, while being questioned by Hur about his illegal taking and storing of classified documents, the president decided to explain the one time he's "ever lied."  Biden claimed that, as a young lawyer, he once defended a construction company against a worker [...].  As the tale goes, the president was so great at his job that he wrote a "memo" that got the case thrown out.  He then supposedly felt so guilty that he turned to a life of public service, not for the power, fame, and fortune but to help the little guy.  One can't help but laugh at Biden's proclamation that the above incident is the only time he's ever lied in his entire life.  The president's career has been marked by the repetition of numerous falsehoods, to the point where there are too many to count.  So what's the problem with this specific story?  Per the Free Beacon's investigation, it "almost certainly" isn't true. [...] Biden has been telling that story for decades, and there's ample evidence he's been lying this entire time.  The president appears to have inserted himself into a case his law firm lost while he was still in law school.

The Jimmy Carter-ization of Kamala Harris.  Joe Biden's presidency is plagued by inflation, stagflation, and a Middle Eastern war, along with an Eastern European war and African decay.  In addition, America suffers from an open border, drug problems, and accelerating crime that has turned entire cities, such as New York, into slums.  Oh, and as in the 1970s, he loses wars.  (By the way, we abandoned Vietnam before Carter's presidency, but Biden was one of the Democrat architects behind that abandonment.) [...] Today's embarrassed laughter comes from a president who repeatedly falls down the stairs, shakes hands with invisible people, must be told to get out of the rain, needs giant Easter Bunnies to escort him on the White House grounds, and compulsively sniffs children.  Although, on second thought, none of that's very funny, is it?

"https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2024/03/the-untouchables-bidens-burisma-and-the-intelligence-community/?utm_source=akdart">The Untouchables:  Bidens, Burisma and the Intelligence Community.  Mike Benz is the founder and CEO of the Foundation For Freedom Online, which "Through educational reports, legal assistance, and public policy analysis concerning developing threats to digital liberties" seeks to "provide nonpartisan insights and assistance to all peoples taking a stand for freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and the free exchange of ideas online."  Prior to FFO, Benz was "a former State Department official with responsibilities in formulating and negotiating US foreign policy on international communications and information technology matters."  Benz's voice is an important one that communicates clearly about a vast amount of analysis and findings that he confirms with a deep and thorough inside perspective overlaid by technical expertise and diplomatic acumen.  Specifically, Benz has made several recent videos in addition to appearances made with Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and other conservative media figures.

Democrats lost one precious thing at Hunter influence peddling hearing.  This week, Democrats appear to have finally drained away what remained of themselves and their party.  For years, Democratic members and the media have demanded any evidence of the direct involvement or knowledge of President Joe Biden of the influence-peddling operation of his son, Hunter, and his brothers, James and Frank.  In the hearing, witnesses testified under oath about specific meetings with Joe Biden discussing these foreign dealings and the family business interests.  Bank records were introduced showing the transfers of millions going to Hunter and various Biden family members.

Desperate Biden Falsely Claims Trump 'Told Us to Inject Ourselves With Bleach'.  Joe Biden has released a new campaign video with Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi.  Though the video claims to have been recorded live, it hilariously features an insane number of jump cuts, suggesting it actually took multiple takes throughout the recording process to get Biden's performance on the mark.  But, that aside, the video made it quite clear that Joe Biden is so desperate, that he's trying to rehash long-debunked accusations against Trump in the hopes of trying to turn his faltering campaign around.  "This is the guy who doesn't care about science and reason," Biden claims in the video. "Remember, during the pandemic, Donald Trump told us to inject ourselves with bleach.  He said there's nothing to worry about if you do that."

House Oversight Committee Witnesses Makes Clear:  The Bidens Lied.  The House Oversight Committee Hearing on "Influence Peddling:  Examining Joe Biden's Abuse of Public Office" from Wednesday was dominated by key moments, especially when it comes to witness Tony Bobulinski.  In his opening statement, Bobulinski testified that Hunter Biden perjured himself.  He also mentioned repeatedly throughout the hearing how the Bidens lied.  It wasn't just Hunter who perjured himself, Bobulinski said, but so did President Joe Biden's brother, Jim Biden, when it comes to involvement with Chinese-linked company CEFC.  Bobulinski said he had "met with Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and Jim Biden at the Beverly Hilton in May 2017," which Hunter acknowledged but Jim denied took place.  With passion, Bobulinski emphasized that "Hunter Biden, in his own transcribed interview, confirmed that that meeting took place," adding "Hunter confirmed his uncle perjured himself in front of this Committee."

Trump's Third Act has begun.  The Democrats planned to cripple Trump financially so he couldn't spend as much on the campaign.  Trump turned Leticia James into his best fundraiser.  Lots of interesting developments lately on the topic of the 2020 election.  The Simulation wants at least one of those fresh allegations to be a Kraken.  Trump's legal maneuvering is likely to keep him eligible for the election.  You can fantasize about a heroic Democrat such as Newsom swooping in and replacing Biden, but it's looking less likely every day.  If it had always been the plan, it would have happened by now.  Looks like Biden has to stay on the job to keep the Biden Crime Family out of jail.  The predictable Democrat Summer Hoax will add some excitement, but it will be forgotten and debunked by November.

CIA blocked Hunter Biden's 'sugar brother' Kevin Morris from being interviewed by federal investigators, whistleblower claims.  The CIA ordered tax investigators not to interview the 'sugar brother' who bailed out Hunter Biden with millions of dollars, a whistleblower has claimed.  Kevin Morris loaned the president's son at least $5 million, bought his artwork, and made payments to Hunter's ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, as well as Lunden Roberts, the mother of his illegitimate four-year-old daughter.  But federal officials investigating the first son's tax affairs were summoned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and told them that Morris was off-limits to them.

Joe Biden Gives Rambling Incoherent Speech to a Few Rows of People in Arizona.  Joe Biden, the most popular president in US history who got 81 million votes in 2020, gave a rambling incoherent speech to a few rows of people at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona.  Just look at the setup for the most popular president ever who supposedly won Arizona in 2020:  [Tweet]  Biden on Wednesday announced an $8.5 billion investment with Intel for a major CHIPS and Science Act award.  The truth is DEI — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — killed the CHIPS Act.

Tony Bobulinski Accuses Hunter Biden of Committing Perjury, and He Has Receipts.  During an impeachment inquiry hearing on Wednesday, Tony Bobulinski testified regarding his previous business dealings with members of the Biden family.  During the hearing, he accused Hunter Biden of committing perjury during his previous testimony, and he called Joe Biden "a serial liar."  "You are presented with two narratives in this investigation," Bobulinski said in his opening statement, which was received by PJ Media.  "A false one being pushed by Joe Biden, a serial liar and fabulist now under this impeachment investigation for public corruption; his brother Jim Biden, a 75-year-old man who cannot keep his lies straight, including under oath; and his son Hunter Biden, a chronic drug addict facing two indictments with twelve counts."  Bobulinski continued, "You also have before you the truth, confirmed by multiple Biden family business partners over many years and backed up by mountains of irrefutable evidence, including text messages, emails, documents and recordings."  He then accused Hunter Biden of lying throughout his testimony to Congress last month and committing "egregious" perjury, and he came with receipts.

Former Biden Business Partner Accuses Hunter, Jim of Lying under Oath about Chinese Dealings.  In his opening statement before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, Hunter Biden's former business partner Tony Bobulinski publicly accused the first son and his uncle, Jim Biden, of lying under oath about the nature of their business dealings with Chinese conglomerate CEFC.  Bobulinski is testifying on Wednesday about the Biden family's foreign business dealings, the subject of the House GOP's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.  He testified behind closed doors last month and vividly recalled meeting Hunter, Joe, and James Biden in May 2017 to discuss a proposed joint venture with CEFC.  Bobulinski cited three examples of alleged perjury from Hunter Biden's sworn testimony last month, accusing Hunter of lying about: the timeline of his business relationship with CEFC, his father's interactions with his business associates, and the threatening text he sent a Chinese businessman in which he demanded payment and said he was sitting next to his father.

Hunter Biden's Business Partner Attacks Democrats Raskin and Goldman for Lying on Behalf of Biden Crime Family.  Former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski blasted Representatives Jamie Raskin and Don Goldman today in his opening statement before the House Oversight Committee.  Bobulinski accused Raskin and Goldman of lying to the American public in order to protect the Biden crime family.  The House Oversight Committee is holding its second hearing today as part of its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

The public humiliation of Joe Biden.  Anyone who's ever known someone with senile dementia, can see that Joe Biden's elevator no longer goes to the top floor.  At age 81, with a history of multiple brain aneurysms and surgeries, poor Joe's literally unravelling before our eyes.  Look at him at his campaign stops.  He can barely walk and needs sneaker soles the size of pickleball paddles to stay upright.  He can no longer safely navigate the main steps to Air Force One, his handlers instead using a much shorter set of stairs typically reserved for his staff and low-level functionaries.  His mouth hangs open, his pale blue eyes have that heartbreaking look of sheer panic, and he has no idea what to do with his hands, other than to mindlessly extend them in the hope that someone, anyone, will proffer a handshake.  He now frequently gets lost, wandering around event stages and unsure where to stand or exit.  He often turns in circles, waiting anxiously for someone to guide him.  In a pinch, the Easter Bunny will do.  Most days, his voice is shot.  He whispers, coughs, mumbles, and swallows his words.  He can no longer speak extemporaneously, much less handle a hostile interviewer or a debate.

Even More Dirt on the Bidens [has been] Dredged Up.  We all know Hunter Biden did some shady stuff beyond hookers and crack, even if you don't think his father Joe was involved.  Hate to burst the mainstream media news bubble you live in but more evidence mounts against the guy practically daily through House Republicans' impeachment inquiry.  That mainstream media bubble keeping you in the dark probably didn't tell you that a strategy memo dredged up by the inquiry showed Hunter Biden was involved in an unsuccessful attempt by CEFC China Energy to buy Westinghouse, an America-based but Japanese-owned (by Toshiba) manufacturer of nuclear reactors.  CEFC, which was in pretty deep with Chinese intelligence and was where Joe became Mr. "10% for the Big Guy," sought to buy Westinghouse through intermediaries such as Hunter associate James Gilliar's European Energy and Infrastructure Group because that's not suspicious at all.

The Mystery of Biden's New Boat Anchor Shoes Has Been Solved, and It's Worse Than Speculated.  [Scroll down]  The President of the United States has to wear giant-soled tennis shoes just to walk across the grass to board a helicopter.  He's wearing them with suits, not workout clothes.  During Inside Edition's report, they mention that the shoes are designed for "maximum stability."  That's true, which speaks to just how bad things have gotten for Biden.  If he were wearing them when he walked around his Delaware property, no one would bat an eye.  The fact that he's having to wear these things in formal situations hits differently, though.  The country is now at the place where it's current president can't walk properly without special shoes.  What's next?  A cane?

Biden's cyber-mess flying under the radar.  The [State of the Union] speech itself was a clinic in Beltway gaslighting, with Biden making a number of questionable to outright dishonest claims related to job growth, inflation, and so many other issues of concern to Americans.  On job growth, Biden's claim to have created "15 million new jobs" in three years fails to acknowledge the fact that about 12 million of those jobs can and should be classified as post-COVID "Return-to-Work" jobs that were actually created by his predecessor, President Donald Trump.  On the topic of inflation, Biden actually told the joint session of Congress that the United States had achieved the "lowest in the world."  But in reality, the United States is experiencing higher inflation than a number of industrialized nations and new reports show that the rate has actually ticked upward.  Despite all the misleading chest-pounding during the address, one major issue that President Biden mostly stayed away from was America's crumbling cybersecurity infrastructure.

Jill Biden Is an Absolute Disgrace.  Jill, who insists on being call "Dr. Jill" because that's what people lacking real accomplishments do, stands idly by as her husband is abused by handlers because she loves the trappings of the White House.  An argument could be made that she's simply too stupid to notice what's happening, and that is possible, but it's unlikely.  She sees him up close, and has for years.  Joe has always been stupid, but the senility is new.  It would be harder to miss than all of his groping, grabbing, nibbling, sniffing, rubbing and sexually assaulting over the years, all of which (except the last one) were regularly done in public.  Jill didn't care.  Jill doesn't care.

Hunter Biden witness may be self-serving but his China cover-up info is accurate.  Fugitive Gal Luft, the "missing witness" from the Biden corruption investigation, has made fresh allegations about the president's family's China connections in an exclusive 50-page expose obtained by The [New York] Post.  The former Israel Defense Force lieutenant colonel, who worked with the same Chinese energy company, CEFC, that paid Hunter and Jim Biden more than $8 million, skipped bail in Cyprus last year after being charged with attempted gun-running, acting as a foreign agent for China and lying to the FBI.  While his attacks on federal prosecutors clearly are self-serving, his disclosures so far have proven accurate, and his ongoing conversations with former employees of CEFC while on the run have produced new information about how influential Americans on both sides of the aisle in Washington were recruited to serve China's imperialist Belt and Road Initiative.  Hunter Biden, "the true sheikh of Washington," as one of his partners dubbed him, wasn't the only VIP cultivated by CEFC's enigmatic billionaire chairman Ye Jianming, who sprinkled expensive diamonds around Washington like candy.

The Biden Transcripts:  Confusion, Evasion, and Outright Lies.  The transcripts of President Biden's interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur have been released in anticipation of Hur's testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee.  The interviews cover two days:  October 8, 2023 and the October 9, 2023.  And already, the media has seized upon a line of attack against Hur: that Biden wasn't confused about the year of his son's death, that Biden was lucid and clear and that Hur misrepresented Biden's statements and his state of mind.  But that isn't the truth.  The transcripts, in fact, show Biden struggling with basic facts.  The year his son Beau died.  The year he left office.  The year Trump was elected.  Here's a short excerpt illustrating all these issues: [...] In a span of two pages of transcripts, Biden finds himself forgetting key dates and needing the assistance of his lawyers to make it through the interview.  But that's not the only example.

Hunter Biden's federal gun trial set for June 3: President's son faces up to 25 years in prison.  A federal judge ruled that Hunter Biden will face a trial on federal gun charges on June 3 in Delaware.  The president's son, 54, has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges related to him lying about his drug use when purchasing a gun in 2018. He faces up to 25 years in prison if he is convicted after the trial that could last up to nine days.  His gun trial on June 3 comes immediately for a separate trial in a case brought by Special Counsel David Weiss on nine tax charges set for June 20 in California.

The Editor says...
Hunter Biden will never go to prison, for one reason or another.  Joe Biden certainly won't.  Neither will Hillary Clinton.  Neither will Anthony Fauci.

Special Counsel confirms president wanted to keep documents for 'pride and money'.  Former special counsel Robert Hur revealed in Capitol Hill testimony that Biden 'willfully' retained classified materials as a private citizen and gave them to Mark Zwonitzer — the ghost writer of his $8 million book — who later tried to destroy them.  Hur arrived on Capitol Hill to offer insight into his devastating classified documents report that painted Biden as 'elderly' and 'forgetful' and with 'diminished faculties,' but did not recommend charges for the president.  He pushed back on Democrats who claimed his report cleared Biden of any wrongdoing, saying it 'did not exonerate' the president.

Hur Transcript Released:  Things Just Got a Lot Worse for Joe Biden.  Last month, the Hur report found that Joe Biden willfully retained, mishandled, and disclosed classified information but determined that he was essentially too senile to stand trial.  According to the report, Biden struggled to remember details, and he couldn't remember when his son Beau died.  Joe Biden angrily defended his memory in his unplanned address and attacked Special Counsel Robert Hur for bringing up Beau during his interview during the investigation, which managed to make things worse for him. [...] Joe Biden didn't even remember what year Donald Trump was elected president.  Two people then jumped in to correct Biden by saying it was 2016.

Democrats Are Seething After Robert Hur's Testimony, and the Highlights Are Brutal for Joe Biden.  Congressional testimonies often don't live up to the hype, but Robert Hur's trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday was everything Republicans were hoping it would be.  The now-former special counsel was in charge of investigating Joe Biden's theft and mishandling of classified documents, some of which were found unsecured in his garage.  That led to a report from Hur that was lambasted by Democrats for supposedly overstepping its bounds.  What was the issue?  It included ample evidence of the current president's senility, including significant memory loss.  But if Democrats were hoping to beat back some of the narratives produced by Hur's accurate portrayal of the facts, they quickly found out he wasn't there to play along with their gambit.

Turley: Democrats 'Bordered on Delusional' While Questioning Special Counsel Hur.  Special Counsel Robert Hur's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on his report about Joe Biden's willful retention of classified documents and other sensitive material lived up to the "pre-game" hype that many expected.  While Republicans continued to stress the two-tiered justice system in the case of Biden's classified documents vs. those of Donald Trump, Democrats continually tried to put words in Hur's mouth that neither he nor his report said.  So how bad were the Democrats?  George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley said the Democrats' questioning of Hur "seemed almost to border on the delusional."

'I did not exonerate him': Robert Hur sets Dem rep straight on conclusion of report.  Special counsel Robert Hur corrected Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal at a Tuesday hearing when she said his report exonerated President Joe Biden for his handling of classified documents.  Hur issued his report in February on Biden's handling of classified documents, deciding not to pursue charges against the president because he would be unlikely to get a conviction.  Jayapal asserted Hur's report exonerated Biden, but the special counsel disputed her statement.  [Video clip]  "This lengthy, expensive, and independent investigation resulted in a complete exoneration of President Joe Biden," Jayapal said.  "For every document you discussed in your report, you found insufficient evidence that the president violated any laws about possession or retention of classified materials."  "[Exoneration] is not a word that I used in the report," Hur asserted.  "And that's not part of my task as a prosecutor."  Jayapal talked over Hur as he elaborated on his answer.  "You exonerated him," she said.  "I did not exonerate him," Hur responded.  "That word does not appear in the report, congresswoman."

Byron Donalds Explains the Most Convincing Pieces of Evidence Showing Biden Family Influence-Peddling.  Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) appeared on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo to explain the most serious evidence against the Biden Crime Family and their attempts to profit off Joe Biden's name and official position.  [Transcript]  He also spoke about the two-tiered justice system in today's America, where Biden got a free pass despite having piles of classified documents in his garage and other locations:  [Tweet]

An Aging Puppet.  While not all dementia or Alzheimer's patients show increased aggression or angry behavior, many of them do.  They may curse, hurl insults, or yell at you.  Short of losing their sanity, the caregiver becomes a kind of expert diplomat, taking note of triggers that might warn of the coming combative behavior.  Sometimes there are no clues, just rage. [...] We also watched in disbelief as the executive branch attacked the judicial branch, with President Biden "having an invective against the Supreme Court justices" sitting directly in front of him in the chamber.  I've never seen anything like it; it was like watching someone sucker-punch the Constitution.  Meanwhile, the mainstream media was declaring that the president "delivered perhaps the best speech of his life last night; he may have also changed the race itself."  I agree he changed the race all right, but not the way they're thinking.

The White House Tried to Remove Mentions of Biden's Poor Memory from the Hur Report.  Special Counsel Robert Hur is expected to testify before congress tomorrow, the first time he will have spoken publicly since the release of his report.  In anticipation of that moment, the Washington Post published a lengthy story about tensions between the White House and the Justice Department.  The gist of the article is simple.  The White House is angry about the Hur report's discussion of Joe Biden's poor memory and also about the ongoing investigation of Hunter Biden.  Naturally all of these complaints come from unnamed White House sources.  It doesn't matter, because they are offering the same tired talking points you've heard many times before.  What I found far more interesting was the list of ways in which the White House had tried and failed to change the report before it was made public.  When the White House first got the finished reported they asked Hur to remove references to Biden's memory.  Hur refused:  [...]

The State of the President.  It was inevitable that the corporate media would applaud President Biden's State of the Union address if he had the vitality to stand upright for two hours and the vision to read a teleprompter.  For ordinary voters who aren't paid to praise him, Biden's performance last Thursday night probably confirmed many of their fears about leaving him in office for another term.  This, for example, is how he described the current state of our domestic politics:  "Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today."  If your uncle said that during a family dinner everyone would agree that another trip to rehab was in order.  Biden's speech was full of similarly crazy claims.  Predictably, he brought up the fabled Jan. 6 riot and claimed, "Insurrectionists stormed this very Capitol and placed a dagger at the throat of American democracy."  Never mind that no one involved was ever charged with insurrection.  Ignore the polls showing that most Americans saw the event simply as "a protest that went too far."

They won't replace Biden.  The good news is that after his SOTU, it appears Biden is solidly on the ticket for 2024.  Breitbart reports that "President Joe Biden's reelection campaign raised a record-breaking $10 million in the day following his State of the Union speech on Thursday, his team told NBC News."  Many have posited that due to his unpopularity and failing in the polls, he would likely be replaced this year by Newsom, Whitmer, or even Michelle Obama.  If that happened, we'd have more to worry about against a candidate that might just be electable by even moderate Democrat standards.  However, with this kind of "record-breaking" fundraising just based on his SOTU performance, those prospects are getting dimmer.

Special Counsel Dave Weiss Hits Back at Hunter Biden, Accuses Him of Lying to the Court.  Special Counsel Dave Weiss accused Hunter Biden of lying to the Court in a reply to his motion to dismiss his charges in California.  The Justice Department in December filed new criminal charges against Hunter Biden.  Hunter Biden was hit with a 9-count indictment filed in the Central District of California:  Tax evasion, failure to file/pay taxes, and false/fraudulent tax return.  The new indictment was handed down by Special Counsel David Weiss after a sweetheart plea deal on tax charges fell apart over the summer.

Joe Biden Marks Ramadan with Sympathies for Muslims and Their 'Immense Pain'.  President Joe Biden marked the beginning of Ramadan by issuing a statement recognizing the "moment of immense pain" for many Muslim Americans while affirming his efforts to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza.  Biden, who says he is pushing to establish a truce in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, wrote in the statement Sunday evening:  ["]Tonight — as the new crescent moon marks the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan — Jill and I extend our best wishes and prayers to Muslims across our country and around the world.  The sacred month is a time for reflection and renewal.  This year, it comes at a moment of immense pain.  The war in Gaza has inflicted terrible suffering on the Palestinian people.["]

Obama's Biden Conundrum.  By March 20, 2024, Donald Trump will have amassed sufficient Republican delegates to clinch the Republican presidential nomination.  On the same date, Joe Biden will have accumulated the delegates required to secure the Democrat nomination.  Thirty-three weeks before the election, the nominating process will theoretically be concluded.  However, Joe Biden will be the oldest presidential nominee in American history (he will be 82 in November) and suffering from noticeably accelerating mental and physical disabilities.  If over the next seven months he were to die, or have a debilitating stroke or, in a far more likely scenario, is forced by the party hierarchy (i.e., Barack Obama) to drop out of the race due to his age, escalating infirmities and persistent unpopularity, the process to replace him is relatively straightforward.  The only considerations will be when Biden exits the race and the timeframe necessary to print ballots.  However, choosing someone to replace him is a potential minefield only Barack Obama can navigate.

Does a Bellicose Biden want War?  Joe opened his remarks firing shots across Putin's bow and the bows of homegrown deplorables — you know, the rabble of rural Whites who dare own bibles and guns, and Christian "nationalists," who share the founders' awful conviction that our rights derive from God, not man.  Flippin' insurrectionists, man!  Biden's rhetoric was part — but only part — gamesmanship.  His handlers need to rev-up chunks of the party's base, including spouseless females, while luring back menopausal suburban women.  After eight years of hysterics and hate, rank-in-file hysterics and haters are a tad exhausted.  They aren't showing enough intensity about old Joe's reelection bid.  So, time to fearmonger and rattle sabers.  For the establishment — which Democrat, Inc., is a subsidiary — enemies are foreign and domestic, Putin and flyover denizens.  Put those together and Joe sounded like elites hanker for more than war.  They hanker for Armageddon — if all else fails.

Special Counsel Robert Hur Is No Longer a DOJ Employee, Will Testify Before Congress As a Private Citizen.  There are multiple reports Monday night that Special Counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, is no longer a Department of Justice employee and will be testifying at a House Judiciary Committee hearing as a private citizen.  The Independent, known as a reliable lefty rag, published a story based on anonymous sources claiming that Hur "arranged his departure from the Department of Justice to be official as of Monday 11 March," specifically so he would not be "bound by the ethical guidelines which govern the behaviour of federal prosecutors" when testifying.  According to the story, Hur has also "surrounded himself with Republican partisans and notorious figures linked to former president Donald Trump" in preparation for the testimony.

Transcript from documents probe contradicts Biden's account of exchange with Hur over son's death.  A transcript of President Joe Biden's interview with the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified information contradicts the president's characterization of an exchange about the death of his son, Beau Biden, from brain cancer.  "There's even a reference that I don't remember when my son died," a visibly irate Biden told reporters hours after special counsel Robert Hur's report was made public last month.  "How [...] dare he raise that?  Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself:  It wasn't any of their [...] business."  But according to an ABC News review of the transcript, it was Biden, not Hur, who first invoked his son's death — and the president indeed struggled to recall the exact year it occurred.

The moral failure of Biden's State of the Union address.  In an age in which partisanship is greater than ever, opinions about the quality of the annual report by the president to the Congress — mandated by the U.S. Constitution — depends entirely on whether the listener shares the party affiliation of the person who lives in the White House.  That means that Democrats regarded President Joe Biden's State of the Union address as feisty, truthful and showed that he was not too old to serve and exactly what the country needed to hear.  Republicans thought of it as angry, divisive, full of lies and wondered whether the 81-year-old had relied on some artificial help to get through the evening while speaking at a speed that was oddly faster than his usual pace.

Why would anyone vote for Biden?  Let's look at some of the damage he has done since he took the oath of office on January 20, 2021.  He dismantled the border security policies that President Trump put in place and ended the border wall construction.  We now have about 9 million more illegal aliens disseminated across our country.  We haven't even begun to feel the existential pain of that invasion.  Under Trump's leadership, in 2018, the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world's largest producer of crude oil.  On Biden's first day in office, he shut down the Keystone XL pipeline, eliminating 11,000 well-paying jobs, and handed energy supremacy to our foreign enemies. [...] If Biden were the CEO of a major company and had drastically reduced the establishment's position in the corporate world, not only would he not have the audacity to expect re-election, but he'd certainly be given the boot before he could do any more harm.

Need More Proof Biden Was Drugged for the State of the Union?  A great deal hinged on Joe Biden's performance during Thursday evening's State of the Union address.  The White House knew more than anything that Biden had to dispel concerns regarding his age and cognitive decline. [...] One expert says that Biden's performance featured the telltale signs of being medicated.  Dr. Carole Lieberman, a forensic psychiatrist specializing in elderly dementia patients, pointed out that Biden's increased speed and volume during the address, contrary to his usual slow and stumbling demeanor, could be indicative of stimulant usage, potentially Adderall or another amphetamine.  "[Adderall]'s given to focus someone's attention so if you give it to someone who is not focused and give it to them ahead of a big event like the State of the Union, it will improve their focus," Lieberman told the Washington Times.  "But it's treating the symptoms rather than boosting the brain and it's addictive so it's dangerous."  As compelling and convincing as Lieberman's theory is, there's actually more evidence Biden was not his usual self during the State of the Union.

The Fate of the Union.  The Kid from Scranton's most memorably mendacious line got front-loaded, so as not to be lost on the watching millions already nauseated by "JB's" pre-speech triumphal journey from the entrance down the aisle through the mob of his elected admirers clamoring for selfies:  "Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today," the president squawked.  True dat.  The part he left out was that said assault emanates entirely from the very government he pretends to head.

Joe Biden and the war on truth.  I had been told that Joe Biden, the president of the United States, would be delivering the 2024 State of the Union Address on Thursday, March 7.  As it happened, he didn't.  Instead, he indulged in a surreal, medically enhanced species of primal scream therapy.  This was laced with liberal dollops of what Freudians call "projection," accusing his political opponents of stifling democracy when everyone outside the orbit of the state propaganda machine knows that the surveillance apparatus over which Biden presides — ex officio, at least — is a self-perpetuating machine for extinguishing democracy and its prime nutrient, frank commitment to the truth.  It was a truly bizarre performance in which the angry, semi-coherent maunderings of an angry old man again and again collided with the irrefragable wall of mundane, historical fact.  The collision was dissonant.  The compliant, poodle media obviously got the memo that the speech was to be described as "fiery."  I hope that the PR genius who came up with that adjective as a synonym for "partisan incontinent hectoring" gets a bonus.  He deserves one.  But the rest of the world was appalled by the spectacle.

An AI-generated speech shouted at the teleprompter by an angry old man on amphetamines.  This week was the ridiculous annual spectacle where the president is supposed to tell us the state of our so-called union, as if we don't already know.  That's a particularly appropriate topic for the current president who was elected on the promise that he would be a "uniter, not divider" who would bring normalcy and decency back to the office. [...] Given that, forget about the state of the union.  Consider the state of the presidency.  When the main mission of the most important speech of the president's long career is to show he's not asleep, his state is not good.  He did accomplish that limited mission of showing he wasn't asleep.  The guy shouted at the teleprompter for over an hour.  He wasn't just sleep-talking, and it wasn't just the meds doing the talking.  No, he was sincerely angry at that teleprompter.  And very clearly woke.  High as a kite, but woke.  Highly woke, and wickedly, wokedly high.  His anger at the teleprompter was a natural consequence of the years of miscommunications between the two.  The teleprompter tells him to say something, and he often says something quite different.

Joe Biden's Upper Wears Off, Leading to an Absolutely Disastrous Appearance in PA.  Many have speculated that Joe Biden was hopped up on something during Thursday's State of the Union.  Whatever stimulation he received before taking the podium, it wasn't enough to stop him from calling Laken Riley by the wrong name and proclaiming that women have "electrical power," among other flubs.  Somehow, things managed to get much worse on Friday.  After an ill-advised impromptu presser on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews, the president traveled to Pennsylvania for a campaign rally.  Let's just say the upper wore off, leading to perhaps his most senile speech yet.  [Tweet with video clip]  Watching that, all I can do is let out a long, slow sigh.  This guy is the President of the United States, and he doesn't even know what office he's running for.

Was Biden Drugged for the State of the Union?  One Expert Thinks So.  Joe Biden's fiery but mostly peaceful State of the Union address prompted many to suggest that he had been drugged before the speech to ensure an energetic performance.  I don't doubt that many wags made those comments in jest, but it may actually be the truth.  A psychiatrist who specializes in elderly dementia patients told the Washington Times that Biden displayed behaviors indicative of stimulant usage to conceal cognitive decline during his State of the Union address on Thursday.  While Democrats were rushing to claim that his performance proved that he was physically and mentally capable of handling the presidency, Dr. Carole Lieberman, a forensic psychiatrist based in Beverly Hills, Calif., noted that Biden's speed and volume during the speech could have been a sign that he was on Adderall or another amphetamine.  "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," Lieberman told the paper.

Biden's SOTU address was, quite simply, horrible.  Joe Biden's State of the Union ("SOTU") was unlike anything I've seen before, and I started watching these speeches in the mid-1980s.  No president has ever been so maniacally wired, periodically incoherent, or viciously angry.  That was style.  The substance was worse.  Biden opened by calling Trump a Nazi, shifted to Ukraine, promised to stamp out "insurrections," and attacked Republicans — and then ended by calling for non-partisanship and comity.  Throughout it all, he lied and then lied some more.  This was a Dark Brandon campaign speech, not an SOTU.  If you didn't watch Biden's SOTU, count yourself lucky.  It was a deeply disturbing experience. [...] Joe Biden was an angry Grandpa Simpson, with the volume cranked up and the speed out of control.  This was the kind of guy who, in a rage, would readily push the red button.  That alone was unnerving, demonstrating that we have a maniac in office — and, worse, his rage is against the American people.  Biden didn't open by speaking to Americans about our wonderful country.  He began by saying that America is facing a dystopian moment because Donald Trump is effectively Hitler, a point he returned to in an ad-lib during the speech.

Why Can't Joe Biden Understand the Difference Between Leadership and Anger and Yelling?  During more than three years of his presidency, Joe Biden has become known as much for his bursts of anger and yelling as for his serial lying and concocting mumbling words that make zero sense. [...] There's a strong possibility that Biden can't help it.  Or that he now thinks his anger and yelling demonstrate leadership.  They don't.  While I'm neither excusing nor justifying Biden's SOTU behavior, I'm suggesting that he convincingly demonstrated on Thursday that he suffers from dementia.

Biden Lied 30 Times During The State Of The Union.  President Biden has been known to tell some pretty outrageous lies throughout his political career.  So, it came as no surprise when Ol' Sleepy Joe spewed out more than a few whoppers during his State of the Union address on Thursday.  From foreign policy to the economy, there was almost no subject in which the president didn't lie to the American people.  In case you missed his dumpster fire speech, here's the definitive list of Biden's biggest SOTU falsehoods.

Response to Biden's State of the Union Address:  His Worst Speech Ever?  Biden, who was almost a half hour late, forgot to allow the Speaker of the House to introduce him, as is customary. [...] Had he been reminded (instructed?) to allow the speaker to introduce him?  If not, why not?  Or did he simply forget?  It was an inauspicious beginning to a dreadful speech. [...] How was Biden supposed to show that he was not the failing old man, slurring his words, and falling upstairs that people have seen on television now for months on end?  To put it otherwise, what do you do to look normal when you're not normal?  You compensate.  But in doing so, there is a danger that you overcompensate.  And that's just what Biden did last night.  Biden was strident for almost the entire speech, with an occasional whisper (as is his custom). He sounded like an angry old man, yelling at people he didn't like, telling them to get off his lawn or keep their dirty hands off his 1967 Chevrolet Corvette.  It's okay, when giving a speech, to raise your voice occasionally, to make a point, or to scold those who are evil.  But to shout for an entire speech is not just weird; it has precisely the opposite effect of the one that Biden's team must have intended.  Biden came across, not as a strong, determined leader, but as a grumpy old man.  And that, sadly, is perhaps what Joe Biden has become.

Tucker Carlson Reacts to Joe Biden Shouting Incoherent Gibberish at the State of the Union.  There really isn't much you can say about what was witnessed last night in the People's House.  Joe Biden shouting at America for an hour while muttering something about snickers bars, snack food and the need to send billions of dollars to Ukraine was essentially the gist.  Following one of the most incoherent teleprompter reads in the history of presidential politics, one can only imagine how Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were briefed on what took place in Washington DC at 9:00pm.  Suffice to say, no sleep was lost amid the global community of leaders who smile as the USA influence collapses.  What was even more goofy, was the pretending amid the corporate media that Joe Biden said stuff that was discernable and/or potentially fitting the office of the executive.  The various news agencies each described the color of the emperor's new coat as if it actually existed.

This was a terrible speech terribly delivered.  It's a good thing no drug test was required before the address.  Biden sounded hopped up.  He spoke too fast.  He slurred his words.  He was frequently difficult to understand.  He shouted a variety of clichés and shibboleths as though we might otherwise miss their depth and meaning.  The disparity between the shibboleths and the shouting was almost funny.  Biden sounded like a 45 rpm record playing at 78.  It was an old record — it had scratches at several places that caused it to skip the groove.

Biden's Handlers Really Overshot His SOTU Uppers Dosage.  [Scroll down]  Biden's chronic slurring doesn't become any more intelligible with amplification.  While it's true that absurdism is integral to my brand of political opinion writing, I never wander far from the truth.  Some people may think I'm talking about "uppers" simply because I like to be merciless when writing about Joe Biden.  I would remind everyone that I am an entertainer from the 1980s, so I have more than a passing familiarity with what people on high-end stimulants look and act like.  POTUS was straight-up wired last night.  Squinting, angry, and loud Teleprompter Biden will no doubt be met with rave reviews from the usual suspects for this SOTU speech.  An old man yelling might not have the appeal out in the hinterlands that they think it will, however.  Older people who are losing it upstairs get angry and yell a lot, too, after all.  This is a limited-use strategy for Biden's puppet masters, of course.  He's probably going to be napping until Easter.

Joe Biden's State of the Union Was the Most Unhinged and Angry in History.  In completely unsurprising fashion, Joe Biden arrived 20 minutes late for his own State of the Union on Thursday.  Once he finally took the podium, it became clear that he shouldn't have shown up at all.  Perhaps it was a screw-up on the dosage by his drug cocktail team, but Biden spent the first half hour of the speech screaming uncontrollably, while intermittently coughing and slurring his words.  It was surreal and by far, the most unhinged and angriest State of the Union in history.  There will no doubt be headlines proclaiming otherwise, and they will be false.  [Tweet with video clip]  There were also plenty of instances of the president's senility showing through.  In the early part of the speech, Biden brought up January 6th and proceeded to completely flub two of his big zingers.  [Two tweets with video clips]  The president then threatened the Supreme Court, albeit in the most mentally deficient way possible, shouting that "women are not without electrical power."  [Tweet with video clip]

Biden took a recovering economy and intentionally wrecked it.
Biden Falsely Says He Inherited An Economy on Brink of Collapse.  Claim:  Biden claimed that the U.S. economy was on the brink of disaster when he took office.  "I inherited an economy that was on the brink.  Now our economy is the envy of the world!" Biden said.  Verdict:  False.  President Biden inherited an economy that was strongly rebounding from the pandemic.  In the fourth quarter of 2020, the economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3 percent.  In the prior quarter, it had grown at an annual rate of 33.1 percent, as the economy whipsawed from lockdown to reopening.  As Biden took office, in the first quarter of 2021, the economy was growing at a 5.2 percent annual rate.  (Until the Department of Commerce revised its calculations last fall, this was reported as an annual rate of 6.3 percent.)

Biden makes it clear whose side he's on.
Biden to announce US military-led mission to build port on Gaza coast to boost aid.  President Biden will announce during his State of the Union address Thursday that he's directing the U.S. military to lead the construction of a port along the coast of Gaza on the Mediterranean Sea to boost the amount of aid getting to Palestinian civilians.  "We know the aid flowing into Gaza is nowhere near enough and nowhere near fast enough.  The president will make clear again this evening that we all need to do more, and the United States is doing more," a senior administration official said on a call with reporters.  The port would be able to receive large ships that can bring in food, water, medicine and other supplies into Gaza, which has been under fire for months as Israeli forces carry out shellings and military operations in response to Hamas's attacks last October.

DOJ Freaked Out After Matt Gaetz Brought Up Hunter's Laptop During Hearing.  Employees at the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent an email in March 2022 regarding Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz's line of questioning to the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI's) cyber division about Hunter Biden's laptop, according to documents uploaded by the DOJ.  During the March 2022 hearing, Gaetz entered Hunter Biden's laptop into the Congressional record and pressed the FBI on the location of Hunter Biden's laptop, to which he did not get an answer.  Gaetz also asked if the Biden family had been compromised and if anyone at the FBI knew where the laptop was located.

Biden's biggest SOTU obstacles.  The obstacle course facing President Biden this week during Thursday's belated State of the Union address presents a formidable challenge.  It may prove difficult for the 81-year-old president to navigate.  Expectations could not be lower.  Biden faces the usual challenges of exaggerating his paltry policy wins, justifying his substantial missteps and attacking his political opponents.  But those questions may be overshadowed by more basic ones.  Can he make it from start to finish gaffe-free?  Will we be able to understand his words?  Will this be one of the shortest addresses ever?  Will he even be able to find his way off the stage?

The Editor says...
Will he arrive 45 minutes late?  Will he trip and fall on his way into the room?  Will he drift onto an anecdotal rabbit trail?  Will he recount an episode in his life that obviously didn't happen?  Will he be able to read the teleprompter with his eyes fully dilated?  Will he divulge something he's not supposed to mention?  Or will he stop in mid-sentence to stare into space; and if that happens, how many seconds will elapse before somebody intervenes?

Confused-looking Biden says he'll 'get in trouble' for answering reporters' questions.  A confused-looking President Biden once again admitted he'd get in "trouble" for taking questions at a press briefing Tuesday — just hours after his press secretary staunchly defended his mental acuity.  The 81-year-old commander-in-chief started uttering the familiar yet bewildering refrain before he even lifted the microphone off the table at the launch of a task force aimed at lowering costs for American families.  "I have a lot of questions.  I better not start the questions.  I'll get in trouble," Biden mumbled, garnering a few laughs from the audience.  He delivered a ragged exhale into the mic before placing it back down and stared blankly ahead with his mouth agape, ignoring some of the reporters' last-ditch attempts to squeeze in a final question as they were leaving.

The Editor says...
Not only is this man hopelessly senile, he doesn't understand who he is.  He doesn't understand that he is in charge, otherwise he wouldn't say such things.  On the other hand, maybe he understands that somebody else is in charge, and it's someone whose scolding castigation Mr. Biden genuinely dreads.

Is the Establishment Trying to Push Biden Out?  There's much evidence to support the argument that Obama's people are working hard to push Biden out of the race.  That's because Obama's people are doing their best to push Biden out of the race.  David Axelrod has been sounding the alarm about Biden's electoral prospects for months, and he hasn't been alone in the effort. [...] It's not that Trump has suddenly gotten popular with voters; the fact is that voters doubt that Biden is up to being President.  In other words, this election is about Joe Biden, when the Biden camp wants all the focus to be on Donald Trump.  That is one of many reasons that all these legal attacks are coming in 2024, not 2021.  They want people focused on all things Trump.  That strategy is failing miserably, as is typical in Biden's strategies.

Obama's Third Term — Going For Four.  The United States of America has become the laughingstock of the world, with Joe Biden playing the role of our "president" in this macabre stage production put on by the Luciferian Globalists.  Indeed, one foreign news agency recently ran a headline referring to Biden as "President Mumblebub."  He's taken a lot of criticism for his actions — and inactions — as the so-called "leader" of the free world.  Since he took office, we've seen record-breaking deficit spending, a collapse of our nation's infrastructure, the destruction of our major cities, record homelessness and drug use, the abandonment of our national borders — not to mention the highly-orchestrated and brilliantly-executed invasion of our nation by foreign enemies.  Over the past three years, we've also endured the "transgendering' of our military, the weaponization of our so-called "justice system," the persecution of political opponents, and unbridled government tyranny. Some say Biden is incompetent, and I would have to agree.  The fact that Biden is suffering from dementia is obvious, as he garbles his words when speaking, cannot remember how or when his son, Beau, died, cannot remember the names of countries or world leaders, and shakes hands with the air as he wanders around the stage after speaking, until one of his handlers gathers him up and leads him away.

Hunter Biden's Chinese legal 'client' threatens to sue unless first son pays back $1 million.  Hunter Biden was paid $1 million by Chinese firm CEFC to act as attorney for its employee, Dr. Patrick Ho, but now Ho is threatening to sue the first son within seven days unless he gets the money back — because he claims Hunter did no legal work for him.  Ho sent a legal letter to Hunter last week requesting that their attorney-client agreement be terminated immediately and threatening legal action unless he receives a detailed list of services provided by Hunter and reimbursement for the unused funds, as laid out in the 2017 contract.  Ho's letter, sent by Hong Kong law firm Huen & Partners to Hunter's attorney Abbe Lowell in Washington, DC, set a deadline of seven days for the repayment of any remaining funds.  "Patrick says he paid him, and that Hunter never did anything for him," a friend of Ho's told The [New York] Post, "and that according to the contract, the money should be reimbursed."

Biden Business Associate Jason Galanis Says Hunter Used Joe To Get Deals 'Across The Finish Line'.  Former Biden family business associate Jason Galanis told lawmakers last month that Joe Biden was used repeatedly to get deals "across the finish line."  On Monday, the House Oversight Committee released the transcript of lawmakers' interview with Jason Galanis, who was a colleague of Hunter Biden and Devon Archer between 2012 and 2015.  Their goal, Galanis said, "was to make billions, not millions."  Access to Vice President Biden, according to House testimony, was one of their primary products sold to foreign businessmen.  "Our business included the acquisition of an 85-year-old Wall Street firm, Burnham and Company, the $1.5 billion surviving division of Drexel, Burnham, Lambert, and, combining that with other businesses in insurance and wealth management we owned and acquired," Galanis explained. "Burnham was the focal point for integrating a, quote, Biden family office into a large-scale financial company with international influence."  Hunter Biden and Devon Archer, Galanis said, relied on Biden, then vice president, to grow their business.

Funk & Wagnall's, 1964
Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language,
1964 International Edition, Volume One, page 548.


How To Destroy the American Legal System.  By either listening to testimonies or reading transcripts of the various 2024 Trump election-related court cases and testimonies, what we are left with is an epidemic of lies.  [For example,] Hunter Biden's current testimonies are contradicted by his own text messages, bank records, phone records, and testimonies of some of his associates.  Anytime he is trapped in inconsistencies, he falls back on his addiction.  Translated, that means we are sometimes supposed to believe he is a Yale-trained lawyer, experienced corporate grandee, and skilled negotiator, and thus carefully avoided involving his father in the family's various schemes.  And then again, sometimes when the evidence is damning and overwhelming, he simply cannot remember, or claims he was addled at the time in question due to his medical "addiction".

Chinese Doctor Who Paid Hunter Biden a Million Dollars for 'Legal Services' Wants Refund.  Remember that guy Hunter Biden referred to [...] on a recording in 2018?  That guy was Dr. Patrick Ho, although it's not clear exactly what his role with China was.  According to Ho, CEFC paid Hunter Biden a million dollars to act as his attorney back in 2017.  But now according to a new report, Ho just sent a legal letter to Hunter threatening to sue him if he doesn't give the money back, because Ho says he didn't get any legal work for the money.

Impeachment Bombshell:  James Biden Confirms that Joe Biden Received $40K From China.  During his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, James Biden admitted that a Chinese government-linked company, CEFC China Energy, funded a $40,000 check that went to Joe Biden in 2017.  James Biden claimed that he did not believe that CEFC China Energy was under the control of the CCP.  He clarified, stating, "I just misspoke" about a previous statement he made during a 2022 IRS interview.  In that interview, James had indicated that his nephew Hunter was collaborating with him and had characterized CEFC chairman Ye Jianming as a "protégé" of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Biden New Comments on Meeting With Hunter Associates Are Incredible, Given Testimony of Hunter, Others.  Joe Biden was heading out to Marine One to go to Camp David on Friday afternoon for yet another vacation.  It also looked like he had other family members going with him.  But Biden can't seem to tell the truth or keep his stories straight from one minute to the next, when it comes to the question of him and his son Hunter's business partners.  For years, he has told us he never spoke to his son about his business.  Then when the pictures of Joe meeting with Hunter's various business associates started dropping and some told their stories, Joe Biden's story was finally adjusted to him saying that he never was "in business" with his son.  It was a big shift that they pretended had always been his position, in an Orwellian spin.  Hunter Biden gave his deposition behind closed doors on Thursday, and the transcript [ws published] on Friday.  Among the things that Hunter admitted was that Joe Biden had dined with some of Hunter's associates at the Cafe Milano.  There are also pictures of Joe Biden with some of those associates.

Hunter admits Joe Biden's the 'big guy' at long last — but we knew all along.  For years, Hunter Biden and his associates have denied that the "big guy" mentioned in an email about one of the first son's shady deals was Joe Biden, yet now Hunter's admitted it in a congressional deposition — amid whining and crying about the political persecution he's experiencing.  Yes, he's tried to wave it away, claiming that the email from business partner James Gilliar proposing a 10% stake for Joe was merely a "pie-in-the-sky idea."  Yes, he's offered the lame defense that if only he had known, "I would have picked up the phone and said, 'You're out of your mind.'"

Was there ever any doubt?
After years of denials, Hunter Biden finally acknowledged Joe was 'the big guy' in $5M China deal.  At long last, first son Hunter Biden affirmed during his Wednesday impeachment inquiry deposition that his father, Joe, was "the big guy" referenced in an email about a business deal with a Chinese state-linked energy firm that yielded millions for Biden family members and other associates, more than three years after The [New York] Post broke the story — but rejected the notion that the president was ever penciled in for a 10% stake.  The deposition represents the first time the 54-year-old Hunter has admitted that his former business partner James Gilliar was referring to Joe Biden when he raised the prospect on May 13, 2017, of the first son holding a 10% stake in the lucrative joint venture involving CEFC China Energy "for the big guy."  "I truly don't know what [...] that James was talking about," the first son said when asked about the reference, according to a transcript released Thursday.

Why the Democrats Can't Replace Biden.  After the release of Special Counsel Kennth Hur's report on Joe Biden's mishandling classified documents and then the President's performance several hours later in his hastily convened press conference, a number of Democrats fleetingly expressed misgivings about the head of their party's reelection prospects next November.  Let's face it — if your Grandpa likewise raved and ranted after his memory and mental acuity had been called into question, you would seriously start to consider taking away his car keys.  Adding to the Dems electoral hyper-anxiety is the fact that the President's forgetfulness and confused ramblings won't ameliorate on the hustings over the next eight months — they can only worsen.

Biden's Stiff Gait as He Shuffles Along Desolate Stretch of Texas Border Shocks the Public.  Joe Biden arrived in Brownsville, Texas on Thursday for a drive-by photo-op border visit.  Brownsville is a desolate stretch with virtually no illegal alien invasion compared to other hot spots such as El Paso and Eagle Pass.  Trump supporters protested Biden's arrival.  [Tweet with video clip]

Biden Behind Closed Doors:  Not Without His Notecards!  On Wednesday, former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy revealed something that those who have been paying attention have known for some time:  Joe Biden has lost whatever self-possession he ever had.  Now, the president can't even manage a behind-closed-doors meeting with members of Congress without his notecards, which are prepared by... who?

Biden Announces Unannounced Hospital Visit Because He's Fine and Nothing Makes Sense Anymore.  "What's the President's health really like?" has been one of Washington's favorite inside-the-Beltway parlor games since FDR was lying to the nation — with the help of a willing press — about his visibly failing physical and mental health during his wartime 1944 reelection campaign.  With war raging in Eastern Europe, the Gaza Strip, the Red Sea, and China getting increasingly frisky across the Pacific, concerns about Increasingly Slow Joe's well-being are certainly well-founded.

The Editor says...
At least when F.D. Roosevelt was president, even though he was ill, nobody had to wonder if he was really in charge.

'No word on cognitive exam': Biden makes surprise trip to Walter Reed for alleged 'physical'.  Sparking speculation, President Joe Biden's South Lawn shuffle included an announcement for an unscheduled trip to the hospital.  Weeks after Special Counsel Robert Hur presented the state of Biden's mental faculties as a reason not to charge him for mishandling classified documents, and little more than a day since those issues manifested in a 25th Amendment resolution, the president told the press Wednesday he was headed for his annual physical.  With a to-go cup in one hand, the octogenarian marched out of the White House to meet Marine One on the South Lawn and waved to the press as he announced, "I'm going to Walter Reed to get my physical."

The Editor says...
Ordinarily, when an old man makes an unscheduled trip to a hospital in a helicopter, the prognosis is quite poor.

House Republicans Subpoena DOJ for Records of Biden's Interview with Special Counsel.  House Republicans are subpoenaing the Justice Department for records from special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden, conducted during Hur's investigation of the president's retention of classified documents.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R. Ky) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) subpoenaed the Justice Department Tuesday afternoon for interview transcripts, audio, notes and video files from Hur's interview of President Biden.  "The Committees further seek to understand whether the White House or President Biden's personal attorneys placed any limitations or scoping restrictions during the interviews with Special Counsel Hur or Mr. Mark Zwonitzer precluding or addressing any potential statements directly linking President Biden to troublesome foreign payments," the lawmakers said in a subpoena cover letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Republican Ken Buck demands Vice President Kamala Harris convene Cabinet and invoke 25th Amendment.  Anti-impeachment Republican Rep. Ken Buck is now calling for President Biden to be removed from office another way — through the 25th Amendment.  The Colorado Republican claims that Biden is not fit to serve after Special Counsel Robert Hur found the president mishandled classified documents because he is elderly and forgetful.  A resolution he introduced Monday demands Vice President Kamala Harris immediately convene the Cabinet and declare 'what is obvious to a horrified nation:  That the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office.'

Did Biden Just Create A Constitutional Crisis?  The Supreme Court told President Joe Biden that he didn't have the authority to forgive student loan debt.  But he did anyway, bragging that the Court "didn't stop me."  So why do we even have a legislative branch and a high court if the president is going to make law as if he were a king?  It's Biden's party, and its activist media, that has been carping for years about losing "our democracy."  Yet when a Democratic president bypasses the checks and balances that are the backbone of our republic, the three co-equal branches framework of government that is intended to guard against descending into a dictatorship, they celebrate rather than condemn.  Maybe it's because they care about the integrity of our system of government only when it's making policies they want.

Robert Hur Couldn't Determine Who Had Access to Biden's Stolen Classified Docs Because Security at Penn Biden Center Deleted All Visitor Logs From 2017-2021.  Special Counsel Robert Hur could not determine who had access to Joe Biden's stolen classified documents stored at Penn Biden Center because security deleted all the visitor logs from 2017-2021.  According to Hur, Joe Biden kept more than 600 pages of classified documents in unlocked drawers/closets at the Penn Biden Center and stored some of them in dilapidated boxes in his Delaware garage and other unsecured locations.  The FBI identified numerous folders, including many labeled "EYES ONLY VPOTUS" which contained highly classified material related to intelligence sources and methods.

Indisputable Evidence of Biden's Corruption.  Congressional investigators examining the president and his family have uncovered payments of millions of dollars from overseas entities in exchange for favorable treatment or the promise of it:  The Biden family received:  Over $3 million from Romania.  Over $8 million from China. $6.5 million from Ukraine.  Moreover, there is ample testimony under oath documenting Biden family corruption, most recently by Tony Bobulinksi, Hunter's partner:  [" ...] He points to 'stacks of evidence that Joe Biden showed up at meetings, shook hands, participated in phone calls,' including claims he was on at least 20 Hunter business calls.  Joe Biden 'was calling to demonstrate the Biden brand to whoever was in that meeting, whether it was the Ukrainians, the Romanians, the Russians, Colombians, Chinese, whoever it was.  That's all he had to do.' Mr. Bobulinski says.  'Just him being on the phone is evidence of involvement and enabling the transaction.'["]

James Biden shills for the Biden Crime Family.  Democrat/socialist/communist (D/s/c) apologists would have us believe the Biden Crime Family is entirely innocent, the victim of evil MAGA persecution. [...] Let's review:  At least nine Biden family members, including two grandchildren, have been paid from family overseas "business ventures."  None of these people had any business acumen, knowledge or services to offer foreign governments or businesses.  Hunter Biden, a drug-addled know-nothing has admitted, on camera, the foreign entities that paid him millions did so because his last name is "Biden."  None of these supposed "loans" is accompanied by any documentation.  Joe Biden has repeatedly said he never discussed business with his son, but:  ["]The National Archives and Records Administration has admitted that it is in possession of nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents that potentially show President Biden using a pseudonym during his vice presidency, it was revealed on Monday.["]  Many of these were communications with Hunter.  So, there are more than 150 suspicious activity reports from banks on the Biden Family, which, including grandchildren, has made tens of millions for apparently doing nothing, and James Biden throws away a diamond.  Sounds legit to me.

Constitution? What Constitution?  We keep on being gaslit with the argument that Joe Biden is dedicated to preserving the norms and laws of our Republic, while Trump is bent on destroying our Constitutional Republic.  As with so many things argued by the Left, the opposite is the case.  When Trump overstepped his authority and was chastised by the Court, he bowed to their authority.  Biden?  He does the opposite and brags about it.  [Tweet]  Example #1 is, of course, his student loan forgiveness efforts.  Biden ran on providing student loan forgiveness, and when he assumed office, he tried to wipe away billions in this debt with the stroke of a pen.  It was a blatant overreach of his authority, and before he did it, he and other Democrats acknowledged that fact.  His actions had no legal basis, yet he did it anyway.

Special Counsel Indictment Looks Just As Bad For David Weiss As The Charged FBI Informant.  On Thursday, Special Counsel David Weiss unsealed an indictment charging a longtime confidential human source (CHS) with making false statements.  But it wasn't Christopher Steele, the CHS who threw the country into turmoil for four years by peddling the fraudulent Steele dossier.  Former CHS Stefan Halper, who helped further the Russia-collusion hoax, also wasn't the subject of the indictment.  Nor was CHS Rodney Joffe, who sought to destroy the Trump presidency with the Alfa Bank hoax.  No, it was the CHS who, on June 26, 2020, told his handler that the owner of Burisma claimed he had paid Hunter and Joe Biden each $5 million in bribes in exchange for protection from being investigated by the Ukrainian prosecutor.  Thursday's indictment revealed the name of that CHS for the first time — Alexander Smirnov — and alleged that Smirnov's aforementioned statements, which were memorialized in an FD-1023 report, were false.

James Biden Claims Joe Biden 'Never' Had Involvement in Family Business.  James Biden, President Joe Biden's brother, told the impeachment inquiry on Wednesday that Joe Biden "never had any involvement or any direct or indirect financial interest" in his business ventures.  The claim comes as House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY), a former bank board member, found in October that a $200,000 check from Americore, which allegedly defrauded Medicare, landed in Joe Biden's bank account via James Biden.

Biden's outrageous spin on his special-counsel lies could set him up for impeachment.  In his press conference following the report on his retention of classified documents, Joe Biden lashed out at special counsel Robert Hur for saying the president has such "diminished faculties," it would be difficult to criminally charge him.  One of the key and scripted moments was Biden angrily denouncing Hur for raising his son's death.  Many in the media eagerly replayed the clip the next day, calling Hur's question outrageous, callous and unprofessional.  But NBC reports it was not Hur but Biden himself who raised Beau Biden's death.  In the disastrous press conference, Biden went on the attack, [...] NBC's sources suggest this was a knowingly false claim by the president — he was the one who raised his son's death.  If true, this isn't something the White House can simply fix with a few rewrites in brackets.

Delusions, Alternate Realities, and the Biden Consortium.  Hunter Biden has a train of a dozen lawyers defending him on felony indictments ranging from several counts of tax fraud to gun violations.  From time to time, the contents of his laptop come up, both in these criminal trials and in civil suits.  The information on the laptop is, of course, incriminating and useful to various prosecutors and litigants.  Yet Hunter himself is suing the computer repairman with whom he dropped off his laptop and never retrieved — and never paid — despite signing a waiver relinquishing ownership if and when in default of payment and claim.  But the weirdest element of the Biden labyrinth of illegality is that both Hunter and his attorneys footnote their writs and statements with the inexplicable notion that the laptop is not necessarily Hunter's own — but then again, it could be.  In other words, they are not presenting evidence to show that either the photographs, texts, or emails are concocted, even while they are suing various parties for defamatory dissipation of the sort of true, sort of false contents.  Translated:  The surreal truth is that Hunter is very mad that what he did illegally in part is evidenced on his own laptop, and he wants that information either suppressed or disowned, but without perjuring himself by stating the material on his laptop is not his own — because of course it is his.

Brandon, Rotting in the (White) House.  [Scroll down]  We're also informed in recent days by the Department of Justice that "Joe Biden" is not mentally competent to answer for anything in a court of law, should someone inquire into the signal irregularities emerging from the fugitive annals of his long career.  Of course, "Joe Biden" running for reelection is one of the greatest gags ever put over on the American public.  But more astounding yet is that half the country persists in pretending to believe it.  They are egged on in every possible way by persons in high places of government fearful of going to prison if the Democratic Party loses its grip on the levers of power.  Since "Joe Biden" is not actually calling the shots, one naturally wonders who is responsible for all the dubious achievements of the past three years.  I guess we'll find out when Mr. Trump wins that election in November, an outcome increasingly guaranteed unless "Joe Biden" (or, let's face it, our Intel Community) takes the final decisive step of bumping off the Golden Golem of Greatness.  What have they got left?

Hidin' Biden [is] AWOL as America faces crisis after crisis.  A question an increasing number of voters are asking these days is a perfectly reasonable one:  Who [...] is running the country right now?  In looking at President Biden's schedule just last week alone, the answer to that basic question is as clear as New Jersey's swamps:  On Tuesday, the 81-year-old delivered brief remarks on the Senate's passage of a supplemental agreement.  When reporters attempted to ask questions afterward, Biden said he had to run but promised to take questions Wednesday or Thursday.  That never happened, of course, and not because Biden had a stacked itinerary to contend with.  But here's something more disconcerting:  The commander-in-chief received Tuesday's daily intelligence brief not in the morning but at 2:45 p.m.  Maybe he thinks our enemies like to sleep in on Tuesdays.

'The Whole Thing Was A Scam': Jim Biden Used His Powerful Brother's Name To Promote Failed Health Company.  Jim Biden frequently invoked his brother Joe Biden's name to promote a now-defunct health care company that allegedly engaged in massive Medicare fraud, according to Politico.  Jim Biden's name appeared in investor materials and internal communications alongside some of the top leaders and executives at Americore, a hospital operator that sought to reinvigorate health care in rural America, and at least three members of the Biden family did work with the company, according to Politico's investigation.  Jim Biden would frequently invoke his brother's name when pitching prospective investors in the company, which wired Jim Biden $200,000 before he transferred the same amount to Joe Biden in 2018.

Biden's brother used his name to promote a hospital chain.  Then it collapsed.  In 2017, a hospital operator set out to build a rural health care empire with the help of a Philadelphia-area consultant.  The consultant, Jim Biden, had no experience running hospitals.  But he did understand the federal government and had ties to labor unions.  Perhaps more important, he was the younger brother of Joe Biden.  The final years of the Obama administration had cemented the former vice president's towering stature in the world of health care, where he had made the fight against cancer a top federal priority and, then, a centerpiece of his legacy-building efforts.  For then 67-year-old Jim Biden, the third of four Biden siblings, his ties to his older brother made up much of his pitch as he pursued deals that could help Americore make money from drug rehab, lab testing and even cancer treatment.

Biden's Brother Reportedly Believed 'Plausible Deniability' Would Shield Family From Criticism Over Chinese Dealings.  James Biden, the president's younger brother, laughed off a suggestion that the family's Chinese business dealings could be reputationally damaging, citing "plausible deniability," according to the transcript of a closed-door testimony released Friday.  Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability that James Biden had dismissed the potential political fallout that could result from the family dealing with Chinese businessmen.  James Biden is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 21, with members of Congress set to question him in an alleged influence-peddling scheme tied to the president.

House Republicans Learn of Bank Account Used to Funnel Money to Joe Biden.  According to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, this newfound information is part of a growing body of evidence that could potentially prompt Congress to issue subpoenas for Joe Biden's personal bank and credit card records.  "In one of the interviews — that we haven't, I don't believe, disclosed the transcript yet — the witness made reference to an account we didn't know about.  We're researching that account," Comer said in an interview on "Just the News, No Noise."  "They also said that that account could have possibly been paid with some infusion from the grandchildren."  Comer pointed out that, if true, it would be highly usual.  "Now, I don't know about you.  But I don't know anyone in the world whose grandchildren have ever deposited money into a savings account for their elderly grandfather," Comer said.  "But now, maybe I'm wrong.  But that's something we're certainly looking into."

The Don Of The 'Biden Crime Family'.  he evidence of President Joe Biden's criminal activity continues to grow.  As has often been said, the wheels of justice grind slowly, but we'd like to see them get in gear in time for voters to know that their president is a crook.  During testimony earlier this week before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, former Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski said "it is clear to me that Joe Biden was 'the Brand' being sold by the Biden family."  "The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period."  Simply put, Bobulinski said Joe has been the recognizable name that the Bidens sold to amass wealth that few Americans can conceive of.  "From China to Ukraine, the Biden crime family sold access to Joe Biden," Bobulinksi said during an impeachment inquiry deposition.  He further revealed that "the Chinese Communist Party through its surrogate, China Energy Company Limited," a business syndicate, infiltrated and compromised Joe Biden and the Obama-Biden White House.

Arresting An Informant Will NOT Make The Biden Crime Family Investigation Go Away.  Biden's DOJ is proving — once again — that Lady Justice no longer wears a blindfold.  There is an important reason that the artistic personification of our Justice system is depicted as wearing a blindfold as she holds a scale in one hand and a sword in the other.  Decisions about innocence or guilt (along with all other judgments) are to be made independently of the place in society the accused comes from.  It is a sign of corruption descending into a police state when tools intended for prosecuting the guilty and vindicating the innocent are turned on their head.  Just this week, we are hearing about the highest levels of the Obama/Biden Intelligence Community actively conspiring to destroy the GOP candidate for President — with coordinated 'Russian Collusion' slander that massively impacted the 2018 elections and had the sitting President under a bogus investigation through the first half of his term.

Biden is Such a Disaster During Visit to East Palestine That His Handlers Force Press Out of the Room.  Joe Biden on Friday departed the White House en route to East Palestine, Ohio for a fly-by photo-op.  Biden begrudgingly visited East Palestine more than ONE YEAR after the toxic train crash.  Biden, the lifelong scummy politician that he is, decided that since it's election year he would shake some hands and act like he cares about the people of East Palestine.  On Feb. 3, 2023, just before 9 p.m.  Eastern, a Norfolk Southern train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, a small Midwestern town of about 4,800 people near the Ohio border with Pennsylvania.  At least 11 of the train cars that derailed contained hazardous materials.  Several cars were carrying vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing substance.

Joe Biden does deserve credit for everything he has done.  When he talks about the Inflation Reduction Act, he shouldn't be so shy!  He should be transparent, and acknowledge that it was never meant to pay for itself or reduce inflation, but take the credit he deserves, and brag about being the president who made the biggest "investment" into "clean" energy in American history — a "green" slush fund doesn't have the same ring.  Biden is also very proud of helping very wealthy companies with the CHIPS and Science Act.  Intel has a market value of $187 billion, and had $25 billion in cash at the end of 2023.  Wouldn't it have been smarter to just start requiring companies to buy their computer chips from American sources by 2027 for national security purposes instead of giving huge taxpayer handouts to very rich companies?

Why does it seem like most members of Congress are either stupid, rapacious, or both?  We have all seen the Democrat party become radicalized, almost purely Marxist, since the Obama administration.  Obama promised to transform the country and he surely did.  He effectively drove race relations backward by seventy years.  It is common knowledge that Obama despised his VP Biden.  Why he was chosen to be his VP in the first place is anybody's guess.  Biden was a known jerk, a racist (his mentor was KKK member/aficionado Robert Byrd), rather dumb, a plagiarist, and a pathological liar.  For example, for years he told the story that his first wife was killed by a drunk driver.  That was never true; the accident was her fault and the truck driver was not intoxicated.  He enjoyed humiliating Clarence Thomas throughout Thomas's confirmation hearings when in fact, Biden is not fit to shine Thomas's shoes.  So the question remains, with a president so obviously an intellectual lightweight to say the least, a man who is now obviously suffering from advancing dementia, how is it that Biden has been able to do so much damage to the nation.  Answer?  The Democrat members of Congress are stupid, greedy, and addicted to power.

It doesn't take an expert to tell us that Biden shows all the signs of dementia.  Last week, the special prosecutor said Biden's memory was so dysfunctional he couldn't be tried for textbook national security violations.  Biden's push-back press conference painfully showcased his mental failings.  Since then, Democrats have tentatively acknowledged his age but insist he's still sharp.  Naturally, the experts were called.  But who needs experts?  We know what we see. [...] When it comes to judging Biden's state of mind, We the People are the experts, and we know exactly what's happening.  The nature of his presidency hasn't changed, of course, because (a) he's no less cognitively able than he was in January 2021 and (b) he's not in charge, anyway, so it's fine for him to head the ticket in 2024.  But it's certainly true that nobody with any mental competency should vote for him.

DOJ Releases Images and Texts from Hunter Biden's Phone.  Texts messages and photos from Hunter Biden's iPhone around the time he purchased a gun in October 2018 indicate he was addicted to drugs, according to a Tuesday court filing by the Department of Justice.  Biden is currently being prosecuted for allegedly lying about his illicit drug use on a federal form when buying the firearm.  The 10-page DOJ court filing contained pictures and text messages from the time period, both before and after Biden's gun purchase, showing he was addicted to drugs.

Nancy Pelosi, 83, says Joe Biden's age makes him "wise".  President Joe Biden was described by the special counsel earlier this month "a sympathetic elderly man with a poor memory."  Since then, Biden, 81, has been facing more and more scrutiny into his mental acuity and his advanced age.  Not to worry!  Rep. Nancy Pelosi, 83, finds it completely normal for Biden to run for a second term.  The California Democrat said on CNN, "He's younger than I am, so what do I have to say about his age?  Pelosi dismissed voters' concerns about Biden's senior moments.  "I think his public presentation is OK," she said.

Biden was an Enabler of Family Business of Selling His Brand.  [Scroll down]  For nearly four years, I have tried to tell the American people the truth about serious corruption at the very top of their government.  In return, I have been falsely accused of being a purveyor of "Russian disinformaCon" and a poltical surrogate.  My continuous efforts to inform the American people of the facts have been actively suppressed by both the United States Government and the so-called "mainstream" media.  I want to be crystal clear:  from my direct personal experience and what I have subsequently come to learn, it is clear to me that Joe Biden was "the Brand" being sold by the Biden family.  His family's foreign influence peddling operation — from China to Ukraine and elsewhere — sold out to foreign actors who were seeking to gain influence and access to Joe Biden and the United States government.  Joe Biden was more than a participant in and beneficiary of his family's business; he was an enabler, despite being buffered by a complex scheme to maintain plausible deniability.

It's Not What Biden Special Counsel Included in His Report — Senators Say It's What He Left Out.  Two hawk-eyed Senators are asking the Attorney General and his special counsel a big question:  Did you guys just pull another fast one?  Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson say the same special counsel report that called Biden forgetful, old, and guilty of stealing and keeping highly classified documents left out a big chunk of evidence.  They're wondering what happened to nine boxes full of documents that Joe Biden illegally took and then sent to his lawyer's office, and that were then picked up by the National Archives.  The contents of those files and documents were not in the Hur report, and they want to know why.  [Tweet]  Grassley and Johnson wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland to ask him what happened to those documents.

If Joe Biden is unfit to stand trial, he's unfit to be president.  It's that simple.  Special counsel Robert Hur's nearly 400-page report is full of [scathing] evidence of Biden's carelessness with vital national-security secrets.  And his defense of Biden is that the man is just too old and forgetful to be held responsible for his actions.  Consider Biden's storage of Afghan war secrets in his Delaware home, including a classified handwritten memo he wrote to President Barack Obama in 2009 that Biden kept because he thought it would vindicate his opposition to sending more troops.  The memo and its classified attachments were found "in a badly damaged box in the garage, near a collapsed dog crate, a dog bed, a Zappos box, an empty bucket, a broken lamp wrapped with duct tape, potting soil, and synthetic firewood."  Hur suggests that this was so reckless that Biden's lawyers might convince a jury it had to be accidental:  "this is not where a person intentionally stores what he supposedly considers to be important classified documents, critical to his legacy.  Rather, it looks more like a place a person stores classified documents he has forgotten about or is unaware of."  Well, that's reassuring.

Chuck Schumer Says Questions About Biden's Mental Acuity Are Just 'Right Wing Propaganda'.  Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said this week that he speaks to Joe Biden all the time and that his mind is just fine, going on to suggest that questions about Biden's mental health are just right wing propaganda.  This is fantasy talk from Schumer.  Recent polling indicates that the vast majority of the American people have questions about Biden's mental state and the Hur report only confirmed this.  The fact that Schumer even felt he had to address this issue is very telling.

Tony Bobulinski's blistering impeachment testimony: 'The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period'.  A former Biden family business partner scorched President Biden in an explosive opening statement at a House impeachment inquiry deposition Tuesday, saying the commander-in-chief is corrupt — and that his testimony will help prove it.  "The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period," said Tony Bobulinski, a former Navy officer who worked alongside first son Hunter Biden and first brother James Biden on a venture with CEFC China Energy.  Bobulinski alleges he met with Joe Biden twice in May 2017 to discuss the venture shortly after Biden left office as vice president.  A different former Biden family associate, Rob Walker, testified Jan. 26 that the Biden family's business relationship with CEFC began in 2015 when Joe Biden was still vice president and that Joe Biden himself attended a meeting at the Four Seasons hotel in or around March 2017 with CEFC chairman Ye Jianming, who has since gone missing in China amid corruption allegations.

Don't be fooled by apparent Democrat incompetence in the election.  It became apparent three years ago that Biden would not be able to run in 2024 due to age-related issues.  It was even doubtful that he would finish his one term.  The not-so-funny joke is that his protective ace card in the hole was Kamala Harris, who would become the incumbent, which scared many Democrats.  To win in 2020, the Democrats had to burn the ships, leaving no credible candidates on the national stage but Biden.  The party placed themselves between a rock and a hard place by going all in on Biden's presidency, combined with 'the first black woman' as V.P.  This meant they could not be grooming, developing, and promoting any other future candidates without appearing racist.  Doing so would signal that Harris won't have a future shot, and for Democrats and their base, that would be kryptonite.

If it IS a sham, it's abuse of Mr. Biden, isn't it?
Are Dems Actually 'Stuck With Biden'?  Or Are They Playing A Long Con?  In the span of two days, articles started appearing making the exact same argument:  That Joe Biden will definitely, no questions asked, be the nominee come November.  So, naturally, we are left wondering what Democrats have up their sleeve to get the flailing president off the ballot. [...] For one thing, if defeating Donald Trump is the Democrats' paramount concern (to "save democracy" and all), Biden staying in the race seems like the worst possible choice.  He is hugely unpopular, and that's not likely to change.  Minorities and independents are gravitating toward Trump.  Biden's physical and mental state will only get worse, and his decline is by all evidence, accelerating.  It's an open question whether he'd agree to, or would be able to, debate Trump.  The chance that he will do something catastrophically stupid or embarrassing grows by the day, and the White House can't keep him locked away until Nov. 6.

Biden's Sound and Fury.  The worst kept secret in Washington is the President's accelerating cognitive decline.  Yet, when special counsel Robert Hur's report on Biden's mishandling of classified documents made note of this obvious fact, the White House responded with outrage.  Hur opted not to bring charges against him for several reasons, including how a jury trial might play out:  "Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."  This led to a hastily called news conference, during which a semi-coherent Biden shouted at reporters as if they were attempting to take away his car keys.  Allowing Biden to face the media before he calmed down was a serious blunder by Biden's staff.

President Non Compos Mentis.  Biden is no longer mentally fit to be commander-in-chief.  He's an empty husk.  I told you he was a meat puppet years ago.  Last week, on national television, he proved it.  The world is on the edge of war.  China is pushing us in the Pacific, Iran pushes us across the Middle East.  Russia is taking Ukraine, despite our war party's best effort to bring us to the edge of world war.  And the president is not in possession of his right mind.  He's slow and senile and the world can see it.

The Hole in Biden's Marble Bag is Bigger Now.  He's losing it faster now.  There's no way Biden can make it to the general election.  In my own estimation, Gavin Newsom is still the convention nominee, with a soft exit for Biden announced.  [Video clip]

Senile Is As Senile Does — and Joe Biden Is Senile.  America is still slack-jawed in amazement at last week's blithering antics of President Cornholio.  The guy would have to work his way up to being senile, and the fact that he was always stupid and arrogant and malicious just makes his present condition a million times worse.  That the guy is manifestly unfit to be president is obvious; what is also obvious is that this guy isn't going anywhere.  It's Trump versus Biden all the way to November.

New Info From Hur Report, Plus Embarrassing Evidence That Might Upend Biden Claim About Docs.  The Hur report indicated what a complete disaster Biden was in terms of keeping and not returning classified documents.  What's described here is insane, and former president Donald Trump didn't come close to any of this.  RealClear Investigations reporter Benjamin Weingarten grabbed some of the most [embarrassing] and concerning parts.  [Tweet]  He had all kinds of classified material and they appeared to have no system for recovering it.  This has been a problem for years, with the "Executive Secretary Team" expressing concern in 2010 about all the classified briefing books he had not returned, and that even when things were returned, some items were missing.  [Tweet]  They were unable to determine if some of this material was ever returned.  He took his notebooks home with him and kept them, even though they had classified materials in them.  He kept them in unsecured locations.  [Tweet]

Joe Biden's Classified Docs Provide More Evidence Hunter's Pay-To-Play Was A Family Affair.  The special counsel report on Joe Biden's unauthorized removal and disclosure of classified documents exposed much more than our president's mental deficits and the breadth of his irresponsible handling of top-secret and classified information.  The report revealed a close nexus between Hunter Biden's influence peddling and his father's responsibilities and access to intel during the elder's term as vice president.  On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Hur released the results of his investigation into the president stemming from the discovery of top-secret and classified documents at Biden's D.C.-based Penn Biden Center, his private Delaware home, and the University of Delaware.  While the specific details in the recovered documents remain unknown, the nearly 400-page report provided an extensive enough summary of the materials to confirm an overlap in the timing and topics of Joe Biden's vice presidency and Hunter Biden's "business" enterprises.

Obama Poised to Pull the Plug on Biden?  Special counsel Robert Hur did a great service to America last week in two ways that fundamentally and irreversibly transform the Presidential race. [...] Number one, by declining to charge President Biden for "willfully retain[ing]" classified materials, Hur blew up any pretense of fairness when it comes to how Biden's Department of Justice treats its own boss, while it throws the book at President Trump.  Not only did Hur decline to prosecute Biden, he made clear that the facts surrounding Biden's retention of documents were far worse — not even in the same solar system — compared with President Trump's case. [...] Biden had no protection whatsoever over his custody of the classified documents he possessed illegally, many of which he squirreled away in his unlocked garage next to a non-electric Corvette.  President Trump's documents were kept under lock and key at his Mar-a-Lago estate that even some in the media acknowledge is "built like a fortress," and guarded around-the-clock by Secret Service officers.

Report: Former Obama Adviser Susan Rice is the 'Central' Figure in the Biden Administration's Approach to the Border.  For months, people have been openly wondering who is the real power behind the throne in the Biden administration?  Who is really running the country?  We now know who is calling the shots when it comes to their policy on the border.  Word is that former Obama security adviser Susan Rice is calling the tune on border issues.  Additionally, members of Biden's team must have been looking at polling on immigration and the border, because they have formed a circular firing squad over the issues. [...] Would anyone be surprised if we learn that Susan Rice has been in charge of other issues?  Wouldn't it make sense?

Biden's condition is simply a matter of record.  Let the facts speak for themselves.  Is Joe Biden too old to be president?  A topic that has long been suppressed by the mainstream media has erupted in public debate, in the aftermath of a report by the special counsel charged to investigate whether the president should be prosecuted for keeping federal documents dating from his time as Barack Obama's vice-president.  Special counsel Robert Hur has recommended against prosecuting the president, on the basis of the mental debility produced by Biden's advanced age:  "Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."  Trump, who has been charged by another special prosecutor with similar crimes involving the mishandling of government documents, is unlikely to benefit from a similar "senility defense."  In a hastily-arranged press conference intended to report the special counsel report's statements about his competence, President Biden only raised further doubts by misidentifying "Sisi" — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi — as "the president of Mexico."  This follows a series of gaffes in which Biden has referred to his recent conversations with European leaders who in fact died years ago.

Joe Biden, Who Gave Consumers 33 Percent Food Inflation, Cuts Super Bowl Sunday Video Attacking Snack Food Industry for 'Shrinkflation'.  No joke.  He really thinks you are that stupid, America.  After driving up the price of food 33 percent in three years thanks to his disastrous inflationary policies, Joe Biden is portraying himself as standing up for the little guy by attacking the snack food industry over "shrinkflation", selling smaller packages at the same price to compensate for Biden's inflation.  On Super Bowl Sunday, the White House posted a video on its social media platforms featuring Biden complaining that there are fewer snack chips in bags, smaller sports drink containers and — what makes ice cream lover Joe the "most angry" — smaller cartons of ice cream.

Joe Biden's 'shrinkflation' blame game.  By the time the Super Bowl started, it had been extensively reported that President Joe Biden had refused, for the second year in a row, to do the traditional Super Bowl interview. [...] Biden had other plans.  If he would not, or could not, handle a Super Bowl interview, he would still get in on the Super Bowl story, creating an attention-getting, Super Bowl-themed video released a few hours before kickoff.  No tough questions, no embarrassing pauses, just total White House control. [...] What Biden calls shrinkflation is clearly real.  Everybody who has been to a grocery store in the last couple of years knows that.  But shrinkflation is just a form of inflation — the inflation that Biden and his colleagues in the Democratic Party on Capitol Hill fanned with trillions of dollars of reckless government spending.  The shrinkflation that Biden denounces is at least partly the result of Biden's policies.

The Reasons To Impeach Biden Keep Stacking Up.  There are now at least three major reasons to impeach President Joe Biden: his corruption, his mental unfitness for office, and his criminal collusion with Mexico to foment the border crisis.  Republicans in Congress could take their pick and be on solid footing, but they probably won't pursue any of them.  It would be easy to do, and impeachment hearings should already be on the schedule for this week.  First of all, there's the corruption of the Biden family business, evidence of which has been piling up since House Republicans launched their impeachment inquiry back in the fall.  Then there's Biden's mental unfitness for office as detailed in the special counsel report released last week and immediately corroborated by Biden himself in a disastrous news conference.  And finally, there's the lesser-known but in some ways most compelling cause for impeachment:  Biden's collaboration with a corrupt cartel-state synthesis in Mexico to create the ongoing border crisis.

Has Joe Biden Become Possessed, Or Is He Just High as a Kite?  It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul, and Biden's pupils were so dilated that his eyes were solid black while he was reinterpreting the words of the special prosecutor.  Looking at previous speeches, it seems that all of his "big" speeches have the same image: significantly dilated pupils.  Since I don't actually believe that he is the anti-Christ, I started doing some research about what that could mean.  I am not a doctor, but there are enough studies easily available that it isn't hard to integrate the data with the images of Biden's eyes when he speaks.  We all recognize Biden demonstrates the behavior of a man who is suffering with the fifth level of dementia: moderately severe cognitive decline.  Some of the symptoms of this stage (there are 7 stages) include:  inability to recall names; challenges with organization; verbal repetition; mood swings; denial of symptoms; wandering; aggression; and pronounced memory loss of familiar people, events, and personal details.  All of these symptoms were clearly visible during his Thursday night speech.

I never thought I'd see.  There are days when I wake up in an America I hardly recognize. [...] I never thought I'd see:
  •   America in another Cold War with Russia.
  •   A President who took deliberate actions to make the southern border weaker.
  •   The American people turning a blind eye to a President who clearly is suffering from dementia and pretending that everything is all right.
  •   The President of the U.S. making citizens choose between being forced to take a shot of vaccine or losing their careers.
  •   The President declaring that the Constitution is fluid and subject to political interpretation.
  •   The President of the United States clearly having sold his position to profit his son and other members of the family.
  •   The Department of Justice state that the President willfully took and distributed classified material but won't be charged because he is elderly and has poor memory.

86% Of Americans Say Biden Too Old For Another Term:  Poll.  Concerns about President Joe Biden's age while he seeks re-election appear to be escalating with the release of a new survey that followed a special counsel report that found the commander-in-chief had memory problems.  Eighty-six percent of adults said Biden, who is 81, is too old to serve a second term in the White House, according to an Ipsos poll unveiled on Sunday.

The Editor says...
That leaves 14 percent who think Biden is capable of serving another four years.  Who are these people?  They must either hate Trump a lot, or hate Israel, or they like to see homeless bums and unskilled illegal aliens everywhere, or relish the idea of five-dollar gasoline.  Or maybe they get all of their news from MSNBC.

Big Mike is Coming.  It's becoming pretty clear that Sleepy Joe is about to get the heave-ho.  He's served out his usefulness.  He's becoming an obvious liability.  There's only so much that can be done to cover up the fact that he's not all there and that's why they're laying the groundwork for someone new to be there. [...] It's remarkable, isn't it, that the same Left that makes every excuse imaginable for this derelict is the same Left that warned the country Ronald Reagan was "too old" to run for office back in 1979.  Reagan was in his late 60s at the time.  Of course, this is another time and 80 seems to be the new 60.  Orange Man is not far from 80 — and would be as old as Sleepy Joe is today at the end of his next-presidency, assuming he's allowed to win the office.  There are multiple ways for the Left to prevent that from happening, as happened last time.  This time, it probably won't be "COVID" that provides the excuse for the Left to turn Election Day into Election Months.

Will Dems Swap Michelle Obama for Joe Biden?  No Way.  For the last couple of days, the news world has been abuzz with the Hur Report, its condemnation of President Biden's mental state, and its implications for the 2024 Presidential race.  Day by day, more and more Democrats are showing some willingness to yank the rug out from under old Joe and sub in someone else.  There is a lot of noise about someone either belling the cat and convincing Joe (or, more likely, Jill) to step down for "reasons of health" or "family matters" or to outright 25th Amendment the old man into the next time zone, which would put Kamala Harris at the Resolute Desk and, oh, by the way, would make her the incumbent heading into the election.  The question is this:  Who will replace Joe Biden on the ticket, should this come to pass?  Will it be Kamala Harris, whose approval ratings are somewhere between divorce lawyers and dysentery?  Maybe, but recent GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy thinks it will be former First Lady Michelle Obama.

The Editor says...
It doesn't matter that Michelle Obama is incompetent, and would merely serve at the puppet of Barack H. Obama.  That just means she and Biden are functionally equivalent.  With Michelle Obama in place as President, we still won't know who's really running the country.

Biden may actually not know he has a problem.  That means he does have a problem..  Joe Biden has spent a good deal of his Presidency weaponizing the Federal agencies against Republicans and Donald Trump.  He had the FBI targeting churches and PTA moms.  More recently he was exposed for directing the Treasury to spy on Republicans' financial transactions. [...] Hur found that Biden willfully took, retained and disclosed classified materials, some at the highest level of classification.  Biden was reckless in his handling of those materials.  Yet Hur declined to bring charges and he needed to explain his rationale for not charging Biden, who now faces a dilemma.  He could consent to having released the recordings of his interview with Hur to dispel the belief that he is what we all see — a doddering old man with a failing memory an incapable of carrying out the Presidency or possibly face charges for mishandling classified documents once he is out of office.  This also offers Donald Trump a legal avenue.  If Biden can persuade people that he is fit for office then he should be charged.  If he is not charged then the charges against Trump should be dismissed.

Here Are the Worst Lies From Biden's Speech.  As if the Special Counsel report on Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents wasn't bad enough, someone decided it was a good idea to let Biden address the nation and take questions from the media.  It did not go well — it was basically a disaster — but what really got me was the way Biden flat-out lied about what the report said.  Here are a few of the worst lies from the speech. [...]

Can the Republicans be trusted to stand aside as Democrats implode?  [Scroll down]  Those facts and calculations were all set in stone right up until Thursday when everything changed.  That was the day when Special Prosecutor Robert K. Hur dropped a bomb:  The facts show that Joe Biden, who had no authority to declassify documents, took them home with him, stored them in his unsecured garage, handed them over to the unsecured Biden library at Penn, and read them aloud to his ghostwriter, who had no security clearance.  As was the case with Hillary's cavalier treatment of national security information, the undisputed facts ought to have landed Biden in federal prison for the rest of his natural life. [...] In Biden's case, Hur claims that Biden is essentially non compos mentis:  Because of Biden's failing memory, the jury won't indict.  That's not a reason not to prosecute, of course.  It's up to Biden's defense counsel to claim that because he's demented, he cannot offer a meaningful defense.  What matters, though, is that Biden will get a pass.

Eventful Events.  [Scroll down]  A not inconsiderable part of our Ukraine problem has been that our chief executive was for years engaged in bribery and money-laundering misadventures there, for which there is abundant and powerful evidence, meaning he may have had very personal interests in keeping that country disordered — and sending billions of dollars there, some of it surely embezzled among the Zelensky government.  You'd have to also be aware that the bag-man in those operations, the President's son, Hunter, might well have misbehaved with drugs and prostitutes on his many trips to Ukraine as a board member of Burisma.  Hunter's self-compiled archive of round-the-world drug-fueled porn recordings on the laptop that (the FBI confirmed recently) was unquestionably his own, suggests that the Ukraine authorities may have their own recordings of him behaving similarly, or worse, and are using them to blackmail "President Joe Biden."

Doctors call for Biden to take mental competency test after scathing classified docs report: 'Something isn't right'.  Medical professionals have stepped up calls for President Biden to take a mental competency test after Thursday's blistering report from special counsel Robert Hur revealed the 81-year-old can't remember basic facts about his own life and career.  The Hur report, released Thursday, assessed Biden as too senile to be prosecuted over his wrongful retention of classified documents and noted the commander-in-chief "did not remember when he was vice president" and "did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died" over two days of interviews in October.  "Something isn't right, and even if it's minor, it must be explained to the public," Dr. Stuart Fischer, a primary care physician at a nursing home in the Bronx, told The [New York] Post.  "The horse is out of the barn.  Not only does [Biden] have an infirmity of some degree, but he has delayed producing objective evidence," the internal medicine expert added, arguing that "no one is buying" the president's defenses about his memory.

Are Democrats Really Going to Stick With Biden After This?  You know, I think they are.  I've even made a handshake bet that they will.  But I'll confess to questioning my end of that wager more than ever, after the events of Thursday afternoon and evening.  Even before the Special Counsel report arrived, the president had been spending the week mistaking European political leaders for their deceased predecessors.  Then the report detonated.  It announced that the DOJ would not pursue charges against Joe Biden over his unlawful conduct, despite evidence that he "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency," including items that were marked highly classified.

If Trump gave the presser Biden did, Democrats would say he's unfit for office.  President Joe Biden held a press conference on Thursday night to do damage control over special counsel Robert Hur's report over Biden's handling of classified documents.  However, the presser was such a disaster that it unquestionably caused more damage than it controlled.  It was a public relations nightmare for Biden, who came off as angry, bitter, confused, uninformed, and incompetent.  Had it been former President Donald Trump instead of Biden who spoke last night, Democrats would claim he's unfit for office.  But Democrats don't hold Biden to the same standards they held Trump.  Biden can spread misinformation, be ineffective, sow the seeds of discord, cause division, and fuel political strife, and Democrats will ignore it.  Biden can be the impetus for political inertia, and few, if any, Democrats will challenge or criticize him.  Biden is treated with "kid gloves" by those who wore vicious animal claws when dealing with Trump.

Congress' New Imperative:  Get the Biden Transcripts From Hur.  It's long past time for Congress to act to investigate the arguable incapacitation of the president.  For the past three years, Americans knew what Democrats refused to admit — that Joe Biden had entered a cognitive decline that rendered him unfit for office.  Democrats and the media insisted that Biden still had energy and vigor, even while every public appearance added evidence to the contrary.  Voters had to rely on their own eyes to reach their conclusions that Biden's aphasiac mumbling, stiffness, and repeatedly false recollections indicated that Biden was clearly unfit for office.  In poll after poll, majorities of respondents complain that Biden is too old for a second term — and yet Democrats never bothered to offer their own voters a serious choice.  Robert Hur exposed the three-year cover-up by the White House, Democrats, and media in his Special Counsel report.

Sharp Enough to Be President, Dim Enough to Be Absolved.  Welcome to 2024, where the same man who was just absolved of criminal responsibility for the willful retention and mishandling of classified documents, largely due to his being elderly and having a faulty memory, is nevertheless held up by his fellow Democrats as being fit for reelection as commander in chief and de facto leader of the free world. [...] Of course they aren't recommending criminal prosecution of Old Joe.  That was pretty much a given.  The real question on that front is how they expect to blur out the optics of treating Biden with kid gloves while yanking them off in favor of brass knuckles to go at the guy who just happens to be his primary political opponent.  Anyone who doesn't view the world purely through Dem-colored glasses can't help but see the blatant double standard being employed here.

Texas Lieutenant Governor Says 'Deep State Run by Barack Obama' Has Pulled the Rug Out from Under Biden.  Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of Texas said a Department of Justice report that described President Joe Biden as an "elderly man with a poor memory" is proof enough for him Democrats are going with a different candidate in November.  The memo, along with Biden's late Thursday news conference, means that those who are pulling the strings in the Democratic Party are forcing Biden out, Patrick claimed.  He specifically blamed former President Barack Obama and the deep state.  Patrick made the comments on social media Friday morning, where he also predicted Americans could see former first lady Michelle Obama on their ballots this fall.

Joe Biden's insanity defense.  Yesterday, the special prosecutor (technically called a "special counsel" these days, a term which obfuscates in my opinion) released his report on his investigation of Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents. [...] The special prosecutor's investigation concerned Biden's removal of highly classified materials from government offices including the White House.  He put the materials into his garage, his basement, his beach house, his Corvette . . . you know, all the places you keep the nation's top secrets.  He did this numerous times.  The special counsel found that it's even worse than that.  Biden also disclosed some of the classified materials to people without security clearance, including the person who ghost-wrote a book published under Biden's name.  The special prosecutor found that Biden's multiple violations were "willful."  But the special prosecutor decided not to bring charges.

Democrats Spun Biden's Classified Docs As 'Six Items,' But Special Counsel Report Reveals It Was 300-Plus.  Thursday's bombshell report by Special Counsel Robert Hur concluded that "President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen."  And though the material concerned "issues of national security and foreign policy implicating sensitive intelligence sources and methods," and presented "serious risks to national security," Hur recommended against charging Biden in his 380-plus-page report, saying it would be "difficult to convince a jury" to convict such "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."  Hur's [scathing] assessment of Biden's degenerative mental state launched a media frenzy concerning his fitness for office, prompting the president to angrily condemn the report for including what he called "extraneous" matters in a hastily arranged press conference Thursday evening.

Does Biden Even Understand Why He Wasn't Charged?  Joe Biden, even though he did take and secrete away secret documents and such, will not be charged with any crime related to what are acts quite similar to those for which Donald Trump was charged with crimes.  In his report explaining his decision, Special Counsel Robert Hur said today that Biden was too far removed from reality for a jury to convict him of a crime.  In other words, Biden did it, Biden broke the law, but he is too mentally deficient for anyone to believe he either really did it on purpose or, after the fact, could possibly have remembered what he did, let alone pass along the information (of course, that does leave aside Hunter's possible use of the documents but maybe that will come up in his tax case.)

GOP Calls to Invoke 25th Amendment After Special Counsel Casts Doubt on Biden's Mental Acuity.  Following Special Counsel Robert Hur's report, which included stunning revelations of the deterioration of President Joe Biden's mental state, Republican officials are calling to invoke the 25th Amendment.  They state that "if ever there were a time to do so, now would be it," and insist that if the president "is not competent to stand trial, then he is certainly not competent to lead the free world."  While highlighting evidence of America's oldest ever president "willfully" mishandling classified documents, Special Counsel Hur's report details Biden's significant cognitive decline — perhaps more politically damning than his handling of classified materials.

Jill Biden and Dems committed elder abuse on Joe — now they must force him to step aside.  As part of special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into Joe Biden, he reviewed interviews conducted by a ghostwriter with Biden after he left office.  The former vice president was "painfully slow," Hur's report notes, with " limited precision and recall."  This is in 2017 — three full years before he ran for president.  What Hur has proven is that Joe Biden's cognitive decline is not new, and it certainly wasn't a secret.  Jill Biden knew.  His aides knew.  [Indeed], James Clyburn, the entire Democratic establishment knew.  Yet, terrified that Bernie Sanders would win the nomination and then fail to take down their mortal enemy, Donald Trump, they propped up Biden like he was a Potemkin candidate — or, more accurately, "Weekend at Bernie's" — to try to capture some Obama nostalgia.

The Twilight of Joe Biden.  We may well look back on February 8, 2024 as the specific moment in time Joe Biden's bid for reelection was lost.  The report of the special prosecutor issued this afternoon effectively said Biden was guilty of willfully mishandling classified documents — but that he could not be successfully prosecuted (and would not be until he was out of office anyway) because he is a nice senile old man and no jury would convict him.  Democrats and others expressed outrage at the way special prosecutor Robert Hur chose to explain this decision — but what else exactly was Hur supposed to say?  He had to produce a report.  He had to lay out why he wasn't going to try to bring a case against Biden.  He did.  What he said was that Biden had sat for an interview with his team and that the president's memory was so poor and his capacity for recollection so feeble he came across as non compos mentis.

It Can't Be Biden.  The primary system has proven inconvenient to the DNC, and their past shenanigans to ensure that their anointed candidate is "selected" within the primary framework has been difficult to conceal.  As such, it makes sense that the DNC would wait to anoint Biden's replacement.  The very best scenario imaginable for the DNC isn't to open the process to ideas and speculation and voters today, but to have Biden eliminated from the race at some time around the convention.  It would be a madhouse of speculation and criticism, of course, but all that would be needed is enough of the delegates that were pledged to Biden to break for the newly-anointed candidate.  Superdelegates would have no say unless the convention is contested, though it may be contested to make the process look less rigged.

Too incompetent to be prosecuted but not too incompetent to govern?  Per Special counsel Robert Hur's — a Republican, you'll be reminded incessantly if you follow this story — findings in the Joe Biden classified documents case, Biden "willfully retained and disclosed classified material after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen."  I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure this constitutes a felony, at least when a Republican or anyone not named Obama, Biden, or Clinton does it.  But Mr. Hur won't bring charges because "Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

The Editor says...
I don't think Joe Biden has ever been a "well-meaning" man.  He is one of the most venal and corrupt politicians in Washington DC, and a profane, short-tempered man who lies effortlessly about almost everything.  In a few years, he will go to collect his reward for all these dirty deeds, and it's gonna be ugly.

The world can see that Biden is finished.  Why can't the Democrats?  Could there be anything more harmful to an election candidate's chances than the multiple legal cases that are facing Donald Trump?  Yes, as it turns out:  a ruling which spares you from the embarrassment and bother of a court appearance, but does so on the basis that you are unfit to face trial.  Joe Biden has been utterly destroyed by the conclusion of the special counsel looking into his retention of classified documents from his time as vice president.  He could survive the pictures of the garbage tip that is his Delaware garage, but a US president who apparently can't remember when he was vice president, nor the year he suffered the sad loss of his middle aged son?  This is what the impeachment process was devised for:  to ease out a president who no longer has the faculties to cope with the job but who cannot see that himself.  Biden not only fails to appreciate his cognitive decline, he thinks he can do the job for another four years.  His attempt to come out all guns blazing and dismiss the issue of his forgetfulness at a hasty press conference backfired when he confused Egypt with Mexico, implying that the latter has a border with the Gaza strip.

The puppet in the White House.  "He ran two or three times, he never got above 1%," Donald Trump said of Joe Biden in 2019.  "And then Obama came along and took him off the trash heap, and he became the vice president."  It was an amusing way to insult the former vice president at the time — perhaps less so after Biden went on to win the Democratic nomination, defeat Trump, and become president.  Still, the characterization rang true insofar as Barack Obama's choice of Biden as running mate in 2008 struck many people, justifiably, as an odd one.  By then, Biden had for several decades been a loquacious self-promoter whose temper and plagiarism seemed to have blown any shot at the presidency he ever had.  It was strange therefore to watch him find his way into the unexpected role of junior partner in a political relationship with a man young enough to be his son.  By December 2008, Biden had accepted that Obama, after only four years in federal office, was more qualified for the presidency than he was.  "We got this ticket in the right order," he is said to have told senior adviser Ron Klain.  But as Obama's No. 2, Biden was not always a good fit.

Of Course, Biden Gets a Pass With Classified Documents He Stole as Senator.  Joe Biden is getting away scot free with stealing classified documents while he was a Senator and keeping them in a garage next to the Corvette that Hunter Biden and others had access too.  Can't really say I'm angry either.  This was totally expected when you have a communist weaponized "justice system".  [Tweets]

The Vacuity of Biden's Brain.  Joe Biden is not guilty because of senility.  Sure, he broke the law — the same law used to prosecute Donald Trump by Joe Biden's Justice Department.  But he is an old man who is utterly incapable of remembering when he was Vice President, so there is no point in prosecuting him.  That is the conclusion of Special Prosecutor Hur, who was tasked to investigate President Joe Biden in the matter of his stealing classified documents.  [Tweet]  First, let me be clear:  I think that in both the Trump case and the Biden case, we should neither be surprised that men who were at the pinnacle of power in our government would treat classified documents differently than you or I would, and I think prosecuting them for mere possession (and not selling them) is simply stupid.  What they did was wrong, but, well, they were President and VP, not a Seargent who leaked the plans to a submarine.

The Reality Behind Biden's 'Aggressive' Travel Schedule.  As it becomes more and more evident that President Joe Biden is undergoing significant cognitive decline, his staff has been working to find ways to combat that narrative.  The latest person charged with the unenviable task of pushing that sort of message is Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates.  This week he told Politico that Biden is obviously still at the top of his game and as evidence pointed to the President's "aggressive" travel schedule.  He even attempted to claim that Biden's travel schedule exceeds that of Donald Trump.  The Washington Free Beacon decided to do some fact-checking of this astonishing claim and the results will likely not come as a surprise to most of you.

Joe Biden's Memory Is So Bad He Can't Remember When He Was Vice President.  Thursday [2/8/2024] brought the release of a special counsel report on President Joe Biden and his handling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency.  And, boy oh boy, was it a disaster for Biden and his political allies in the media.  The report went into detail on Biden's conversations with investigators and revealed just how senile the 81-year-old has become, noting that he failed to remember key dates from his personal or professional life.  Not to mention perhaps the most [scathing] conclusion, that Biden is so mentally unfit that his lack of memory would be used in his defense in a potential trial.

The Editor says...
Joe Biden was already unfit for the office of President on the day he was installed in that position, and his mind has continued to deteriorate ever since.  He should be in a retirement home somewhere, not the White House.

Biden's Seeing Dead People Isn't Funny, It's Dangerous.  He sees dead people.  Biden's mental acuity is getting worse, and that should be of HUGE concern to us all.  Twice in as many days, Biden has now claimed he has seen and chatted with leaders who've been dead for years or more.  We've written extensively about our concerns regarding Biden's mental health, as well as about our anger that Jill Biden and the Democrat/media complex are engaged in elder abuse so they can keep the power going.  Biden's mental health issues aren't funny.  They are a major concern to our domestic and national security.  His mental health, and lack thereof is dangerous.  World leaders whether friends or foe are watching and realize our President is not only weak, he's not all there.

Are they bragging or complaining?
Biden's own DOJ says he is an 'elderly man with a poor memory'.  The Department of Justice released its long-awaited investigation into Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents Thursday, delivering a damning assessment of the president's 'diminished faculties' and limited memory.  Although the report did not recommend bringing charges against the 81-year-old, it provides a cascade of damaging findings about files found in Biden's garage as well as the president's fitness for office.  In interviews with investigators, Biden became muddled about the dates he was vice president and could not even remember the year in which his son Beau died.

Joe Needs Visiting Angels, Not A Second Term.  We've all seen those commercials for Visiting Angels, the senior care company that sends professionals to the houses of elderly Americans to check on them and help out however they may need it.  If 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue isn't already the address of one of their clients, it needs to be.  The guy who lives there is sinking into the stage of dementia where he can no longer live alone and his family will soon have to have the awkward conversation every family dreads about taking away the car keys.  The only difference is this senile person is the President of the United States and in desperate need of someone in his inner-orbit who cares enough about him to admit the truth and bring to an end the elder abuse we're all witnessing on a regular basis.

CNN Accidentally Reports Mental Decline Has Forced Biden Into Hiding.  A member of the corporate media accidentally reported that His Fraudulency Joe Biden's obvious mental decline is so pronounced he's probably adopted the strategy of hiding from the media.  During a segment on doomed CNN's doomed CNN This Morning, someone named Salena Mohsin, who identifies as Bloomberg's senior Washington correspondent, was asked about President Roomba skipping what has become a traditional presidential interview prior to the Super Bowl.  "[H]im saying no to something that he's expected to do, a serious interview, he can really get his message out to an audience, just sitting, waiting for him, waiting for his message, is telling," Mohsin said, adding, "Is it because he can't handle it?"  Is it because he can't handle it?  What?  An accurate talking point inconvenient to a Democrat on CNN?

If POTATUS Makes It to Election Night, It'll Be a Miracle.  This is rumored to be the leader of the free world, and he is flat-out incoherent. [...] [T]he fools ultimately responsible are those who voted for this puppet.  Avoiding mean tweets (whatever), they could cast a ballot despite the fact Biden's deterioration was well underway even when he was basement dwelling to avoid scrutiny during the campaign?  As much as I personally despise this decrepit charlatan, I love my country a thousand times more.  The United States cannot have a derelict corpse for a figurehead, yet here we are. [...] I'm not sure what pressure he's being subjected to because he sure spends most of his time out of the loop.  But what little still remains in his protected bubble must be taking a toll.  It's as if he's now degrading in real time.  With every next moment in front of a microphone, we can watch the consciousness chunks crumbling off even faster.

61% Not Fooled by Media Cover-Up of Biden's Mental Decline.  A clear majority see that His Fraudulency Joe Biden is in mental decline and believe (correctly) that the media are trying to cover this frightening fact up.  Between January 28-30, Rasmussen Reports surveyed 934 likely voters and asked, "Do you feel like, over time, Joe Biden is getting less and less mentally sharp?" Across every gender, racial, and age line, a majority said yes.  Of everyone polled, 59 percent said yes, while only 33 percent disagreed.  Looking at the internals, 61 percent of men said yes, as did 57 percent of women, 63 percent of those aged 18-39, 60 percent aged 40-64, 51 percent of those over age 65, 59 percent of white people, and 58 percent of black people.

Biden tells crowd he recently met with Mitterrand, former French president who died in 1996.  President Biden told a crowd in Las Vegas on Sunday that he recently met with Francois Mitterrand, the French president who has been dead for nearly 30 years.  The comments came while Biden was warning of the dangers of a potential second Trump presidency, as he aimed to shore up enthusiasm ahead of Tuesday's Democratic primary in Nevada.  Biden recounted a story he has told many times during his presidency, about a meeting he had with French President Emmanuel Macron during a G7 meeting in England, some months after Biden had taken over the White House.

Biden Brags About Defying Supreme Court Ruling on Student Loan Bailout, Claims Debt Cancellation is Free.  Joe Biden on Sunday delivered remarks at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada.  As usual, Biden's speech was full of gaffes and lies.  At one point Joe Biden forgot he was in Las Vegas.  "It'll take you from here to Las Vegas!"  Biden, while in Vegas, said of a proposed high-speed rail line.  At one point Joe Biden bragged about defying the US Supreme Court's ruling on his unconstitutional student loan bailout.  Biden has used a series of workarounds to circumvent the Supreme Court's decision to strike down his student loan bailout program.  Last year the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Joe Biden's student loan relief program so the Department of Education rolled out a workaround forbearance program to cancel $39 billion in student loans by counting non-payments as payments for a period of time.  Only it isn't your typical forbearance program.  Borrowers won't have to pay back 'missed' payments or make up the difference of 'reduced' payments.  No interest will accrue on any of the missed payments.

If an Incumbent Gets 96 Percent of the Vote With 4 Percent Turnout, Does It Make a Sound?  If you weren't paying close attention to political news over the weekend, you may have missed that there was a presidential primary election on Saturday.  In fact, it sounds like a substantial number of voters in the state where the primary was held missed it, too.  South Carolina held its Democratic primary — moved up three weeks so that it could be "first in the nation" for the Dems (if you don't count New Hampshire, which they decided not to, in an effort either to juice President Joe Biden's chances of a resounding win or reward Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) for helping revive Biden's floundering 2020 campaign — or both). [...] Funny thing is, only about 131,000 people cast votes in the primary — out of over 3.4 million registered voters.  Meaning less than four percent of the state's registered voters bothered to participate in Saturday's primary — and less than nine percent of the registered Democrats.

Is Biden Malicious, Incompetent, or Conniving?  Things are becoming so strange, so surreal, so nihilistic in contemporary America that the chaos can only be deliberate.  Chance, incompetence, and accident could not alone explain the series of disasters we now daily witness that are nearly destroying the country.  When the ailing and non-compos-mentis president now speaks, he rarely becomes excited about Iranian or terrorist provocations.  Biden seems restrained even at Russia's outlawry in Ukraine.  The atrocities of Hamas now earn only measured objections from Biden.  He does not seem too angered by the collapse of the border.  Nor do the deaths of 100,000 Americans to imported fentanyl earn a loud trademark Biden scream.  No, what earns his unchecked ire, often expressed in shouts and hysterical tones, are Donald Trump and his supporters.

War Delirium.  Pity the poor president.  "Joe Biden" must decide now whether to go to war with Iran or Texas.  Which will it be?  Or might it be both?  That Governor Abbott turns out to be the Putin of the purple sage!  How does he dare interfere with the orderly flow of new voters — fine people! — across that filthy little river of his? [...] The world may be a disaster these days, but the White House is a bigger disaster.  Can you name the White House chief of staff?  Betcha can't.  Know why?  He never, ever comes out and speaks to that mob in the press room.  He might have to answer some difficult questions, such as:  if the president's brain is switched off more than half the time, who decides what to do with that 'nuclear football' they carry around with him.  Is it. . . you?  By the way, the chief of staff's name is Jeff Zients.  Ever heard him?  Of course not.  He has a page on "X".  The most recent thing he posted was July 25, 2023.  Good thing not much has happened since then.

Where Are Biden's Pen and Phone?  President Biden wants additional authority to tackle the border crisis.  He says that he's ready to shut down the border once Congress acts.  That he's otherwise out of options.  The New York Times reports that the president is frustrated.  He feels stymied.  "I've done all I can do," he said this week.  Hasn't he done enough?  As a result of Biden's policies, migrant crossings have reached historic levels.  Border Patrol agents took into custody or processed more than 300,000 people last December — the most on record.  His encouragement of asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants affects not only border states such as Texas, but also blue states such as Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York.  Immigration is rising to the top of voters' priorities.  All voters, not just Republicans.  And these voters blame President Biden — rightly — for the mess we are in.  Cheeky, then, for Biden to turn around and say that he's immobilized by congressional inaction.

Speaker Johnson Says What We Are All Thinking:  Joe Biden Isn't the Guy in Charge.  On Friday, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-LA) mused about the possibility of something that is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day:  Joe Biden isn't the guy in charge in Washington. [...] Whoever is making these policy decisions, it's obvious they don't have the best interests of Americans at heart.  Speaker Johnson blames the policies on "staff around him," although I've speculated in the past that Jill Biden is enjoying playing Edith Wilson to Joe's Woodrow.  But whoever is pulling these strings on the ever-more-impaired President is claiming that the Chief Executive, somehow, lacks the power to execute.

Speaker Johnson says Biden not 'allowed' by staff to take action on border.  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speculated Friday that President Biden's staff is keeping him from taking executive action to stem the flow of migrants on the southern border.  "He knows that he has the authority.  We've documented it for him.  I've read to him the law myself — to the president.  Read him the provisions of the law and said, 'Mr. President, please take action,'" Johnson said on Fox Business on Friday morning.  "I don't think he's allowed to do it.  I'm not sure Joe Biden is actually making these decisions.  I think it's staff around him, and they're pushing him to hold the — or to keep the border open," Johnson said.  Johnson has been pressing Biden for weeks to take executive action on border and migration policy — including by reinstating the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy and restarting construction of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border — and arguing he does not need new authority from Congress to do so.

Biden's 'Obsessed' with Morning Joe, Calls Scarborough 'Often,' Vents About Media.  Alex Thompson, a White House reporter for Axios, has a new scoop titled "Inside Biden's obsession with 'Morning Joe'."  Thompson explored how "Biden's years-long love of MSNBC's staple morning show" affects how the White House runs — and who Biden listens to.  It might also explain why MSNBC added an hour to the show.

The Editor says...
What an interesting idea:  A cable TV channel with a target audience of one person.  That doesn't sound very profitable, unless the one viewer is the POTUS.

Joe Biden and Sons.  [Scroll down]  Joe Biden clearly shows ambivalence and conflict about the U.S. military and the use of military power.  Joe Biden had presided with Barack Obama over the premature troop reduction in Iraq before the rise of ISIS there.  Joe Biden opposed the surge of U.S. troops that helped quell ISIS in Iraq.  Biden opposed the raid to get Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.  He said it was too dangerous for the troops. [...] Joe Biden's ambivalent but powerful psychological protective and loving merger with his beloved sons results in a tragic flaw and psychological blind spot in his political decision-making.  Biden's unresolved grief causes him to blur his son Beau's life with our U.S. troops.  Joe Biden's rigidity, defective empathy, and signs of early cognitive decline render him unfit for decision-making regarding protecting our troops from real danger.

Biden's job approval drops to 38% as border worries rise.  President Joe Biden's approval rating declined in January as Americans worried about the economy and immigration while the Democrat ramps up his reelection campaign, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.  Only 38% of poll respondents said they approved of Biden's performance as president, down from 40% in December.

Biden Makes Remark Revealing He Has No Idea Who the Sitting President Is.  I've written about Joe Biden's disastrous trip to South Carolina.  It was jam-packed with incoherence and weirdness, including Biden going to a black barbershop, pandering, and making a weird comment to a man about how if Biden had him blocking for him, he could have been an All-American. [...] But there's one more comment that he made about Trump that is very concerning that just was reported.  As he was attacking Trump, who seems to live rent-free in Joe's head, he seemed to have no idea who the sitting president was as he slurred through this comment.  [Tweet with video clip]  Biden claimed that Trump said he wanted to see the economy "crash" this year, "A sitting president [untintelligible]."  Apparently, Biden thinks Trump is the sitting president.  Trump was worried about the economy that Biden has messed up and driven into inflation.  The economy under Trump was banging prior to the pandemic, but it's been crushing with rampant inflation and high interest rates under Biden.

A political speech at an all-black church:
Biden Lies at Pulpit About His Role in Civil Rights and Attending Black Churches.  Joe Biden on Sunday continued to pander to the black community in Columbia, South Carolina ahead of the state's Democrat primary set for February 3.  81-year-old Biden participated in a political event at St.  John the Baptist Church on Sunday [1/28/2024].  He brazenly lied from the pulpit about his role in the civil rights movement and his history of attending black churches.  This is just weeks after he lied about 'starting the civil rights movement' during a stump speech at a black church in Charleston.

Chinese Firm Sent Biden Enterprise $3 Million As 'Thank You' For Work When Joe Biden Held Office, Comer Says.  Hunter Biden's former business associate Rob Walker confirmed Chinese firm CEFC wired him $3 million as a "thank you" payment for work during Joe Biden's vice presidency, according to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer.  Walker, a key figure in the Biden family's Chinese and Romanian business dealings, testified before Congress Friday about the relationship the Bidens had with both CEFC and Romanian oligarch Gabriel Popoviciu, Comer said Friday night.  [Tweet]  "Today's interview confirmed Hunter Biden and his associates' work with the Chinese government-linked energy company began over a year before Joe Biden left the vice presidency, but the Bidens and their associates held off being paid by the Chinese while Joe Biden was in office," Comer said in a press release.  "The Chinese company paid Hunter Biden and his associates $3 million shortly after Joe Biden left office as a 'thank you' for the work they did while Joe Biden was in office.  Members of the Biden family received payments from the Chinese deal even though they did not work on it," Comer added.

We Don't Have a President.  Joe Biden is nominally our president, but he is manifestly incapable of discharging the duties of that office.  Opinions vary as to who our "real" president is.  Some say it is Barack Obama.  Some say it is Jill Biden.  Others describe a network of political influence within the Congress and the purported "Biden Administration."  But one thing we know for sure is that our chief executive is not the pitiful shell of a man known as Joe Biden, who at his best, decades ago, was dumb, and now is in la-la-land:  [Tweet with video clip]

The Editor says...
Yes, we have a president.  We just don't know who it is.  But whoever it is, nobody voted for him or her to be the president.

Is Biden Poison-Pilling Trump?  Biden is a disgrace.  No other president in history has done more to cripple a country than the former senator from Delaware: devaluing the dollar, raising energy prices, forcing people to stay home, firing workers who showed up because they wouldn't take a government-mandated experimental vaccine, causing massive instability in Ukraine through failed diplomacy, leaving thousands of men, women, and children behind in Afghanistan, who, because of his failed policy, now live under tyranny and death.  Biden's failure to protect Israel by doing business with Iran cannot be forgotten.  His encouragement of sanctions of immoral health practices — even encouraging and supporting genital mutilation among "trans" youth — is criminal.  Pandering to every progressive pipe dream, no matter the cost, including the inefficient desire to be carbon-neutral without any credible science or benefit to support his goals, is psychotic.  All of this adds up to a country that has been mortally wounded, with blow after blow of egregious and sociopathic leadership.  This is the legacy of the Biden presidency.

The Editor says...
Leaving stink bombs for the next president is exactly what Obama did.  This is just more evidence that Obama is still the acting president in 2024.

Bill Gates Set Up 20 Shell Companies to Hide Purchase of $113 Million of Nebraska Farmland.  A glance at federal records shows the series of Nebraska farms listed as foreign-owned, though there's no country attached and no hint that these farms with unassuming names might be related.  Willowdale Farms, Merrick County Farms, Dove Haven Ranch, Champion Valley Farm, Schroder Family Farms and many more are concentrated in northeast Nebraska but spread to the southeast corner and west nearly to Wyoming.  In Nebraska's business records, they have one similarity:  Each farm's office address leads to a single-story brick building in the St. Louis suburbs, an office park housing a dentist, lawyers and, until recently, a farmland investment startup called AgCoA.  For years, AgCoA was owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a government-owned group managing the retirement funds of 21 million Canadians.  But in 2017, the Canadian board decided to offload a half-billion dollar chunk of its American farmland portfolio — including all 22,830 acres of its Nebraska land.  The buyer of those unassuming-sounding Nebraska farms wasn't publicly listed.  Until now, the financial details of the transaction and the gargantuan loan he's taken out against it have remained publicly unknown.  The buyer's name:  Bill Gates.

Forget Michelle Obama or Gavin Newsom — Dems' Choice to Replace Biden is Nikki Haley.  President Joe Biden is clearly declining cognitively and physically, based on his garbled speech, frequent falls, disorientation on stage, and inappropriate behavior, especially toward young girls.  Voters agree.  In the Democrat stronghold of New York City, 62 percent of New Yorkers believe Biden is unfit to serve another term.  So, who takes his place?  Not Vice President Kamala Harris, whose approval rating, "Is a 2024 problem," according to Newsweek.

Hunter's Painting Foray Had All The Classic Earmarks Of A Biden Family Influence-Peddling Operation.  Hunter Biden's "Sugar Bro," Kevin Morris, testified before the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees on Wednesday.  A readout of Morris' testimony, when considered in tandem with the testimony provided last week by Hunter Biden's gallerist, suggests Hunter was setting up another front for the family influence-peddling racket when the plan collapsed due to public scrutiny.  On Thursday, House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer issued a statement following the committee's transcribed interview of Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris.  In his press release, Comer revealed that Hollywood producer Lanette Phillips introduced Morris to Hunter Biden during a campaign event at her Los Angeles home for Joe Biden in the winter of 2019.  One week later, Phillips called Morris to discuss what Morris apparently framed as an "entertainment" issue.  Morris later visited Hunter at his home in L.A., according to the press release.  According to Comer, Morris testified he began providing money to Hunter Biden in January 2020.  Then on Feb. 7, 2020, Morris emailed Hunter's advisers and tax accountants, writing, "We are under considerable risk personally and politically to get the returns in."  Less than two weeks later, Hunter Biden filed his long-overdue 2017 and 2018 tax returns, although he didn't pay his hefty tax bill at the time.  Around Oct. 18, 2021, Morris paid some $2 million in overdue taxes for the president's son.

The many faces of Kevin Morris, Hunter Biden's financial patron.  Morris was largely unknown to most people until he emerged as the Democratic donor who reportedly paid Hunter Biden millions to handle his unpaid taxes and maintain his lavish lifestyle.  The Hollywood lawyer and producer portrayed himself as a good Samaritan on a biblical scale — a good man who simply found a desperate stranger on the road and gave him more than $5 million.  His counsel, Bryan M. Sullivan stated that "Hunter is not only a client of Kevin's, he is his friend and there is no prohibition against helping a friend in need, despite the inability of these Republican chairmen and their allies to imagine such a thing."  The statement captures the problem for Morris.  It is increasingly hard to determine what Morris was at any given moment:  Democratic donor, lawyer, friend.  Indeed, that problem that some of us have raised for months.

Hunter Biden to Sit for Closed-Door Deposition, Along with 5 Associates.  Hunter Biden will sit for a closed-door interview on February 28, along with five Biden family associates at various dates, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced Thursday.  The announcement came as a surprise to some Republicans.  Last week, the chairmen went through procedural hurdles to prepare for a House vote to hold Hunter in contempt of Congress for failing to sit for the deposition.  Hunter proposed last week to sit for the deposition if Congress reissued a subpoena, arguing the prior subpoenas "are legally invalid" because the impeachment inquiry "did not yet exist when the subpoenas were issued."

Four Years After Biden 'Laptop From Hell' Falsely Labeled 'Misinformation,' DOJ Admits It's Real.  Nearly four years after the [scathing] evidence of Biden family corruption on Hunter Biden's laptop was disclosed in 2020, President Joe Biden's Department of Justice admitted in a court filing on Tuesday that the Mac and its contents are real.  If you've been following this story since it broke in October 2020, you know there was never any true reason to doubt The New York Post's reporting or the word of the Delaware computer repair shop owner that the abandoned Mac belonged to Hunter.  Yet truth was no defense.  The Post was quickly banned from social media for spreading "disinformation" — a decision based on actual disinformation — and dozens of U.S. intelligence officials rushed to back the censorship.  So did Joe Biden.  The DOJ's confirmation the laptop's contents came from Hunter arrives years after complicit media outlets quietly admitted the truth about the computer in 2022, and even longer after conservative media verified the laptop's authenticity ahead of 2020 election day.

Bar Complaint Filed Against Kevin Morris for Financially Aiding Hunter Biden.  America First Legal on Tuesday filed a California bar complaint against Hunter Biden's lawyer, Kevin Morris, for allegedly violating "both the text of the Rules of Professional Conduct and the well-established norms of the legal profession" of the California Bar Association.  Morris, Hunter's so-called "sugar brother," recently emerged as a main character in the House impeachment inquiry's probe into the Biden family: [...] Morris' financial aid to Hunter "is expressly prohibited by State Bar of California Rule 1.8.5(a)," America First Legal's complaint contends.  The rule is "intended to prevent the abuses which were criminalized under the principles of champerty and maintenance," the legal defense fund argued.  "Yet Mr. Morris now appears to be representing Hunter Biden, thus risking violation of the attorney-client relationship prescribed by the Rules," the organization stated.

Report: Hunter Biden's 'Art Dealer' Called Joe Biden and Met With Him at the White House.  Things keep looking worse for poor, embattled Hunter Biden.  We already knew that Hunter's art customers were basically Biden donors, but according to new reports, Hunter's art dealer called Joe Biden and even met with him at the White House.  The Biden White House claimed that there were all sorts of ethics measures in place to avoid the appearance of any corruption but it now looks like that was a total lie.  Surprise!

Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings.  The art dealer who sold Hunter Biden's paintings told Congress that President Joe Biden both called and met him at the White House as he was pitching Hunter's artwork and that the first son also made an unusual request to be informed about who bought his pieces, according to testimony that directly undercuts the White House narrative on the sales.  The Biden White House repeatedly told the public that Hunter Biden's art sales were covered by an ethics agreement to ensure they were arms-length and that the first family — Hunter included — was blinded to the identity of buyers.  But George Berges, owner of the prestigious Berges art galleries based in New York and Berlin that sold Hunter Biden's painting from 2020 to 2023, told congressional impeachment investigators that the first son likely knew the identity of 70% of the buyers — the largest who were Democrat donors — and that Hunter Biden's first contract made an unusual request when the relationship started.

CNN Iowa Entrance Poll: 68% Believe Joe Biden Didn't Legitimately Win Election.  Sixty-eight percent of Iowan caucusgoers do not believe President Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, while 30 percent think he did, a CNN entrance poll found Monday evening.  The poll also asked respondents if former President Donald Trump is fit for the presidency, even if convicted of a crime.  Sixty-four percent said he was, while 34 percent said "no."  The top issue for Republican caucusgoers was immigration (40 percent), followed by the economy (35 percent), foreign policy (11 percent), and abortion (11 percent).

Biden's Latest Remarks on Economy Show He Has No Idea What He Is Talking About.  Joe Biden has horrible approval ratings when it comes to the economy.  That's put the Biden team in a quandary as to what to do when the media asks them about this fact.  They've claimed it's just bad messaging — that Americans just don't understand what's going on.  That of course is both presumptuous and insulting, acting like Americans are stupid and don't understand when they are paying more for everything.

Hunter Biden [Appeared in] Congress To Get B-Roll For His Damage-Control Documentary.  Hunter Biden made a 10-minute surprise appearance before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday before dramatically departing when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attempted to question him.  At Hunter's side throughout the ordeal was his lawyer, also known as his "sugar brother," Kevin Morris.  Morris has lent Hunter millions of dollars over the last few years and is currently producing a puff documentary about Hunter.  Some theorized that Hunter's hearing appearance meant to dissuade lawmakers from holding him in contempt of Congress.  As Greene pointed out on X, however, Hunter's appearance only accents that he has refused to comply with House and Senate deposition subpoenas related to the alleged Biden bribery scandal.  Hunter's noncompliance is why representatives ultimately voted to hold the president's son in contempt yesterday.

WH Counsel Warns Biden to Stop Bringing His Big Donors to Oval Office.  President Joe Biden has changed the way he gives White House tours to some of his biggest donors, and he did so on advice of counsel.  That, of course, strongly implies that the way the president had been conducting such tours in the past violated the law — a point left-leaning Axios seemed to overlook when it reported on the changes Wednesday.  Unnamed "people familiar with the matter" told Axios for its report that, while Biden continues to host donors at the White House, he has now restricted those visits to certain parts of the president's residence.  According to the outlet, the visits are designed to calm anxious donors who may doubt the president's ability to beat rival Donald Trump, 77, should the former president become the official Republican nominee in 2024 as seems increasingly likely.

Republicans vote to advance Hunter Biden contempt of Congress citation following his made-for-TV 'publicity stunt'.  Republicans have voted to recommend Hunter Biden officially be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to sit for a closed-door deposition as part of their impeachment investigation into his father Joe.  The House Judiciary Committee was first to vote to approve the contempt resolution 23-14 along party lines, teeing up a full floor vote as early as next week.  If that gets cleared, Hunter's case would be referred to the Biden-led Department of Justice for prosecution and he could face up to a year in prison if convicted.

Committees Vote to Hold Hunter Biden in Contempt of Congress for Refusing to Testify.  The U.S. House Judiciary and Oversight committees held Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress today for refusing to testify weeks ago after receiving a subpoena.  The Judiciary party-line vote was 23-14; Oversight's was 25-11.  The votes send the motion to the full House.

Hunter seems to think the fix is in at Dad's Department of Justice.  This president's son, who has absolutely no business skills and typically is not even sober, has collected tens of millions from foreign governments and businessmen.  Some of that money has found its way through labyrinth shell corporations and into the hands of the "Big Guy."  Some of it has not found its way into the hands of the Internal Revenue Service, though it should have.  Republicans want to learn more about this.  Or as the New York Times would put it, "Republicans pounced."  That's because the media which back in the days of journalism would itself pounce to investigate such suspicious activity was instead still navel-gazing about the laptop computer aka "Russian disinformation."

Hunter Biden unexpectedly shows up to House contempt hearing, quickly storms out in chaotic Capitol Hill scene.  Hunter Biden made a surprise — and brief — appearance Wednesday at a House Oversight Committee hearing where members were debating a resolution holding him in contempt of Congress.  The first son, 53, showed up with his lawyer Abbe Lowell and "sugar brother" Kevin Morris and sat in the front row of the hearing room, causing an uproar among the panel's Republicans, before leaving after about 10 minutes.  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) tore into Hunter Biden during her remarks, calling him "epitome of white privilege."  "My first question is:  Who bribed Hunter Biden to be here today?" Mace began.  "You are the epitome of white privilege — coming into the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed.  What are you afraid of? [...]"  Mace added:  "I think Hunter Biden should be arrested right here, right now, and go straight to jail."

Hunter Biden Knew His Art Buyers.  Ethical 'Guardrails' Were a Scam.  How much would you pay for a piece of "art" created by a political figure who had no history or experience in the creative arts but seemingly just picked up some paint and canvases and began splashing things around?  Well, if you really liked it and had a lot of money to burn, it might be a fair amount.  And the presumably unknown "artist" would likely feel quite grateful.  But if the "artist" in question was a known, influential political figure who might feel some gratitude toward you in the future, the rest of us would probably have some questions.  These are the issues that have swirled around First Son Hunter Biden's supposed "art sales" from the beginning.  But he racked up a lot of money selling his scribblings in the midst of his well-known financial troubles.  We were assured that protections were in place ensuring that all of the sales were legitimate and not politically connected.  Did anyone really believe that?  A new report reveals that it was all a scam.

Joe Biden's Scary Speech on Jan. 6.  Last Friday, ahead of the anniversary of Jan. 6, President Joe Biden gave a speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to kick off his 2024 campaign. [...] Politically speaking, the purpose of the speech was clear.  Given that Biden has among the lowest favorability numbers ever recorded for a sitting president, he cannot make the election about his achievements.  Because he has none that warrant his reelection.  In every way, he has made America a worse country.  He has terribly damaged the economy — increased an already unsustainable national debt; changed an energy-independent and energy-exporting country into an energy dependent and energy-importing one. [...] He has done terrible damage to the most important freedom — freedom of speech.  Among other things, his administration worked with Big Tech before and since the 2020 election to censor political speech.  He has created the first large set of political prisoners in American history — hundreds, soon perhaps thousands, of Americans sentenced to prison for merely entering the Capitol, or for just being present on the Capitol grounds, on Jan. 6.  He has weaponized the Department of Justice against his political opponents, and is overseeing the prosecution of an ex-president and political rival for the first time in American history.  From his first day in office, he has stoked racial tension in America.  His inaugural address was the most hate-filled and divisive inaugural address in American history.  He has so demoralized the American military that recruitment levels are at their lowest ever.

Hunter Biden knew most of his art buyers despite sham 'ethics' plan — contradicting the White House: dealer.  Hunter Biden's Manhattan art dealer said Tuesday that he never worked with the White House on an ethics pact to ensure buyers would remain anonymous — and added that the top purchasers were known to the first son, contrary to prior claims from President Biden's aides.  Georges Bergès also revealed that in addition to the lack of supposed anti-corruption safeguards he actually met and spoke on the phone with the president while repping his son, the House Oversight Committee said in a readout of a closed-door deposition.  The art dealer testified that Hunter, 53, knew who bought about 70% of his art — including Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, who obtained works by the first son both before and after scoring a prestigious presidential appointment.

J.P. Morgan Analyst Predicts Timing of When Biden Will Drop Out, How He Will Be Replaced.  One of J.P. Morgan strategist Michael Cembalest's predictions on his list of "Ten Surprises for 2024" is getting a lot of attention beyond just folks interested in the market and investing.  It's because Cembalest's third predicted "surprise" is that Joe Biden will pull out of the election between Super Tuesday and November, for health reasons.  Super Tuesday is the day that you have a lot of the states holding primaries and caucuses.  This year, that's March 5.  Cembalest says that after Biden steps down due to health, the Democratic National Committee will name a replacement to whom to pass the torch.

The Democrats Can't Disgorge Biden.  The only elected incumbent ever denied the nomination of his party for reelection was President Franklin Pierce, and that occurred long before the modern primary system reduced party conventions to coronation ceremonies. [...] Now the Democrats are stuck with an incumbent whose poll numbers are comparable to those of the hapless Jimmy Carter.  The similarities between Biden and Carter are remarkable.  Carter's feckless foreign policy led to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Biden's obvious weakness prompted Putin to invade Ukraine.  Carter abandoned Iran to the Islamist theocracy of Ayatollah Khomeini and Biden abandoned Afghanistan to the tender mercies of the Taliban.  Domestically, both Carter and Biden gave us high inflation, high interest rates, and economic pessimism.  Both pledged to restore unity and end political turmoil.  In this regard, Biden's record is even worse than Carter's.

Biden recalls attending funerals of cops killed on Jan 6 — crickets from 'fact checkers'.  President Joe Biden delivered his big speech to mark the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021 chaos at the Capitol and as the teller of tall tales is prone to do, he embellished a key detail.  On Friday, the octogenarian demagogue uncorked his ugly rant for a small crowd near historic Valley Forge, PA, a location chosen for its Revolutionary War connection at a time when his regime is persecuting GOP frontrunner Donald J. Trump and his supporters like England's King George once did to American patriots.  During the 30 minute diatribe, Biden claimed that he and First Lady Jill Biden attended the funerals of police officers who were killed during the so-called "insurrection" against the government.

Joe Biden: the medications and vacations aren't working.  It's becoming increasingly hard to tell Biden's normal, daily level of confusion from confusion worthy of more than passing mention. [...] Jill Biden is Joe's constant companion, particularly when it comes time to guide him off stage in the hope of avoiding more video of him trying to shake hands or speak with invisible people or haplessly stumbling in circles, trying to find a way to exit the stage. [...] He's lost more or less constantly, even after two weeks of vacation keeping him out of the public eye. [...] It's becoming increasingly obvious the medications Biden is taking to have even an hour or two of relative lucidity aren't working as well as they once did.

Biden's Back on Vacation and the Confusion Looks Very Bad.  A couple of days ago, I wrote about how Joe Biden hadn't had anything that even resembled work on his schedule in about two weeks, that he spent most of that time on vacation at either Camp David or in St. Croix.  That was consistent with his whole time in office where he's spent almost 40 percent of his time on vacation.  But I did note that he would have one thing on his schedule for Jan. 5 — trying to deflect from his failures by talking about the Jan. 6 riot of three years ago, bashing his opponent former President Donald Trump, and demonizing "MAGA" Americans.  It was hilariously presumptuous as he appeared to try to compare himself to George Washington and braving the winter at Valley Forge, which he visited before the speech.  What was also hysterical was that he had planned to give the speech on Saturday, Jan. 6.  But he shitted it back to Jan. 5 — because of anticipated bad weather.  Some "George Washington." [...] But then, after he finished his speech, after he shouted, "I understand POWER!" and his wife had to escort him from the stage, he was off for yet more vacation.  [Tweet]

Burisma lawyer finally registers as a foreign agent in the US.  A lawyer just registered as a foreign agent for work he conducted eight years ago for Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, when Hunter Biden was on the board.  The disclosure raises questions about whether Hunter Biden could face FARA charges in the future that could complicate his father President Joe Biden's re-election run.  The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires law firms and lobbyists to disclose work representing the interests of foreign clients.

Joe Biden Does Absolutely Nothing All Day.  Bill O'Reilly analyzes Biden's 'light schedule' and examines a report that claims the President is on vacation a third of the time.  [Video clip]

Contempt Charges for Hunter.  Say, whatever happened to all of those investigations into Hunter Biden and the affairs of Biden Inc.?  Before the Christmas break, it sounded like the House Oversight Committee really had its teeth into some juicy material and the walls were closing in on the First Son.  As it turns out, the work has continued and progress is reportedly being made.  Following Hunter's dramatic press conference where he refused to provide testimony after receiving a congressional subpoena, the committee is moving forward with the next steps, the first of which will be a vote in the committee to hold the younger Biden in contempt of Congress.  Assuming that passes, the measure would move to the floor for a full vote.

The New Rules Dictate That Biden Be Struck From the Ballot With the 25th Amendment.  The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides for removing a president who is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."  That describes President Dustpuppet to a T.  Of course, the amendment also spells out the players who are authorized to make this decision and the process by which it must be done, but such considerations are part of the Old Rules.  Remember New Rule #1: Expediency.  We've recently learned that a single actor can unilaterally invoke any clause or phrase she cherry-picks from the founding document, skip over the inconvenient bits, declare a candidate unfit, and strike him from the ballot.  This is what Maine's childish Secretary of State did:  [Video clip]  In Colorado, the state's left-wing Supreme Court did the same thing, unilaterally declaring that Trump had engaged in an insurrection — even though he's never been charged with the crime, much less convicted of it.  And so, if this new rule is allowed to stand, every single state that has even a single conservative official with any say in the matter must declare Biden unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office and strike his name from the ballot.

Our Razor's Edge.  The Bidens now risk exposure to criminal charges of multimillion-dollar tax fraud, perjury, influence selling, and bribery as congressional committees and a special prosecutor unravel years of tangled-up quid pro quos.  A newly indicted Hunter remains reckless and unpredictable.  He continues to publicly blame his mounting legal problems on everyone and everything other than his own selfish excesses.  Hunter deliberately involves his family and may even bring down his own father.  His tax lawyers have previously threatened to call President Biden to testify on his behalf under oath.  He continues to court public scandal by hawking amateurish "representational" paintings to the quid-pro-quo wealthy and wannabes wishing for clout with the White House.  His laptop messages reveal a prodigal son angry that his bagman services were never fully appreciated by his familial beneficiaries.  Hunter's wayward laptop is a felonious trove of drug-addled, illicit Petronian excess and sex, interspliced with his self-incriminating family communications on the distributions of pay-for-play payoffs.

Joe Biden and the left are putting the rule of law at risk.  President Biden will portray his re-election campaign as a crusade to save American democracy.  But Biden has ravaged Americans' rights and liberties ever since he took his oath of office almost three years ago.  Biden presumes he is entitled to force Americans to pay any price to buy votes for his re-election.  Promising to wipe out student debt helped Biden win the 2020 presidential election.  In August last year, Biden announced a $500 billion cancellation of federal student loans, boosting Democratic candidates in the midterm congressional elections.  But the Supreme Court ruled in June that Biden's loan cancellation was an illegal power grab.

Biden's Campaign Message 2024.  Biden makes appointments, his vice president, his SCOTUS pick, etc., based on the anti-American principle of skin color, gender, and sexual orientation instead of picking best person for the job, leading to predictable disasters.  Biden engages in disturbing behavior towards children and little girls, even touching or sniffing them.  Biden ignores SCOTUS rulings, e.g., that forgiving student debt without congressional consent is unconstitutional, but repeatedly tries to do so anyways to buy votes of young people with taxpayer dollars.  Biden regularly speaks gibberish and needs to be led around like a baby, etc.  For these and for many other reasons, Biden will need an outrageous Orwellian strategy for his 2024 campaign. [...] Biden 2024 campaign is, therefore, going to be based on a "hate Trump" message grounded largely on their comical January 6 insurrection myth, comical because the FBI said there was "scant evidence" the Capitol attack was an organized effort to overturn the 2020 election, which did not stop the Democrat's media poodles from describing it as an "insurrection" for years.

There's a New Wrinkle in the Impeachment Investigation of Joe Biden.  Do you remember how White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre let a detail slip during a White House press briefing that Joe Biden spoke with Hunter before he defied the subpoena and knew what he was going to say?  "Look," she said, "as you know, Hunter Biden is a private citizen.  And so, I certainly would refer you to his representatives.  Look, you know, the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say.  And I think what you saw was from the heart from his son."  Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley called Jean-Pierre's admission a "breathtaking mistake."  "If this latest allegation is true, the president was speaking with his son about committing a potentially criminal act of contempt.  Hunter was refusing to give testimony focused not on his own role but on his father's potential role in the alleged influence peddling.  The House can pursue evidence on that conversation and how the president may have supported his son's effort," Turley explained.

House GOP Floats Biden Impeachment Over 'Conspiracy To Obstruct' Hunter Deposition.  House Republicans suggested on Wednesday that President Joe Biden could face an impeachment offense related to his son Hunter Biden's refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena.  Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said in a letter demanding a host of documents and communications by January 10 that their committees are "compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the President engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress."  In their letter, addressed to White House Counsel Edward Siskel, the chairmen highlighted how White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that President Biden was "familiar" with what Hunter Biden was going to say at a mid-December press event outside the U.S. Capitol.

Our American Nero.  Nero fiddled while Rome burned but Presidentish Biden does all kinds of good ole boy fiddling while he destroys America beyond recognition.  Biden fiddles with the truth, fiddles us soon into war with Russia and China, fiddles with his bank accounts, fiddles with your wealth and worst of all, fiddles with children.  According to the polls and what most Americans already know, he is the worst President in United States history.  Centuries from now, historians will write about him as the man who dismantled America while unable to read from a teleprompter or ride a bike.  Fiddling with the truth is his specialty.  Before stumbling away from a lectern, he blames others for precisely what he is guilty of.  He obfuscates that the Orange Man is a Nazi dictator, when he himself is an actual dictator who ignores Congress and the Supreme Court.  He has canceled $5 Billion in Federal Student Aid for 80,000 borrowers despite an order from the Supreme Court.  He decrees that we must buy EV automobiles, cease using gas stoves, and must not drill for oil while emboldening and enriching our enemies such as Iran.  All without Congressional approval.

Contents of Biden's pseudonym emails tops Comer's list of material impeachment inquiry needs to obtain.  The contents of emails sent by President Biden using pseudonym accounts is the top item House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-Ky.) says investigators handling the impeachment inquiry into the president need to obtain.  Biden, 81, used multiple email aliases — including "robinware456," "JRBware" and "RobertLPeters" — between 2010 and 2019 to communicate with his son Hunter Biden and Eric Schwerin, the first son's former business partner, according to the House Ways and Means Committee.  The White House, however, has only released 14 of about 82,000 pages worth of Biden's secret vice presidential emails, according to the Kentucky Republican, who said knowing what's in the rest of them is his top priority when Congress returns from recess in the new year.

Biden Heads Back to DC From Vacation at Camp David; Will Leave for Another Week-long Holiday on the US Virgin Islands Tomorrow.  Joe Biden on Tuesday returned to Washington DC from a vacation at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland.  Because of the bad weather, Joe Biden returned to DC via his presidential motorcade, not Marine One.  [Tweet with video clip]  Biden and his family of grifters will leave for another holiday in the US Virgin Islands on Wednesday afternoon.  It is unclear where Joe Biden will be staying during his holiday in St.  Croix to celebrate the New Year.

Do feds have FISA evidence on Bidens?  Court memos suggest they might, and Congress wants it.  Ever since Hunter Biden was captured in a recording calling his client, Patrick Ho, "the [...] spy chief of China," questions have swirled around the Chinese official who headed a U.S.-based think-tank that worked to advance the interests of CEFC China Energy and its now-vanished founder, Ye Jianming.  Court records from Ho's case reviewed by Just the News show the FBI and Justice Department gathered evidence under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) from around the time when Hunter Biden and his uncle James were dealing with CEFC officials, including Ho.  Joe Biden also met twice with CEFC officials:  once as vice president and once as a private citizen, according to statements made by a family friend to the FBI.

Who Is Actually Running Biden's Potemkin Presidency?  A December 22 news story in The Hill, a liberal media outlet that focuses on Congress, provides a huge hint that, despite the appearances and official claims to the contrary, Joe Biden isn't the man in charge of the White House, that his is a Potemkin Presidency.  The headline proclaims, "Biden Kept at Distance from McConnell in Border Talks."  Then the lede of the news story says Biden "has kept a distance from Senate negotiations on a border deal critical to securing congressional aid to Ukraine, even as GOP lawmakers repeatedly called for him to enter the talks."  Catch the subtle difference there?  The headline is passive, while the lede is active.  The lede clearly suggests Biden himself is why he has not been involved in the much-ballyhooed negotiations between his administration, Senate Democrats, and Senate Republicans seeking an end-of-the-year deal on stopping the rising flood of illegal immigrants crossing into the U.S. at its Southern border with Mexico.

Lesley Wolf Refused To Explain [her] Order To Remove Joe Biden From [a] Search Warrant In Hunter Biden Case.  Former Assistant U.S Attorney for the District of Delaware Lesley Wolf did not tell lawmakers why she protected Joe Biden from a planned search warrant ahead of the 2020 presidential election.  Wolf testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 14 and declined to discuss an email she sent in August 2020 instructing FBI Agent Joshua Wilson to take Joe Biden's name off a draft search warrant during the Hunter Biden investigation, according to a transcript reviewed by the Daily Caller. [...] IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler have accused Wolf of giving Hunter Biden special treatment by slow-walking and shutting down investigative steps, such as searching Joe Biden's Delaware guest house and Hunter Biden's northern Virginia storage locker.  She recently left the DOJ in the wake of the IRS whistleblower accusations.  Wolf similarly refused to address a memo written by Shapley detailing how she ignored potential campaign finance issues surrounding Hunter Biden's financier Kevin Morris.

Another Biden Scandal Might Be Brewing.  In a new letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a bipartisan group of lawmakers from both chambers of Congress is demanding answers regarding U.S. companies that were apparently allowed by the Biden administration to export technology to entities in adversarial foreign countries — entities with products currently being used in attacks against America's international partners.  It's not news that the world has become an increasingly dangerous place since President Biden took office.  Russia invaded Ukraine as Biden insisted his sanctions would deter Putin's ambitions.  Israel was attacked in a bloody slaughter carried out by Iran-backed Hamas terrorists.  Other patrons of Tehran's bloodthirsty regime have managed to block some 60 percent of the world's shipping traffic from transiting the Red Sea.  China continues to harass Taiwan and threatens the planes and vessels of the U.S. military and its allies in the region.

Biden's Failure to Stop Border 'Invasion' Is Impeachable Offense, GOP House Member Says.  President Joe Biden's unwillingness to stop the border crisis is an impeachable offense that eclipses the issues surrounding his ties to his family's alleged influence peddling, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee says.  "Just on the border alone, we have a commander in chief that is operating in high crimes and misdemeanors because he is not securing our homeland," Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., told The Daily Signal.  "That — even aside from the bribery element — the Constitution sets up those three elements of treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors for impeachment."  The House voted last week to formalize an impeachment inquiry into Biden as three of its committees — Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and Judiciary — investigate allegations of corruption and influence peddling.

The $1 Million Hunter Biden's Chinese Business Partner Patrick Ho Wired Him in 2017 [is the] Subject of [a] Separate Bribery Investigation.  Recall that in 2017 the the FBI raided the offices and intercepted the communications of Chi Ping "Patrick" Ho, a Chinese national suspected of espionage who was a business partner with Hunter and Joe Biden's slimy brother Jim Biden.  Patrick Ho was later put on trial and found guilty of bribing government officials around the world to advance the interests of the Chinese Communist Party.  The crooked Department of Justice hid Hunter Biden's connections with Patrick Ho during his trial and even redacted Hunter Biden's name from the evidence documents.

2007 FBI Investigation Resurfaces — A Biden Is Clearly Heard on the Tapes.  Out of all the topics the Joe Biden White House didn't want to see in Sunday's Washington Post, this had to be up there on the list.  The capital city's newspaper of record published recordings Sunday of President Joe Biden's brother, James, engaged in scoring off his famous last name during the late 1990s.  The fact that the recordings were made by FBI investigators couldn't have made things easier in the Biden household either.  The Post article was headlined "James Biden's dealmaking caught on FBI tapes in unrelated bribery probe," and just the words alone had to be unsettling at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Is the Bubble You Live In Making You Dumb?  Perhaps, the answer is that a significant portion of the population live in a bubble of complete ignorance of current reality.  They have not read any economic indicators that report highest inflation levels in decades.  They have not seen any of the many, many videos of the president sniffing little girls' hair and touching them inappropriately.  (Heads up, people — these videos are all on YouTube.)  They have not listened to the reports that confirm that the entire Biden family are as corrupt as the fictional Corleone family in The Godfather only the Bidens get their money from China and the Ukraine.  The millions of illegals that this administration has allowed to enter the country have not invaded their neighborhood yet so they still think the Biden administration is securing our borders.  I can only imagine what it must be inside that magic bubble that these low-information Americans live in.

We Are Well Beyond Hypocrisy.  Donald Trump was impeached because he accurately accused the members of the Ukrainian government of paying Hunter Biden, with his zero fossil fuel expertise, an astronomical sum to serve on the Burisma board — as the costly quid that earned the lucrative quo from his dad Vice President Joe Biden.  No one now denies that Joe Biden got prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired by threatening to cancel legislatively-approved U.S. aid.  Shokin knew about the skullduggery through which the Biden family eventually received $6.5 million from Ukraine — and so Biden ensured his firing, and publicly bragged about it in performance-art fashion.  In sum, Trump had a perfect right as commander in chief to delay (he did not cancel) aid to Ukraine, to ensure that its government was not still paying off the Bidens for their lobbying efforts on its behalf.  It is also now clear that Biden serially lied about his ignorance of Hunter's shake-down operation.  In fact, he was, as Devon Archer emphasized, "the brand" central to Hunter's scheme to coerce money from foreign governments.  Joe was proverbially, in Hunter's words "the man sitting next to me" and thus able to either punish or reward foreign interests, depending on the size of the checks they wrote to his various fronting family members.

Hunter's Defiance.  Whatever the Biden spin machine says to try to minimize Joe Biden's involvement in his son's influence peddling business shenanigans, the evidence gathered so far overwhelmingly points to Joe's substantial knowledge and involvement along with benefits that he received.  Some of that evidence came out of Hunter's own mouth when he complained that he had to turn over as much of fifty percent of his "salary" to "pop."  The incriminating evidence also includes bank records of payments from foreign business entities through shell companies to Biden family members and subsequent checks family members gave to Joe Biden for purported repayment of phantom loans.  One of these checks was clearly a cut to the "big guy" (identified by one of Hunter's former business associates as Joe Biden) from monies paid by one of these foreign entities through a shell company to a Biden family member.  The evidence also includes first-hand accounts from Hunter Biden's former business associates describing Joe Biden's extensive interactions with Hunter's Ukrainian, Russian, and Chinese business clients.

FBI secretly taped James Biden as it probed attorney who paid $100K to his consulting firm: report.  President Biden's brother James was secretly recorded by the FBI during a bribery investigation into a Mississippi trial attorney who shelled out $100,000 to his consulting firm in the late 1990s, a report said on Sunday.  Richard Scruggs, the trial attorney, hired James and Sara Biden's DC consulting firm while seeking to gin up support for tobacco legislation being contemplated by Congress in 1998, the Washington Post reported.  Neither James, 74, nor his brother President Joe Biden, 81, were implicated in any major criminal wrongdoing in the case.  But the revelation comes amid an impeachment probe into alleged influence-peddling by the president's family members.  "I probably wouldn't have hired him if he wasn't the senator's brother," Scruggs told the Washington Post about why he forked over cash to James Biden's firm.

Yes, Hunter is Now in Contempt of Congress.  Congress is often a theater of the absurd, from Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) pulling a fire alarm before a major vote to former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) being, well, a member of Congress at all.  However, none of that compares to what unfolded on Wednesday as Hunter Biden stood outside Congress and defied a subpoena as being "beyond the absurd."  What happens next could be even more bizarre.  Hunter was under a subpoena from the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability to appear for testimony.  As I previously wrote, he had two choices:  He could appear and either testify or invoke his right to remain silent.  The only thing that he could not do is what he did — just refuse to go into the hearing room.  Yet, there he was, with counsel Abbe Lowell by his side, holding forth with a public press conference while refusing to appear in the closed-door deposition being held in the building behind him.  By staying on the Senate side of the Capitol, Hunter guaranteed that the House sergeant at arms did not pull him into the hearing room.  Ironically, that would have been a better option than his blowing a raspberry at the committee and then speeding away.

Hunter Biden announces that he is a flight risk.
Report: Hunter Biden Threatens to 'Flee' America if Donald Trump [is] Reelected.  Hunter Biden reportedly threatened to take extreme action and flee the United States of America if voters reelect former President Donald Trump.  The threat represents the often neurotic nature of the president's son, 53, who faces 42 years in prison for tax and gun charges in an ongoing investigation.  "In recent conversations with family friends, he [Hunter] has worried that he might have to flee the country if Trump were to be elected president again," two people who spoke with Hunter told Politico's Jonathan Lemire.

Federal prosecutor accused of obstructing Hunter Biden investigation quietly leaves office.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, who has been accused of obstructing the Hunter Biden probe, has left her post at the Justice Department, it was reported Thursday as she sat down for an interview with the House Judiciary Committee.  Wolf, who was interviewed behind closed doors Thursday for a transcribed interview, appeared under a subpoena, a day after the full House voted on a party line basis to formalize an impeachment inquiry into the president.  That came on a day when Hunter Biden delivered a blistering statement outside the Capitol but declined to appear for a closed interview with lawmakers, after saying he would appear in a public forum.

Oversight Member Indicates They Might Hold Swalwell in Contempt for Arranging Hunter's Capitol Remarks.  Hunter Biden was supposed to comply with a subpoena and give a closed-door deposition to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.  Instead, he showed up on the Senate side of the Capitol and gave a speech attacking the Republicans, on the steps in an area known as the "Senate Swamp."  Somehow, "swamp" was apropos for the bunch of bull that Hunter put out there, as he gave the Oversight Committee the finger and blew off the subpoena.  That now opens Hunter up for a contempt charge, and House Oversight has indicated that they are starting the process.  That also raised potential questions for Joe Biden, who knew what Hunter was going to say ahead of time, raising the question of whether he was involved in any obstruction.  That could also potentially be an impeachable offense.  Plus, Joe Biden had previously said people who defied subpoenas should be prosecuted.

Hunter's Troll-tastic Press Conference Was a Major Strategic Blunder.  Hunter Biden defied a congressional subpoena Wednesday, announcing his decision in a public statement that was obviously crafted and approved by his legal team and handlers.  His strategy is to play the victim card, trying to use his addictions as an excuse for a lifetime of evading the law — and basic responsibilities — while bagging as much cash as possible off of his family name.  This latest dramatic episode of the Hunter Biden Show is likely to yield contempt of Congress proceedings from House Republicans.  Hunter delivered his statement at a D.C. press conference that no one asked for, making for a content bonanza for his defenders and skeptics alike.  The optics were entertainingly discordant with Hunter's reputation.

Did Joe Biden Know Hunter Would Violate Republicans' Congressional Subpoena?  The White House Says Yes.  The White House admitted on Wednesday that President Joe Biden was "familiar" with his son's plans to violate a congressional subpoena issued by House Republicans.  The moment came during a White House press conference when Fox News' Peter Ducey asked Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about Hunter's refusal to abide by House Republicans' subpoena.  By subpoenaing the younger Biden, House Republicans sought to compel him to sit for a closed-door deposition hearing where they could dig into Joe's leading role in the Biden family's foreign business ventures.  When asked about Hunter's refusal to testify in the Republicans' sought-after deposition, Jean-Pierre admitted that Joe was "familiar" with what his son would say during the latter's Wednesday press conference.  "I don't have anything else to add.  The president was familiar with what Hunter was going to say today and, you know, look, he's proud of his son ... how he's rebuilding his life back," Jean-Pierre said.  "He's going to focus on ... the American people.  Hunter ... is a private citizen ... I'm just not going to get into private conversations."

The Editor says...
Bribery, graft, conspiracy and treason are always arranged in "private conversations."  Yes, Hunter Biden "is a private citizen," but if he is the bag man for the President's illegal activities, he's fair game.

You Can Tell the Bidens Have Nothing to Hide by How They're Hiding So Many Things.  Not a single Biden has done anything to disprove any allegations against them, nor will they — forging documents to make your case never works out well, just ask Dan Rather.  And documents would be all it would take to disprove the allegations — something, anything at all showing Joe Biden served as the Biden family bank, loaning out large sums of money to all comers, at zero interest, for pretty much anything.  A worthless junkie setting millions of dollars on fire while completely engulfed in addition wants tens of thousands of dollars to buy a truck, even though he already owns 2 other vehicles?  Not a problem, just don't ask for anything formalizing the transaction.  Joe's brother — one of the few people on the planet who can make Hunter look productive and like a good hire — and his wife "paid back" a small fortune to Joe for "loans" to cover... [nobody] knows what.  Again, that Bank of Biden no paperwork is necessary.

According to Joe Biden, Anyone Who Defies a Congressional Subpoena Should Be Prosecuted.  By refusing to appear before the House Oversight Committee for a standard closed-door deposition, Hunter Biden is widely expected to be held in contempt of Congress.  And if we take Joe Biden's words at face value, the president thinks his son should be prosecuted for it.  On Wednesday, instead of complying with the committee's subpoena, he gave a whiny press conference, during which he played the victim card like a petulant child.  He accused Republicans of cherrypicking and fabricating evidence against him and denied any "financial involvement" by his father, Joe Biden, in his foreign business dealings.  Hunter curiously moved the goalposts, considering that for a long time, the narrative was that Joe Biden never even spoke with his son about his business, and now suddenly, he seems to be conceding more significant involvement.

Let's Be Clear:  This Is About Joe Biden, Not Hunter Biden.  When James Comer wondered on CNN whether Special Counsel David Weiss had indicted Hunter Biden on nine tax-related charges to protect him from having to be deposed in the House Oversight Committee, Jake Tapper snarkily responded: "Yes, the classic rubric.  He indicted him to protect him.  I got it."  Well, yes.  Indicting a person on lesser charges can often protect him from more serious ones.  It happens all the time.  In this case, though, "him" isn't Hunter, it's Joe.  Weiss failed to indict Hunter for failing to register as a foreign agent or failing to pay taxes on the millions that flowed from those arrangements.  Why?  Probably because any investigation into Hunter's $17 million foreign influence-peddling business — which Weiss has scrupulously avoided — leads to the president of the United States answering lots of awkward queries about his connection to disreputable people and authoritarian regimes.  There is no Hunter Biden case without Joe.  There is no Biden Inc. without Joe.  Hunter's laptop — the one that the New York Post got its hands on, and that Tapper and others attempted to cover up — was crammed with texts and emails in which the son references his dad's role in securing payments and taking cuts from the business.  None of that is to mention the numerous witnesses that have come forward to contend that the "Big Guy" played a part in that outfit.  Or the checks that ended up being written to Joe.

Is Joe Biden really just a loving father, or something else?  We are supposed to believe that:  [•] No matter how many trips Joe took Hunter on, on the taxpayer dime, to meet with and collect kickbacks from, that not once did Joe ever say a word to him about his business.  [•] No matter how many times Joe went to dinner with business associates, no matter how many times he played golf with the business associates, no matter how many times he ate dinner with them, no matter how many pictures he took with them, no matter how many times he talked on the phone with them, and no matter how many times he emailed them using an alias that not once did he ever discuss business with them.  [•]  Not once has Biden ever talked to Hunter about how he pays for his expensive house rentals, exotic cars, his drugs, his kids' education, his strip club trips and hookers, or his high-priced lawyers.  His supposed lack of curiosity is astonishing.  [•]  Not once has he asked how he gets so much time off from his law firm job.  These companies or people in Russia, China, Ukraine, and elsewhere continued to pay millions to Hunter despite his admitting he had no service or product to sell, only the illusion of access.  I believe the payments would have stopped long ago if all they got was an illusion.

Banks Flagged Joe Biden's Home Address with 'Suspicious Activity' Reports 6 Times:  Report.  A sitting Republican senator with years of experience investigating the family of President Joe Biden said Thursday that a number of banks reported suspicious financial activity at the president's home in Wilmington, Delaware.  Banks filed Suspicious Activity Reports, known as SARS in the industry, at least six times, flagging "about $12 million in transactions over several years," Sen. Ron Johnson said on "Just the News, No Noise."  Later in the interview, Johnson said that the $12 million figure was an estimate, and might include some double counting.  The reports were connected with Hunter Biden's overseas affairs, and "raised concerns about possible criminal activity involving money laundering or human trafficking," according to Just the News' report on Johnson's interview.

The Hunter Biden Indictment is Itself a Model of Evasion.  The 56-page indictment of Hunter Biden for tax evasion makes for racy reading, with the special counsel describing a four-year criminal pattern directed at maintaining Biden's "extravagant lifestyle."  That lifestyle included massive expenses for strippers, sex clubs, fast cars and other distractions.  The steps taken by Hunter to evade taxes are impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the efforts of the Justice Department to evade any direct implications for his father, President Biden.  In that sense, the indictment itself is a marvel of evasion.  There are three glaring omissions in the indictment that tend to shield critical payments and conduct that implicate the president.

Biden ignores questions after son Hunter was indicted on evading $1.4 million in taxes.  President Joe Biden waved to reporters as he left the White House on Friday morning but ignored shouted questions hours after his son Hunter was indicted on tax evasion charges.  The indictment included a string of embarrassing allegations, setting out how the troubled first son spent $870,000 on prostitutes, sex club memberships and porn.  It will provide a welcome break from questions about what he knew about his son's business dealings and how he racked up such huge spending.  He wore his Aviator sunglasses as he strode out of the White House residence alone and walked briskly to Marine One as reporters tried to ask him whether he had spoken to his son.  His father left Washington on a trip to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, where he will spend the weekend.

Hunter indictment [was] designed specifically to avoid Joe Biden.  The 56-page indictment of Hunter Biden for tax evasion makes for racy reading, with the special counsel describing a four-year criminal pattern directed at maintaining Biden's "extravagant lifestyle."  That lifestyle included massive expenses for strippers, sex clubs, fast cars and other distractions.  The steps taken by Hunter to evade taxes are impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the efforts of the Justice Department to evade any direct implications for his father, President Biden.  In that sense, the indictment itself is a marvel of evasion.  There are three glaring omissions in the indictment that tend to shield critical payments and conduct that implicate the president.

There's Only One Explanation For Hunter Biden's Simple Indictment Taking So Long: 2020 Election Interference.  A federal grand jury in California returned a multi-count indictment against Hunter Biden late Thursday, charging the president's son with multiple tax offenses.  While the indictment detailed some sordid spending sprees by Hunter Biden, the crimes charged were so basic that to say Special Counsel David Weiss opted for the low-hanging fruit would be an understatement.  Weiss instead limited the charges to the crimes that fell into his lap.  The simplicity of the charges underscores the protect-Biden racket that operated out of the Delaware U.S. attorney's office for the last several years.  Late Thursday, news broke that Hunter Biden had been charged in a nine-count indictment on multiple tax offenses, including three felonies.  Specifically, Weiss charged the president's son with willfully failing to pay his federal income taxes in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019; willfully failing to file income tax returns in 2017 and 2018; and willfully filing in 2018 a false 1040 personal tax return and a false corporate tax return for Owasco PC, while declaring "under the penalties of perjury," that both tax returns were true and correct.

Hunter Biden's Lawyer Snaps After Brzezinski Repeats Blunt Question About New Charges.  MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski grilled Hunter Biden's attorney, Abbe Lowell, on the president's son's new charges.  Hunter was indicted in California by a grand jury of nine counts related to his alleged failure to pay over $1 million worth of taxes over a four-year period.  Hunter is charged with three felonies and six misdemeanors including failure to pay taxes and failure to file taxes.  The indictment lays out Hunter's business dealings with Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings, a Romanian oligarch previously thought to be Gabriel Popoviciu and Chinese infrastructure company CEFC.

Hunter Biden Received $4.9M From 'Sugar Brother' Hollywood Lawyer Who Paid His Taxes, Bought His Art.  Most of us work hard for a living, but it seems what we really needed all along was a "sugar brother."  That seems to have worked out well for First Son Hunter Biden, who reportedly received over $4.9 million from Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris over a three-year period, according to an IRS whistleblower.  Hunter's BFF allegedly paid off some of Hunter's tax bills and even bought some of his "art."

Jonathan Turley Weighs In On Hunter News: 'None Of Us Have Seen The Likes Of This'.  Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley weighed in on the newest report showing Hunter Biden sent his father, President Joe Biden, monthly payments from the bank account he reportedly used to receive money from Chinese business associates.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer released redacted bank records Monday showing direct payments to Biden from Hunter's Owasco P.C. bank account.  The payments appear to stem from September of 2018.  Turley said Monday an impeachment vote into Biden was "overdue" and there "was ample evidence to justify an impeachment inquiry."  "I can't imagine how anyone would look at this evidence and not believe that a formal inquiry should begin.  There's been a litany of lies that have come out of the Biden family and the White House.  The president denied knowing about any of these business arrangements.  Even Hunter said that wasn't true," Turley said, listing other pieces of evidence.

Our Dickensian President.  [Charles] Dickens gave us Ebenezer Scrooge, who personified that vice, but he could not fail to be impressed by the covetous reach of Joe Biden and his family.  As vice president, Joe traveled to the Ukraine to thwart an investigation into his and son Hunter's influence peddling, only to use one billion dollars of taxpayer money to bribe his way out of hot water, and then brag publicly about exactly what he had done.  That's chutzpah to rival any "Bah!  Humbug!"  A politician "of the people," who never had a job outside of government and claimed he never owned "a single stock or bond," he managed to pay $2.75 million in cash for a Delaware beach house.  A clever writer might be able to connect Ordinary Joe's extraordinary home financing to the fact that the purchase was only two weeks removed from his son's call to Russian business operatives demanding rapid payment of a $10 million "fee."  Dickens probably would have had great fun with the fact that Biden somehow wrangled $1.7 billion in public funds, calling it the Inflation Reduction Act, when its real purpose was to reward political donors and sneak in a Green New Deal, while adding massively to the public debt.  Scrooge never did anything half as bad.

If the Bank of Biden shenanigans sound suspicious it's because they are.  For a man who once claimed to be "the poorest man in Congress," Joe Biden sure likes to loan out money.  For instance, the Bank of Biden supposedly gave $40,000 to his brother James.  James was able to repay the money barely a month later, after he coincidentally received a check from a Chinese energy company.  Next, the White House claims, Joe Biden helped his son make car payments.  That's why Joe received a monthly payment of $1,380 in 2018 from his son Hunter's law firm.  Hunter was just paying him back — possibly using money the son "earned" from that same Chinese energy firm, and a Ukrainian gas company, Burisma.  If all this sounds suspicious, that's because it is!  Hunter Biden was making up to $80,000 a month from Burisma.  His own memoir details his massive spending on drugs and prostitutes.  Why did he need his father to cover his car payments?  James Biden, meanwhile, is a man who spent his career profiting off his brother's political positions.  He always had some scheme going on, why does he need to hit up his brother for money?

Subpoenaed Bank Records Show Hunter Biden's Owasco, P.C. Made Direct Monthly Payments to Joe.  As the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Biden Family Business (and the resultant impeachment inquiry) proceeds apace, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) released a new video Monday morning detailing even more [inclupatory] evidence regarding the president's involvement in his son's business dealings.  In the video, Comer sets forth the list of lies by Joe Biden and his team regarding the extent of that involvement.  [Tweet with video clip]

James Comer:  Joe Biden Received 'Direct Monthly Payments' from Hunter's 'Owasco PC' Business Account.  President Joe Biden received "direct monthly payments" from Hunter Biden's "Owasco PC" business account, which received "payments from Chinese-state linked companies and other foreign nationals and companies," House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) told Breitbart News on Monday.  Comer's revelation amplifies concerns raised by Republicans that Joe Biden is compromised.  It also provides more evidence to support an impeachment inquiry into the president. [...] Owasco PC is an entity involved in many complicated wire transfers of the Biden business, Breitbart News previously reported:
  •   Joe Biden received $40,000 in "China money" from his brother disguised as loan repayment.
  •   An email from a bank money laundering investigator flagged concerns about the "China money" that ultimately funded the $40,000.
  •   The Justice Department is investigating Hunter Biden and Owasco PC for tax violations.
"This wasn't a payment from Hunter Biden's personal account but an account for his corporation that received payments from China and other shady corners of the world," Comer said.  "Joe Biden claimed there was an 'absolute wall' between his official government duties and his family's influence peddling schemes.  This was a lie."  "At this moment, Hunter Biden is under an investigation by the Department of Justice for using Owasco PC for tax evasion and other serious crimes," Comer said.

Bruner: Biden Impeachment for Bribery an 'Open and Shut Case'.  Seamus Bruner, Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute and author of Controligarchs:  Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life, said Sunday on Fox News channel's "Fox & Friends" that he believed the impeachment of President Joe Biden for bribery would be an "open and shut case."  Bruner said, "It needs to be e behind closed doors.  And, of course, Hunter and his allies want to make it the public spectacle where it's about the drugs and the prostitutes and or poor Hunter's problem.  They need it behind closed doors so they can really drill down, get to the meat of the problem, follow the money, reference the emails that are so [inculpatory] against Hunter and even Joe."

The Biden Family Grift and Hunter's Fake Offer To Testify.  Hunter Biden's offer to testify before the House Oversight Committee is a clever evasion, nothing more.  The president's son says he will testify only if the hearing is publicly televised.  Nice try.  Subpoenaed witnesses don't get to set the terms.  The committee does.  Why make an offer that is bound to be rejected?  For two reasons.  The PR goal is for Hunter to appear willing to testify, when he actually wants desperately to avoid it.  The legal goal is to prevent, or at least delay, the committee from enforcing its subpoena.  Hunter and his hardball attorney, Abbe Lowell, probably figure the Biden administration's Department of Justice won't go to court and demand compliance.  That's not a bad bet.  If the DOJ does refuse, the House will go to court itself, but that will take time and may not succeed.  This kerfuffle over testimony is only the latest twist in the investigation of Biden family influence peddling.  The complexity of that family operation makes it easy to lose sight of what we know, what we don't, and how deeply the president himself is involved.

Does Anybody Know What Books Biden Reads?  Or If He Reads?  Time was when the elite media class obsessed over how many and what books presidents read.  But since President Joe Biden took office, they've completely lost interest.  Do they know something we don't?  Before Biden, the press loved to ask presidents about their favorite books.  What's on their nightstand?  What are they reading on vacation?  It has always been treated as a sign of intelligence.  A measure of sophistication.  The Daily Beast once compared presidential reading habits to how historians ranked them as presidents.  "The results are not surprising — the top-ranked presidents all made our list near the top of presidential readers," it reported.  The press lavished praise on Barack Obama and Bill Clinton for their book-reading habits.  When Clinton was running in 1992, for example, the New York Times reported glowingly that he was "an omnivorous reader."  Obama's summer reading list was treated as front-page news.

81-Year-Old Joe Biden Calls a Lid After Doing Absolutely Nothing Today.  81-year-old Joe Biden called a lid early Friday afternoon and has nothing on his public schedule.  Biden has been in hiding all day and Karine Jean-Pierre didn't hold a press briefing on Friday after storming out of the room on Thursday.

Biden Says That Prices Are Still Too High so Companies Should Just Lower Them.  Joe Biden has apparently noticed that the price of everything is much higher on his watch than a few years ago.  He is now asking sellers to just lower their prices. [...] Companies don't lower prices just because inflation is politically inconvenient for the president and his party.

Hunter Biden appearing before Congress about his family's influence-peddling business is just another ruse.  It was an alluring idea at first.  Hunter Biden would appear in public before Congress on Dec. 13 to answer questions about his family's influence-peddling business.  But of course, it was just another ruse by his high-priced lawyers to avoid accountability and stage a pity party.  Everyone else subpoenaed in James Comer's House Oversight investigation of the Bidens has to first sit for a transcribed interview under oath.  In Hunter's case, the committee has hundreds of bank documents, and other evidence to put before him relating to millions of dollars he and other Biden family members raked in from America's foreign adversaries during his father's vice presidency.  It is impossible to extract meaningful information from a televised congressional hearing that allows witnesses to filibuster through the five-minute time limits and in which too many members engage in self-interested grandstanding.

Who's running the show at the White House?  Maria Bartiromo suggests it's NOT Biden.  Soon after former President Donald Trump suggested someone else may be pulling the strings in the Oval Office, Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo questioned "who's running the show" at the White House.  Speaking with Rep. Richard McCormick on "Mornings with Maria" the host examined the connection between President Joe Biden and his one-time boss, former President Barack Obama.  Recently Trump addressed the ongoing theory by some that Obama is really in charge, effectively running his third term as president through his former VP.  "You've been ripped off by everybody and betrayed by the corrupt globalists, Washington, Wall Street people, those combinations of Washington, Wall Street, they're the worst of all," Trump said in October at a New Hampshire campaign event.  "And it's never been worse than it is now under crooked Joe Biden, and frankly, his boss, Barack Hussein Obama.  I think it's his boss."  The former president also addressed recent attacks against him for seeming to mistakenly refer to Biden as Obama.  [Tweet]

Wait, The FBI Had 40 Confidential Informants Tracking the Biden Family's Shady Deeds?  There's been a war, and Hamas terrorists and their supporters are coming out of the woodwork, so this story got buried.  If you're Joe Biden, you're probably happy about it. [...] The FBI reportedly has not one but 40 people feeding them information about the Biden family.  Is that normal?  Does that sound like things are kosher regarding their business dealings?  As you'd expect, the FBI was able to shut down some of the reporting on these leads by waving the magic wand and saying "foreign disinformation". [...] It also goes beyond Biden's scandals.  The bureau dropped a legit slam-dunk child pornography case to persecute January 6 suspects.  That is how Biden is going to get away with it:  the FBI runs interference long enough so that when every allegation is proven true through corroborating evidence provided by these informants, Joe is long out of office and quite possibly dead.  Or he'll get away with it because that's what happens when you're a member of the Democratic Party.

Biden impeachment inquiry continues to build momentum, evidence.  The impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is gaining momentum as more evidence comes out to back allegations that the president himself financially benefited from the overseas business dealings of his son, Hunter.  While Republicans will find it very difficult to get the needed supermajority to impeach Biden, the mounting evidence and media coverage would be another obstacle for Biden to overcome as he campaigns for reelection.  The House Oversight Committee, led by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., has filed a flurry of subpoenas in the investigation of Biden family members and associates this month, starting with Hunter Biden, the president's son, James Biden, the president's brother, and their business associate Bob Walker.

The Editor says...
If you went to a circus to watch the "human cannonball" act, and the fellow waved and slid into the cannon, and then of course there was a drumroll, would you lose your patience after the drumroll went on for 30 minutes?  That's what the Biden impeachment is like.  I've seen enough stories about how the momentum is building, and the end is near, and look at all the mounting evidence, and so on.  Impeach him, or shut up about it.  The obvious fact is that Joe Biden will probably die of old age before any impeachment is undertaken.  The whole process of gathering evidence is much too late.  All the felonies, of which he is accused, took place years ago when he was merely the vice president.  Nobody has yet proven what he's done since being installed as (Obama's puppet) president two or three years ago.  Move on to an attainable goal:  Prosecute the smaller fish, and send somebody to prison.  Otherwise, people will get the idea that all the crooks in Washington are immune to the laws that apply to the rest of us.

Biden Just Kneecapped Israel and Gave Hamas New Life on Ceasefire.  Even as hostages were finally released on Friday, marking the start of a four-day ceasefire, President Joe Biden was already hard at work kneecapping Israel and giving Hamas new life.  Hours after a press conference in which he claimed Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th because he was about to secure peace in the Middle East, Biden spoke to reporters again.  This time, he directly stated that the first ceasefire was "just a start" and claimed that there was a "real" chance the truce could be extended. [...] In other words, Biden is now pushing for an outcome that would allow the remnants of Hamas to escape Northern Gaza and regroup to carry out new attacks.  Any long-term truce is simply a new lease on life for the terrorist government.  Biden's choosing to promote such nonsense has given Hamas the green light to pursue a strategy of trickling out hostages in order to keep a one-sided ceasefire going for possibly months.  The ultimate goal would be for the fighting to stop long enough that international pressure would prevent Israel from reigniting the fight to finish off Hamas.

Biden Claims "Hamas Struck When They Did" Because He Wanted to Build a Railroad Through Middle East.  Joe Biden took a quick break from his Thanksgiving holiday at a billionaire's estate in Nantucket to address the release of hostages from Hamas terrorists. [...] Joe Biden hobbled over to the lectern.  Was he limping?  [Tweet with video clip]  Biden stunned reporters when he claimed Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,400 Jews in Israel last month because of a railroad he proposed at G20.  "Well I believe one of the reasons Hamas struck when they did because they knew that I was working very closely with the Saudis and others in the region to bring peace to the region by having recognition of Israel and Israel's right to exist," Biden said.  "You may recall when we did the G20... I was able to get a resolution... a statement passed through there saying we're gonna build a railroad from Riyadh all the way through the Middle East, into Saudi Arabia, Israel, etc., and all the way up to Europe," Biden said.  "Not the railroad but the underground pipeline and then the railroad."  [Tweet with video clip]

Biden peeks into Hell
The Bonfire of Biden's Vanities.  By now I imagine most readers have seen the photo of Joe Biden's birthday cake, which is the greatest moment of presidential self-immolation since Jimmy Carter was attacked by a rabbit or George H.W. Bush threw up on the Japanese prime minister.  The amazing thing is that someone in the White House thought it was a keen idea to release this photo.  Which wasn't even competently shot.  What's up with gripping the sides of the table?  I have a theory.  People who think Democrats are playing Lucy and the football with Republicans, waiting to swap out Biden for someone more plausible once the GOP has settled on Trump, are mistaken.

Department of Energy hands $3,000,000,000 to solar panel company accused of preying on dementia patients.  Any outside observer looking in at the Joe Biden "presidency" can immediately recognize that the man purportedly in charge is not actually in charge.  Joe can barely communicate, because every time he speaks he garbles his words, often to an indecipherable point; "rumors" that he's soiled himself in front of foreign dignitaries lack a startling amount of "debunked" pushback; the signature gait change that accompanies cognitive decline is undeniable; and apparently staffers recently launched a new strategy known as "Operation Bubble Wrap" to prevent the old man from tripping and falling so frequently on camera, because the optics are looking really bad.  Don't believe you're lying eyes!  This isn't a reanimated corpse, it's a man in peak health!  Naturally, people from all parts of the political spectrum have accused those nearest to Joe Biden of "elder abuse," but apparently he's not the only one — a disturbing new story gives credence to the idea that the Bidenites have taken elder abuse into the bureaucracy and exploiting the aged is now a matter of Democrat policy.

Biden Makes Huge Gaffe on Fentanyl, WH Rushes to Clean Up as He Flees for More Vacation.  As we reported earlier, part of the fentanyl problem is because Biden has failed to secure the border.  He also didn't seem to understand China's involvement in the whole fentanyl process, lifting sanctions on a blacklisted forensics lab in exchange for Xi saying they would do more to track the flow of chemicals for fentanyl.  As Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) said, that was a bit like "thanking the arsonist."  But Biden also made another huge gaffe that had the White House rushing to clean up.  During his remarks about the drug, he said he was calling on Congress to make it a "Schedule 1 drug."  Doing that would cause it to be unable to be used for the legitimate medical uses it is employed for now.  [Tweet with video clip]  Fentanyl is currently a Schedule II drug which means it can be prescribed for legitimate medical use. [...] Once Biden was done with his fentanyl event, then he was off to the plane, bound for Nantucket, for still more days of vacation.  He's staying again at billionaire private equity tycoon David Rubenstein's estate.  He preaches about the billionaires and then does all he can to hang out at their estates on his vacations.

Washington Post Reinvents Its Biden Family Corruption Standard To Cover For The 'Big Guy'.  The Washington Post established itself as the premier public relations partner for the Biden family this weekend in a laughable article that purported to summarize its "review" of Hunter Biden's career.  The left-leaning outlet's "reporting," however, instead peddled to Americans a mythical tale that not only moved the goalposts for judging misconduct but whitewashed the entire field of the family's influence-peddling scheme — details of which now confirm President Biden personally profited from the corruption.  "I have never discussed, with my son or my brother or with anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses.  Period," then-presidential candidate Joe Biden proclaimed in an August 2019 statement to reporters.  Since then, overwhelming evidence has established Biden, while vice president, not only spoke with Hunter and Jim Biden about their business, but also met or talked with various investors including foreign officials, and later received money that originated from those same "business" partners.

House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Top Prosecutor In Hunter Biden Probe.  The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed a top prosecutor in Special Counsel David Weiss' Hunter Biden probe on Tuesday.  House Judiciary Chairman and Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan sent a letter to Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf Tuesday notifying her that she is required to come before the committee for a deposition Dec. 7, according to the letter.  Jordan said the committee was seeking Wolf's testimony because her "critical role" in the Hunter Biden investigation can help advance the committee's ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

Republicans Subpoena Lesley Wolf, Who Blocked Hunter Biden Investigators From Probing Joe.  House Republicans are demanding answers from Special Counsel David Weiss's top deputy in the Justice Department's criminal probe of Hunter Biden.  On Tuesday, GOP House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio formally subpoenaed Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf to appear before lawmakers on Dec. 7.  "Information available to the Committee suggests that you — either directly or by instructing others — are responsible for many of the decisions to deviate from standard investigative protocol during the Department's investigation of Hunter Biden," Jordan wrote.  The letter accompanying the subpoena highlighted what federal whistleblowers allege was interference by Wolf, such as tipping off "people very close" to the Bidens about an FBI request for an interview and barring investigators from asking questions that might implicate the president in criminal financial schemes.

Joe in the looking glass.  Being President isn't the same as storytelling on the front porch to one's grandchildren or doing stand-up comedy in LA or shaking invisible hands.  It's serious business, and risky business, when all the world's dictators and strongmen are watching his every move and equating his condition with that of an entire nation.  The world is not getting safer because of Joe; it is getting more dangerous.  And while we can laugh with (and at) Joe's machinations, we must realize that he will not improve with age.

The Gold Medal Winner for Presidential Lies.  Joe Biden, beyond his word salad bumbling, is an incredible liar, covering for Barack Obama, his master.  Virtually everything that Biden and his press secretary say is a lie.  Unsurprisingly, public confidence in the presidency and today's sycophant journalism is at an all-time low.  His agency heads constantly lie:  Merrick Garland, Alejandro Mayorkas, Christopher Wray, Pete Buttigieg, Antony Blinken, take your pick.  The precedent for the Biden Administration's lies is the administration of Barack Obama, for whom Biden served as vice president.  Obama taught Biden the best of lying techniques.

Slow Joe turns 81.  President Biden turns 81 tomorrow.  We wish him a happy birthday in the privacy with which he is bound to celebrate it.  He doesn't want to draw attention to his achievement in longevity, though I can't think of another positive achievement he can claim.  Eighty-one might not be too old to be president, but Biden gives evidence in every public appearance that it is, at least in his case.  His handlers sought to conceal his decline by keeping him in the basement during the 2020 presidential campaign.  In office, his handlers have sought to conceal his decline by a variety of stratagems.  Lest he get lost in a fog during public appearances, for example, his handlers provide him with cards specifying step-by-step instructions in capital letters.  And yet he still gets lost in a fog during public appearances.  The cards can only do so much.  Biden is surrounded by a bodyguard of liars on staff and in the mainstream media, yet everyone sees that he is — to put it mildly — senescent.  His senescence is so far advanced that it can't be concealed.

Biden Can't Be Trusted To Confront The Chinese Communists Who Pay His Family Millions.  President Joe Biden met Chinese dictator Xi Jinping for high-level talks in California on Wednesday, marking the first time the two leaders have spoken face-to-face in a year.  While specific details of the conversation will assuredly remain under wraps, a White House readout of the discussion indicates that Biden and Xi covered a variety of hot-button issues, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Israel's defense against Hamas terrorists in the Middle East, and Taiwan. [...] But aside from Biden's incompetence at juggling U.S. foreign policy, Wednesday's U.S.-China talks raised a far more concerning question.  How can Biden be trusted to manage U.S. relations with China when he and his family have received millions of dollars from Chinese entities connected to the Chinese Communist Party?

Hunter Biden [was] kept afloat with millions from [his] father's Democratic donors after foreign money dried up.  When Hunter Biden's foreign business deals began drying up amid his recovery from addiction and his father's 2020 presidential campaign, he tapped a rich new source of money that has kept him afloat:  Democratic supporters of Joe Biden's presidential campaign, according to hundreds of pages of documents reviewed by Just the News.  Evidence gathered by federal and congressional investigators show Hunter Biden collected over $6 million since his father began running for the presidency in 2020.  The assistance flowed predominantly from prominent Democratic donor and respected Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris, whom the first son reportedly befriended at one of his father's fundraising events, according to The New York Times.  In response to Just The News' fact-checking queries and seeking comment from Morris, his lawyer, Bryan Sullivan, responded that "we believe we know the identity of the source and that it is an individual who has been engaged in a campaign of harassment against Mr. Morris that includes doxing that has resulted in threats on Mr. Morris' life.

Two Words Describe Biden's Presidency:  Reckless Endangerment.  This week we've been treated to three government reports that all point in the same direction:  Disaster.  Interest payments are through the roof.  Real wages continue to fall.  And a record number of illegals crossed the border.  That's just the domestic news.  As of this writing, Americans are being held hostage by Iran-supported Hamas terrorists who killed nearly two dozen other Americans when they invaded Israel.  Our military forces face increasing Iranian-sponsored attacks in Iraq and Syria.  While President Joe Biden lets Iran off the sanctions hook for another four months.  The worry isn't just whether Biden — the architect of these disasters — will be voted out of office next year.  It's whether the U.S. can survive until then.

VP Biden Followed Advice Hunter Sent To His 'Champ4' Burner Email.  President Joe Biden used one of his earliest email aliases to discuss official White House business with his son and may have used it to covertly advance the Biden family business.  Biden previously issued repeated denials of ever discussing business with his son, but mounting evidence shows he met and spoke with Hunter's foreign business partners numerous times, and also corresponded with Hunter via pseudonyms.  The Biden White House has refused to explain why Joe used non-government emails to clue Hunter Biden in on official vice president business.  One email alias of Biden's that hasn't received much attention is his "champ4" burner address.  The correspondence associated with champ4@att.blackberry.net that was discovered on Hunter's laptop shows the then-vice president updating his son on activity at the Obama White House, and at one point, Joe appears to rely on Hunter's direction to make a public appearance and promote one of his VP policy topics.

Report: Joe Biden to Escape Charges for Mishandling Classified Docs.  Special Counsel Robert Hur, who is investigating President Joe Biden for mishandling documents, is not expected to charge anyone, sources familiar with the matter told CNN and the Wall Street Journal.  The report suggests a double standard of justice.  While there will reportedly be no consequences for Biden, Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted former President Donald Trump in June for mishandling classified documents.  Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur in January to investigate Biden after classified documents from his time as vice president in Barack Obama's administration were found in his possession at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC, and at his Wilmington, Delaware, home.

The mounting evidence Biden got rich from dictators like China's Xi.  A reporter asked me the other day if all the evidence about the Biden family's money-making schemes (checks, secret messages, and meetings) meant that President Biden has been lying to the public.  I was surprised by the question.  Of course, Biden has been lying.  As I wrote early this year, the Bidens are the Delaware equivalent of the Sopranos (minus killing the people who irritate them).  The late James Gandolfini (who played Tony Soprano in the hit HBO series) would be proud of the starring role Biden has played in America's long-running, very-real-life crime drama.  It would never have occurred to the New Jersey Sopranos to make money in China, Russia, Romania, Ukraine,and Kazakhstan, as well as here at home.  You can imagine Tony Soprano sitting down at exquisite Washington, D.C., restaurants with a dozen businessmen from various dictatorships and centers of corruption.  You can clearly visualize Hunter Biden in a role similar to Christopher Moltisanti, (Tony Soprano's drug addicted screw-up nephew) in the Delaware Sopranos.

Secret Service's FOIA Documents Reveal DNA was Found and Preserved in White House Cocaine Probe, Contrary to Prior Claims.  During his show on Fox News, Jesse Watters revealed that the Secret Service has been misleading the public about a cocaine investigation at the White House.  According to over 100 pages of documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the narrative surrounding the discovery and handling of cocaine at the White House appears fraught with inconsistencies and cover-ups.  The Gateway Pundit reported in July that Hazmat crews were dispatched inside the entrance gate near the West Wing of the White House to investigate a suspicious white substance that tested positive for cocaine hydrochloride.

Congress on a Hamster Wheel.  Notwithstanding the messy intermezzo over the House speakership, Republican congressional chairs James Comer, Jason Smith, and Jim Jordan have used their committees to triangulate a cogent case of rampant political corruption and grift by the Biden family going back at least through his two terms as vice president.  Kickbacks for foreign government favors were funneled through a labyrinth of shell companies licensed for ill purposes, with related communications among family members, business associates, and the vice president facilitated by more than five thousand emails masked by several aliases.  Biden family wealth grew rapidly once Joe Biden went retail, satisfying quid pro quos that affected and effected foreign policy while shielding and protecting the ongoing criminal conspiracy.  The liability of this scheme was to entrust these shakedowns to a drug-addicted and honeypotted son who spent more time out of his pants than in them.

Another Day, Another Terrifying Biden Glitch.  Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki [...] wants us to believe that while Joe Biden may have lost some spring in his step, he's still firing on all cylinders.  Except he's not.  We all know it, and just like Biden can't get away with telling people the economy is the best ever, his allies can't claim he hasn't got severe cognitive problems.  Why?  Because we can see for ourselves what's happening.  On Tuesday, Biden spoke at a White House event, during which he claimed that climate change is the "ultimate threat to humanity." Strong words when we're on the verge of World War III, but I digress.  Like so many other speeches before it, Biden had a difficult time concentrating and speaking.  Sometimes, we got a garbled mess of words that didn't make any sense — if you could even make them out through the slurring.  [Tweet with video clip]  During the speech, he also repeated the long-debunked story of his alleged past travels with Xi Jinping.  [Tweet with video clip]

Saving Private Biden.  I seriously doubt that President Biden could pass a Medicare cognitive ability test.  It's not exactly challenging, but Biden is too far gone.  Everyone sees it.  Everyone knows it.  We are in any event way beyond the emperor-wears-no-clothes phase of inhibition controlling the unruly multitude.

Comer's subpoenas for Hunter and James Biden notching investigation to 'very aggressive level'.  New York Post columnist Miranda Devine told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that Republican Rep. James Comer's subpoenas for Hunter and James Biden are ratcheting the probe to a "very aggressive level."  "I think this is the next phase.  The subpoenas that James Comer signed last week and the requests for various associates and family members of the Bidens to come in for transcribed interviews is really notching it up to a very aggressive level.  And this is why you see Hunter Biden's lawyer panicking, writing to the speaker, Mike Johnson, and saying, 'call your dogs off.'  This is why you're seeing hit jobs on James Comer spreading out through the so-called prestige media," she said.  Devine said the Bidens know that Comer "has the receipts."

The Biden-Du Pont Nexus.  As the MSM turns on President Joe Biden heading into the 2024 election, the Washington Post had an interesting piece on Thursday exploring a little-known connection between the Bidens and the du Pont family, which revolves around a 2001 case in which then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) was voted in as a prominent new member of a prestigious Golf Club in Wilmington, Delaware, founded by a du Pont heiress.  That year, Biden, known for his "Middle-Class Joe" image and modest financial status, joined the exclusive Fieldstone Golf Club, a symbol of prestige and power. [...] The Biden-du Pont connection, reinforced by this membership, raises questions about potential influences and reciprocal favors within these elite circles.  In particular, it seems appropriate to revisit a controversial 2009 plea deal offered by then-Attorney General Beau Biden to a du Pont heir accused of raping his own daughter when she was a toddler.  Richards was originally charged with two counts of second-degree rape, which carried a minimum of 20 years behind bars.  Instead, he pleaded guilty in 2008 to fourth-degree rape, which carries no minimum prison time.

It's not about Israel:  We are the target.  Let's apply Occam's Razor to the question, "what is the motive behind Biden's actions as president?"  Biden's first steps were to systematically dismantle everything Trump had accomplished during his presidency.  Using the "global warming emergency" as his excuse, Biden ended drilling for oil and natural gas and moved us from energy independence to having to rely on our enemies to obtain dirtier oil.  His appointees to the military focused on wokeness, not readiness, and ended up with weakness.  His support of Ukraine, to the tune of $60 billion, with another $53 billion allocated, has depleted our military of the supplies and ammunition we need to defend our own country.  He spent money we didn't have for projects we didn't need, and has run up the national debt to $33.7 trillion -- fueling massive inflation that is ruining the lives of the "average Americans" he claims to represent.  He immediately began ignoring the law and opened our borders to all comers — terrorists, drug dealers, human traffickers, and common criminals.  Fentanyl is now killing over 110,000 Americans per year, the equivalent of a Boeing 757-300 crashing every single day.  Biden has done everything in his power to support Iran.

Biden is 'Fighting' Hamas for Biden's Interests.  The history of radical Muslim envy and hatred towards the Jews and the Christians is too lengthy to recount here.  However, we can start with Obama and his enduring predilections for the terrorist radical Muslim regimes in the Middle East and Africa.  Biden worked for Obama.  Remember all the fawning photos of Biden grinning at the Boss?  Not many American presidents would have picked a vice president with such a long history of venality and stupidity in D.C., but Obama picked Biden.  It probably was a marriage made in Hell:  Biden would do as he was told, and Obama would keep the intelligence receipts on Biden's family enterprises and international pay-to-play treachery locked safely away.  Obama armed Iran.  Obama released known terrorists from Gitmo.  Obama is now very rich.  Biden smiled through it all. [...] Biden's nod and wink towards the recent violent demonstrations in D.C. and elsewhere, notably in areas of larger Muslim populations, in support of the "Palestinians," is what we should have expected; we can expect a good deal more.

Jim Biden: Serial Grifter.  When we talk about the shady business dealings of Biden Inc., we mostly hear mentions of The Big Guy and his famous, formerly crack-addled son Hunter.  But one name that doesn't pop up nearly as often is that of the President's younger brother Jim.  That may be starting to change, however.  Jim Biden turned up in a secret $140 million construction contract negotiation with the Saudis earlier this year.  (Despite having no relevant experience in construction.)  More recently, Jim and his wife Sara showed up in James Comer's investigation when a check for $40,000 (ten percent to The Big Guy) was unearthed.  Now even the Associated Press apparently felt compelled to look a little more deeply into Jim's background.  They didn't have to dig too deeply to uncover a questionable-looking arrangement between Joe's younger brother and a Florida-based startup healthcare company called Americore Health Services.

House Republicans Want to Chat With Some of the Biden Crime Family.  Hunter Biden oozes sleaze, and the fact that he is only now getting a little comeuppance is ridiculous.  While his daddy's Justice Department has been focused on harassing former President Donald Trump and any American who supports him, Hunter Biden seems to have been the point man for the family's grift operations.  When he wasn't sleeping with the in-laws, of course.  The Biden defenders in the media and in government have been shrugging their shoulders and insisting that Pops and Baby Boy are innocent.  However, as Rep. Comer said in the press statement about the subpoenas, "bank records don't lie."  People aren't supposed to lie to Congress either, we'll have to see how that goes.  It's not difficult to believe that Joe Biden is clueless about all of the family's side hustle goings on.  He is, after all, generally clueless.  He probably was more devious back when he was Obama's VEEP, though.  What I find tough to swallow is that Hunter figured it all out on his own.  He strikes me as spoiled and entitled but not very bright.

FBI secretly investigated Biden in 2007 over Delaware golf club membership after rich owner waived his $34,000 joining fee.  The FBI secretly investigated Joe Biden in 2007 over his membership in a private Delware golf club after the owner waived the $34,000 joining fee for him, a shocking new report revealed on Thursday.  Biden joined Fieldstone Golf Club in Wilmington, Delaware, in 2001 and remains a member to this day, even playing golf there as president.  But the fee waiver resulted in the FBI investigating whether whether Biden had received a monetary benefit that he should have disclosed that in his financial reports, The Washington Post reported.

Grassley's Bombshells Show House Investigators Exactly Where To Aim Their Next Biden Subpoenas.  The chair of the House Oversight Committee issued a slew of subpoenas on Wednesday, including to Hunter Biden and James Biden.  Additional subpoenas, as well as requests for transcribed interviews, were served on other Biden family members and business associates.  These investigative steps are solid, but the House committees charged with the Joe Biden impeachment inquiry need to issue subpoenas for the witnesses and documents Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, not-so-subtly suggested late last month.  "I've obtained the names of 25 DOJ and FBI personnel to interview at a future date," Grassley wrote in a late-October letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray concerning the latest details the Iowa senator uncovered related to obstruction of the Biden-family corruption investigation.  While the House Oversight Committee is understandably focused on unraveling the extent of foreign influence-peddling, the House should not ignore the second half of the scandal:  the DOJ, FBI, and now the Biden administration's cover-up of the scandal and their cover-up of the cover-up.

Does Joe Biden Understand He Did Anything Wrong?  Let's go back to the early 1990s, when Middle-Class Joe benefited from a couple of sweetheart real estate deals.  A 2008 Delaware Online investigation (republished here in 2020) detailed how MBNA credit card bank and one of its top executives, John R. Cochran III, helped put Biden on the road to real estate riches — and how Biden then pushed the bankruptcy legislation that MBNA wanted through the Senate.  MBNA later hired a young Hunter Biden right out of Yale Law School.  Nobody batted an eye at the time.  Hardly anyone batted an eye when Delaware Online published or republished its investigation.  In Joe Biden's experience, one hand washes the other while the palms are getting greased.  If the press gets wind of any indiscretions, they'll publish a lame exposé piece, easily dismissed (including by the press) when someone like Biden makes all the expected pronouncements.  Biden takes no notice of his own corruption for the same reason a fish takes no notice of water — except when it's absent.

Comer Issues Subpoenas Directly to Biden Family Members.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer officially issued a number of subpoenas to President Joe Biden's family members Wednesday afternoon, including his son Hunter and brother James.  "The House Oversight Committee has followed the money and built a record of evidence revealing how Joe Biden knew, was involved, and benefited from his family's influence peddling schemes.  Now, the House Oversight Committee is going to bring in members of the Biden family and their associates to question them on this record of evidence," Comer released in statement.  "Unlike the many lies President Biden told the American people about his family's business schemes, bank records don't lie.  These records reveal how the Bidens sold Joe Biden around to the world to benefit the Biden family, including Joe Biden himself, to the detriment of U.S. interests.  The House Oversight Committee, along with the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, will continue to follow the facts and deliver the transparency and accountability that the American people demand and deserve," he continued.  [Tweet with video clip]

Hunter Biden's art world:  GOP to subpoena his dealers, a donor who bought a painting, gallery owner.  House Republicans subpoenaed Hunter Biden's art dealer and a Democratic donor who has purchased Hunter's paintings, among others on Wednesday.  Georges Bergès, who has been overseeing the sale of Hunter's paintings, will be called in to testify before the House Oversight Committee, as will Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a Los Angeles real estate developer who paid big bucks for Hunter's amateur artwork.  Also facing new subpoenas are Hunter's former business associates Eric Schwerin and Chinese businessman Mervyn Yan.

Top Hunter Biden Prosecutor Confirms Key Detail Of IRS Whistleblower Testimony, Jim Jordan Says.  Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, special counsel in the ongoing Hunter Biden investigation, confirmed a key allegation made by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan said Tuesday.  Weiss testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and said he requested special attorney authority under section 515 in the spring of 2022, Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan told reporters.  Weiss was not given the special attorney authority and did not have special attorney authority before his special counsel appointment in August, Jordan said.

McCarthy: It Turns Out Joe Biden Was the Clandestine Agent of a Hostile Foreign Power.  On the latest episode of his podcast The McCarthy Report, National Review Institute fellow Andy McCarthy reacted to the revelation that Joe Biden's brother, James, wrote him a $40,000 check when a $400,000 payment from a Chinese concern came in.  "It's 10 percent for the big guy," he said.  "I can't see any other way of looking at this," he continued, "except to say that Joe Biden, as it turns out, is what they accused Donald Trump of being:  He is a clandestine agent who's been well paid by a hostile foreign power."  Addressing what makes someone "a clandestine agent," he explained:  "That you're doing work for a foreign government and not disclosing what your status is or the fact that you're doing it."  He added, "I don't know what more to say about it.  CEFC, this outfit that Biden was courting, it turns out according to James Comer's committee's report that came out in the last few days, it's an arm of the Xi regime and the Chinese Communist government.  There's no mystery about that."

Now That Biden's Campaign Is Off the Rails, POLITICO Discovers He Might Be Corrupt.  Remember the Hunter Biden laptop?  Way back at the dawn of time, it was Russian disinformation — Politico told us so by pushing the "51 Intelligence Officials" letter.  Since then we have read innumerable stories about how the investigations of Joe Biden's corruption were a witch hunt pushed by nasty Republicans who were throwing s**t against the wall to see what sticks to the old man.  Yeah, well, that was before all the polls started coming out showing that Biden would probably lose to Donald Trump because his victory would likely be beyond the margin of cheating.  [Tweet]

With More Smoke And Mirrors About Hunter Biden Charging Decisions, DOJ Covers Up A Cover-Up.  A top government official confirmed IRS whistleblower claims that the Justice Department hamstrung the investigation into Hunter Biden.  But that same government official refused to acknowledge that Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Attorney David Weiss misled Congress with their claims that Weiss had ultimate authority over the investigation.  That Weiss and the Department of Justice are standing by that story is reason enough for the House to stop deferring to the Justice Department's "ongoing investigation" excuse for withholding information from Congress.  Oversight Committees should start issuing and enforcing subpoenas to expose the DOJ's cover-up of Biden-family corruption — and its cover-up of the cover-up.

Comer Predicts What the Biden Family Will Claim When Pressed on Financial Transactions.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed Sunday that about "two dozen" subpoenas are in the pipeline for the Biden family as its investigation into their overseas business dealings continues.  "I think you're gonna see swift action on Biden and I would predict somewhere around two dozen subpoenas in the very near future," the Kentucky Republican told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures."  The revelation comes after Comer said last week President Biden received a $40,000 personal check from his brother and sister-in-law he claims was "laundered China money."  He argued the financial transactions were "very organized."  "The reason they did these complicated transactions, was to disguise the source of the revenue and to deceive the IRS from paying taxes," he said, adding that the Biden family will likely claim the funds they received were loans, since "you don't have to report loans on your taxes."

Is Biden Toast?  Probably.  Unfortunately for Biden, the number of Biden supporters is getting smaller by the day, and many Democrats are no longer Biden supporters, although the majority will wind up voting for him if forced to.  [Tweet]  But elections are won on margins, not the absolute number of votes.  And presidential elections are won in swing states, not by counting all the votes everywhere and adding them up.  So Joe Biden may get nearly as many votes next year as last, with Democrats holding their nose.  But will that be enough, or will a significant enough number of Biden voters stay home or vote for somebody else?  I think the answer is no, and so do an awful lot of Democrat establishment types, who are quietly and not-so-quietly panicking right now.  [Chart]  Two new polls came out over the weekend, and they justify Democrat panic.

Biden: Pro-Israel by Day, Pro-Hamas by Night.  To the knowledge of principled, modestly engaged, CNN-watching citizens, President Joe Biden stands strongly with Israel as it faces unprecedented threats to its existence.  So, it appears, cheers are in order for Joe, our strong President.  But not so fast.  Perhaps more than any leader on the planet except Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Biden's actions were a causative factor in bringing on the recent devastating invasion of American ally Israel.  And more than anyone else, Biden presently is both weakening Israel strategically, and strengthening Hamas militarily, as Israel desperately seeks to assure its safety.  This criticism of Biden, at first blush, may seem overstated.  But sustained attention reveals its modesty.  In fact, the history of Biden's actions show that they are strongly pro-Iran, and therefore pro-Hamas, terrorists sponsored and directed by Iran.

Democrats Finally Realizing That Biden 2020 Was a Horrible Idea.  Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is what got us in this predicament.  It affected even the better brains among the Democrats.  All of their efforts were on one goal in 2020:  NOT TRUMP.  That was the prize and that was the focus.  It's not that they didn't bother to look ahead and ponder the consequences, it's that they were incapable of doing so.  The blind TDS rage made them rabid animals.  In its more functional days, Democrats would have had a Biden removal plan that kicked in well before Mrs. Biden was able to make him blurt out on camera that he wanted to run for reelection.  They've spent three-plus years reveling in the fact that their COVID machinations vanquished Trump and it has muddled their planning.

The paid agent behind the Oval Office desk.  [Scroll down]  Does it sound like Joe Biden has undermined our international interests with his takings from the Chinese regime, all to buy those mansions and fancy cars?  Somehow, the U.S. doesn't have the influence it used to have internationally, and it's not just because of President Obama's constant apology tours.  It was having Joe on their string that pretty well negated the U.S. as a global player.  It also doesn't help that with Joe around, we also lose wars and sport wokester troops on hormone treatments, wearing makeup and dresses.  I'd still like to know what Hunter Biden did with that diamond the Chinese agents presented him with, likely to avoid bank monitoring laws.  Acting as an agent of a foreign regime while in public office is treason by anyone's definition.

Oversight Committee Says WH Is Attempting to 'Stonewall' Smoking Gun Evidence.  James Comer's committee is keeping the pressure on.  Days after releasing a video showing a direct link between a Chinese energy company and now-President Joe Biden's bank account, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability announced the White House not being cooperative when it comes to clearing up questions about the Biden family's dodgy financial practices.  And considering the stakes involved, that should make the American people furious.

Biden's Approval Ratings Lowest for an Incumbent Seeking Reelection Since Jimmy Carter.  Octogenarian President Joe Biden faces the worst approval numbers of any president one year out from a reelection bid since Jimmy Carter in 1979.  And we know what happened to him — a landslide defeat at the hands of Ronald Reagan. [...] At this point in his presidency, Trump's rating was six points higher than Biden's is now.  It's not hard to understand why — Joe is arguably one of the worst presidents in our nation's history, and beginning with his disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, more and more Americans have started to realize it.  As RedState's Bonchie wrote Sunday, inflation and soaring interest rates have killed the middle-class dream for many Americans.  "'Bidenomics' was always one of the worst White House messaging campaigns in modern history," he opined.

Dark Times, Dark Outlooks in America:  Is the Biden Administration Ruining Us?  Israel recently suffered an unprovoked attack in which the radical Islamic terror group Hamas committed some of the worst atrocities ever seen in the history of the modern world.  Meanwhile, the United States, having apparently abandoned the post-WW2 Pax Americana that kept the global trade routes free and secure, is embarrassed daily by a man who is almost certainly the weakest president in the history of the republic.  Now, Iran is once again poking the eagle. [...] If there is a word for the Biden administration's response to Iran's blustering and, yes, outright attacks on American servicemen, it would be this:  impotent.  This administration can't even seem to muster a reply to the United Nation's hideously inappropriate appointment of Iran to chair the Human Rights Council Social Forum.  What else could we expect from a doddering, confused president who can't even negotiate the stairway into Air Force One?

Comer wants Biden impeached, teases more details on family loans: 'This is going to be a big week'.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says he wants Congress to impeach President Biden while teasing subpoenas against the first family concerning their overseas dealings.  Comer (R-Ky.) is helming an impeachment inquiry of the president — a fact-finding mission into whether Joe Biden engaged in influence peddling schemes during his time as vice president.  "I think he should, but that's going to be left up to the speaker," Comer told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" when asked about impeachment.  "People ask me why I haven't put someone in jail yet.  All I can do is investigate."

A Paid Agent of a Foreign Power.  Is it possible that we will actually see a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024? [...] Democrats are nervous about Biden because 1) everyone has now noticed that he is senile, 2) Bidenflation has destroyed the budgets of most American families, 3) the Southern border is a disaster that even Democrats are now running away from, and 4) pretty much every other Biden policy has been a failure, too.  But that may not be the worst of it.  The ongoing investigation of the Biden crime family, which began in October 2020, is now reaching a crescendo.  Everyone who pays attention understands that Biden and his relatives have engaged in an influence peddling scheme that necessarily involved Joe as the key player, since he was the only one who had any influence.  Many millions of dollars have now been traced from foreign sources to the Biden coffers.

Hunter Biden Billed for Mystery International Phone Line During Family's Dealings with CEFC.  Hunter Biden paid for a mystery international phone line linked to President Joe Biden from 2015-2018, years encompassing the Biden family's dealings with CEFC China Energy Company, emails from the "Laptop from Hell" show.  House Oversight Committee chair James Comer alleges Joe Biden received two checks as "loan repayments" from his brother, totaling $240,000 dollars from 2017 to 2018.  Comer, along with several lawmakers, has accused the Biden family of "laundering" money. [...] Peter Schweizer, Government Accountability Institute president, said in May that he conveyed a phone number linked to Joe Biden to the House Oversight Committee.  He said Hunter Biden paid for the number.  "We obtained that phone number, and we've shared it with individuals and the Oversight Committee in Congress is going to subpoena those phone records," he said.  "And what's important here is that's not a government phone; this is not Joe Biden's private phone that he's paying for himself.  It's actually [Hunter] Biden's business that paid for it."

Biden Can't Escape His China-Scandal Paper Trail.  Would the American people have elected Joe Biden, despite the widespread disdain for then-president Donald Trump, if it had been widely understood that Biden was bought and paid for by the Chinese Communist regime?  The question presses because, as it turns out, the incumbent president actually is what the media-Democrat complex falsely claimed the prior president was: a clandestine agent of a hostile foreign power — indeed, America's greatest geopolitical foe by whom, it is convincingly argued, we are already confronted in a second Cold War.  Scandalous as this story is, it is just as infuriating.  Joe Biden's collusion with China is back in the news because the House Oversight Committee has just released its latest report showing "the big guy" actually did get at least one 10 percent payout from the Biden/China scheme, precisely matching his stake in the venture as it was sketched out in a notorious May 2017 email.  But this is "news" only because the paper trail is now, inevitably, catching up with the outlines of the story.

Joe Biden Chose Billionaires and Green Radicals Over Auto Workers.  "President Biden is the most pro-union president in history" has become the White House's go-to response to the recent strike that had upturned American auto manufacturing. [...] The White House took a victory lap for "solving" a crisis that was Biden's own making.  At a press conference Monday, the president called the deal "yet another piece of good economic news showing something I've always believed."  But it was Biden's own policies, seeking to radically transform the American auto industry at the behest of environmental activists and their corporate cronies, that spurred on the strike.  But Joe has never been one to let the facts get in the way of a good narrative.  The strikes backed Biden into a corner.  On one side, you had the unholy alliance of auto executives and green radicals, and on the other, the blue-collar voters Biden likely needs for reelection.  This was destined from the start to be a political mess, so the President dusted off his most trusty tactic:  Lying.  Biden would claim that he was the savior of it all.

Joe Biden Refuses to Hand Over Loan Documents to House Oversight Committee for Any 'Loans' He Provided His Brother James Biden.  Joe Biden is refusing to hand over loan documents to the House Oversight Committee proving any 'loans' he provided to his brother James Biden.  The House Oversight Committee has no IRS records or loan documents confirming the $200,000 check Jim Biden wrote to his brother Joe Biden in 2018 was a 'loan repayment.'  House Oversight Chairman James Comer demanded IRS records and applicable loan documents proving Joe Biden loaned his brother James money.  The Bidens often structure their income as 'loans' to avoid paying taxes.  We saw this with a $5 million wire described as an 'interest-free loan' (a way for Hunter to avoid paying taxes) from a Chinese firm.  The Bidens then shuffle the dirty money around to each other as 'loan repayments.'  This is classic tax evasion, money laundering, and influence-peddling.

REPORT: National Archives Is Withholding More Than 99% Of Biden's Alias Emails.  House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) has accused the Biden Administration of obstructing the House's impeachment probe by withholding 99.98 percent of emails sent by President Biden, including thousands written under aliases.  The emails are being held by the National Archives and are relevant to the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.  The email aliases — "Robert Peters," "Robin Ware," and "JRB Ware" — were used to discuss business and share government information with Hunter Biden and two associates, Eric Schwerin and Devon Archer, Comer's office has revealed.  The Southeastern Legal Foundation recently filed a lawsuit calling on the organization to release roughly 5,400 emails.  Comer requested that the National Archives to release all communications in which then-Vice President Joe Biden used any of the three pseudonyms.  "Joe Biden has stated there was 'an absolute wall' between his family's foreign business schemes and his duties as Vice President, but evidence reveals that access was wide open for his family's influence peddling," Comer wrote in a statement this past August.  "The National Archives must provide these unredacted records to further our investigation into the Biden family's corruption."

"Your Money's in Joe's House": The Biden Family's Version of 'It's a Wonderful Life'.  [Scroll down]  None of this, however, appears to pique much of the media's curiosity.  Because the word "loan" was written on some of these documents, it is once again accepted by many at face value.  In discussing a "loan" connected to one Hunter-connected company, Rosemont Seneca Bohai, IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley called this a classic tax-evasion move.  He said that "when the money came back to him, he booked it as a loan.  You then go on to testify that it should've been taxable as soon as it became income from Burisma to Hunter and whatever he did with it after that was really just a scheme to evade taxes for that year.  You add that Rosemont Seneca Bohai did not book this as a loan, itself, so Biden is treating it differently than they did."  Despite the Bidens' denials about money, it seems to be everywhere and nowhere — metastasizing and spreading throughout the dozens of accounts, banks and family members identified by House investigators.  Yet many in the media and most Democratic members of Congress appear to be firmly committed to assuring that all of this remains "a wonderful life" for Joe Biden and his family.

Hunter Biden, Secret Agent?  For years, Hunter Biden has been protected by the FBI and probably the CIA and all the other three-letter agencies devoted to national security and spying.  His illegal behavior — bribe-taking and money laundering operations — has been made possible by connections to his crooked dad, "The Big Guy," Joe Biden.  But I predict Hunter will slither out of his legal problems with the help of the swamp.  But not for the reason you think. [...] Was his protection by the FBI on tax evasion, bribery, self-dealing, and FARA violations for political reasons?  Definitely.  Was the FBI motivated by anti-Trump animus?  Yes.  Collusion?  Yep.  Treason?  Absolutely.  One can't watch what the left and government agencies are doing to Donald Trump and wonder about the duplicitous ways in which these two presidential candidates have been treated.  But I have a theory — abject speculation — about how Hunter Biden will get out of his obvious legal problems if the House succeeds in calling for indictments.  It's an educated guess, deduced from the evidence from right in front of our faces.  Deduced from the Russia Collusion fakery, the Whitmer Fednapping scandal, the J6 scheme, the Watergate CIA story, and every conceivable intelligence scandal you've ever heard of. [...]

House Oversight Committee releases video explaining how Joe Biden allegedly got $40,000 in laundered Chinese money.  It's a slow news day and CBS/ABC/CNN/MSNBC aren't going to run this story, but you should see it.  Remember 10% for the Big Guy?  Remember how Hunter Biden threatened his Chinese associate by telling him his father was sitting with him waiting for his phone call?  Rep. James Comer lays out the financial evidence that all of this is connected:  [Tweet with video clip]

Direct Line Between Chinese Money and Biden's Bank Account Drawn — 'Future Blackmail'.  With a [...] video published Wednesday by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, the potential impeachment of President Joe Biden just got a lot more plausible.  Comer, the Kentucky Republican who has been the point man for the GOP investigation of the Biden family's dodgy finances, drew a direct line between money from communist China to Biden's bank account.  And he raised the specter of potential foreign blackmail of the man in the White House.

Hunter and Joe Shook Down the Chinese.  Then Joe Got a Big Check.  The big question was always how Joe Biden, aka the Big Guy, was getting paid Joe Biden and his media allies have made a point of this in defending him.  They'll concede that Hunter and even James, Joe's brother, were involved in some shady stuff.  They'll concede that Joe Biden lent his influence by showing up to meetings and joining in on calls, but they'll claim that he never got any money.  Now Rep. James Comer and the House Oversight Committee are find out how Joe allegedly got paid.  And the answer is 'loan repayments.'  Earlier in October, House Oversight turned up a "loan repayment" tied to wrecked hospitals and Islamic terrorists.

Republicans unveil another 'personal check' from James and Sara Biden to Joe Biden — this time for $40,000.  President Joe Biden is at the center of an extremely lucrative 'extortion scheme' between members of his family and foreign actors — including China — charge Republicans.  Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., unveiled a $40,000 direct payment to Joe from 2017 labeled as a 'loan repayment' that he claims is 'laundered money' that can be traced back to the Chinese.  Comer's Oversight Committee is spearheading the probe into the Biden family's 'influence peddling' operation as part of the larger impeachment inquiry into the president.  According to new bank records they obtained through recent subpoenas for James and Hunter Biden's financial records, a money trail beginning in July 2017 snaked from Chinese oil giant CEFC — one of Hunter's joint ventures — into Joe's account.  In WhatsApp messages from August 2017 previously published by DailyMail.com, Hunter demanded $10 million from CEFC, and claimed his father was 'sitting here' next to him during the exchange.

White House Dismisses Latest Hunter Biden Bombshell As 'Lies' And 'Conspiracy Theories'.  The White House is dismissing the latest House Oversight Committee report which showed President Joe Biden previously took a $40,000 check from his family members not long after Chinese business associates gave them money.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday that bank records between the Biden family and its Chinese business associates show Biden took $40,000 of Chinese money in Sept. 2017.  White House spokesman for oversight and investigations dismissed the report, calling it "desperate" and writing Comer's claims off as "lies."

Anatomy of a Biden family 'cover-up' executed by our own FBI and DOJ.  Closed-door testimony by former Pittsburgh US Attorney Scott Brady to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week is a chilling case study of how credible corruption allegations against President Biden and his family were covered up by the FBI and DOJ — before and after the 2020 election.  Brady's testimony fits a pattern revealed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last week, in which over 40 confidential human sources gave information to the FBI, over several years, about potential criminal activity involving the president, his brother James and son Hunter.  In a blistering letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, Grassley alleged ongoing efforts "among certain Justice Department and FBI officials to improperly delay and stop full and complete investigative activity into the Biden family."  Few people know that better than Brady.

Maybe Jill Biden Is Sauron.  Longtime readers of this Briefing know that I find First Lady DOCTOR Mama Jill Biden to be an extraordinarily loathsome human being.  If the woman had even an ounce of decency, she wouldn't have let her husband near a camera after his tenure as vice president was up in 2017.  Jill Biden is a power-hungry lunatic though, so she doesn't care if her husband continues to embarrass himself in front of the whole world.  As long as she gets power, access, and a curious amount of money for a teacher, she doesn't care if her husband's sad and rapid decline is witnessed by everyone on Earth.

Dirty Jill.  The reasonable criticism goes that any person who pushes their mentally incapable husband to become president is naturally a bad person committing an act of elder abuse, but Jill Biden's happy warrior-like smiles may hide something even more sinister.  Could Jillary be the force behind the so-called Biden Crime Family?  It looks suspicious when politicians go into office relatively poor and emerge as millionaires.  It's unseemly, bordering on illegal, when politicians transmogrify their public service jobs into personal ATMs and friends into insider traders, and that's why the comparison with Hillary is apt. [...] The Bidens, like most Americans, saw what the Clintons, Obamas, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, and other Democrats (and no doubt some Republicans) were doing and decided to replicate the political-to-professional shakedown.  The Biden Crime Family was born, and though greed and grandiosity are woven into the Biden DNA, Jillary was doing her share of pushing.

Archives locates 82,000 pages of Joe Biden pseudonym emails, possibly dwarfing Clinton scandal.  Under legal pressure, the National Archives has located 82,000 pages of emails that President Joe Biden sent or received during his vice presidential tenure on three private pseudonym accounts, a total that potentially dwarfs the amount that landed Hillary Clinton in hot water a decade ago, according to a federal court filing released Monday [10/30/2023].  The total of Biden private email exchanges was disclosed Monday in a little-noticed status report filed in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought against the National Archives and Records Administration by the nonprofit public interest law firm the Southeastern Legal Foundation.  The foundation brought the lawsuit seeking access to the emails after Just the News revealed a year ago that Joe Biden had used three pseudonym email accounts [...] during the time he served as President Barack Obama's vice president.

82,000 pages of emails where Joe Biden used a pseudonym are uncovered.  Joe Biden sent or received 82,000 pages of private email exchanges through three accounts using fake names when he was serving as vice president, according to the National Archives.  Joe used a series of pseudonyms on emails that were about both official and family business, according to emails found on Hunter Biden's now-infamous laptop and previously reported by DailyMail.com.  But this is the first time the sheer volume of the correspondence has been revealed.

David Weiss's Office Ignored Thoroughly Vetted Evidence Of Biden Corruption.  The Delaware U.S. attorney's office received a detailed briefing that established the FD-1023 implicating Hunter and Joe Biden in a Ukrainian bribery scandal was not Russian disinformation and was not sourced to Rudy Giuliani, according to a transcribed interview of former Pittsburgh U.S. Attorney Scott Brady.  Yet the Delaware U.S. attorney's office seemingly ignored the work undertaken by the Pittsburgh office and acted with willful blindness to the evidence implicating the now-president and his son.  Last Monday, Brady sat for a transcribed interview before the House Judiciary Committee.  Over the course of some six hours of questioning, the committee elicited testimony revealing the Pittsburgh office's diligence in tackling the task given by former Attorney General Willam Barr: to screen evidence presented to the Department of Justice related to Ukraine.

Newly-Minted Speaker Mike Johnson Lays Into Joe Biden's Lies and Corruption.  The president's story regarding his knowledge of his son's business dealings has dramatically changed over the last year.  As far back as 2020, he was insisting that he had not ever spoken to his son about business nor that anyone in his family had taken money from China.  Of course, that was always contradictory.  How could he know what money his family had made from China, if he had no knowledge of the dealings in the first place?  Ultimately, both claims were proven false.  So, the question Johnson and most intellectually honest people are asking is why Biden lied.  Why continually repeat a falsehood that he had no knowledge of the business dealings if they were all above board?  The most logical answer is that they weren't all above board.  Why did Biden appear on business phone calls at least 20 times?  Why did he receive a $200,000 check from his brother as a "loan repayment" when there's no evidence such a loan ever existed?  There are many other connections as well.

This is why he was called "The Senator from MBNA."
Joe Biden sold a house for $1.2 million in 1996 and nearly three decades later it's still only worth $1.65 million.  Joe Biden sold a house to a supporter for $1.2 million in 1996 — but it is only worth an estimated $1.65 million 27 years later, DailyMail.com can reveal.  The current valuation raised questions over whether Biden received an inflated price for the property from a donor nearly three decades ago.  It was purchased by an executive for a credit card company that, in the same year, also hired Biden's son Hunter and then paid him for years.

Yeah, and Joe Biden's not that great, either.
A Coward and a Braggart Leads America.  Mr. Biden is a braggart and a coward.  He brags about negotiating a ceasefire in the war in the Middle East.  He did no such thing.  Nobody talked seriously with him.  He says it only took him 11 days to stop the fighting between Israel and Hamas.  That they stopped fighting does not imply it was the result of his efforts.  Then Mr. Biden promised you, the taxpayers of the United States, would rebuild Gaza.  Why?  Are there not enough targets there now?  Why should we put pallets of US money out as future targets?  Such an unsolicited promise is both unnecessary and counterproductive.  What his braggadocio has done is to allow Hamas to restock.  They are preparing to relaunch their next attacks on Israel.  The arrogance and ignorance Mr. Biden displays in his remarks show why the Middle East is on fire.  He is too stupid to even name the enemy.  How can you deal with an enemy successfully when you cannot name them as a minimum starting point?  The man has demonstrated no grasp of the situation, the players, or their relationships.

Joe Biden touted as a 'key' figure and a 'wartime' leader?  Ever since Joe Biden took office, he has idiotically said climate change is the greatest existential threat to the U.S. and the world.  Not Iran with its "death to America" pledges, not China with its dystopian communism, American farmland grabs, and land acquisitions near military bases, not North Korea with its nuclear bombs under the control of an unstable leader, not the Mexican cartels and their human butchery.  Nope, the greatest threat is a hypothetical and miniscule temperature increase in the next hundred years or so.  The Biden administration then pretends they can prevent this from happening if they could just stop Americans from using crude oil and gas-powered vehicles and equipment, which greatly rewards China.  Iran and Russia also love this abject ignorance and arrogance, and appreciate Biden's generosity as he has greatly increased the demand for their oil, thus driving up their revenue, which they use to wage war against their enemies.

Speaker Mike Johnson uses new platform to push Biden impeachment forward.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) used his first television interview as speaker on Thursday to inspire hope regarding the merit of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.  "We have the receipts on so much of this now," Johnson told Sean Hannity on Fox News, discussing whether Biden was involved in his family's foreign business dealings.  "It's a real problem."  "That's the reason that we shifted into the impeachment inquiry stage on the president himself because if, in fact, all the evidence leads to where we believe it will, that's very likely impeachable offenses," he explained. "That's listed as a cause for impeachment in the Constitution — bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors."  Johnson noted that "it looks and smells a lot like that."

Johnson as Speaker Changes Everything.  History establishes that democracies are innately fragile, enduring but a couple of centuries.  Their usual demise is via the temporary stimulus provided by inflation.  Once that party ends, economic reality intrudes and the party in power gets blamed.  This occurred in 1932 with Hoover, or in 1980 when Carter played the scapegoat.  With the Middle East on fire, we are entering a period of political danger for not only Democrats, but Republicans as well.  The blame for current economic conditions now hangs around Biden's neck.  The less Johnson's fiscal initiatives succeed, the better for Republicans in the long run.  A debt commission keeps the spotlight where it belongs — on Biden's planned chaos.  If Biden vetoes House bills slashing spending, he drags his party down with him.

Phrases that aren't that great:
Phrases that grate.  The phrase "you can't make this up" has become a tiresome incantation, often reflecting bemusement at Biden's petulant policies.  Instead, how about "inexplicable," or "incomprehensible," to succinctly capture his compunction to reverse Trump's America First policies?  Unfortunately, one can make this up because Biden is malevolently mad.  His unfathomable DEI and ESG imperatives are impervious to rationality.

Comer demands WH prove $200K check to Biden from brother was for a loan.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Thursday said that his committee does not possess any bank records to show that President Joe Biden ever gave a loan to his brother James and asked that the president's legal team produce documentation of the alleged loan.  Comer previously revealed the discovery of a $200,000 check that James Biden made to Joe Biden in 2018 linked to the failing healthcare firm Americore.  The White House has claimed that James was repaying a loan to his brother, though Comer has expressed skepticism of that story.

Republican questions if James Biden's $200,000 payment to brother Joe was a personal loan — because there was no interest.  Republicans are ramping up scrutiny of a $200,000 'loan repayment' check from James Biden to his brother Joe — made out while the family was using their last name to 'cash in' on foreign deals.  Oversight Chairman James Comer — who is leading the impeachment inquiry into Joe — is pressing the White House for more information because he believes the check is the strongest evidence yet that the president was directly involved in his family's business dealings.  According to bankruptcy court documents, James Biden took the money from his health care business Americore and sent it directly to his brother Joe Biden in 2018.

7 Takeaways From Grassley's Latest Findings on FBI Corruption in Biden Probe.  Long before the House opened an impeachment inquiry targeting President Joe Biden, the FBI had been investigating potential influence peddling by the president and his family in China, Ukraine, and elsewhere, according to information released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.  In the newest wrinkle of an unfolding legal drama for the president's family, Grassley, co-founder of the Senate Whistleblower Caucus, revealed that for more than a decade, about 40 confidential informants have talked to the FBI about the Bidens.  Grassley signed a letter Tuesday seeking answers on these allegations from Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray.  In it, Grassley wrote that whistleblowers in the Justice Department, which is run by Garland and includes Wray's FBI, have told his Senate office that officials tampered with key information streams and stymied the probe into the Bidens.

Biden is Obstructing Israel's Fight Against Hamas.  Biden and administration officials began pressuring Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli officials to avoid civilian casualties almost right after the Hamas attacks.  Warnings that were initially relayed in phone conversations were leaked to the media.  And shortly after they became public warnings.  During his speech, three days after the attacks, Biden introduced the emphasis on following the "laws of war" that everyone in his administration would echo.  Administration officials took up the theme with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin lecturing Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on "the importance of adhering to the law of war, including civilian protection obligations, and addressing the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza."  Avoiding civilian casualties while fighting terrorists whose defensive strategy is hiding behind civilians and embedding their infrastructure around mosques, schools and hospitals is impossible.  But as a result of Biden's pressure campaign, Israel issued more warnings, allowing civilians, but also Hamas terrorists, to abandon areas and infrastructure they knew were targets.  But that still wasn't good enough.

FBI And Its Foreign Influence Task Force Purged Sources Who Were Onto Biden Corruption.  The FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force used a sham assessment opened by FBI headquarters to cull reporting from confidential human sources (CHS) throughout the country related to the Biden family and then falsely brand the intelligence as "foreign disinformation," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed Wednesday.  Wednesday's explosive news suggests the DOJ and FBI's Biden-family protection program encompassed many more players than previously known.  But it is the involvement of the Foreign Influence Task Force that demands an immediate response by the House, namely the launching of an impeachment inquiry of FBI Director Christopher Wray, under whose watch this task force abused its power — and interfered in a presidential election.  Late Wednesday afternoon, Grassley released a seven-page letter that, while addressed to Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, spoke to the American public, telling them of evidence of "significant political bias infecting the decision-making of not only the Attorney General and FBI Director, but also line agents and prosecutors."  Grassley's letter summarized the evidence he has gathered over the last two years, with the assistance of Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and multiple whistleblowers.

Four Astounding Facts You Need to Know About Your Government.  Things are not okay.  Things are about to get worse.  What you are about to read is all true and documented.  Everyone needs — and deserves — to know just how far our nation has fallen.  [#1] The Biden Crime Family/Spy Ring Is Real:  The Oversight Committee is churning out  evidence  proof of the Biden family's overseas skullduggery almost weekly.  [Tweet]  [#2] Joe Biden Used Aliases on 5,400 Emails Involving His Overseas Family Chicanery:  After much heel-dragging, the dedicated pinkos at the National Archives finally gavaged a vat of Ipecac from the Oversight Committee and chundered up the 5,400 emails Gropey Joe sent or received using one of several funky noms de plume. [...] [#4] There Appear to Be Iranian Spies in the State Department, and No One Is Doing Anything About It:  [...] Pentagon official Ariane Tabatabai is accused of being a spy, but she has somehow kept her security clearance.

Joe Biden has blown up the world.  On day one of the Biden administration, he canceled the Keystone Pipeline, putting thousands of skilled workers out of work.  Over the ensuing months, he canceled oil leases, stopped fracking, and drained our strategic oil reserve.  All this was surely intentional; he means to starve the American people of energy, making what is available more expensive by the day.  Like Obama, he means to transform America, and not in a good way.  The most catastrophic stunt Biden pulled was the tragically ill conceived withdrawal from Afghanistan.  He left billions in state-of-the-art military equipment to the Taliban along with the Bagram Air Base, which sits close to China.  Thirteen young American patriots were killed by the sheer ineptitude of their leaders.  This tragic maneuver telegraphed Biden's, and thus America's, weakness to every leader in the world.  Russia thought taking Ukraine's Russian-speaking border regions would be a cakewalk.  Our careless warmongers in the Biden administration thought their puppet-of-the-oligarchs Zelensky would easily defeat Russia with billions of U.S. dollars.  The military complex wanted that war.  All of that went awry.  Here we are a year and a half later; Ukraine has lost half a million people and is still begging for billions more in aid.  None of this would have happened if Trump had been in office.

Grassley: FBI Received 'Criminal Information' From Over 40 Confidential Sources on Biden Family.  On Wednesday, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed that the FBI received 'criminal information' from over 40 confidential human sources on Joe, Hunter, and James Biden — dating back to Joe Biden's time as Vice President.  According to Grassley's letter which was obtained by Fox News, the task force in the Washington Field Office shut down the reporting from the sources which eventually halted investigative activity.  "Based on the information provided to my office over a period of years by multiple credible whistleblowers, there appears to be an effort within the Justice Department and FBI to shut down investigative activity relating to the Biden family," Grassley wrote in a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray.  "Such decisions point to significant political bias infecting the decision-making of not only the Attorney General and FBI Director, but also line agents and prosecutors."  Grassley wrote:  "Our Republic cannot survive such a political infection and you have an obligation to this country to clear the air."

FBI received 'criminal information' from over 40 confidential sources on Joe Biden, Hunter, James [according to] Grassley.  The FBI maintained more than 40 confidential human sources on various criminal matters related to the Biden family, including Joe Biden, dating back to his time as vice president, according to information obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.  The confidential human sources "provided criminal information to the FBI relating to Joe Biden, James Biden, and Hunter Biden." Those confidential human sources were managed by multiple FBI field offices across the nation, including the FBI's Seattle Field Office.  But Grassley learned that an FBI task force within the Washington Field Office sought to, and in some cases, successfully, shut down reporting and information from those sources by falsely discrediting the information as foreign disinformation.  That effort "caused investigative activity to cease."

Trump mocks Biden for 'sleeping on the beach all day' while 'World War III is going on'.  Former President Donald Trump has mocked President Joe Biden for using the 'children's stairs' to board Air Force One — while prodding the president over photos that showed him napping on the beach while at a Monday rally in New Hampshire.  The visit to the Granite State saw Trump, 77, finally make his candidacy official — after which he spoke to supporters for some 100 minutes in Derry and gleefully slapped around his embattled successor.  Specifically, the GOP frontrunner honed in on the 80-year-old commander-in-chief's series of stumbling incidents, and the fact that he has been using a shorter staircase than usual to board and deplane the storied Air Force One.

Did Biden-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Give Jim Biden's Americore Scandal The Hunter Biden Treatment?  Bank records released Friday show Joe Biden received $200,000 from funds his brother Jim Biden siphoned from the failing health care company Americore.  Beyond providing more proof that President Biden directly profited from the family influencing-selling business, this new evidence raises serious questions concerning whether Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys ignored Jim Biden's involvement in the Americore scandal.  On Friday, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability released a copy of a $200,000 check Jim Biden wrote to Joe Biden on March 1, 2018 — the same day Americore wired $200,000 to Jim and his wife Sara's personal bank account.  As I detailed Monday at The Federalist, evidence indicates Jim Biden pushed the former CEO of Americore, Grant White, to lend him those funds, along with another $400,000, promising to repay the loans after he delivered tens of millions of dollars in foreign investments to Americore.

Watch Out, You Might Get What You're After.  The crumbling debt sodden American Empire is being led by an outright moron and anyone expecting Biden to do anything other than make things worse, has probably been jabbed five times, has a BLM, Israel, and Ukraine flag in their Twitter profile, and still thinks Hunter Biden's laptop is Russian disinformation.  The U.S. provoked Ukraine conflict has drained the coffers of the U.S. and EU of hundreds of billions, while depleting their precious armaments, just as WW3 launches.  With the Middle East set to explode in a ball of fire, the world's flow of precious oil, is in danger of being cutoff abruptly.  Luckily, Dementia Joe depleted our Strategic Petroleum Reserve for election purposes, leaving us with 17 days worth of supply.  Maybe Biden's green energy windmill and solar farms will fill the gap when gasoline prices soar to $6.00 a gallon and 1970s like gas lines become common again.

Joe Biden's $200K Check Shows He Profited From The Family Biz To The Detriment Of Innocent Creditors.  Bank records released on Friday show Joe Biden received $200,000 from funds his brother Jim Biden siphoned from the failing health care company Americore.  Beyond providing more proof that President Biden directly profited from his family's selling of influence, this new evidence — when read together with Americore's bankruptcy filings — reveals Joe has the money that rightfully belongs to innocent creditors.  On Friday, James Comer, the chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, announced that bank records, provided in response to subpoenas the committee issued last month, revealed Jim Biden wrote a $200,000 check to his brother, now-President Joe Biden, on March 1, 2018 — the same day the failed Americore wired $200,000 to Jim and his wife Sara's personal bank account.

He can relax because he's not really in charge of anything.
Biden Enjoys Breezy Beach Walk as Middle East Explodes.  President Joe Biden has been seen in pictures and videos enjoying a weekend of walks on Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as Hamas terrorists pushed their campaign of destruction against Israel and the U.S. placed additional troops on prepare-to-deploy orders to the Middle East.  One short clip shows the octogenarian and first lady Jill Biden strolling the Atlantic beachfront on Sunday while a reporter off screen asks him about the release of Americans being held hostage by Hamas terrorists.  Biden cheerily waves towards the reporter but does not stop to answer questions before continuing his jocund seaside perambulation.

US Palestinians, Muslims fear a return to post-9/11 Islamophobia.  As the Israel-Hamas War rages and the crisis in Gaza deepens, Taher Herzallah said he has exchanged frantic messages on social media with his family members who are trapped in Gaza.  Their description of the situation is grim.  He said they've told him they have no food, electricity, water or fuel.  "When I spoke to them ... they were basically saying, 'We think this is it, we will not survive this one,'" he said.  "You can only imagine what that feels like for Palestinian Americans who are getting these stories from their families right now."  Herzallah said his concerns for his family thousands of miles away have also been compounded by a growing fear for the safety of his wife and children here in the US, as reports of attacks against people perceived to be Muslim or Palestinian surface across the country.

5 lies our government wants us to believe.  [#4] "Hunter Biden's laptop has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  This lie was promoted by Biden's 2020 presidential campaign manager Antony Blinken, 51 top U.S. intelligence servicemen, and the media, which helped "the Big Guy" get elected.

Comer: More "Suspicious Checks" From Jim Biden That Joe Biden Was the Beneficiary Of Will Be Released Soon.  Remember when Joe Biden, in a 'catch me if you can' moment taunted reporters asking about his family's corruption and asked, "Where's the money?"  [Tweet with video clip]  Well, Congressional Republicans found the money and produced the receipts.  House Oversight Chairman James Comer told Fox News host Sean Hannity that more suspicious checks from Jim Biden to his brother Joe Biden will be released this week.  On Friday, Comer uncovered a $200,000 direct payment to Joe Biden.

Are we starting to find out how Joe Biden got himself that $2.7 million mansion?  Joe Biden has always been a man of mystery as to how he obtained his wealth, reportedly in the $90 million range.  He doesn't understand markets, so we know it wasn't his investment acumen.  He's an expert at nothing and has never written a significant book anyone would want to read.  We also know that he's not much of a public speaker, stumbling his way through speeches, so he probably couldn't make much on speaking fees, though that could be a disguised avenue of bribery, particularly if fees are inflated.  Still, it wouldn't explain $90 million.  He's has been in public office for his entire working life, though, he has that, some fifty-plus years in the halls of power, so while he theoretically doesn't have time to amass wealth the way the private sector does, he somehow has anyway. [...] But now that the House Oversight Committee under Rep. James Comer's capable leadership is examining things, it seems most likely he made it the old fashioned political way — through naked political bribery.

James Biden receives $200k from a failing hospital, then immediately writes a check to Joe for the same amount.  Looks like Representative James Comer found another smoking gun. [...] The media, members of the Biden regime, and other Democrats have known for years how the corrupt Joe has taken his family around the world, lining their pockets with kickbacks based on Biden's political power.  Yet, no matter how much evidence they see, we hear the same old talking points; there is always nothing to see.

The worst since Carter.  Former President Jimmy Carter left office in 1981 — 42 years ago, if you remember.  Today, the former president and Mrs. Carter are in Georgia gracefully facing the end.  For the record, I always thought that Carter was a decent man who should have never been president.  He won the "Watergate" election and there is not a lot about his presidency that we care to remember.  Today, we remember President Carter because of President Biden, or Carter II as John Kaas wrote: [...] Yes, I always felt that Carter was a patriot but weak and at least surrounded by people who loved the country.  I am sorry but that's not how I feel today.  Carter made mistakes, but he was in charge.  Biden is making mistakes because he is not in charge.  Biden allowed climate change fanatics to run his energy policy.  He let immigration activists open the border and create chaos everywhere.  He withdrew from Afghanistan in the worst possible way.  So Carter was doing his best but Biden doesn't have a clue.

Meet Jim Biden:  Nightclub Owner, International Business Mogul, Joe's Bagman.  Seemingly his entire life, Joe Biden's brother James "Jim" Biden has benefitted from his brother's political status.  At various moments, he has been a campaign finance maven, a nightclub owner, and a hedge fund mastermind.  Jim appears to be a man who wears many hats; but in actuality, he only wears one:  Joe Biden's brother.  I detail many of the ways he has lived large thanks to his big bro in my new New York Times bestselling book Breaking Biden.  One place where James clearly leveraged his proximity to power for money was with Americore Health.  Near the end of the Obama administration, James Biden joined Americore, which operated hospitals in several states.

Joe Biden paid nearly $2.75 million CASH for Rehoboth Beach house within weeks of Hunter sending 'threatening' text to Chinese business partner.  It's Joe Biden's favorite place — his summer home in Delaware where he has decamped dozens of times during his 1,000 days as Commander-in-Chief.  As DailyMail.com revealed on Tuesday he has spent at least 300 of those days either in the country's second smallest state or on vacation.  He bought the home at a time that it appeared his political career was over — five months after his Vice-Presidency had ended he was well into his 70s and after all he had decided to forgo a 2016 run for the top job.  But now that house in the tiny town of Rehoboth Beach could turn out to be a major embarrassment as Republicans continue their push to find business links between the 46th president and his son Hunter.  DailyMail.com has discovered that then-private-citizen Biden, who had spent virtually all his adult life in public service, bought the home for slightly under $2.75 million — in cash.

Investigators looking into influence-peddling unveil $200,000 check to Joe Biden.  Much powerful evidence of the Biden family's influence-peddling operations, which reportedly brought members tens of millions of dollars in recent years as Joe Biden was vice president to Barack Obama, then president, already has been released.  There are huge payments from Russia and China, and the threats Hunter Biden made to one "associate" who apparently hadn't paid up as agreed, when Hunter Biden said he was with his father and wanted the money immediately.  There's that FBI document in which an informant, a longtime trusted informant, charges that a Ukrainian official confirmed $5 million bribes to each Joe and Hunter Biden.  Now there's more documentation that raises questions — that need to be answered.

Biden Received Direct Payment from Brother after 'Shady' Loan Transaction, Bank Records Reveal.  President Joe Biden received a $200,000 personal check from his brother shortly after James Biden received a "shady" loan in the same amount, House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) revealed Friday [10/20/2023].  James Biden's now-bankrupt healthcare business, Americore, sent him the wire loan on March 1, 2018, the same day he paid back his influential brother, according to bank records.  This is the first hard evidence linking Joe Biden to influence-peddling schemes.  In 2018 alone, Americore wired $600,000 in loans to James Biden.  The president's brother received these loans on the assumption that the Biden name "could 'open doors' and that he could obtain a large investment from the Middle East based on his political connections," Comer said in a video, citing bankruptcy court documents he obtained.

CNN praises the IRS for 'cracking down' on tax cheats; fails to realize they just described Hunter Biden.  CNN operatives can't really be so naïve that they actually believe the IRS wouldn't have been able to collect these taxes without passing the falsely named "Inflation Reduction Act" can they? [...] Hunter Biden failed to pay taxes some years, and allegedly raided his own daughter's college savings account to pay for prostitutes (and who knows what else). This behavior certainly constitutes fraud, but the IRS and the (In)Justice Department have been extremely soft on him.  He is the son of a Democrat president, therefore, he is special.  The media and other Democrats have known how Joe enabled his family to collect kickbacks around the world because of his powerful political position and really don't [care]. [...] Incidentally, there is no statute of limitations for people like Hunter who intentionally commit criminal tax evasion.  So why are the prosecutors acting like there is?  Why is the public intentionally being misinformed?

James Comer Uncovers Direct Payment to Joe Biden from His Family's Influence Peddling Scheme.  The House Oversight Committee is investigating the influence-peddling scheme of the Biden family and has discovered a payment made directly to President Joe Biden.  The president has in the past challenged the investigators by asking, "Where is the money?" Rep. James Comer says they have found money, and that the paper trail doesn't seem ambiguous.  [Tweet with video clip]

Biden's Speech From the Oval Office Was So Bad, the YouTube Channel Turned Off Commenting.  Just how bad was Joey the Biden's speech begging for another $100 billion (mostly for Ukraine and Hamas terrorists?  It was so bad, that not only did whoever runs Biden's White House Youtube channel turn off commenting after the reviews started pouring in, but they also disabled the like count (meaning an embarrassing low amount of viewers actually liked the video).  The "speech" lasted about 15 minutes, but the Youtube is set to about 30 minutes, with 15 minutes of "we'll start soon" or something.  [Video clip]

Keywords: subterfuge, conflation, chicanery, apples and oranges, bait and switch, verbal shell game.
Biden Ties Israel to Ukraine in Oval Office Address from White House Bathed in Red Light.  President Joe Biden attempted to tie the terrorist attacks in Israel to the Russia-Ukraine War during his pitch from the Oval Office to send aid to both countries as the White House was bathed in red light.  Two minutes into his remarks, Biden pivoted from speaking about Hamas's terrorist attacks that murdered more than 1,300 in Israel several weeks ago to "the brutality inflicted on the people of Ukraine."  "You know, the assault on Israel echoes nearly 20 months of war, tragedy, and brutality inflicted on the people of Ukraine, people that were very badly hurt since Putin launched his all-out invasion," he said.

Biden Delivers Oval Office Speech, Wants $100 Billion for Israel and Ukraine.  President Biden delivered a speech to the nation from the Oval Office Thursday evening after returning from Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas terror attacks on October 7.  He said he's going to ask Congress to appropriate $100 billion in new funding to combat Hamas and continue to aid Ukraine in its war against Russia.  Reportedly, he wants $60 billion more for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel. [...] Interestingly, the White House was lit red before the speech began.  [Tweet]

The Editor says...
That adds up to $94 billion.  Is the other $6 billion for the Big Guy?  Or is the "$100 billion" figure just an exaggeration?

Biden's Oval Office Address Met With Harsh Criticism.  On Thursday night, Biden announced he would send Congress an urgent joint budget request to express his support for Israel and Ukraine. [...] It was not made clear the amount of the package, but insisted it would "keep American troops out of harm's way."  Biden promised the aid package would include enough funds to ensure the country could continue to defend itself from the deadly attacks from the terrorist group Hamas.  He added that it would also "sharpen" Israel's military.  According to sources close to the matter, ABC News noted that the supplemental request will include "$60 billion for Ukraine and replenishing U.S. stockpiles, $14 billion for Israel, $10 billion for humanitarian efforts, $14 billion for the border and $7 billion for the Indo-Pacific region."  The Biden Administration is under immense scrutiny after critics slam the president for using hard-working American taxpayer's dollars to pay for the ongoing wars.

The Editor says...
He wants $14 billion for which border?  (Its not safe to presume he's talking about the Mexico-U.S. border.)  And what's going on in "the Indo-Pacific region" that requires billions of dollars?

Biden Word Salad Casts Doubt About Whether He Even Knows What's Going On.  "Can you talk about the impact of meeting survivors and the first responders?" a reporter asked.  "That's all personal.  Look, I — I spent an hour and a half, about, with 17 or 18 before — I spent with them and — I don't know how to say this," he before slowly trying to piece together a response that made some sense and failing. [...] [Tweet with video clip]  It sure sounds like Joe Biden doesn't even know what he's talking about here, which is scary, but at the very least, he doesn't look or sound well, and it's amazing he was allowed to continue speaking for so long without his handlers whisking him away.

What is going on with Joe Biden's face?  President Joe Biden appeared to grow a mushy butt chin while making remarks to the press at Ramstein Air Base in Germany following his trip to Israel.  [Tweet]  Say what you want about Joe Biden, but he's normally a pretty thin fellow.  But in this video, his typically tight jawline appears to have melted into half-a-day-old ice cream.  [Tweet]  It's possible a busy trip to the Middle East and lack of sleep are affecting our 80-year-old president's physical appearance.  But that doesn't make his Wicked Witch of the West-like transformation any less jarring.

It's 3 AM — Who Gets the Call?  Not climate change — nuclear war is humanity's most immediate threat.  During these tumultuous times, we're burdened with Biden, an obstreperous oaf who has sole authority to launch nuclear weapons.  That's not propitious for the future of life.  There has been legitimate consternation over the geriatric nature of our leaders, especially Biden.  That has led to a chorus of calls for cognitive tests.  They will help identify intellectual infants including Biden, but when it comes to the most impactful decision a commander-in-chief can make, there's something else we must do.  To give us more time to deliberate the fate of humanity, we must end sole authority to access the "nuclear football" via a vote in Congress.  Concomitantly, we'd have to mollify our hair-trigger posture by reducing reliance on land-based ICBMs in favor of our submerged Boomers.

Jordan and Egypt Cancel Summit With Joe Biden.  Joe Biden was literally in the air, flying toward the region when Jordan's King Abdullah just cancelled the summit between Egyptian President al-Sisi, Abdullah and Biden.  This is more than a little sunlight on who Abdullah was talking about earlier when he said, "the usual suspects were trying to create Defacto issues on the ground." [...] Now tell me again, why Joe Biden is going to Israel?  What strategic value is within this visit?  Yesterday I provided some of my own thoughts on the motives.  "The people behind Joe Biden are sending him to Israel for (1) part of a rebranding effort; and (2) to impede Netanyahu and buy time for Hamas."  Today, Caroline Glick affirms my perspective and also gives some troubling information about:  (a) the White House demanding an invitation; and (b) Anthony Blinken threatening Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu to hold back the ground invasion or the U.S. will not allow munitions and bombs Israel needs for resupply.

Is Biden's Classified Docs Scandal Connected to the Biden Family Business?  When Joe Biden left the vice presidency in 2017, he took with him several boxes of documents that contained classified documents.  At no point did Biden have the authority to declassify the documents, and the seriousness of the situation was made worse by the apparent cover-up by the White House.  Originally, we were told the documents were found in early November 2022, before the midterms, but we didn't learn about them until after the new year.  Last week, we learned that the White House appeared to know about the classified documents at the Penn Biden Center as early as March 2021.

The world is on fire and Joe Biden is the arsonist.  President Joe Biden 's reckless decision to abruptly withdraw United States troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 set into motion an unstoppable sequence of events that have made the world a far more dangerous place.  From heads of state to the legacy media, people everywhere recognized that the aftershocks of Biden's catastrophic withdrawal would be felt for years to come.  America's humiliating military retreat had shaken the balance of power across the globe profoundly and irrevocably.  Though Biden placed blame for the chaos that ensued at the hands of the inept Afghan National Army and even on former President Donald Trump, his responsibility was clear.  His massive display of weakness and his abdication of duty as the leader of the free world had created a power vacuum.  And, well aware of the opportunity this presented, the tyrants of the world joined forces to exploit it.

Mollie Hemingway:  People Can Not Trust Intelligence Agencies Because Of Their Actions, Inability To Repent.  The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway reacted to Leon Panetta refusing to acknowledge the Hunter Biden laptop is real and to apologize for adding his signature to the letter signed by over 50 intelligence officials declaring the Hunter Biden laptop to be inauthentic and Russian propaganda.  "When The New York Post broke the news about this Hunter Biden laptop and what it showed about the Biden family business, it was squashed by these 50 former Intel agents falsely asserting that it was Russian disinformation," Hemingway said.  "So we were actually the victim of a disinformation operation run by those people."  [Video clip]

Special Counsel Probing Biden Docs May Have Evidence Of Influence-Peddling, And Comer Wants To See It.  House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer is concerned that some of the classified documents concealed by President Joe Biden at his Penn Biden Center office and in his Delaware garage contained information about the countries involved in the foreign business deals that enriched the Biden family by millions of dollars during the Obama administration.  In a Monday morning letter, Comer urged Special Counsel Robert Hur to share the documents and testimonies he collected during his investigation of Biden's document scandal with the committee so they can continue their investigation into the first family's apparent pay-for-play scheme.

Hard Evidence Warranting The Impeachment Of Joe Biden.  In a staggering act of journalistic deceit, the New York Times is reporting that Republicans launched an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden without any "evidence of financial wrongdoing or corruption by the president."  Similar statements have been made by a massive array of media outlets and Democrat politicians.  In reality, overwhelming proof of Joe Biden's corruption and wrongdoing has been found, including hard evidence like written records and corroborated testimonies from first-hand witnesses.  Collectively, at least 12 sets of documented facts leave no reasonable doubt that Biden participated in his son's illicit business deals, bribed foreign officials, and obstructed justice.  Moreover, no less than three major defenses of Biden are demonstrably false. [...]

Joe Biden's brother Jim is tied to fraud scheme.  Confidential Treasury documents reveal President Biden's younger brother is embroiled in an allegedly fraudulent scheme in which he used business loans to pay off personal expenses.  James 'Jim' Biden, 74, is named in three Suspicious Activity Reports filed by banks to the Treasury Department and exclusively viewed by DailyMail.com, tying him to the alleged fraud.  The documents were uncovered during an investigation of James Biden's former business partner, Michael Lewitt, who has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with 'misappropriating' $4.7 million from his hedge fund.

Dr. Jill Helps a Confused Joe Biden Shuffle Off Stage.  Joe Biden on Saturday delivered remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner.  As usual, Biden's speech was full of gaffes and lies.  "We made human rights for LGBT around the world a top priority of my foreign policy ... defending human rights in countries to pass anti-gay laws!" Biden shouted. [...] After delivering a brief speech, Biden looked around confused.  Dr. Jill came to the rescue and guided Biden off stage.  [Tweet with video clip]

Were Joe Biden's classified memos valuable to Hunter's clients?  Congress wants to know.  Nearly a year after the American public was informed that Joe Biden had classified documents at his home and think tank office, lawmakers in Congress have a pressing question:  Was there anything in those memos valuable to his son Hunter's overseas business clients?  The issue catapulted to prominence recently when House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, showed up at the House Oversight Committee's first impeachment inquiry hearing and said there was real reason to fear that Hunter Biden's clients had an interest in the memos that Joe Biden improperly secreted away at his home and office.  "Obviously, his son was receiving payments from Romania, Russia, Ukraine, China," Turner said last month.  "If there are in those documents that relate to, for example, the prosecutor in Ukraine or Burisma itself or other aspects of Ukraine or any of the parties or individuals obviously, that were making payments to Hunter Biden, that would be relevant, wouldn't it?"

Panetta Repeats Debunked Russian Disinformation Claims on Laptop.  Last night, many of us responded to the statement of Leon Panetta, former CIA Director in the Obama Administration, that he "has no regrets" about signing the now infamous letter of 51 former intelligence officials suggesting that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.  Even more unsettling were his comments that he believes it could still be Russian disinformation.  It turns out that even with American intelligence, the media, and Hunter Biden himself acknowledging authenticity, it can still be Russian disinformation.  Panetta has become the personification of the economic theory of path dependence.  No matter how much countervailing evidence is presented to Panetta, he still refuses to accept the authenticity of the laptop.

Joe Makes It Up a Flight of Stairs.  Earlier today, Joe Biden gave a speech in Philadelphia.  He had to climb a short flight of stairs — five or six steps — to get to the podium.  Biden, trying to look jaunty, tripped twice and almost didn't make it.  When he got to the top step he mugged proudly to the crowd, as if it were an accomplishment.  That is where we are.  It is a relief to all if our president can walk up a few stairs without falling down.

Evidence Shows Federal Workers And Biden Insiders Covered Up Classified Docs For Over A Year.  The House Oversight and Accountability Committee announced it has evidence a team of at least five White House employees, President Joe Biden's personal attorneys, a Department of Defense employee, and more covered up the president's documents scandal for more than a year and lied about it.  While the president's lawyers said that the classified documents, which were kept from Biden's time as vice president, were discovered at the Penn Biden Center on Nov. 2, 2022, the House Oversight Committee has compiled "evidence showing the timeline of relevant events began in 2021 and involved at least five White House employees."  "There is no reasonable explanation as to why this many White House employees and lawyers were so concerned with retrieving boxes they believed only contained personal documents and materials," said Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer in a letter to White House counsel Edward Siskel.

Five White House Employees Involved in Biden's Stolen Classified Docs Case — Biden Lied About Timeline!.  The House Oversight Committee this week revealed that five White House employees were involved in Biden's stolen classified documents case.  Joe Biden STOLE SCIF-designated classified documents and improperly stored them at the Penn Biden Center.  Biden also stored classified documents in his garage next to his Corvette where his son Hunter had access to the sensitive materials.  Nine boxes of documents were taken from Joe Biden's lawyer's Boston office and we have no idea what is in those boxes because the National Archives is covering up for Biden.  Joe Biden also withheld information from the Senate Intel Committee.  Recall that it was reported that Joe Biden's attorney first discovered "Obama-Biden administration documents in a locked closet while packing files as they prepare to close out Biden's office in the Penn Biden Center" in November 2022.  This timeline presented by Biden's attorney is of course a lie.

Bret Baier Stunned by Astonishing Comment From Leon Panetta About Disinformation and Hunter Biden Laptop.  Baier asked Panetta if he had any regrets, given what he knew now about the laptop.  But Panetta gave an incredible answer, saying he had been very concerned about Russian interference and disinformation, doubling down on the claim of it potentially being Russian disinformation, saying his concern was to alert the public.  Then he even said he hadn't seen anything from any intelligence agency that indicated that the laptop wasn't disinformation.  [Tweet with video clip]  "You don't think it was real?" Baier asked him, incredulous.  "I think disinformation is involved here," Panetta claimed.  "I think Russian disinformation is part of what we're seeing everywhere.  I don't trust the Russians.  That's exactly why I was concerned that the public not trust the Russians either."  That's one heck of a spin job there; there's no evidence at all that the Russians were involved in the laptop.  And even in that infamous letter, the signers admitted they had no evidence to support this contention.  Meanwhile, media outlets have confirmed the laptop was real.  Hunter Biden is now trying to go after people for revealing the information on the laptop, which is why Baier said that Hunter had admitted (essentially) that it was his laptop.

Obama's Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Who Signed Letter Labeling Hunter Biden's Laptop as Russian Disinformation, Says He Has No Regrets.  In October 2020 — just days before the presidential election — 51 former intelligence officials signed and published a letter that baselessly decried the contents of Hunter's 'laptop from hell' had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  This was a lie.  They all knew it was a lie.  In March, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a House Resolution that would strip security clearances from dozens of federal intelligence officials who signed on to the letter declaring the infamous Hunter Biden laptop as "Russian disinformation" shortly after it emerged leading up to the rigged 2020 election.  John Solomon reported that an active CIA employee was recruiting intel leaders to sign the bogus Hunter Biden laptop letter.  Joe Biden and current Secretary of State Tony Blinken were reportedly behind the effort to put together a list of government intel leaders to claim that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.  This narrative was another liberal lie.

Hunter Biden Judge Dismisses Old Gun Charge.  US District Judge Maryellen Noreika on Wednesday agreed to formally drop a gun charge against Hunter Biden after a new indictment replaced his collapsed plea deal.  Recall that Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea deal collapsed in July after Judge Maryellen Noreika realized Hunter's lawyers were trying to pull a fast one on her.  Hunter was only charged with two misdemeanors related to tax fraud and would have avoided prison time on a felony gun charge.  Prosecutors went easy on Hunter and handled the gun charge as a "diversion case."

Donald the Inevitable.  If Donald Trump were president, the vaccine would never have been mandatory.  If Donald Trump were president, Putin would not have invaded Donbas.  If Donald Trump were president, inflation would be 1.4%.  If Donald Trump were president, Iran would not be funding Palestine's suicidal assault on Israel.  But he is not president and so we have to play our cards as dealt.  For now.

Admit the Obvious:  Barack Obama Uses Biden to 'Transform America'.  He told us he would like to serve a third term in office.  He even detailed how he would accomplish it.  And now he is doing it.  He is effectively transforming America into a Communist Muslim hell hole, just as he said he would, just as his every action conveys.  Yes, America is falling to the greatest imposter ever to set foot on American soil:  Barack Hussein Obama.  But everyone still says it was Biden who funded Iran with $6 billion.  They decry that Biden keeps the border open.  Bidenomics is destroying our economy.  Biden's DHS feeds the child sex-trafficking industry.  Biden's FBI now is targeting MAGA! Would you please all just stop it?  It isn't Biden.  It's Obama who is doing this to us!  Every time we assign blame to Biden for each progressive crime against humanity and against American sovereignty, we camouflage and thereby enable the real doer of all the evil.  Joe Biden now has the mind of a six-year-old child.  He hasn't the capacity to change his own underwear, let alone rule a nation.  But our continued willful ignorance in not seeing how this further enables the real architect of America's destruction is inexcusable.  As long as Barack Obama is kept hidden behind the curtain, the collapse of America proceeds — and at an ever-rapid pace.

As VP, Joe Biden Emailed His Brother And Son About Foreign Business More Than 29,000 Times.  President Joe Biden denied long before he was inaugurated that he ever discussed business with his son.  A new FOIA obtained by America First Legal via lawsuit, however, revealed that Joe emailed his son Hunter Biden, his brother James "Jim" Biden, and their respective firms tens of thousands of times over the course of his vice presidency.  In a joint status report published by the Washington D.C. District Court on Friday, the National Archives and Records Administration reluctantly admitted that it knew of 4,243 emails between then-Vice President Joe and Hunter Biden, another 1,751 emails between Joe and Jim, 19,335 emails between Joe and Hunter's private equity firm Rosemont Seneca, and 3,738 emails between Joe and Jim's Chinese-communist party connected consulting firm Lion Hall Group.  Joe, Hunter, Jim, and the firms listed in the court documents are at the center of the GOP investigation into the Biden family influence-peddling operation.

FOIA: Over 29,000 Emails Exist Between Biden Family Businesses and VP Biden's Office.  The National Archives (NARA) revealed that more than 29,000 emails exist between Biden family business members and then-Vice President Joe Biden's office, a Joint Status Report obtained by Breitbart News from America First Legal (AFL) revealed Tuesday.  NARA disclosed the record of the emails after ALF filed a FOIA request on August 9, 2022.  The extent to which then-Vice President Joe Biden's office communicated with Joe Biden's family about its ventures was unknown before the lawsuit.

Testimony Of D.C. U.S. Attorney Who Declined To Prosecute Hunter Biden Raises Huge Red Flag.  Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss told Congress that Attorney General Merrick Garland had granted him ultimate authority over the Hunter Biden investigation and that, if need be, he would be appointed a "special attorney" under a federal statute known as Section 515.  This type of Section 515 appointment would allow him to charge Hunter Biden outside Delaware, including in D.C. and California, Weiss stressed in a letter earlier this year to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan.  According to D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, however, Section 515 is not how such prosecutions are typically handled.  Rather, the offices work informally with each other to coordinate prosecutions between offices.  In fact, according to a transcript of Graves' interview before the House Judiciary Committee, he had never "dealt with" a special attorney appointment under Section 515.  Nonetheless, when approached by the Delaware U.S. attorney about bringing charges in D.C. against Hunter Biden, Graves committed to assisting Weiss in any way necessary.

Joe Is Asleep, America.  You're on Your Own.  Hamas's attack on Israel should be a wake-up call for Sleepy Joe's America.  Joe Biden, a man whose entire government apparatus has turned domestic political protesters into terrorists but who finances and arms real foreign terrorists, isn't on your side.  A president who applauds releasing criminals early from jails and prisons in America — if they're even arrested in the first place — isn't on your side.  If he then leaves America's back door open to let in millions of strangers freed from the world's prisons so they can pour into your neighborhood, then he's really not on your side.  A leader who does all of this and tries to keep you from defending yourself — well, you know whose side he's on.  Not yours.

Forget the GOP — It's the Biden Chaos That's Getting People Killed.  Anyone on the right who has spent even a little time paying attention to mainstream media bias has probably noticed that it's easy for the Democrats to issue marching orders to create a narrative.  It happened again this past weekend after the horrific attack on Israel by Hamas.  A theme began to emerge on Sunday:  the United States might have problems immediately assisting Israel because there is no Speaker of the House of Representatives.  It's nonsense, of course.  My friend and colleague Jen Van Laar has a post over at RedState explaining why.  The Democrats and their flying monkeys in the mainstream media desperately need to deflect and distract from the fact that the man who would be president — Joe Biden — is somewhat of a Hamas enabler.  Well, the people running the White House while Biden is Puppet in Chief are the real enablers.  Biden is still the guy in the official portrait, though, so we keep referring to him.

Hunter Biden Is So Used To Being Above The Law, He's Citing A Rejected Plea Deal To Claim 'Immunity'.  Hunter Biden asked a federal court to dismiss three felony gun charges brought against him by Special Counsel David Weiss on Thursday.  The president's son previously pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday.  Last month, Weiss slapped Hunter with three felonies related to his unlawful purchase of a firearm in 2018. The counts specifically allege that Hunter lied on the background check form required to purchase the gun and possessed the firearm "while he was addicted to and using illicit substances."  It's important to note that Weiss intentionally postponed an inquiry into Hunter's allegedly criminal activities because he believed it would hamper then-candidate Joe Biden's 2020 presidential aspirations.  In their Thursday court filing, Abbe Lowell and Richard Jones Jr., Hunter's attorneys, said that they "will seek to dismiss" the felony gun charges against their client "pursuant to the immunity provisions" of a diversion agreement agreed to by both parties earlier this summer, which Lowell and Jones argue grants Hunter immunity from such charges.

Joe Biden's Brother, Frank Biden, Posted Fully Naked Pictures of Himself and Genitals on Gay Porn Dating Website.  I really don't feel like writing about the perversions of the Biden family.  However, apparently public portrayal of their "frank and beans" is a common occurrence.  Frank Biden admits to the Daily Mail that the images of him on a Gay Porn dating website are real.  However, he denies the sexual solicitation angle. [...] The whole family is just flippin' weird and creepy.

Biden's Brother Admits It's Him in Naked Selfie Discovered on Gay Dating Website.  So, uh... what's with the Biden men and their seeming insistence on taking photos in various states of undress?  Because when it was just Hunter Biden prancing around in the nude with a prostitute while being filmed, perhaps you just chalk it up as the eccentricities of an exceptionally depraved and corrupt first son.  But according to a new report from the U.K. Daily Mail, it now appears that a naked photo of President Joe Biden's younger brother, Frank Biden, has also infiltrated the world wide web.

Joe Biden's younger brother Frank admits naked selfie on GuysWithiPhones gay dating site is genuine.  A naked selfie of Joe Biden's brother Frank has been discovered on a gay porn site.  The photo was uploaded to GuysWithiPhones.com in 2018, when Frank — who has a long-term female partner Mindy Ward — was 64.  Even after more than five years, it is still live on the site.  It was first unearthed by right wing nonprofit Marco Polo, which has been investigating the Biden family for alleged political corruption and crimes for years.  When approached by DailyMail.com, Frank, 69, conceded he was the man in the photo but denied he was the one who posted it.  'I've absolutely no comment.  I could care less.  I haven't even looked at it,' Frank said Monday morning when asked about the shot at his Florida home.  'They must have hacked my phone,' he added.

Special Counsel Interviewed Joe Biden for Two Days over Classified Documents.  President Joe Biden sat down for two days for an interview with Robert K. Hur, the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents from his time as vice president that were found in his possession.  White House spokesman Ian Sams said the "voluntary interview" concluded Monday. [...] Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur to investigate Biden in January after the federal government learned last November Biden maintained possession of classified documents in one of his offices and his garage.

We Now Know Why Joe Biden Called an Early Lid on Monday.  On Monday the Biden White House called a lid before noon and claimed that while President Joe Biden wouldn't have any public events or briefings with reporters for the rest of the day, he was still working as Hamas held a number of Americans hostage in the Gaza Strip.  [Tweet]  But it turns out Biden was also busy with something else — the second day of a two day interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.  Hur is investigating Biden's mishandling of classified information after leaving the vice presidency in 2017.  Biden stashed some of classified documents next to his corvette in the Delaware home where Hunter Biden spent significant time during the pandemic.  "The President has been interviewed as part of the investigation being led by Special Counsel Robert Hur.  The voluntary interview was conducted at the White House over two days, Sunday and Monday, and concluded Monday," White House Counsel spokesperson Ian Sams released in a statement Monday night.

Biden, resign now!  On October 7, when Jews celebrated the giving of the Torah by God to the Jewish people, Hamas massacred more than 1,000 Jewish civilians in Israel, shouting "Allah Akbar" (Our God is greater) over their desecrated bodies.  Children, women, and the elderly were raped, mutilated, and tortured in the name of Allah by a terrorist organization created with a sole mission to eradicate the Jewish state.  Hamas Charter, Article 28 states "Israel, by virtue of it being Jewish and of having a Jewish population, defies Islam and the Muslims."  It was less than one month earlier that Joe Biden released $6 billion to Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism throughout the world whose stated mission is to eliminate the Jewish state of Israel.  Hamas has admitted that the $6 billion freed up Iran's money supply.  It enabled Hamas to receive the needed weapons to carry out their massacre upon innocent civilians.  Since Iran is a well-known sponsor of worldwide terrorism with a parliament which regularly engages in shouts of "Death to America," it begs the question:  Why would the Biden administration hand over $6 billion to a sworn enemy?  Giving aid to our enemy is clearly an act of treason; yet there have been no significant calls for his removal.  Perhaps the answer lies with Biden, a man who has never met a kickback he didn't accept.

After Hosting a Party, Biden Calls a Lid Before Noon as War Rages.  President Joe Biden called a lid before noon on Monday as Americans continue to be held hostage by Iranian backed Hamas in the Gaza Strip and as Israel is still under assault.  "The White House has called a lid for the day, before the pool call time.  We will not be seeing the president today," the White House pool report states.  Last night Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted a party at the White House, complete with a live band.  [Tweet]

Biden is slammed for holding a BBQ at the White House as Hamas holds Americans hostage and kills at least four.  Joe Biden held a barbecue for his staff at the White House while at least four Americans were confirmed dead in the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel Saturday and Palestinian sympathizers protested at the president's gates.  A pool reporter overheard a band playing from the White House lawn while pro-Palestine protesters picketed outside the gates, chanting 'Free Palestine' and demanding the US cut aid to Israel.  The reporter questioned why they could hear the band, and a spokesperson replied:  'The President and First Lady are hosting a BBQ for White House Executive Residence staff and their families.

Joe Biden Says He Was First Briefed on Hamas Attack Against Israel This Morning, 8 Hours After Attacks Started.  So much for Joe Biden taking that "3 am phone call."  Joe Biden on Saturday afternoon shuffled into the State Dining Room to deliver remarks on the Hamas terror attacks against Israel.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war against Hamas after the militant group fired over 5,000 rockets at Israel on Saturday [10/7/2023].  Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel, catching the country off-guard during a major Jewish holiday.  The attack involved thousands of rockets and dozens of fighters infiltrating Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.

Biden in Twilight.  That Joe Biden is long gone in senility is obvious to everyone.  True, not everyone will admit it: in the longer version of the CNN interview that Lloyd Billingsley wrote about earlier, Hillary Clinton fulsomely praised Biden's extraordinary record of accomplishment.  I suppose she thought the CNN audience might buy it.  It is not necessary to trace Biden's decline on a daily basis, but today's episode is worth noting.  Biden exhibited a complete failure to understand the basics of the federal budget and the federal debt.  He began by blaming the public's belief that our economy is performing poorly on the press, which he regards as hostile to him. [...] As far as I can tell, there is not a single member of the Democratic Party who minds that President Biden is mentally incompetent.  Our nation is sliding into a fiscal abyss, and Democrats have no intention of doing anything about it, or even acknowledging the fact.

Hunter Biden withdrew $20,000 from daughter Maisy's college fund and spent it on hookers and drugs.  Hunter Biden withdrew his daughter's college savings to help fund a months-long drug and hooker binge — and still hasn't paid the taxes on it, documents unearthed exclusively by DailyMail.com reveal.  The First Son's profligacy was cast in sharp relief in papers from an IRS whistleblower who investigated him for tax crimes, released by Congress last month.  In late 2018 Hunter was in his 'penultimate odyssey through full blown addiction', according to his memoir, skulking in Connecticut motels and frittering away thousands on prostitutes and crack cocaine.

Biden Names Hunter Crony to Whistleblower Agency.  In a move that would have stopped the networks cold if former President Donald Trump had done it, President Joe Biden named an old Hunter Biden colleague to head the agency that protects whistleblowers.  This is the agency that's supposed to protect whistleblowers like IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and agent Joseph Ziegler who have alleged political interference in the investigation of Hunter Biden.  So far ABC, CBS, NBC have yet to devote a single second to the shocking news on their evening or morning shows.

The Party's Over.  The evidence for Biden's corruption and betrayal of America mounts by the day.  We cannot wait for the situation to ripen further.  Too many of our institutions supporting justice and the rule of law have already been compromised by criminal behavior and subornation from the highest levels.  Every day that action to bring justice is delayed, creates more despair and consternation amongst the American people.  They must not be allowed to lapse into apathy and cynicism.  A clear and powerful case for Impeachment must be mounted immediately. [...] President Biden and Vice President Harris have violated their oaths of office.  At the simplest level, they are governed by Article 2, Section 3 which reads in part:  "(they) shall take care that the Laws be faithfully executed." [...] Our bill of particulars for Impeachment can have many clauses, but there is no need to go any further than the President's clear refusal to enforce existing immigration laws for more than two years, and to invite and allow a literal invasion on our southern border.

Cornell Law Prof:  Biden's Abandonment of Southern Border an 'Impeachable Offense'.  On the "Counterculture" podcast, Cornell University Professor William A. Jacobsen said that President Biden's abandonment of the southern border is "an impeachable offense."  "In this first term of his, hopefully his only term, we're going to probably have 10 to 15 million people illegally cross the Southern border from around the world," Jacobsen told Counterculture host Dan Proft.  "I mean, the word has gone out, and I was just reading a story about a pipeline of people from I think it was Mauritania who have figured out how to get across our southern border.  "We have completely abandoned a core principle of sovereignty in this country, a core principle of our immigration laws, which is that we determine who comes into the country," said Jacobsen.  "And Joe Biden has completely abandoned that, and I think that's an impeachable offense right there."

10 Ways Democrats Are Already Rigging the 2024 Election.  Former business associates, IRS and FBI whistleblowers, bank records, text messages, emails, reporting from a "highly credible" informant, and even President Joe Biden himself have all corroborated different aspects of the latter's involvement in his family's corrupt foreign business ventures.  But according to Democrats and their legacy media allies, this is just evidence of a father's love for his son.  From the moment mountains of evidence began piling up, implicating Biden in playing a major role in his family's international influence-peddling scheme, Democrats have done all they can to hide, excuse, and obfuscate the massive scandal surrounding the sitting president.  With help from the DOJ — which almost got away with offering Biden's son, Hunter, a sweetheart plea agreement to evade future criminal charges and has routinely hindered investigative efforts into the Bidens — these acts represent a clear attempt by Democrats to hide [condemnatory] information about the sitting president from the American public ahead of the 2024 election.

Bumbling Biden Leaves Nothing But Confusion After He Denounces His Own Border Wall Construction.  As RedState reported, the Biden administration recently announced the construction of a new section of border wall.  That represents a sharp turnaround from the president's previous proclamations and a vivid admission of just how terrible his immigration policies have been.  The move drew sharp rebukes from true believers like Beto O'Rourke, but it's now an open question whether Biden even knows what his administration is doing.  During a presser on Thursday, the president sure seemed confused as to who was even in charge.

The Editor says...
Many of us are confused about who's in charge of the Executive Branch.  It's obviously not senile Joe Biden.  Too bad the national news media has no interest.

Video Shows Joe Biden Kicking His Dog.  President Joe Biden's German Shepherd is no longer at the White House after numerous biting incidents.  The Secret Service had already acknowledged 11 incidents involving its personnel, but it has now been reported that this number is actually much higher.  Sources told CNN that the bites have ranged in severity, with one so bad that a member of staff needed hospital treatment.  Fox News aired a segment that inadvertently showed Biden kicking his German Shepherd after almost tripping on its leash.  They say pets are a reflection of their owners so biting dogs come from poor, abusing households.  [Video clip]

Hunter Biden's New Sobriety Defense Lifts the Blackout Dates on Addiction.  Hunter Biden returned to court today on the felony indictment for his possession of a handgun, including allegations that he lied on an Oct. 12, 2018, form by denying that he was a drug user.  His counsel is expected to continue to insist that the form was accurate because Hunter had ended his addiction to drugs and alcohol.  The problem for the case is that Hunter and his counsel appear to have an elastic calendar on his addiction, depending on its value in a given case or controversy.  The indictment alleges Biden certified on a federally mandated form "that he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance, when in fact, as he knew, that statement was false and fictitious."  However, Biden's counsel, Abbe Lowell, maintained that "at the time that he purchased this gun, I don't think there's evidence that that's when he was suffering."  Lowell said that Biden had already emerged from rehabilitation when he signed the form.

David Weiss Drops One Gun Charge Count Against Hunter Biden.  Special Counsel David Weiss dropped one of the gun charges count against Hunter Biden on Wednesday.  The move is apparently a procedural step, according to the Associated Press: [...] Hunter Biden's lawyers wrote in an August court filing that Weiss's decision to "renege on the previously agreed-upon plea agreement" is still in effect and binding.  The diversion agreement allowed Hunter Biden to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax violations while essentially wiping a felony gun violation from his record.

James Biden's Role In The Biden Access-For-Hire Operation Shows It Was A Family Affair.  As the Biden family's corruption scandals tumble out into the open, corporate media badly want you to think the only story here is about Hunter Biden, a struggling drug addict who may have made some unwise decisions while grieving the loss of his brother.  The more evidence — from whistleblower testimony to documentation — of President Joe Biden's involvement arises, the more frantically they shout "no evidence!" and insist the elder Biden was only involved to the extent that he loves his son and talks with his wealthy foreign friends about the weather.  But setting aside the evidence of Joe Biden's involvement in the access-for-sale scheme — of which there is an abundance — there's another central figure in the operation.  The participation of James Biden, Hunter's uncle and Joe's brother, shows just how much of a family affair the scandal is, with Joe Biden, the family's "only asset," at the top.

Biden's German Shepherd Commander is removed from the White House.  Joe Biden's dog has been removed from the White House after it emerged that he had bitten more people than the 12 officially noted by the Secret Service.  The removal marks the second time that the Bidens have had to re-home one of their beloved German Shepherds due to aggressive incidents.  Commander, a two-year-old German Shepherd, has bitten people working in the executive residence, along with White House staffers.  At least one person had to be treated at the hospital.  On Wednesday, two sources told CNN that there had been far more biting incidents than officially reported.

White House Dog Attacks Related to Joe Biden's "Combustible" Relationship with Secret Service Agents:  Report.  The relationship between the Secret Service and Joe Biden is suffering from a "breach in trust", is "combustible" and "stressed" over repeated attacks on agents by the Biden family's German Shepherds Commander and Major, and by "unrealistic requests", as well as the Bidens' paranoia that agents remain loyal to President Trump, according to CNN which buried the blockbuster news in a report on the Bidens' dog Commander being removed from the White House after yet another biting attack on an agent last week.  CNN led with news Commander has bitten White House staffers in addition to Secret Service agents, "President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden's 2-year-old German shepherd, Commander, has been involved in more biting incidents than previously reported at the White House, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN."

A benevolent American dictator:
Biden cancels $9 billion in student debt for 125,000 borrowers.  President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he approved $9 billion in student loan forgiveness for 125,000 Americans.  The relief is a result of his administration's fixes to a number of programs, including the income-driven repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.  More than $5 billion of the aid will go to 53,000 borrowers who've worked in public service for a decade or more; $2.8 billion of the forgiveness is for 51,000 borrowers enrolled in income-driven repayment plans; and another $1.2 billion of the cancellation will go to 22,000 borrowers with disabilities.

They Are That Evil.  When the captain of a ship is clearly insane, or reckless, endangering the lives of the crew and indeed the ship they all need for survival, there are means of removing him from his position.  There's logic and reason, but when all else fails and the lives of the crew are at stake, only mutiny will suffice.  It's ugly and is fraught with danger, because, if unwarranted, it can lead to a death sentence, but someone has to utter the word, someone has to suggest the unthinkable to resolve a condition that is likewise unthinkable.  The trouble with America, right now, is that there is no more sane person to put in the captain's chair.  There is no way to effect a mutiny when the officers are as insane and reckless as the captain.  It's as if everyone in charge of anything significant is infected with the same suicidal, destructive disease.

Committee docs shed light on Hunter Biden's escort payments, potential Mann Act violations.  The documents released by the House Ways and Means Committee last week shed new light on Hunter Biden's reported interactions with escorts, including his claiming a tax deduction for payments to the women as business expenses.  The documents also disclose documentation of investigators considering Mann Act charges.  Contained in the highly redacted documents the House Ways and Means Committee released last Wednesday are an interview with an "escort" identified as Gulnora and with Hunter Biden's tax accountant who helped him prepare his tax returns for 2017 and 2018.  In spring of 2021, when the IRS investigative team interviewed Jeffrey Gelfound of Edward White & Company who prepared the younger Biden's delinquent personal and corporate tax returns for 2017 and 2018, they discovered that Hunter Biden identified payments to an "escort" as a business expense.

Hunter Biden pleads Not Guilty to charges he lied about drug addiction when buying a gun.  Hunter Biden, 53, was all smiles when departing a Delaware courthouse on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to lying about his continued crack cocaine use when buying a handgun in 2018.  The appearance and guilty plea comes after what Republicans called a 'sweetheart' plea deal — that would have seen Joe Biden's son avoid jail time — collapsed this summer.  The judge also revealed the president's troubled son has submitted to multiple random drug tests, and has been negative each time.

Jason Smith says evidence shows Joe Biden 'connected' to Hunter's business deals.  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) touted the process and results of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, saying recently released evidence shows the president was "not just aware" but "connected" to his son Hunter Biden's business deals.  "He was connected through phone calls, through meetings at the White House, through trips on Air Force Two with Hunter Biden and his business associates," Smith told Sunday Morning Futures the hundreds of pages of documents from two IRS whistleblowers support.  "It's absolutely unacceptable."

Fire Alarm Scandal Raises New Questions About Cocainegate.  On Saturday, a fire alarm went off in the Cannon House Office Building in an apparent attempt to delay a House vote on a continuing resolution bill aimed at extending government funding for another 45 days and avoiding a government shutdown.  It took little time after the story broke for Capitol Police to review surveillance footage and determine that Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was the culprit.  [Tweet]  The impressive ability of the Capitol Hill police to review the footage and release a still from that footage to the public stands in sharp contrast to the inability of the White House and Secret Service to reveal who is responsible for bringing a bag of cocaine into the White House a few months ago.  You remember that story, don't you?  For sure, the media and the White House hope you forgot all about it.  It remains, as far as the public is concerned, unsolved, but, all evidence points to a massive cover-up.

Alex Marlow's 'Breaking Biden': China-Linked University of Delaware Biden Partnership Was Hunter's 'Baby'.  While media reports have focused University of Pennsylvania's Biden Center, less attention has been paid to University of Delaware's Biden Institute, even though these two "institutes" were opened on the same day and meant to serve a shared goal of being incubators of advancing globalism and leftism.  The UPenn Biden Center became a pipeline for longtime Biden allies into his administration, and, as previously reported by Peter Schweizer, proceeded a suspicious influx in Chinese donations to the university.  Together with a Penn Biden office in DC, the two entities that would be the public-facing "stage" for the "Biden Brand."  The key players at the University of Delaware's Biden Institute were either Biden family members, people with deep ties to China, or both.

2019: Hunter Biden Claimed He Didn't Receive 'One Cent' from Chinese Associate Despite Wire Transfers.  Hunter Biden denied receiving "one cent" from his family's deal with BHR Partners associate Jonathan Li, a video from October 2019 shows.  In the summer of 2019, Hunter Biden received two wires totaling $260,000 originating from BHR Partners associates, including Li, that listed President Joe Biden's Delaware home as the beneficiary address for the funds, the House Oversight Committee revealed this week.  The fund is bankrolled by the Bank of China.  Months after receiving the bank wires in 2019, Hunter Biden told ABC News he did not receive one penny from Li.

Joe Biden's Granddaughter Lived in White House While Representing Govt Interests of Peru.  According to reporting from the New York Post, Hunter Biden's oldest daughter, Naomi Biden, Joe Biden's granddaughter, went to work for DC-based law firm Arnold & Porter immediately after Biden was inaugurated.  While working for the firm as an "international arbitration associate", Naomi Biden represents the interests of Peruvians in an energy dispute and lawsuit.  Naomi Biden lived in the White House from August 2022 to March 2023.  No word on whether she registered under the laws of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).  The IRS investigators of Hunter Biden were blocked by the DOJ from interviewing Naomi.  This is multiple layers of sketchy.

While Demanding Ukraine Funding, Joe's Last Marble Falls Out of the Bag.  I'm not saying he has entirely lost all his marbles, but there's certainly a giant hole in the bag.  Toward the end of his remarks demanding more money for Ukraine, Joe Biden was questioned by the DC stenographers.  In one segment he was questioned about Kevin McCarthy keeping his word to provide unlimited billions for the Ukraine laundry operation.  As Biden started to talk about McCarthy, something went wrong and he had a Mitch McConnell moment.  [Video clip]

Biden Selling out the U.S..  The Biden impeachment investigation began this week.  If your source of news is CNN, MSNBC, and the Big Four TV networks, you didn't know about this, the fourth such inquiry in U.S. history, because they blacked it out.  Here's a handy source to the workings of the House Oversight Committee which you might want to keep for reference.  It apparently wasn't very significant to the press.  Not like the round-the-clock coverage of the lie that Trump was colluding with Russia, a lie generated by Hillary Clinton and megaphoned by them.  Have they noted that the FBI agent who helped launch the probe into this alleged collusion was ironically on the payroll of a Russian and an Albanian?  He has admitted he was on the payroll of a rich Russian and is set to admit being the recipient of an Albanian payoff.

James Comer Subpoenas 20 Wires Totaling $1.3M Received by James Biden.  House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) subpoenaed James Biden's Lion Hall Group and JBBSR, Inc., entities on Thursday because the committee could not identify "legitimate services provided by James Biden's companies."  Comer's subpoena appears to be directed at obtaining records linked to President Joe Biden's corporation, "CelticCapri Corp," which received nearly $10 million in 2017 without specifying revenue line items.  "So that's an LLC account.  It wasn't a shell company — that was a real LLC account with more earnings in there than what we can find.  So that is an account we plan to subpoena as we follow the money," Comer said last week.

CCP-linked businessman offered to wire Hunter Biden tens of thousands of dollars to cover expenses:  Texts.  A top former aide to Vice President Biden revealed in a WhatsApp message to Hunter Biden that his CCP-linked business partner was willing to wire Hunter tens of thousands of dollars to help him pay off several bills, according to a new batch of messages released by the House Ways and Means Committee.  Fran Person, who served as a longtime adviser to the elder Biden and was a failed congressional candidate in 2016, told Hunter in a July 2017 WhatsApp message that he and Bo Zhang, Fran's business partner with ties to top CCP leaders, "want to help" him.  Hunter was in the middle of a rocky divorce and laid out his bills for the month, saying, "100K at least gets me until next month."  "I am appreciative of whatever [Bo] was comfortable with but I'm very uncomfortable starting a war revised partnership this way," Hunter said.  "I have been desperately trying to figure out how to resolve this without resorting."

Honest, Commander Doesn't Bite!  This week, Biden's dog bit another secret service agent.  We all remember that "Major" bit people before.  So, again — in the White House?  Well, actually no.  Biden gave that dog away in 2021.  This is a NEW dog — a dog named "Commander" — that was born in 2021.  This is the Eleventh biting incident that we KNOW of from this young dog.  In the four month period from October 2022 to January 2023, there were TEN biting "incidents" — sending one person to the hospital.  They went to the hospital, AFTER medical treatment was performed at the White House.  We only know this because Judicial Watch did a FOIA for that time period to discover if bites had occurred.  These bites were from a one year old dog.  It is probably safe to assume that if there were TEN incidents in that four month period, there are other bites that we don't know about.

This May Prove the $260K Wires From China Were for Joe Biden.  As PJ Media reported earlier this week, subpoenaed bank records show that Hunter Biden received wire transfers totaling $260,000 from communist China in the late summer of 2019.  What made these wire transfers particularly interesting was that they listed Joe Biden's Delaware residence as the beneficiary address for the funds.  A beneficiary address can either be the address listed on the recipient's account or the address provided by the person sending the wire.  The wire records do not clearly indicate who provided the address in question.

The 'no evidence' claim about Biden corruption is looking increasingly ridiculous.  Joe Biden's defenders have been on a wild ride this past year.  It began with them arguing that the president knew absolutely nothing about his family's influence-peddling business to arguing that it's no big deal that ChiCom wire payoffs happen to have Biden's home address listed on them.  The quality of the excuses, unsurprisingly, has been deteriorating rapidly.  They largely entail repeating the words "no" and "evidence" in a perpetual loop.  But this week, when James Comer released financial records of Hunter Biden receiving two wire transfers totaling $260,000 in 2019 from Beijing with the president's Delaware home listed as the beneficiary address, the White House jumped into action.

Forensic Accountant Says Hunter Biden Got Over Twice The Salary From Burisma That US Oil Giant Paid Directors.  A forensic accountant who testified before Congress said Friday Hunter Biden's salary from Burisma was more than twice what a major oil company paid its directors.  Bruce Dubinsky testified at a Thursday House Oversight Committee hearing about "The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.," which was part of the panel's investigation into the handling of the probe into Hunter Biden's business dealings.  Hunter Biden was appointed to the board of Burisma in 2014, when Joe Biden was vice president.

Report: Frank Biden Called Joe Biden the 'Big Guy,' Sixth Reference to Alias.  The Wall Street Journal published an interactive Biden family tree map on Friday, highlighting the alleged influence peddling scheme of "how Joe Biden's kin profited off the family name" with the use of the "big guy" alias.  Frank Biden, President Joe Biden's youngest brother, was "hired by the Illinois-based industrial manufacturing firm Federal Signal Corp. to help connect the company with Florida lawmakers," the Journal reported.  "During a weekly call, Frank Biden, 69 years old, would frequently interrupt the meeting and say he had to take a call from 'the Big Guy,' as he put it."

Annals of Senescence.  Alex Thompson reports that President Biden is working on a critical project for his re-election bid:  Make sure he doesn't trip.  Thompson's Axios scoop runs under the headline "Biden team's don't-let-him-trip mission."  The Biden team is worried that one more public tumble might convince voters that Biden is not up to the job.  I believe that voters already come to that view, and with good reason.  The physical manifestation of his senescence corresponds with his visible limitations of speech and understanding.  He makes 80 look like the new 100.

The Latest Hunter Biden Document Dump Is Littered With Bombshells.  [For example] A federal prosecutor on the Hunter Biden investigation ordered the FBI to remove references to then-candidate Joe Biden from a search warrant related to the probe.  In August 2020, FBI agents drafted a search warrant for the lobbying firm Blue Star Strategies that referenced the elder Biden as "Political Figure 1."  But assistant U.S. attorney Lesley Wolf intervened to remove the reference to Biden on the grounds that it was outside the scope of the warrant.  "There should be nothing about Political Figure 1 in here," Wolf wrote in an email to FBI and IRS investigators.  The email adds to the growing evidence that the U.S. attorney's office blocked investigators from pursuing leads related to the president.  IRS investigators Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler have claimed Wolf stymied several aspects of the investigation and tipped off Hunter Biden's lawyers to a planned search of the first son's storage unit in Virginia.  Wolf was removed from the prosecutorial team this year, for reasons yet to be explained.

Impeachment Memo:  Biden Family Received $15 Million in Foreign Money.  On Wednesday, a new memo was released by members of Congress detailing bank records which allegedly prove that the Biden family had received at least $15 million in foreign funds.  According to Just The News, the memo was released by Congressmen James Comer (R-Ky.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Jason Smith (R-Mo.); all three are leading committee chairmen, with Comer leading the House Oversight Committee, Jordan in charge of the House Judiciary Committee, and Smith in control of the House Ways and Means Committee.  "Department of Justice personnel blocked avenues of inquiry that could have led to evidence incriminating President Biden and impeded efforts to prosecute Hunter Biden for tax crimes relating to foreign business arrangements that could have implicated President Biden," the 30-page memo reads in part.

New revelations about Bidens include China payments, Delaware coverup.  Laptop deniers are having a tough time trying to explain away the [...] evidence pouring out of congressional committees investigating Biden corruption and the DOJ's coverup.  New documents from IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley released by the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday spell more trouble for the Bidens, and maybe for Hunter Biden's "sugar brother" Kevin Morris, who paid the First Son's $2.8 million tax bill and funded his lifestyle in Malibu.  Here are the top five revelations contained in the committee's 1,600-word report and 31 new exhibits tabled by IRS criminal investigators Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, who allege DOJ obstruction of their five-year investigation of Hunter in Delaware: [...]

Trump was a great president, but a looming Michelle Obama candidacy means we need a new plan.  The saying goes that you prepare to fight the last war (or political campaign), not the next one, and now there is the real possibility that Joe Biden will drop out to be replaced by Michelle Obama.  This would change the entire landscape of the election and serve as a convenient excuse to absolve the rest of the party for what Biden did, when we all know they are equally at fault.  It's easy to see how this could have been the plan all along.  Biden's installation meant four more Obama years of "fundamental transformation" with an unwitting scapegoat, the disposable bumbling puppet.  Knowing the proclivities of the far left's identity politics, you can easily see how this kind of development could have been pre-planned for maximum effect.

House Ways & Means Committee Releases 700 Pages Of New Evidence Against Hunter Biden.  [Video clip only.]

House Ways and Means Committee Releases Explosive Documents Confirming Hunter Sold Access to Joe Biden in 23 Countries.  On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee voted to release new documents from IRS whistleblower testimony confirming that Hunter Biden sold access to his father Joe Biden via the "family brand."  The explosive documents revealed Hunter Biden was selling the 'Biden family brand' in 23 countries.  "The Biden Family foreign influence peddling operation suggests an effort to sway US policy decisions," House Ways and Means chairman Jason Smith said.  The Committee released a June 6, 2017, WhatsApp message from Hunter Biden to a business associate that he was not willing to "sign over my family's brand," or give the individual "the keys to my family's only asset."

Hunter sold Biden 'brand' in 23 countries.  A committee in the U.S. House has released investigative documents that show Hunter Biden sold the Biden "brand," understood to be access to his father as vice president and then president, in 23 nations.  And those documents also suggest that there were concerted efforts to impact American foreign policy in connection with those sales.  Rep. Jason Smith, of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced at a news conference the committee voted to release a vast new store of evidence regarding what appears to be developing as a Biden family-wide influence-peddling operation that netted members $20 million or more.  Smith said the details, from whistleblowers, has not yet been contradicted by any evidence that has been revealed.

Face it — Hunter Biden is already pardoned.  Hunter Biden was recently indicted on a gun charge, as everyone knows.  This has led to a spate of articles claiming that Joe Biden is worried that he will die before his son's legal problems are resolved.  Well, don't let the unquestioning media dupes fool you.  Hunter Biden has already been pardoned.  That pardon is sitting in Joe Biden's desk drawer or office safe.  Hunter Biden likely even has a copy of this pardon in his own possession.  Despite the media sense of self-importance, one is pardoned when the President signs the pardon, not when a pardon is announced and reported by the media.  Even the Biden family is savvy enough to know they need pardons in reserve in case anything happens to the ancient and deteriorating Joe Biden.

Stick a Fork in Biden — He's Done!  President Joe Biden has become a joke, confabulating tall tales about his past political exploits, shaking hands with phantoms, not shaking hands with world leaders, getting lost on stage, and frequently falling.  These are all clear signs of his physical and mental decline, obvious to all but his most partisan enablers and sycophants.  He has announced his candidacy for reelection, but that is as credible as Jack Nicklaus announcing a run for the US Open next spring.  The only question is how Joe exits the presidency and campaign, whether voluntary or by his handlers making him an offer he can't refuse.

Joe Biden Is About to Be Let Off the Hook for Mishandling Classified Docs.  Have you forgotten about the ongoing investigation into Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents?  I can understand if you did because the media hasn't talked much about it since partisan Democrats have been indicting Donald Trump for blowing his nose.  The investigation is still ongoing, and according to a report from ABC News, the investigation has been expanded significantly. [...] I've never believed that Joe Biden would ever be treated the same way as Donald Trump, and according to the story, the investigation "has grown into a sprawling examination of Obama-era security protocols and internal White House processes."  Right there, alarm bells should be going off.  The investigation may have expanded, but is it really about Joe Biden anymore, or is it about Obama administration security protocols?  When you read between the lines, it sounds like the burglar is getting off the hook because the home he robbed wasn't locked.

When Your Son is Getting Payments From China at Your Address, Can You Still Pretend You're Not Involved?  The Biden defense has been that whatever Hunter Biden was doing doesn't involve his father.  Sure, Hunter might have traded on his father's name, his father might have phoned in and stopped by events with his clients and his son might have even sent demands for money to China in his name, but it has nothing to do with Joe.  And it still doesn't.  Not even when the money is going to Joe Biden's address.

Is this the "smoking gun" of Biden's Chinese cash-for-influence deals?  If you see enough smoke, sooner or later there's a good chance that you're going to come across some fire.  Now, James Comer and the House Oversight Committee may have uncovered it.  We've watched for more than a year as Comer has unearthed one item after another indicating that Joe Biden and his family collected tens of millions of dollars from adversarial nations, with most of the money clearly being laundered through a shady network of shell companies.  But Biden's loyal defenders in the legacy media and the Democratic Party have continued to insist that there was no irrefutable proof.  That may have changed yesterday.  Comer's team has uncovered documentation showing a $250,000 payment in 2019 from some of Hunter Biden's BHR Partners Chinese "clients."  And the beneficiary residence of the recipient was none other than Joe Biden's Delaware mansion.

Can You Spot The Difference Between The Menendez And Biden Foreign Influence Scandals?  [Scroll down]  A number of astute people noted how CNN was credulous to the point of absurdity, but near as I can tell, no one has yet noted that CNN's "fact check" needs... a fact check.  "On the allegation that these dinners with Joe Biden 'resulted in cars,' [Hunter Biden business partner Devon] Archer said the businessman Rakishev wired Hunter Biden the exact amount of money that Hunter used to buy a Porsche.  This car has nothing to do with Joe Biden," notes CNN.  To start, the $142,300 wasn't used to buy a Porsche — it was used to buy a Fisker Karma, an EV sports car made by an automotive start-up that got $192 million in loans from the Department of Energy to, among other things, take over an abandoned General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware, which is coincidentally the Bidens' hometown.  Fisker defaulted on those massive loans, costing American taxpayers $132 million, and Hunter later traded the Karma for a Porsche.

Joe Biden's biggest nightmares are all starting to come true.  [Scroll down]  Anyone want to put money on the idea of Joe Biden putting all hands on deck to resolve the migrant surge?  He hasn't even visited the border.  He fobbed the border issue off onto the incompetent Kamala Harris and she didn't do anything, either.  Elon Musk, who's been sued by the Justice Department for not hiring "refugees" and has seen illegal alien incursions onto his SpaceX company lands, has announced that he will be visiting the border.  The president of Honduras has visited the border, and certainly President Trump has visited the border.  But Joe Biden hasn't visited the border, let alone taken any effective action to stop the illegal crossings.  If anything, his "increased pathways" to migration has had the effect of adding highways to severely congested areas, the way Robert Moses once did in New York City, only to find himself profoundly surprised that the added highways didn't lighten the traffic load.  Demand, in other words, for a free ride from America across the globe, is simply too great, so the more Joe opens 'legal" pathways (and this is highly questionable) the more the surge grows.  His solution has been to gaslight and cover up the problem, not actually solve it — and the results speak for themselves.

Democrats Have Become The Party Of Authoritarianism.  They Only Understand Power.  [Scroll down]  Or again consider the role of Biden's Justice Department and FBI in protecting Hunter Biden and the president from congressional investigations that are, as of this writing, still uncovering [substantial] evidence of corruption connected to Hunter's overseas business schemes.  Just this week we learned that two payments totaling more than a quarter-million dollars were wired to Hunter Biden from China, and the beneficiary address listed on the wires was Joe Biden's home address in Delaware.  (At the time the wires were sent, Hunter was living in California.)  Surely, you might be thinking, not even the most rabid partisans on the left can think that this is justice, or that this will end well for the country.  Surely they see the danger of supporting a politicized federal law enforcement bureaucracy that criminalizes the opposition and uses the justice system as a weapon.  Even if they don't denounce it publicly, certainly they're talking amongst themselves about how terrible this is and how to stop it.  Right?  Wrong.  To think this way is to misunderstand Democrats and the left completely.  No, they're not worried about any of this.  No, they don't want it to stop, they want it to continue and intensify.  They don't want justice, they want power.

Oversight Committee:  BHR Partners' Bank Wires List Joe Biden's Delaware Home as Beneficiary Address.  Hunter Biden received two wires totaling $260,000 in 2019 originating from Chinese business partners that listed President Joe Biden's Delaware home as the beneficiary address for the funds, the House Oversight Committee revealed Tuesday.  The bombshell allegation is the first direct link between Joe Biden and foreign wired money to the Biden family business from China.  The Delaware address is Joe Biden's main residence.  Hunter Biden also spent time at the address, though it is unclear if he claimed it as his home address at the time of the wire transfer in July and August 2019.

Joe Biden facing crushing defeat if RFK Jr. runs as 3rd-party candidate.  Joe Biden could be facing a disastrous defeat in the 2024 presidential election, assuming he's still in the hunt then, if Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would offer voters a third-party candidacy.  That's according to a report from Newsweek, which revealed that one-third of Democrat voters likely would support him.

Biden's Dog Commander Bites Another Secret Service Agent.  President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, bit a Secret Service agent again Monday evening.  It was the two-year-old German Shepherd's 11th biting incident, leading the agent to seek medical attention at the White House, CNN reported.  "Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten.  The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex," Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi told CNN.  The injured officer is doing fine in the aftermath of the incident, Guglielmi added.

The Editor says...
Why does Joe Biden need to have a dog in the White House anyway?  Why not a smaller dog, or a parakeet?  How much time does Joe Biden spend in the White House during an average week?  Is the dog just a prop?  Would the press be so indifferent if the dog belonged to Reagan, Bush, or Trump?

Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani over infamous laptop found at repair shop.  Hunter Biden has sued Rudy Giuliani over his infamous laptop scandal, claiming that the former New York City mayor hacked and manipulated data on an external hard drive in a "total annihilation" of the disgraced first son's "digital privacy."  The suit filed Tuesday in US District Court of Central California accuses Giuliani and Robert Costello, a former federal prosecutor who defended Giuliani, of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when they accessed Biden's hard drive.  "For the past many months and even years, Defendants have dedicated an extraordinary amount of time and energy toward looking for, hacking into, tampering with, manipulating, copying, disseminating, and generally obsessing over data that they were given that was taken or stolen from Plaintiff's devices or storage platforms, including what Defendants claim to have obtained from Plaintiff's alleged 'laptop' computer," the filing read.

UAW should have hired Hunter Biden.  Sacrifice.  Solidarity.  Selflessness.  Those are the signatures of Mr. Biden and his life's work toiling away for the working man (and the credit card industry) in Washington these past 50 years.  Scranton Joe.  Lunch Bucket Joe.  Amtrak Joe.  "Tuesday, I'll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create," Mr. Biden supposedly wrote on social media last week, announcing his brave stand with autoworkers.  (Say what you want to about former President Donald Trump, but at least he didn't lie every time he claimed to be posting something himself on social media.  Bring back "covfefe!")  But anyway, "fair share."  Too bad striking autoworkers are too stupid to know what's best for them.  If they really wanted their "fair share" under the Biden administration, there is one surefire way to get it:  Hire Hunter Biden.  Just ask the Ukrainians.

Offering dirt on Hunter FBI 'mole'.  Gal Luft, the fugitive "missing witness" of the Biden corruption investigation, has offered new evidence to the House impeachment inquiry about an FBI mole who tipped off Hunter Biden that his Chinese partners had been named on four sealed indictments in 2017 by Manhattan federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.  The Israeli professor, and former Israel Defense Forces officer, has been on the run for six months, after skipping bail in Cyprus where he was awaiting extradition to the United States on gun-running and foreign-lobbying charges, also brought by the SDNY.  In an open letter to Reps James Comer, Jim Jordan and Jason Smith, the three House committee chairmen running the impeachment inquiry, Luft claims that the tipoff to Chinese executives of CEFC came on the same day that the first son wrote a WhatsApp message shaking down another CEFC employee for millions of dollars over a "highly confidential and time sensitive" matter while claiming his father was in the room with him.

When Can We Start Calling It What It Is, Namely Bribery?  The Biden family corruption scandal gets deeper with every passing day.  Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally opened an impeachment investigation in the House last week, and now the first hearing in that investigation has been scheduled for September 28 before the House Oversight Committee.  So what is the potential impeachable offense?  You will undoubtedly recall, in the context of the two Trump impeachments, the endless semantic contortions that took place trying to shoe-horn Trump's conduct into the vague constitutional catchall of "high crimes and misdemeanors" that might support an impeachment.  Now, with Biden, the conduct at issue goes by various euphemisms like "the family business," "business dealings with foreign nationals," "influence peddling," "selling access," or maybe just "corruption."  But are these impeachable offenses?  Well, how about "bribery"?  In Biden's case, there is no need for creative legal argumentation.

Are We Preparing For A Coup?  In advance of the 2016 election, many of the nation's most powerful intelligence figures joined forces with Hillary Clinton's campaign to push the infamous Russiagate narrative.  They made up a story about non-existent collusion between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and peddled it to the American people.  When they failed to stop Trump from winning the White House they then morphed the Russiagate narrative into an effort to depose Trump and stage the first coup in American history.  In 2020 many of the same figures crawled out of the woodwork again to push a new lie.  This time they told the American people that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation and that any questions about Joe Biden's obvious compromise by the Communist Chinese were conspiracy theories.  They succeeded in burying the Biden crime family scandal until after Joe had been installed in the White House.

GOP Predicts Biden 'Organized Crime Ring' Received $50M, $30M More than Shown.  Republican lawmakers recently predicted their investigation into the Biden family could prove the Biden business raked in more than $50 million, about $30 million more than bank records show thus far.  "Based on the evidence I've seen so far, I think the number is going to be north of $50 million that we're talking about here," Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said on Fox News.  Throughout the investigation, the House Oversight Committee unveiled several tranches of Biden business bank records.  Those showed the Biden business received at least $20 million from business schemes in Romania, China, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.  In total, nine Biden family members received payments from the family foreign business ventures, including two of Joe Biden's grandchildren.  [Video clip]

Attorney General Merrick Garland's Testimony Reveals Extensive Corruption by the Department of Justice.  [Scroll down]  Garland's selection of David Weiss as special counsel was a peculiar one.  Weiss had previously worked with Hunter's late brother Beau; he negotiated Hunter's absurd sweetheart plea agreement which the Federal District Court had refused to accept; and had earlier overseen an FBI probe of Biden's Delaware fundraising operation in which a top bundler pleaded guilty to as straw donor scheme but Biden was never charged.  Garland admitted that Weiss was the only person he ever considered for that position, and it would have been "disruptive" had he appointed anyone else.  He refused to answer if he had had any conversations with Weiss about the Hunter matter.  He couldn't recollect discussing the matter with the FBI.  He declined to withdraw the incendiary memo that directed the FBI to use counterterrorism tactics on parents who raised objections to school board policies.  Worse, his testimony about why he failed to appoint a special counsel earlier and the claim Weiss had broad authority even before the appointment of him as special counsel is in direct contradiction to the testimony of now three whistleblowers to the contrary and the failure of the DoJ in response to a FOIA request to provide any evidence to support Garland's claim that Weiss had broad authority.  In fact, he accidentally admitted that the department thwarted the Hunter investigation.

"I Vaccinated the Nation and Rebuilt the Economy!" — Old Man Joe Biden Starts Shouting Out of Nowhere.  Joe Biden Saturday evening delivered remarks at the 2023 Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.  Biden lied about the state of the economy.  "Kamala and I came into office determined to transform how the economy works — change the way it literally functions!" Biden said.  Joe Biden destroyed the economy.  Bidenomics = High mortgage rates, high inflation rates, collapsed banks, expensive groceries, record high rent, and dwindling retirement accounts.

Joe Biden Hates You (Hate Him Back).  There's always been an internal debate when thinking about President Joe Biden — you have to wonder whether he does or says something because he's a liar or because he's genuinely stupid.  This extends back to when he was a Senator, too.  Now you have to add a third option: senile.  It's tough to tell if he walks off stage with other world leaders without shaking their hands because he's an aloof ass who looks down his nose at others or because he's unaware of where he is.  There's no real way to know, but it's probably safest to bet it's a combination of all of them.

Sky News Host:  Laughingstock Joe Biden is "Coming Apart Before Our Eyes".  Joe Biden is a laughingstock all over the world.  Whether he is praising the Congressional Black Caucus at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus meeting or repeating the same story twice word-for-word just minutes apart at a campaign reception in Manhattan Wednesday night, world wide consensus is that Joe Biden is not up to par.  Sky News host James Morrow shared his thoughts about the feeble leader of the free world after his recent attendance at UN General Assembly in New York saying Biden appears to be "Coming apart before our eyes".  Morrow chronicled some of Biden's most recent gaffs, and there are plenty to choose from, that have come to be expected from the deteriorating leader.

The Left Throws Joe Biden Under the Bus: 'Nightmare Scenario for Democrats'.  The Democratic Party is increasingly beginning to abandon President Joe Biden as rumors ramp up that he may drop out of the 2024 presidential race because of health concerns.  Several Democrats voiced their concerns to the Washington Post over Biden's declining physical and mental health, saying death is "imminent" for people at the president's age — who will be 81 years old in November.  "He is in a period of his life where passing and death is imminent," the leader of the Democratic Party in Lorain County in Ohio, Sharon Sweda, said.  "We are all on a ticking clock.  But when you're at his age, or Trump's age, that clock is ticking a little faster, and that's a concern for voters."  This week, Biden has sparked more concern about his age and health after repeating the same story twice within minutes during a private fundraising event in New York.

James Comer to Subpoena Joe Biden's 'Mystery' Corporation that Collected $10M in 2017.  House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) vowed on Thursday to subpoena records linked to President Joe Biden's corporation, "CelticCapri Corp," which received nearly $10 million in 2017 without specifying revenue line items.  Questions remain about how then-Vice President Joe Biden's corporation received the $10 million in 2017, a year that corresponds with elaborate webs of wire transactions and Joe Biden's departure from the White House.  The year 2017 also encompasses the timeframe an FBI informant alleged Burisma Holdings bribed Joe Biden with $5 million.

New DHS Intelligence Expert Group Features Signers of Letter Discrediting Hunter Biden Laptop Story.  Several former intelligence officials who signed the now-notorious letter dismissing a bombshell report on a laptop belonging to the son of President Joe Biden as "Russian disinformation" are going to serve on a new advisory group created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday announced the establishment of the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, which is tasked with meeting four times a year to provide the agency with input on some of the "most complex problems and challenges," including terrorism, fentanyl, "transborder issues," and new technology.  The group includes former senior intelligence officials, journalists, and "prominent human rights and civil liberties advocates," according to Mr. Mayorkas.  Some of them are known for attempting to discredit the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop stories in a public letter in the weeks leading to the 2020 presidential election.

Now Can We Do Joe Biden?  Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been charged with bribery.  Allegedly he was using his influence on behalf of the government of Egypt, along with several individuals or companies. [...] I think we can say with a high degree of confidence that Menendez is guilty.  (Whether he will be convicted is of course a different matter.)  My question is, now can we do Joe Biden?  There is a large and growing body of evidence that Biden, like Menendez, took millions of dollars in bribes.  Biden's bribes were paid by agents or associates of foreign governments, including China, as well as individual businesses and perhaps individuals.  There is this possible difference:  Menendez's bribes took the form of stacks of cash and gold bars, while Biden's millions (I believe around $20 million has been identified so far) were simply deposited in a maze of bank accounts.  But then again, who knows what the FBI might find if it raided Biden's home, as it did Menendez's?

Fox News requests secret mugshot of Hunter Biden.  Fox News host Jesse Watters revealed that the conservative news network has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the mugshot of presidential son Hunter Biden, calling for it to be released to the public.  "It turns out Hunter Biden has a mugshot," he said on Tuesday's edition of "Jesse Watters Primetime," breaking the news for the first time. "Back in July when Hunter first appeared in court, his lawyers say he was photographed and fingerprinted."  "Sources tell us that federal inmates rarely have their mugshots released to the public — only in cases where the federal inmate escapes, and a leak would be very unlikely.  The U.S. Marshals have a rigorous digital footprint," he added.  "So, what is so special about a mugshot that they don't want us to see?  Did he smile?  Did he look defiant?" Watters asked.  "In light of transparency, this mugshot must be released."

Report: Hunter Biden's Mugshot Concealed by Joe Biden's Justice Department.  Federal authorities reportedly captured Hunter Biden's mugshot in July, but the photo apparently remains concealed due to the Justice Department's policy.  Hunter Biden's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, noted during the July court appearance that President Joe Biden's son was processed at a Delaware courthouse by the U.S. Marshals Service by "the usual procedures (e.g., submitted to multiple sets of fingerprints, had his photograph taken, and filled out the required forms for release)."

White House, Hunter Biden's team keep shifting goalposts in denying Joe's involvement with businesses.  Hunter Biden's lawyer declared last Thursday that the first son "did not share" his business or his profits with his father, marking another notable shift in the narrative responding to allegations that link President Biden to his son's business dealings.  Abbe Lowell, who has been aggressively defending Hunter, said he can "categorically" declare that Biden was not involved in Hunter's previous business dealings and did not profit from any of them.  "I can tell you that Hunter did not share his business with his dad," Lowell told CNN on Thursday.  "I can tell you that he did not share money from his businesses with his dad.  And as the evidence out there, his dad, like all good parents, tried to help Hunter when Hunter needed that help."

Hunter Goes on Offense, Sues the IRS, His Corruption Is Private.  Hunter Biden didn't like being exposed, so he's suing the IRS whistleblowers who did exactly that.  President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging that his privacy rights were violated when agents aired concerns to Congress and the media about the handling of the investigation into his taxes and business dealings.  So, if you commit crimes, you can now say it invades your privacy?

Did Hunter Biden Lie to His Own Memoir?  In a raft of glowing reviews, Hunter Biden's 2019 memoir "Beautiful Things" was celebrated as an "unflinchingly honest" (Entertainment Weekly), "confession and an act of contrition" (Guardian), that was "candid" and "doesn't hold back details" (New York Times) of his substance abuse and broken relationships.  While describing the book as an "unvarnished confessional," the Washington Post exalted it as a "harrowing, relentless and a determined exercise in trying to seize his own narrative from the clutches of the Republicans and the press.  In the years since, testimony from a former business partner, Devon Archer, and newly disclosed emails indicate that the president's son's memoir was an exercise in spin rather than truth-telling, especially concerning his father's role in his foreign business dealings, which are now the subject of a House impeachment inquiry.  That evidence shows how the Bidens used the memoir to create a politically charged narrative — one largely embraced by the mainstream media — that distorted the truth to protect the family.

Hunter Biden Sues IRS After Whistleblowers Reveal He Was Given Sweetheart Deal for Not Paying Taxes on Millions in Illicit Business Deals.  Hunter Biden sued the IRS after whistleblowers revealed he did not pay taxes on millions of dollars in international money schemes and was given a sweetheart deal from far left investigators.  The whistleblowers released the shocking truth to the American public.  So Hunter Biden is suing them.  Hunter claims the whistleblowers embarrassed him when they reported the truth on his illicit business dealings.

Oversight Dems admit Hunter's longtime business partner handled Biden's finances throughout VP tenure.  House Democrats acknowledged Wednesday that Hunter Biden's then-business partner, Eric Schwerin, handled President Biden's finances for the duration of his vice presidency.  A spokesperson for the Democrat minority of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability told Fox News Digital that Schwerin, the former president of Hunter's Rosemont Seneca Advisors and a frequent visitor to the Obama-Biden White House, served as then-Vice President Biden's "bookkeeper" from 2009 to 2017.  "Notably, Mr. Schwerin, who served as then-Vice President Biden's bookkeeper from 2009 to 2017, explained that he was not aware of any transactions into or out of the then-Vice President's bank account related to business conducted by any Biden family member," the spokesperson said in a statement.

President Pinocchio Joe is a truly terrible liar.  Joe Biden is a terrible liar in every sense; he lies on a terrible scale, and he's terrible at lying.  And as much as I'd like to be kind to an old man and put his constant untrue statements down to memory issues caused by his advanced age and cognitive decline, it's not because of that at all.  No, President Biden just likes to tell humongous self-promoting whoppers, again and again and again.  He's done it his entire political life, and now he's lying so often and so badly that even his most diehard uncritical supporters can't excuse him anymore.

Lawyer For IRS Whistleblowers Explains Why Hunter Biden's Attorneys Are 'Very Clearly' Desperate.  The lawyer for IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley explained Monday on Fox & Friends why Hunter Biden's attorneys are "very clearly" desperate after the president's son sued the IRS.  Hunter Biden sued the IRS on Monday alleging its agents "targeted and sought to embarrass" him by discussing his private tax information and violating his rights as a taxpayer.  The lawyers argue that whistleblowers, like Gary Shapley, violated Hunter's rights to confidentiality by testifying before Congress.  Shapley is not listed as a defendant in the suit.  Tristan Leavitt joined Fox News to discuss the suit, first arguing it amounts to intimidation of whistleblowers and is meant to deter future whistleblowers from coming forward.  "Ultimately, the ironic thing is Hunter Biden is accused of allegedly not paying taxes on a bunch of money but now here.  [H]e is suing the IRS and you know, angry at the investigators, because of an invasion of privacy," co-host Steve Doocy said.

IRS Whistleblower Responds To Hunter Biden Lawsuit Targeting Him.  After news broke that President Biden's son Hunter had filed a lawsuit against the IRS, IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley's legal team issued a statement condemning the action.  Biden filed the lawsuit claiming that IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler revealed confidential information about his taxes in public interviews and statements.  "This suit against the IRS is just another frivolous smear by Biden family attorneys trying to turn people's attention away from Hunter Biden's own legal problems and intimidate any current and future whistleblowers," the attorneys for Shapley wrote.

Hunter Biden's texts, emails contradict lawyer's claim that he 'did not share' money from businesses with dad.  Hunter Biden's attorney recently claimed his client "did not share money" from his business dealings with his dad, President Biden, but a 2019 text message and multiple emails appear to contradict this claim.  Abbe Lowell, who has been aggressively defending Hunter, said in a recent interview that he can "categorically" declare that President Biden was not involved in Hunter's previous business dealings and did not profit from any of them.  "I can tell you that Hunter did not share his business with his dad," Lowell said during a recent CNN interview.  "I can tell you that he did not share money from his businesses with his dad.  And as the evidence out there, his dad, like all good parents, tried to help Hunter when Hunter needed that help."

What We Must Believe To Believe Biden Is Innocent.  It's hardly a surprise that the corporate media have rushed to the defense of President Biden pursuant to the impeachment inquiry announced last week by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.  More surprising is the absurdity of the arguments they offer on his behalf.  For years, his denials notwithstanding, Biden knew his son ran an international enterprise whose only real service was selling access to the Vice President of the United States to foreign entities who hoped to procure favorable policy decisions from the Obama administration.  This operation generated at least $20 million that was doled out to nine Biden family members, yet we are asked to believe that the "Big Guy" didn't get a cut.

Here's All The Evidence Connecting Joe Biden To Hunter Biden's Foreign Business Dealings.  The amount of evidence connecting Joe Biden to Hunter Biden's business dealings is growing as Congressional investigations continue to reveal new information surrounding Hunter Biden's engagements.  Witness testimony, emails, text messages, flights and additional evidence indicate Joe Biden was knowledgeable about Hunter Biden's business dealings and communicated with his son's business associates on numerous occasions.  Hunter Biden's former business associate Devon Archer testified in July to the House Oversight Committee that Joe Biden spoke with his son's business associates more than 20 times, including a spring 2014 dinner with Russian oligarch Elena Baturina and a spring 2015 dinner with Vadim Pozharskyi, an executive with Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings.

Democrats may dump Joe Biden, but they still own his extreme policies.  Democrats are about to fire President Biden.  Are Republicans ready?  Washington Post columnist David Ignatius ignited a political firestorm recently by veering off script and writing that Joe Biden should retire — a rare chink in the media bulwark protecting the president.  In a follow-up interview, the "Morning Joe" crew echoed concerns about Biden's age.  Others will surely follow; polls showing that Biden might lose to Donald Trump and other GOP 2024 candidates have finally brought Democrats to their senses.  Republicans need to prepare for the very real possibility that Joe Biden is forced out of the 2024 race.  What does that mean?  It means that it's time the GOP stop obsessing about Joe Biden's age, and focus on his disastrous policies instead.  If Biden bows out, all the scrutiny of the president's incoherence, his stiff gait, his moments of confusion and all the other signs of decline will no longer matter.

It's Not Really Joe Biden On The Ballot Next Year.  It's Someone Much Worse.  Joe Biden is making it clear with great regularity that he's unwell and his recent trip overseas is no exception.  The G20 visit included a downright scary press conference in Vietnam that showcased a rapidly declining octogenarian on the world stage who is no longer capable of discharging the duties of his office.  This is not hyperbole; in fact, the cascading situation requires a frank discussion with the American people.  What's happening here is far worse than President Franklin Roosevelt's efforts to keep his wheelchair out of the public eye.  To be clear, President Biden — who is eighty going on ninety — expects the American people to elect him again without campaigning for the office.  As the biased mainstream media obsesses over Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's two "freezing" episodes, they treat Biden's ongoing health crisis and the White House's handling of it with kid gloves.  Our president struggles to make coherent points and can barely follow a teleprompter.  He would rather sleep than take questions from the press — perhaps typical for many 80-year-olds — but not for the leader of the free world.  The truth is this president can't even execute a rigged press conference full of softball questions from his allies in the state propaganda service.

The Conundrum.  Ever since the fabled Laptop from Hell entered stage left, the un-raptured of the land have been exposed to gales of evidence that "Joe Biden" ran a family influence-peddling racket as veep, and that it likely has something to do with the extravagant mess spawned in Ukraine.  The crude and lawless labors of the DOJ and the FBI to cover all that up have been failing lately as a harsh music of blown whistles ominously cleaves the dank night air over the Potomac swamp.  The coming House impeachment inquiry, with its extraordinary subpoena powers, can easily un-confuse these matters as Rep Comer (R-KY) goes after the Biden family bank records.

There's More Than Enough Evidence for a Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry.  "Without evidence."  They want those two words imprinted in your mind whenever you hear about the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.  "Since gaining the House majority in January," writes The Associated Press, "House Republicans have aggressively investigated Biden and his son, claiming without evidence that they engaged in an influence-peddling scheme."  Many other pieces use the same language.  Sticking the words "without evidence" into a story is meant to insinuate that the impetus for an investigation is itself meritless.  What kind of people make accusations without evidence, right?  But, as they know, inquiries exist for the purpose of uncovering evidence.  Then again, there already exists tons of substantive proof that Joe Biden was likely "engaged" in the family racket.  Now, it goes without saying that without the Biden last name, there is no Biden Inc.  But numerous witnesses, many with no connection to one another or political agendas, have independently testified that he was involved.

GOP Reps Release 22 Examples Of Biden's Corruption After Dems Claim There's No Evidence.  Democrats and left-wing operatives in the mainstream media say there is "no evidence" that Joe Biden did anything wrong to warrant impeachment.  This key Democrat "talking point" has been carefully crafted as the evidence and seriousness of Biden's corrupt actions is enough to make your blood boil.  In response, the House Oversight Committee has compiled a startling list of 22 pieces of evidence that show Joe Biden's involvement in his son's influence-peddling scheme that raked in millions.

Hunter Can Blackmail His Father Into a Pardon.  When Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea agreement fell apart in spectacular fashion over the summer, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre frantically claimed President Joe Biden would not give his son a pardon.  That there was no possibility of such a thing.  "From a presidential perspective, is there any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son?" a reporter asked during the daily briefing.  "No," Jean Pierre snapped.  "I just said no.  I just answered."  Her statement was definitive during an uncertain time.  In politics, definitive statements are early signs of regret and words that will likely be eaten later.  Meal time came this week when Special Counsel David Weiss handed Hunter Biden an indictment for three felony gun charges carrying the potential of 25 years in federal prison.  Hunter Biden was indicted by Special Counsel David Weiss on three federal felony counts related to his purchase of a firearm in 2018, two counts being related to his attestation of being drug-free on a purchase form and one count related to his possession of the firearm while using narcotics," Townhall reported.   All of a sudden, the need for a presidential pardon became a solidified reality.

Of Course Public Offices Are for Sale.  No doubt many venal American politicians play the same shady game (after all, there sure are a lot of Congress-critters who enter office destitute and exit office as millionaires), but the Biden Crime Family's particular brand of in-your-face extortion really takes the cake.  When his crackhead son Hunter is awarded a lucrative seat on a corporate board in Ukraine or receives hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Chinese Communist Party, it is not because he is an expert in paying for sex, drugs, and other shameful degradations.  It is because he has been taught how to collect bribes from foreign foes in return for his father's promises to look out for their interests. [...] In contrast [to President Trump], the evidence that Biden has used his various offices for pecuniary benefit is overwhelming.  In emails, witness testimony, and bank account histories, the Biden Crime Family's business of extracting and laundering bribes is easy for any ordinary American to see.  Faced with such blinding corruption, however, the "expert" class now hilariously claims to see nothing.

Biden's alias email predicament.  At the height of Watergate, then-President Richard Nixon boldly asserted that the American people had a right to know "whether or not their president is a crook."  The same is true today.  The question takes on added significance as accumulating evidence suggests that President Biden may have used the influence of the various governmental offices he has held over his long career to enrich himself, his family and his associates.  The people who are supposed to ask tough questions about such matters have been strangely silent on the latest disclosure about the underhanded way in which Mr. Biden communicated with his son Hunter about matters including Ukraine.

Hunter Biden [was] Indicted on the Few Charges That Don't Implicate Joe Biden.  Hunter Biden, the wayward son of President Joe Biden, has been indicted on three federal gun charges — and of all the allegations he faces, these are the only ones that would not implicate his father in wrongdoing.  Special Counsel David Weiss filed three felony gun charges against Hunter Biden on Thursday, which could lead to up to 25 years in prison.  These are the first charges after a "sweetheart" plea bargain fell apart in July when it was questioned by a judge.  But that deal also included misdemeanor charges of willful failure to file federal taxes.  The taxes had to do with the income Hunter Biden appears to have earned thanks to business connections he made with the help of his father, when Joe Biden was vice president.

The Hunter Biden Indictments Are a Ruse.  Here's Why.  Seriously, does anyone believe that Hunter Biden will actually face any jail time?  Would Weiss, one of the architects of Hunter's ridiculous plea deal, actually put Hunter Biden behind bars?  I don't.  But in the meantime, many think it is a possibility.  According to Mike Davis, a former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, we shouldn't be fooled by these indictments, and he explains why.  "Don't be fooled," he began in a lengthy post on X/Twitter.  "Today's indictment of Hunter Biden for gun felonies is just more coverup by Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who has protected the Bidens for years."

Beware the DoJ's Hunter Biden distraction.  You don't need to be a political genius to see that this Hunter Biden indictment is an obvious smokescreen for the White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill.  The three-part indictment is very simple and straightforward and could've been brought a long time ago... so why this week?  Why does it come after a rough opening to September for Democrats, with horrible polls released concerning Joe Biden's age and approval ratings — and particularly the same week that Republicans finally pulled the trigger on an impeachment inquiry?  First, it serves to muddy the waters.  The counts in these indictments have nothing to do with what Republicans are doing with their impeachment inquiry, but the two stories will be combined by Democrats and the media — already James Comer is having to separate the two strands.  The gun charges are also the most sympathetic of Hunter's misdeeds, given the drug addiction involved, and therefore allow the White House to spin it as targeting the Biden family in an aggressive way — "He was going through a lot, Joe has nothing to do with buying a gun," etc.  The death of the sweetheart plea deal can now be swept under the rug by saying, "Look, we're the party of law and order now, no one's above the law!  This indictment proves it — let the courts work, just like with former President Trump."

Jim Jordan Blasts 'Face-Saving' Hunter Biden Indictment, Reveals Key Impeachment Inquiry Facts.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Friday that Thursday's indictment of Hunter Biden was a "face-saving exercise" for a Department of Justice (DOJ) under increasing scrutiny and revealed the 'key facts' that House Republicans will rely on as they begin their impeachment inquiry.  Jordan wrote off Thursday's indictment of Hunter Biden as a public relations move as evidence mounts linking Hunter's illegal activities with Joe Biden dating to his time in the Vice President's mansion and exposing the department's mishandling of the investigation for years.  "At some point, it's got to do something" Jordan said of Biden's DOJ.

Impeachment Against Joe Biden:  Possible Key Witness from Ukraine Makes Serious Allegations.  A possible key witness against Biden is speaking out from Ukraine and is making serious accusations against the incumbent U.S. president.  The latter is said to have tried to have him killed.  The accusations carry weight, coming from none other than Ukraine's former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, who in 2015 led investigations that became so dangerous to Biden that in 2016 he blackmailed the Ukrainian government into dismissing Shokin.

Impeaching Biden Is The Right Call, But Don't Stop With Him.  With apologies to Speaker McCarthy, the evidence uncovered thus far suggests much more than just a culture of corruption around Biden, but actual, straightforward corruption — foreign oligarchs allegedly bribing then-vice president Biden to make policy decisions that would benefit them.  This wasn't a complicated scheme.  It involved overseas firms hiring or contracting with Biden's son Hunter for access to Biden, and then laundering the money through a bunch of shell corporations.  (Throwing money at Hunter was the best investment a corrupt foreign oligarch could ever make, it turns out.)  As my colleague Jordan Boyd chronicled back in July, dozens of people, including Hunter Biden's former business partners, FBI and IRS whistleblowers, and at least one "highly credible" confidential FBI informant, have corroborated President Biden's involvement in what amounts to a vast international bribery scheme.  An impeachment inquiry is more than justified — there's vastly more evidence of Biden's corruption than there ever was of Trump's, for example — and arguably it's overdue.  Biden is likely the most corrupt president in American history, and impeaching him is the lowest of the low-hanging fruit for the House GOP.

Five Facts That Compel the House's Biden Impeachment Inquiry.  With the commencement of an impeachment inquiry this week, the House of Representatives is moving the Biden corruption scandal into the highest level of constitutional inquiry.  After stonewalling by the Bidens and federal agencies investigating various allegations, the move for a House inquiry was expected if not inevitable.  An impeachment inquiry does not mean that an impeachment itself is inevitable.  But it dramatically increases the chances of finally forcing answers to troubling questions of influence-peddling and corruption.  As expected, many House Democrats — who impeached Donald Trump after only one hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, based on his phone call to Ukraine's president — oppose any such inquiry into President Biden.  House Republicans could have chosen to forego any hearings and use what I called a "snap impeachment," as then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did with the second Trump impeachment in January 2021.

Former Neil Gorsuch Law Clerk: 'Don't Be Fooled' By These Hunter Biden Indictments.  As Spencer wrote on Thursday, the looming gun charges that were part of that aborted sweetheart plea deal for Hunter returned in the form of new indictments, courtesy of Special Counsel David Weiss.  Don't be fooled.  Hunter isn't going to face any legal reckoning or jail time.  It's another legal shield supplied by Weiss, who's been talking out of both sides of his mouth throughout this fiasco.  Yes, he tried to charge Hunter, but he also allowed some of the more serious tax violations to atrophy, thanks to the statute of limitations.  He was a driving force behind the original sweetheart deal that got wrecked after the testimony of IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler.

House GOP probing then-VP Biden's dodgy breakfast meeting with Kazakh bank official at official residence.  As House Republicans move to impeach Joe Biden, congressional investigators are zeroing in on a breakfast the then-vice president hosted in the summer of 2015 at his official residence in Washington, DC, for his son Hunter Biden and two business partners.  Hunter's former best friend in business, Devon Archer, mentioned the meeting in passing during his recent closed door testimony to the House Oversight Committee.  Archer attended the July 7, 2015, meeting at 8:30 am, along with Marc Holtzman, chairman of Kazakhstan's largest bank, Kazkommertsbank.

Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges.  Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal gun charges out of Special Counsel David Weiss' investigation.  Biden was charged with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer; and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.  According to the indictment, "on or about October 12, 2018, in the District of Delaware, the defendant, Robert Hunter Biden, in connection with the acquisition of a firearm, that is, a Colt Cobra 38SPL Revolver with serial number RA 551363... knowingly made a false and fictitious written statement, intended and likely to deceive that dealer with respect to a fact material to the lawfulness of the sale of the firearm... in that the defendant, Robert Hunter Biden, provided a written statement on Form 4473 certifying he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance, when in fact, as he knew, that statement was false and fictitious."

Associated Press invents new definition of "evidence".  Joe Biden obviously engaged in an influence-peddling scheme, and there is certainly compelling evidence that he engaged in outright bribery — pay for policy.  Biden met with, dined with, and spoke on the phone with Hunter Biden's clients, and in return for cash paid to Hunter, they got regular access to the White House.  Burisma officials even got the White House to collaborate with the company on press statements, and Joe Biden bragged that he pressured Ukraine — by waving a billion dollars in their face — to fire a prosecutor who was investigating Burisma, on whose Board his son Hunter sat.  Joe Biden's business partner told Congressional investigators that Joe Biden's influence was the product that he and Hunter were selling.  [Tweet]

Is Joe preparing to run his wife for 2024?  Wednesday's Cabinet meeting was most interesting.  After a minute of introduction, President Biden turned the meeting over to his wife Jill, who continued to run it.  This allows us a glimpse into the Democrat presidential strategy for 2024: run Jill Biden.  In order for Jill to win the Democrat nomination for president, she needs to do several important things:
  [#1]   Box out Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama, and Gavin Newsom.
  [#2]   Maintain DNC support for Joe.
  [#3]   Keep Democrat contributors in line.
  [#4]   Do more and more of the president's job now.
Jill can accomplish these objectives by keeping Joe in the race in order to stop Kamala, Michelle, and Gavin from attracting sufficient Democrat party resources.  Notice that all three are keeping their heads low.  From now until the convention, if any Democrat breaks ranks and starts to look presidential, he will be branded a traitor and effectively excommunicated.  So Joe needs to continue to make noises as if he is going to run.

The Editor says...
Sounds like Lurleen Wallace.

Biden Holds 'Cancer Cabinet' Meeting While Handler Jill Treats Him Like a Child.  Joe Biden held a meeting of his "Cancer Cabinet" on Wednesday.  The Cancer Cabinet is supposed to be working on efforts to combat cancer.  But one of the things that was very evident about the meeting was how halting, old, and slow Biden appeared to be.  He was just supposed to be reading introductory remarks.  Yet still, he had some trouble, struggling through it with some confusion and missed words.  You can see some of that here, as Biden attempted to talk about dealing with "underserved communities."  [Tweet with video clip]

Evidence of Joe Biden's Involvement in His Family's Influence Peddling Schemes.  There is mounting evidence that Joe Biden was involved in his family's influence peddling schemes, including while he served as Vice President.  However, Democrats and their corporate media allies continue to ignore this overwhelming evidence as they seek to distract the American people from the Biden family's corruption.  Below are over 20 examples of Joe Biden's involvement. [...]

Hunter Team Slammed with Stunning IRS Accusation.  Americans were stunned to learn that the DOJ tried to shut down an IRS investigation into Hunter Biden.  We knew that Hunter was facing charges, due to tax crime accusations.  Whistleblowers, however, revealed the investigation was shut down after Biden's DOJ pressured the IRS to go easy on him.  These whistleblowers bravely testified before Congress.  They revealed the IRS was prevented from investigating where Hunter got his money.  Republicans concluded this was an attempt to hide evidence of the Joe-Hunter Biden bribery ring.  But now, it seems the family did more to try to stop the truth from coming out.  And Republicans are fuming.

ABC News Plays Defense for Biden Over House GOP Impeachment Inquiry.  Now that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is finally launching an impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden, we will get to see most of the media pull a complete 180 degree turn on impeaching presidents.  On ABC News, it has already started.  In their coverage of the issue, they repeatedly refer to House Republicans as 'far right' and 'hard right.'  They also say that there is 'no evidence' or 'no hard evidence' of any wrongdoing by Biden.  This is the media gearing up to defend their party and it's so obvious.

Jaw-dropping evidence that GOP will use against Joe Biden is revealed.  President Joe Biden faces an impeachment vote over his alleged ties to his son Hunter's business dealings — many of which have been uncovered by DailyMail.com.  Emails, texts, photos and documents unearthed by this publication have added to a still-growing body of evidence suggesting that Joe may have been improperly involved in Hunter's shady foreign deals, including when he was Vice President.  That evidence has now prompted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to call a Thursday meeting of top Republicans to plan a vote on impeaching the President.

NYT Report:  Hunter Biden Informally Advises Joe Biden.  Hunter Biden is reportedly an informal adviser to President Joe Biden amid an impeachment inquiry into the president.  Hunter and Joe Biden frequently speak on the phone and "occasionally" talk politics, according to the New York Times, which described Hunter Biden as the president's "informal adviser" who has even shaped the latter's speeches.

FBI official can't recall, refuses to answer questions over Hunter Biden whistleblower cover-up claims.  A top FBI agent involved in the Hunter Biden investigation couldn't recall or refused to answer several questions related to IRS whistleblower claims that the probe into the first son was impeded by the Justice Department.  A transcript of FBI Special Agent Thomas Sobocinski's closed-door testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week, reviewed by The Post, reveals that the Justice Department detailed what Sobocinski could and couldn't talk about with lawmakers a day before his Sept. 7 interview.

Where Are the Burisma Tapes?  Do you remember how excited Senator Chuck Grassley was when he announced that a Ukrainian gas company executive, who had allegedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, had 17 audio tapes of their conversations? [...] In reviewing the story, which is now two months old, Grassley asked this question: "What is U.S. Attorney Weiss doing with respect to these alleged Joe and Hunter Biden recordings that are apparently relevant to the high-stakes bribery scheme?"  This is a perplexing question, because nowhere else does it say that the foreign national handed over the tapes to Weiss — only that he made the tapes as an "insurance policy."  But then the question is, an insurance policy against whom?  Protection from the Ukrainians?  From the FBI?  From David Weiss, who has been promoted to Special Counsel, even though the appointment is against policy?  Let's not forget that Weiss has also shown himself to be incompetent, partisan, and irresponsible regarding Hunter Biden's case.

Twilight Of The Democrats.  Biden's poor approval ratings are likely also influenced by the brewing scandal around his son.  Over half of voters believe that the president's actions related to the Hunter Biden probe are inappropriate, and 61% say they think the president was involved in his son's business dealings.  Indeed, there is mounting evidence that Biden's Department of Justice is criminalizing the political activity of his enemies while shielding his son from real prosecution.  When Biden took office, he vowed that his administration would put an end to the division of the Trump years and would restore unity.  Yet, on several occasions, Biden has made highly charged and antagonistic remarks about ordinary American citizens.  Despite the media's efforts to portray him as a wise and grandfatherly figure, Biden often appears to be angry and confused, lashing out at us unpredictably.  Due to the president's age and obvious cognitive decline, it is unclear who is actually running the country and calling the shots.  Biden, a corrupt and disoriented old man controlled by shadowy figures behind the scenes, is emblematic of what the Democratic Party has become.

A Fourth Joe Biden Email Alias Surfaces.  Then-Vice President Joe Biden used a fourth alias, "auks@att.blackberry.net," as early as 2010 to communicate with his family, according to the nonprofit Marco Polo, based on information from Hunter Biden's "Laptop from Hell."  The House Oversight Committee previously noted only three aliases in its August 17 request to the National Archives for documents related to Joe Biden's email pseudonyms: "Robert Peters," "Robin Ware," and "JRB Ware."

Hanoi Joe is even worse than Hanoi Jane.  Joe Biden found himself in Vietnam on Sunday.  Returning from the G-20 summit in India, he made a pit stop there, supposedly to improve relations with that country as a means of checking China's aggressions.  Instead of saying 'Hello,' like normal presidents say, Biden greeted the Vietnamese with "Gooooood morning, Vietnam," rather shockingly bringing up a line from a movie that was all about the absurdities of the Vietnam War.  His performance was so bad his staff cut his mic and whisked him off the stage.

Keywords:  Stalling, snail's pace, slow-walking, all talk and no action.
McCarthy to Endorse Biden Impeachment Inquiry as 'Logical Next Step' in Corruption Probe.  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) is expected to endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in a closed-door meeting with House Republicans this week.  McCarthy plans to tell those present that the move is the "logical next step" in the Republican Party's probes of Biden and his son Hunter's alleged influence peddling schemes, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday and Fox News confirmed.  At the private meeting set for Thursday morning, House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) and House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R., Ky.) will each provide an update regarding their respective investigations into the Biden family's foreign business dealings.

The Editor says...
[#1] Joe Biden is far too senile to make any policy decisions, and he has been for some time. Thus there is no point in impeaching Joe Biden for the havoc being inflicted by the "Biden administration."  The actual culprits, which could include Barack H. Obama, DOCTOR Jill Biden, Bernie Sanders, Valerie Jarrett, and many others, will face no punishment (in this life) for what they've done, because Joe Biden is just the curtain they hide behind.  [#2] Joe Biden is likely to die of natural causes long before the spineless Republicans take any action against him.  Joe Biden is not the least bit worried about impeachment.

Biden is a Gold Mine.  Joe Biden is the proverbial gold mine.  Someone is going to give into the all-too-obvious temptation and make a veritable fortune very soon.  Doing so will pretty much permanently ruin that individual's prospects as a major operative in future Democrat doings, but someone, somewhere, is going to grab that overly tempting low-hanging fruit.  There is a "tell-all" book coming soon, without question, an "Emperor Has No Clothes" moment, a "Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain" reveal, one that will cause the objective world to say, "Aha!  Knew it all along!" while making the hyperpartisan Democrat apologists in the government and the liberal media cringe with inescapable, crushing humiliation.  It probably isn't necessary to list every example of verbal incoherence, physical fragility, cognitive decline, or policy illogic and inconsistency.  For the sake of this discussion, we'll leave aside the numerous, undeniable matters of outright financial corruption, influence pedaling, and bribe taking, since it would appear that most of those incidents occurred when Biden was still actually in control of his faculties.

Reporters Laugh at Sleepy Joe During Presser in Vietnam.  Joe Biden traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the Communist Party of Vietnam.  After spending a couple of days in New Dehli, India, Biden arrived in Vietnam.  The grueling schedule is just too much for old Joe.  He needs a nap and he let everyone know.  Biden held a press conference after he delivered remarks and it was a total disaster.  He opened up the presser by making a joke about a Vietnam War movie.

Then-VP Biden Signed Off on Hunter Business Partner's Burisma Talking Points, Email Reveals.  House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration on Wednesday requesting "unrestricted special access" to communications between the office of then–vice president Joe Biden and Hunter Biden or his business associates.  The letter requests unredacted copies of the documents included in NARA's "Records on Hunter Biden, James Biden, and Their Foreign Business Dealings" file.  Among the requested documents is a December 4, 2015, email in which longtime Biden family business associate Eric Schwerin sent quotes to Biden's then–communications director Kate Bedingfield that he said the White House should use in response to media outreach regarding Hunter Biden's role on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.  Schwerin sent the email at 10:45 a.m. that day.  Bedingfield responded hours later at 2:30 p.m. saying, "VP signed off on this."

Biden Accused of 'Mosaic' Plagiarism After Editor Noticed Oddly Familiar Phrases In Paper.  A former editor of the Harvard Journal on Legislation has raised "shocking" allegations of plagiarism against President Joe Biden, claiming that he discovered instances of unattributed copying in an essay written by the then-Delaware senator more than two decades ago.  The accusations center around an essay defending the Violence Against Women Act, which Biden penned in 2000 during his tenure as a senator.  Roger Severino, who now serves as the vice president of domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation, took to social media to detail his findings, igniting a fresh controversy.

As Biden scandal marches toward impeachment, what Obama knew and when looms large.  In the final days of the Obama presidency, trusted aide Valerie Jarrett made a boast that has aged like spoiled milk.  "The president prides himself on the fact that his administration hasn't had a scandal and he hasn't done something to embarrass himself," Jarrett declared on national television.  Ironically, the president that Jarrett would later to go work for — Joe Biden — has revealed a jaw-dropping pattern of secret emails with fake account names, weaponized the U.S. Department of Justice against political foes, and entanglement with tens of millions of dollars in foreign money and other ethical conflicts.  The steady stream of tawdry revelations from Biden's vice presidential years makes clear it wasn't just Hillary Clinton and her husband that sought to become richer through the Obama years.  When elected vice president, earned roughly $230,000 a year.  By the time he left the Blair House, Forbes and others estimated his current net worth as $9 million.

What Game is Hunter Biden Playing?  What shameless act or felonious activity was not evidenced on Hunter Biden's laptop?  Racist attitudes toward Asians?  Soliciting prostitution?  Felonious use of drugs?  Photographed nudity and perverse sex?  Admissions to illicit foreign shakedowns?  Hunter all but accused his own father President Joe Biden of also being on the foreign take:  "I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family... Unlike Pop I won't make you give me half your salary."  Hunter's alleged felonies range from bribery to tax evasion.  That he has not yet been prosecuted for anything is scandalous.  His exemption is attributable only to Attorney General Merrick Garland's likely weaponized directives to federal prosecutors to downgrade or forget altogether felony charges against Hunter.

FOIA Turns Up Zilch On The 'Full Authority' Garland Claims He Gave Weiss Over Hunter Biden.  Emails obtained by the Heritage Foundation following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, and shared exclusively with The Federalist, reveal a glaring gap in the documentation maintained by the Delaware U.S. attorney's office:  There is nothing memorializing the authority Attorney General Merrick Garland claims he gave U.S. Attorney David Weiss for the Hunter Biden investigation.  For more than a year, Garland represented to Congress that Weiss held ultimate authority over the Hunter Biden investigation — which the eventual appointment of Weiss as special counsel contradicted.  But now there is more evidence — or rather a lack of evidence — indicating the claimed authority was always a charade.

Republicans Must Impeach Biden.  There is a reason the issue of impeaching President Biden has finally come into the spotlight, and it isn't what you may think.  The Republicans have neither the spine nor the skills to pull off an impeachment, even with a teed-up softball like this.  Democrats want the threat of impeachment without the impeachment itself, but Republicans can call their bluff.  I often said I would fear being grilled by Trey Gowdy in a congressional hearing.  He was excellent at his job and was brutal in cross-examination.  But despite all the information and even drop-dead proof he generated, no one has even been charged, much less brought to justice.  Big hat, no cattle.  No spine.

Joe Biden Isn't Just Coming Across as Inept, Republicans Are Succeeding in Making Him Toxic.  Americans don't have far to look for reasons against voting for Joe Biden in 2024.  It seems that a significant majority across the policy board think he's done a pretty terrible job.  We're now two years out from his disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, and ever since that moment, Americans by and large haven't really trusted that the best people are in charge of our government.  The Biden team has decided to adopt Bidenomics, and they are pointing to their little sheets of paper and saying that, in fact, the economy is great right now and you should just believe them rather than your lyin' eyes.  But while the economy may be better on the coasts and in urban Democratic strongholds simply because of the income gap, across the country, Americans are feeling the pain in the grocery store checkout, the gas pump, and in their bills.  Inflation is still up - in fact, last month's inflation numbers were revised upward while you weren't looking - and Americans are struggling.

Gun charges are the 'least' of the crimes Hunter has committed, top Republican claims.  Top Republican James Comer is accusing Hunter Biden prosecutor David Weiss of attempting to sneak through another 'sweetheart deal' for the president's son - who is facing an imminent indictment for his gun crimes.  On Wednesday, federal prosecutors on Weiss' team said in a filing that they plan to indict Hunter Biden on illegal gun charges - that have a maximum of 10 years in prison - by the end of September.  'They already tried to sneak something through once.  We need to make sure that they don't do it again,' House Oversight Chairman Comer told WABC 770 AM's 'Cats & Cosby Show.'

Tax cheat Hunter Biden not prosecuted by California:  Where is the outrage from Governor Newsom?  Hunter Bided failed to pay federal income taxes on millions in income and some of that income was earned while Biden was living in California, so he likely failed to pay state taxes as well.  The Plea Agreement between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutors filed in the Delaware shows that Hunter failed to pay taxes on millions from companies and individuals in Ukraine, China and Romania.  Hunter was living in California for at least part of the time according to the later filing by prosecutors to dismiss the tax charges in the plea bargain agreement and the intent to refile in California or the District of Columbia.  We can assume that Hunter failed to pay his state income tax as well, since federal and state returns are filed together.

Biden's Official Twitter Account Photoshops President to Look Younger.  Democrat influencers were recently caught photoshopping pictures of President Biden to make him appear younger.  Now, President Biden's own Twitter account has adopted the same strategy.  On Wednesday afternoon, Biden's campaign account, @JoeBiden, tweeted two images of Donald Trump and Joe Biden side-by-side.  The tweet displayed an unflattering picture of Donald Trump at a golf course, next to a bright, confident image of Biden departing Air Force One.  [Tweet]

Age is only a number until you are totally incompetent.  President Trump's presidency looks more and more successful every day by comparison [to Biden].  Who wouldn't love to have those gasoline prices back?  What mom wouldn't love to go grocery store shopping and pay Trump prices when putting items in the cart?  People were better off under Trump's policies and I have not mentioned China running around the world or Iran making noises or Mexico turning more violent by the week.  Yes, President Biden looks old and its scary every time he goes off script.  He might get away with it if results were different, but they are not.

Actually, Joe Biden has doubled the deficit.  Over the past two years, President Joe Biden has made numerous statements suggesting that he is a deficit hawk on par with past presidents such as Calvin Coolidge or Andrew Jackson.  For instance, earlier this year, Biden claimed, "In my first two years, I reduced the debt by $1.7 trillion.  No President has ever done that." [...] Here are the facts.  When Biden entered the White House, the national debt stood at $27.7 trillion.  Two years later, the national debt stands at $32.9 trillion.  Using simple arithmetic, the national debt has increased by $5.2 trillion under Biden.  That is a big difference from a $1.7 trillion reduction.  However, I'll do Joe a favor and give him the benefit of the doubt.  Perhaps he was referring to the deficit, not the debt.

The Editor says...
Don't ever give a proven habitual liar like Biden "the benefit of the doubt."

Biden wanders off during Medal of Honor ceremony.  Is there anyone less fit to be around men of authentic valor than cowardly, self-dealing Joe Biden?  Breaking all protocol as well as common decency, he wandered off the set during a Medal of Honor ceremony, leaving the honoree, Capt. Larry L. Taylor, awkwardly on the podium alone.

House Finds 'Evidence of Collusion' Between Biden's VP Office and Hunter's Business Partners.  House Republicans are noting apparent "collusion" between Hunter Biden's business allies and then-Vice President Joe Biden's office regarding the handling of messaging about Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, and citing a key date for evidence.  Records obtained by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee show that on Dec. 4, 2015, a Biden family business associate suggested talking points to the vice president's office about Burisma.  That same day, Hunter Biden "called D.C." (an allusion to his father) to discuss the growing corruption investigation into the Ukrainian firm, according to testimony from a separate business partner.  House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., wrote Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan on Wednesday to request records of communications between Biden's vice presidential office and Hunter Biden or his business associates.

Who could forget Carlos Danger and Pierre Delecto?
Obama, Clinton and Biden ALL used secret, fake-name email accounts to hide their actions.  I am surprised that anyone is surprised that, as vice president in the Obama administration, Joe Biden used email accounts under fake names to loop his son Hunter into official US government business.  This is how the Obama administration rolled.  When high officials were involved in a dodgy activity they wanted to shield from public disclosure laws, they frequently used pseudonymous email accounts.  That included President Barack Obama himself.  As I argued at the time, one of the main reasons the Obama Justice Department whitewashed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's criminally negligent mishandling of classified information, through the lawless homebrew server system she set up for doing official government business, is that Obama was implicated.  He knew that she was using a non-government communications channel because, numerous times, she used it to correspond with him.

House Oversight Subpoenas Mayorkas, Secret Service For Allegedly Tipping Off Biden Team About Hunter Interview.  The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secret Service for documents and testimony related to allegations the Secret Service tipped off Joe Biden's 2020 presidential transition team to investigators' plans to interview Hunter Biden.  House Oversight subpoenaed DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for documents and three DHS employees for depositions before the Committee.  The committee also subpoenaed two Secret Service officials for depositions related to testimony from two IRS whistleblowers and a former FBI agent, alleging Secret Service agents tipped off the Biden transition team in December 2020 regarding an upcoming Hunter Biden interview.

Biden's brain, mind, behavior, and character.  [Scroll down]  At times, President Biden struggles with working memory and clarity of focus when answering reporters' spontaneous questions, particularly when more than one question is asked or the answer has several parts.  Biden often seems rigid, angry, and confused during and after his teleprompter speeches.  He often turns his back on reporters and seems irritated at their questions.  This pattern can occur in early stages of dementia and could be dangerous for national security.  Biden, even years before his brain surgeries, had shown perturbations of character involving prevarications.  He once bragged that he had a full scholarship to Syracuse law school and came in the top in his class.  Both were lies.  Biden has said he drove an eighteen-wheeler truck, which is not true.  Biden once claimed he was arrested for demonstrating with Nelson Mandela, which was untrue.  During an earlier presidential campaign, Biden was caught plagiarizing political speech material.  Such plagiarism was one factor in decreased funding for his presidential campaign and his dropping out of that earlier presidential campaign.

Joe Biden, forever stupid.  You can tell a lot about a man once you learn what he fears most, and with Franklin Foer's recent expose of White House doings, Joe Biden's biggest insecurity seems to be his fear of "being perceived as stupid." [...] Stupidity is the most obvious thing about him, starting from the day he got "elected."  We all know it wasn't his brains he got elected on.  Just ask one of those truck drivers moving ballots from state to state for counting.  Beyond that, his dealings with Hunter Biden and his other family members, a long-festering corruption splaying from China to Ukraine to various domestic matters, is rather famous for its stupidity as well as its corruption:  It's always getting leaked out.  Most mafia-type crooks know how to hide their corruption better than Joe Biden does.  Biden lets it all hang, or rather, dribble, out, even as he belatedly tries to cover it up.  From abandoned laptops and diaries, to the proliferation of whistleblowers and angry business partners, to easily detected pseudonym correspondence, to cunning oligarchs with tape recorders, to troves of stashed classifed documents, he's always scrambling, which pretty well tells us that Biden's not too intelligent even at self-preserving corruption.

Is America Under the Thumb of a Shadow President?  [Scroll down]  I don't think the Obamas are pulling any strings; they seem to be enjoying their relaxed post-presidency years too much, with Barack raking in huge speaking fees in between relaxing at one of their many luxurious homes.  Why, with all that, would you want to be bothered with propping up old Joe Biden, especially since there seems to be little love lost between current and former President?  With all of the available evidence in hand, though, I think I have a fairly good idea of who is playing Edith Wilson to Joe Biden's Woodrow:  None other than the First Lady, "Dr." Jill Biden. [...] Jill Biden is clearly the most likely candidate.  Why?  The Biden Administration's clear and present ineptitude.  "Dr." Biden has never shown any particular competence, even in her supposedly chosen field.  That explains volumes about this Dunning-Kruger presidency; the person who is supposed to be in charge doesn't know what's going on, and the person who is actually in charge doesn't know what she's doing.

Uh-oh.  NOW who's the acting president?
White House:  Vaccinated Dr. Jill Biden Stricken with COVID, President Tests Negative.  First Lady Jill Biden has been diagnosed with COVID, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr., tested negative, according to statements Monday evening issued from the White House.  "This evening, the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19.  She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms.  She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware," said the First Lady's communications director Elizabeth Alexander in a statement posted on the WH website.

Jill Biden tests Positive for COVID with 'mild symptoms' and will remain at Rehoboth Beach home.  First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for coronavirus, her office confirmed on Monday night, as the White House said Joe Biden has tested negative.  The 72-year-old is 'experiencing only mild symptoms' and will remain at the couple's home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a statement said.  Meanwhile the White House said the president has, so far, tested negative for COVID, as cases of the virus are on the rise again globally.

The Editor says...
The occupants of the White House are presumably some of the most "vaccinated" and carefully-protected people in the world.  So there are really only two explanations for this story:  [#1] The COVID shots and masks don't work, or [#2] Jill Biden doesn't really have COVID, and the whole story is an infomercial for the return of masks and lockdowns.

Ex-FBI Agent Reveals the Top Brass' Unusual Order Regarding Hunter Biden.  Many factors were at play regarding why the Hunter Biden bribery scandal was buried for so long.  The media didn't care.  The political class and their allies interfered in the investigations into the president's son, which kept the story hidden.  And half the country was duped into thinking this was a Russian disinformation operation launched during the final weeks of the 2020 election.  It took a Republican takeover of the House to bring these details to light, which has triggered an avalanche of corroborating testimony and related evidence that the Biden family are a bunch of crooks, selling access to government officials for a price and funneling that cash through shell companies.  Over 170 suspicious activity reports from six banks point to something felonious, with Hunter banking $20 million from central Asian oligarchs.  Unsurprisingly, the Bidens dealt with figures whose interests were not aligned with that of the United States.  The 'veneer of access' talking point Democrats tried to sell died on impact:  there is no veneer if tens of millions are being transferred.  Hunter had the access — hence the price.

Biden Bizarrely Says He Has 'No Home to Go to' - Claims He's Not Vacationing at the Beach.  President Joe Biden told reporters Sunday that he had "no home to go to," citing that as the reason he was spending another night at his vacation house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  Biden seemed a little defensive about his presence at the popular seaside destination, particularly following criticism he received for sunning on the beach in Delaware in the immediate aftermath of the deadly Maui wildfires.  "By the way, the reason I'm here today, just for one day — I know you think I'm on vacation, I'm not.  I have no home to go to," Biden told reporters, apparently unprompted, Sunday after attending Mass at St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach.

Biden Laments 'I Can't Go Home Home' While Enjoying Rehoboth Beach.  President Joe Biden is a man of many houses but just one home, it seems.  He made that clear Sunday when he told the press in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, he was not on vacation even as he enjoyed a sun, surf, and sand escape.  The admission came after he went to Mass locally at St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church.  "I have no home to go to," lamented Biden, who lives at the White House weekdays and spends most weekends escaping to the delights of Delaware, where he has not one but two residences.

Party!  Party!  Congress is the only place in the federal government where an opposition party has the authority to direct events.  Mr. Comer who chairs the House Oversight Committee has assembled enough evidence of bribery and treason for Speaker Kevin McCarthy to commence an impeachment inquiry right away into the conduct of President "Joe Biden."  I've used quotation marks around Mr. Biden's name since he ascended magically to this office in 2021 because it is obvious that he is only pretending to run the executive branch, and has been since day one on January 20, 2021.  His March 5, 2020, Super Tuesday victories, after a drubbing in the Iowa Caucuses (4th place) and New Hampshire primary (5th place), had an odor of supernatural contrivance.  His campaign from "the basement" was a joke, and it's still entirely possible, despite three years of massive gaslighting, that his victory in the 2020 election was a fraud.

What the Left Did to Our Country.  Covid had allowed the unwell Biden to run a surrogate campaign from his basement as he outsourced his politicking to a corrupt media.  Senility proved a godsend for Biden.  His cognitive disabilities masked his newfound radicalism and long-accustomed incompetence.  Unlike his past failed campaigns, the lockdowns allowed Biden to be rarely seen or heard — and thus as much liked in the abstract as he had previously been disliked in the concrete.  His handlers, the Obamas, and the Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren radical Democrats, saw Biden's half-century pretense as a gladhander — good ole Joe Biden from Scranton — as the perfect delivery system to funnel their own otherwise-unpopular leftwing agendas.  In sum, via the listless Biden, they sought to change the very way America used to work.  And what a revolution Biden's puppeteers have unleashed in less than three years.

Even WaPo's 'Fact-Checker' Has Had Enough of Biden's Constant Lies.  Up to now, the Washington Post's resident "Fact-Checker" Glenn Kessler has been a loyal propagandist for the leftist establishment, never breaking character or giving any sign that he was interested in or even capable of independent thought.  Even Kessler, however, seems to have finally had enough of Old Joe Biden's constant lying.  On Thursday, Kessler made what for the WaPo amounted to a remarkable admission:  much of what Old Joe blathers on about is not "credible."  That's a polite way of saying that the faux president is a liar.  Yes, you knew that.  Everyone did.  But for the Washington Post, which has doggedly carried water for this disastrous regime even as it has driven America into a ditch, to admit it was momentous.  To be sure, Kessler never accuses Biden of lying outright, despite Old Joe's lengthy history of lies that goes all the way back to his plagiarism in law school.

Keywords:  Goldbrick, indolent, loafer, shiftless, torpid.
Joe Biden Has Spent 40 Percent of Presidency Away on Personal Trips.  President Joe Biden has spent 40 percent of his time as president on personal trips away from the White House, according to data calculated by the Republican National Committee.  The finding that Biden has spent 382 of his 957 days in the presidency away from the Oval Office was corroborated by the New York Post, using White House reports of Biden's movements.

Biden Meets with Paltry Crowd in Live Oak, Florida For His Cheap Photo-Op.  Joe and Jill Biden on Saturday reluctantly traveled to Live Oak, Florida to survey the damage from Hurricane Idalia.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis snubbed Biden and refused to meet up with him for his cheap photo-op.  Hurricane Idalia hit Florida's west coast earlier this week as a Category 3 storm.  Biden showed up in Florida for a quick photo-op after major backlash for ignoring the Maui wildfires as he enjoyed back-to-back vacations.

Cutting Through Biden's 'Illusions'.  Shokin is talkin,' and that could spell even more bad news for Joe Biden's stubborn insistence, in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary, that he had nothing to do with his son's slimy "business" activities. [...] The explanations Biden's apologists offer for the breathtaking corruption he and his family have clearly engaged in seem a lot like desperate pitches on behalf of an unsellable movie script; changing fiction offered in an attempt to address each freshly sprouting revelation of their surprisingly brazen bribery and political protection operation.  But despite laboring to appear unruffled, even contemptuous of investigators' discoveries, each newly-filled piece of the payoff puzzle puts in sharper focus Joe's betrayal of the multiple oaths of office he's taken over the course of his long public career.  Now his loyalists have seized upon something former Biden partner Devon Archer regurgitated to a House committee in his recent closed-door appearance.  Archer quite damagingly admitted that Joe had indeed spoken to Hunter's associates numerous times, and further revealed that Shokin's activities were seen as a threat to Burisma.  His mentioning of the Biden "brand" did no great help to their cause either.

Happenings Await.  "Joe Biden" has LARPed his way to the final act of his performance.  The evidence of his high crimes, and the covering-up of those high crimes by our lawless law officialdom, is piled high enough to eject him into the swales of infamy.  We know exactly how the Ukraine grift went down — the documentation is stark and florid — as is the rest of the family's bribery operations in other lands not necessarily friendly to our own land.  So, add treason to bribery and there you have the complete kit of perfidious treachery against the nation.  "Joe Biden" will be removed most likely by his own party before an impeachment inquiry can be launched in Congress.  Not even The New York Times and CNN would be able to ignore the horrific spectacle and the party's own minions might be shamed into learning how they were hosed for so many years.

New Emails Explain Why Burisma Offered Hunter Biden That Cushy Board Seat.  Hunter Biden's laptop is a treasure trove of potentially felonious activity.  It's a roadmap into the entire Biden operation concerning shady deals with corrupt oligarchs whose monies were funneled into shell companies owned by the family.  These proceeds soared into the millions of dollars, which explains the over 170 suspicious activity reports from six banks regarding the family's financial transactions.  Joe Biden's son raked in $20 million from these people — he still didn't know what was going on?  Any parent would know, and Hunter isn't one to keep his mouth shut about his lucrative exploits.  His ego wouldn't allow it.

Biden's Growing Feebleness Is Getting Harder for the Media to Cover Up.  The number one problem Joe Biden faces going into his re-election bid is the economy.  It stinks.  A majority of Americans think it stinks.  Almost every previous presidential election was based on the voter's perspective on the economy.  Ronald Reagan's question still haunts all incumbents:  "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?"  The pandemic and the economic fallout from business closings, supply chain disruptions, and $5.2 trillion in government spending — which led to a painful spike in inflation — have made the Reagan question somewhat irrelevant.  The economy has come roaring back to almost where Trump left it.  But people's perspective on the economy is still clouded.  That's why this election may very well be decided by other factors.

The Self-Mythification of Joe Biden.  Mr. Biden has been around the political arena since the mid-seventies and has a track record of mediocrity and of prevarication to suit his needs, but many Americans ignored his track record in 2020 because they didn't want Donald Trump to get another chance at making America great again.  The interesting aspect of Joe Biden's victory over Trump was that Americans were so steeped in their Progressive ideology (and hatred for Trump) that they knowingly chose a professional, self-serving, corrupt politician with a sub-stellar history to lead the country.  It was not a case of the blind leading the blind; it was the blind voting for a man they knew despised the blind!

James Comer: 'There Was Never Any Evidence' That Ukraine Prosecutor Biden Had Fired Was Corrupt.  Newly unearthed government documents from the Obama era thoroughly debunk Joe Biden's repeated claims that former Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin had to be fired because he was corrupt.  The memos reveal that Biden likely acted alone and counter to US policy when he threatened in December 2015 to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for Shokin's ouster.  "There was never any evidence that Shokin was corrupt," declared House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) Wednesday.  In fact, in the weeks leading up to Biden's December 2015 visit to Kyiv, multiple Obama officials said they were "impressed" with the "progress" Shokin's office had made in rooting out corruption.

Fresh Evidence Airs Hunter's Most Corrupt Laundry Yet.  Joe Biden maintains that he knew nothing of his son Hunter's business dealings.  That is becoming a harder line to believe, considering the testimony and evidence coming out.  It seems Biden and his son had a very close relationship while Joe was vice president.  Former colleagues even claim Hunter included his father on numerous business meetings via phone.  But it seems this mutual relationship when both ways.  Many Americans are troubled by the idea that Biden was using his influence as vice president to help his son.  But a new email reveals that was only the start of it.  It appears the shady, criminally-charged son was influencing Biden's vice presidency.

Report: Hunter Biden's Firm and Vice President Biden's Office Exchanged Over 1,000 Emails.  New records released by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) reveal that Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners, exchanged over 1,000 emails with the office of then-Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama Administration.  As the New York Post reports, the records were released by NARA on Wednesday after a request from the conservative legal advocacy group America First Legal (AFL).  At least 861 emails were sent or received by the Office of the Vice President during the period of time between January of 2011 and December of 2013, and over 200 more emails remain hidden due to the Biden White House citing executive privilege.  "Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and his advisors, or between such advisors," NARA claimed in its statement responding to AFL.

If Hunter Biden is not a public official, as we are so often reminded, why does he have executive privilege?
White House Asserts Executive Privilege over 200 Hunter, Joe Biden Records.  The White House asserted executive privilege over 200 records housed at the National Archives (NARA) concerning Hunter Biden's business interactions with the Office of the Vice President during the Obama administration, according to America First Legal (AFL) on Wednesday.  America First Legal launched a lawsuit to obtain records from NARA encompassing communications between January 2011 and December 2013 with the name of Hunter Biden's company, "Rosemont Seneca."

Hunter Biden Flew with Joe Biden on Numerous Air Force Two Flights to 13 Different Countries.  There has never been a more crooked family in politics than the Biden family.  Joe Biden flew his son Hunter Biden with him on Air Force 2 to thirteen different countries according to newly discovered records.  On several of these trips Hunter Biden was hidden from public view or was already waiting in the car before Joe Biden departed the plane.

America First Legal Has Over 1,000 E-Mails Between Joe Biden (as Vice President) and Rosemont Seneca.  Looks like Robert L. Peters or JRB Ware or Joe Biden or whatever name he goes by now is in deep shit.  The corrupt media can only ignore for so long over 1,000 e-mails between Biden (while he was Obama's VP) and Hunter Biden's shell company Rosemont Seneca.  [Tweet]

Americans are getting wise to Joe Biden's corruption — despite his media gatekeepers.  Almost half the country thinks Joe Biden is corrupt, according to a new YouGov poll.  While most Democrats are being ostriches, even 52% of independents don't believe the "Honest Joe" malarkey about the "poorest man in Congress" anymore.  Among Americans who voted for Biden in the 2020 election, a full 13% have been red-pilled.  They have eyes, and common sense, and somehow the avalanche of incriminating evidence spewing forth from the House Oversight Committee has managed to bypass the gatekeepers of the media and slowly permeate the public consciousness.  Once people with eyes and common sense see the evidence about the influence-peddling racket operated by Joe's son Hunter and brother Jim to make millions of dollars from shady characters in China, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, etc., while Joe was vice president, it is impossible not to grasp the corrupt nature of that business and Joe's role in it.

DOJ tells Jordan FBI subpoenas can't 'be enforced,' warns Hunter Biden inquiry 'ongoing'.  The Department of Justice informed the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday night that it would not cooperate with subpoenas for two FBI agents involved in the department's investigation of Hunter Biden because of the committee's stipulations for their depositions.  Carlos Uriarte, DOJ assistant attorney general, claimed in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner to committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) that his subpoenas to the two agents "lack legal effect and cannot constitutionally be enforced" because Jordan had prohibited DOJ lawyers at their depositions.

Bongino: Cocaine Left in Wh Wasn't an Accident, but a Delivery According to an 'Insider'.  Dan Bongino, a conservative talk show host, said he has received new information that makes it probable that the cocaine discovered in the White House in July was intended for a Biden family member.  The cocaine was discovered on July 2nd.  ABC reports that less than two weeks later, the Secret Service terminated its investigation without designating a suspect, stating there was insufficient evidence to prosecute anyone.  Sunday, Bongino provided a different perspective on the notion that the substance was connected to Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.  He began his account of a phone conversation with a "insider" by stating that the caller referred to the Biden family as "trash."

Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands Impeachment Inquiry to Uncover Joe Biden's 5K Alias Emails.  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is "outraged" about Republicans' failure to immediately open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden following the revelation that the National Archives (NARA) possesses about 5,400 emails and records pertaining to Biden's email aliases.  "I'm frankly very angry that we haven't done it yet," Greene said about a potential inquiry.  "And it better happen when we get back into session.  I want it the first week."  Joe Biden's email aliases — "Robert Peters," "Robin Ware," and "JRB Ware" — were used to share government information and discuss business with Hunter Biden and associates, according to the Southeastern Legal Foundation, which filed a lawsuit to compel the agency to turn over the emails.

Top House GOP chairmen launch probe into Hunter Biden special counsel appointment.  House Republicans are extending an investigation into Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment of Special Counsel David Weiss to oversee Hunter Biden's federal case.  A joint letter sent by the chairmen of the Oversight, Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees said Weiss's elevation from Delaware U.S. Attorney to special counsel "raises numerous concerns," claiming it undercuts Garland and Weiss's previous insistence that the prosecutor was already operating independently without political pressure.  "Given the extremely serious nature of these issues, the Committees expect unfettered cooperation with our oversight from both you and the Department," the letter said.

Using the Dictator's — and the Mafia's — Playbook.  The most egregious example of the Dem's control of institutions is the Hunter Biden laptop affair.  Hunter's laptop has been in FBI custody since November 2019.  It contains tens of thousands of emails, videos, bank records, documents, etc. that prove Joe Biden and the Dems took bribes and acted as foreign agents working against the United States.  Immediately after the NY Post published an article (October 2020) about Hunter's laptop, 51 intelligence experts claimed it was Russian disinformation.  Those 51 experts lied, as did Big Tech, Big Media, and every Democrat.  Hunter's laptop is real, and was authenticated by the FBI in 2019.  The laptop proves Joe's bribery guilt.  Despite the FBI having the laptop, they refuse to investigate, the DoJ refuses to prosecute, and the media refuses to report — absolute proof that the Dems control every power institution.

National Archives reveals it has 5,400 Biden emails in which the president potentially used Fake Names to forward government information.  President Joe Biden may have used pseudonyms in nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents when he was vice president, a bombshell letter from the National Archives and Records Administration reveals.  The trove of communications was confirmed after the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for emails connected to aliases allegedly used by Biden, including Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters, and JRB Ware.  Republicans have been demanding the release of the emails they say could show Biden used the names to discuss foreign business with his son and share information on countries where he was doing deals.

The Latest Juicy Nugget in the Biden Bribery Scandal.  The evidence that Hunter Biden was selling influence with his father's full knowledge and participation is already quite substantial. [...] As we know from Archer's testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Burisma's leadership called on Hunter Biden, who was sitting on the Burisma board at the time while earning $1 million a year, to help the company, which was under investigation.  A call to Washington, D.C., was made two days before Joe Biden visited Kyiv, Ukraine, in December 2015 to request that the Obama-Biden administration do what they can to get Shokin fired.  Shokin was ultimately fired due to Biden using a $1 billion loan to Ukraine as leverage, under the pretext that Shokin was not doing enough root out corruption.  However, a Department of Justice memo from shortly before Biden's visit indicated that the position of the Obama-Biden administration was that Ukraine had made sufficient progress implementing anti-corruption reforms and deserved the loan — proving that Joe Biden was acting in his own personal interests, not that of the administration.  So, what did Devon Archer and John Kerry discuss?

Joe Biden sent at least 5,400 pseudonymous emails as VP.  [T]he National Archives and Records Administration is in possession of as many as 5,400 email messages involving Joe Biden where he used one of at least three pseudonyms, many discussing official government business.  And, of course, plenty of them were sent to or copied to First Son Hunter.  You know, the guy that he never spoke to about his foreign business dealings.  And now a constitutional legal group has filed a lawsuit seeking to force the National Archives to turn them all over.  Why a lawsuit would be required has yet to be made clear, particularly since they are obligated to provide nonclassified government records upon request.

Law Group Sues National Archives Demanding Federal Agency Turn Over 5,400 Biden Pseudonym Emails.  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is being sued to turn over approximately 5,400 emails connected to then-Vice President Joe Biden's pseudonym accounts to forward government information and business with his son, Hunter Biden, and others.  Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) filed a federal lawsuit against the agency on Monday after NARA officials confirmed with other sources that Biden used three personal pseudonym email accounts under the names Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters, and JRB Ware but has since "dragged its feet and still has not produced a single email," the law group said in a news release.  "All too often, public officials abuse their power by using it for their personal or political benefit," Kimberly Hermann, general counsel for the legal foundation, said.  "When they do, many seek to hide it.  The only way to preserve governmental integrity is for NARA to release Biden's nearly 5,400 emails to SLF and thus the public.  The American public deserves to know what is in them."  The group identified thousands of potentially responsive records from NARA after submitting a Freedom of Information Act request in June in its latest effort to investigate allegations that Biden communicated with Hunter regarding his foreign business dealings dating back to 2017.

Emails Show David Weiss Collaborated with DOJ to 'Subvert' House Probe into Hunter Biden Case.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened on behalf of Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to respond to congressional inquiries related to its probe into the Biden family business, emails unearthed from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show.  The collaboration raises questions about if Weiss' responses to congressional investigators were under the direction of the DOJ and if Weiss and the DOJ colluded to mislead Congress.

Two Presidents, Two Disasters, Two Narratives.  [Scroll down]  Flash forward from 2005 to 2023, with another disaster in a different state, this one being a raging wildfire in Maui, Hawaii.  Leaving aside all the oddities of the fire and circumstances, and the inept government response, focus on today's president, how he reacted to the disaster and how the media reported on everything.  Lahaina was engulfed in flames on August 8, after a series of smaller wildfires on Maui, driven by high winds from passing Hurricane Dora.  Not only did President Biden not do a flyover, he went on vacation and had nothing to say about the Maui inferno.  Compassionate Joe, a week after the Maui fire asked, "Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border." That's on top of the $100+ billion already spent on Ukraine waging a fruitless and losing proxy war against Russia.  What did Maui residents get, other than a "no comment"?

Save the Rule of Law By Destroying It?  We are witnessing the daily deterioration of President Biden to the point that caricature and jokes about his senility are no longer funny.  He is not just an embarrassment but becoming an existential danger to the country.  Does anyone believe that in a national crisis over Taiwan or nuclear escalation in Ukraine, Joe Biden would or could make the final decision?  Biden cannot finish a teleprompter sentence without slurring his words, losing his place, or screaming and whispering in incoherent fashion.  If that is his public persona, what he is like in private sessions of governance?  He spontaneously both shouts angrily and creepily whispers for effect.  Moving a lightweight aluminum beach chair becomes a Herculean task.  In almost every impromptu speech Biden flat-out lies or spins self-serving autobiographical fantasies — often in the midst of foreign dignitaries, grieving families, and refugees from devastating natural disasters.  Biden often does not know where he is on stage or where he is to enter or exit.  He is one fall from oblivion.  Not since Woodrow Wilson's final year in office, has any president simply been unable to fulfill his duties, both physically and cognitively. [...] Yet there has been almost no serious speculation in Congress or among the cabinet about invoking the 25th Amendment.  This silence is doubly strange given the Left's former fixation between 2017-21 with removing Trump by any means possible — including invoking the 25th Amendment.

We Have Another Development in the Hunter Biden Bribery Saga.  Sarah wrote about Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin breaking his silence about his dismissal from his post that he alleges was over his investigation into Burisma, which has sparked allegations that Biden family corruption played a part in his firing.  Hunter Biden and his associate, Devon Archer, had cushy positions on the Ukrainian energy company's corporate board.  Hunter was paid $50,000/month, the fee top Burisma executives paid for access to top American officials.  Then-Vice President Joe Biden boasted about how he got Shokin fired by threatening to withhold aid to the country.  It comes back to the FD-1023 report from the FBI, where the bureau's confidential informant claimed that Joe and Hunter were paid $10 million in bribes by Burisma officials.  In return, the Bidens get rich, and Burisma gets a legal shield.  The latest development on those allegations is that Archer met with then-Secretary of State John Kerry weeks before Shokin was given the axe.

Yes, when I think back about 9/11/2001, the first place that comes to mind is Alaska.
Biden will observe 9/11 in Alaska instead of the traditional NYC, Virginia or Pennsylvania events.  President Joe Biden will observe next month's 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil at an Alaska military base with service members and their families, the White House announced.  Biden will not participate in any of the observances at 9/11 memorial sites in New York City, Virginia or Pennsylvania.  Instead, the president will stop in Alaska for a Sept. 11 observance at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on his way back to Washington after a trip to Asia.

Spoiler:  Yes.
Is Joe Biden the Worst President in History?  Is Joe Biden the worst, the most depraved, blundering, and corrupt president in American history, as many have now come to believe?  Victor Davis Hanson refers to the Biden clan as "likely the most corrupt presidential family in American history." Vito Corleone was a Boy Scout compared to Joe Biden.  Indeed, Biden is so unprincipled and degenerate a specimen of humanity as to seem almost fictional, a Manchurian president intent on humiliating, perverting, and ultimately bringing down the country he is sworn to honor and represent.  There is considerable consensus on this account.

Barack Obama the Vindictive Enforcer.  [Scroll down]  Let's face it: it is highly unlikely Joe Biden came up with the idea to cut open Trump's border wall in Arizona.  Nor is it likely that the guy who couldn't find his way to a podium accomplished the goal of abandoning U.S. soldiers Benghazi-style or haphazardly arming the Taliban with billions of dollars in military war weaponry.  Every policy decision, from the diminishing supply chain to destroying energy independence to the economic crippling of the middle class to the devastating invasion at the border to the vaccine mandates, hints at the forced exoneration of Obama's hurt feelings — on steroids.  Then add to the equation the travelers aboard Biden's clown car, which include Giggles Harris, Sniffles Hunter, and the esteemed Dr. Jill.  And if that motley crew being within a mile of the nuclear codes isn't scary enough, what's even more disturbing is how everyone who dared question the 2020 election is being tarred; feathered; disgraced, and primed for political, professional, and in Trump's case literal gallows.

Former top Ukraine prosecutor comes out swinging against Joe and Hunter Biden.  In an exclusive interview with Fox News, former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin detailed the involvement he believed President Biden, the then-vice president, played in his firing and how it involved Hunter Biden's business dealings.  During the interview with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade, Shokin said he was ousted in 2016 because he was investigating Burisma, the Ukrainian natural gas company where Hunter Biden served on the board.  Shokin also claimed that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted bribes in the case, and that the then-vice president ultimately hurt America's reputation and created the groundwork for Russia to invade Ukraine.

Hunter Biden Has Moved Into a Malibu Home That Costs $15,800 Per Month.  While Democrats and the media are giddy over Trump being treated like a common criminal, President Biden's son Hunter has been moved into a Malibu home that costs a stunning $15,800 per month.  Hunter's taxpayer funded Secret Service detail is living in a nearby home with a similar price tag.  Hunter must be selling a lot of those high-priced paintings these days.

Miranda Devine finds Hunter Biden's new Malibu pad a bit pricey 'for 2 people without jobs'.  By many accounts, Hunter Biden had been living in the White House for quite some time and enjoying some travels on Air Force One.  Ah, the perks of being close to the "Big Guy"!  However, Miranda Devine spotted a story about the president's son, who is supposedly being investigated by a special counsel, and his fancy new digs:  [Tweet]  Has Hunter been moving some more of his finger paintings for big bucks to "friends"?  [Tweet]  The Daily Mail has more about the one-year rental as well as the one across the street that taxpayers are picking up the tab for: [...] According to the story the house is in a gated community, because for Democrats "walls don't work" for you or the national border but they definitely work for them.

Imagine Joe Biden's grate takes on great tragedies.  A wildfire on Maui this month burned down an entire town.  It was because the local electric company spent far more money pandering to the Greens than on making their power lines safe.  And because the local water czar refused to divert water to firefighters because "water equity."  It left over a hundred people dead and hundreds more still missing.  Joe Biden's comment was "No comment."  After all, he was on vacation — as he is 40% of the time — from the rigors of his usual vacation in the White House.

Joe Biden's got many aliases. The big question is why.  Robert L. Peters is a man with many names.  "Celtic."  "The Big Guy."  According to congressional investigators, most citizens know him as "President Joe Biden."  Aliases are tricky things.  They are sometimes innocent or essential like the code name that the Secret Service gives you as part of your protection like "Celtic."  Then there are nicknames that are preferred to your given name.  Take "The Big Lebowski."  He did not like being called Mr. Lebowski and preferred "Dude" but he was flexible:  "I'm The Dude.  So, that's what you call me.  You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or, uh, Duder, or, you know, El Duderino.  If you're not into the whole brevity thing."  It appears that Biden also preferred on occasion not to be called "Mr. Biden."  The question is why and whether Mr. Peters is more Big Lebowski or Big Guy.

Former Mob Boss Sheds Light on Biden Family Corruption.  Former mobster Michael Franzese, 72, operated for many years as a caporegime in the Colombo crime family.  He joined Fox News' Jesse Watters on Thursday night to discuss the striking similarities between the Biden family's alleged money laundering operation and his own experiences.  (How much longer must we preface every mention of the Biden family's activities with the word "alleged"?)  Franzese funneled money through a series of 18 shell corporations.  He told Watters that these companies consisted only of a bank account through which funds could be laundered.  Like the Biden family's shell corporations, these businesses "had no brick and mortar office[s], we had no employees, we had no product that we were selling."  They were set up for the sole purpose of obfuscation.

Biden Suddenly Extends His Vacation, Leaving the WNBA Champs Hanging and Questions Abounding.  If members of the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces were excited to meet Joe Biden and the First Lady on Friday, they were left disappointed.  According to Peter Doocy, the president suddenly extended his vacation in Lake Tahoe, choosing to instead send in the B-team of Kamala Harris and her husband to facilitate the White House event.  Far be it from me to defend the terrible sports product that is the WNBA, but it seems pretty disrespectful for the Bidens to decide at the last minute that they had better things to do than to show up for an event that was planned months ago.

Unreasonable flight restrictions over presidential vacation spots.  A security alert that was issued yesterday didn't really draw much media attention, which is understandable since not all that much unusual activity took place.  But it's still worth a look because it highlights a disturbing trend that we've been witnessing for nearly two years now.  The event in question involved an incursion into restricted airspace by a small, civilian plane over Lake Tahoe in California Friday morning.  Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled in response, along with a Coast Guard helicopter.  Flares were fired in the vicinity of the small plane.  So why was the airspace restricted?  Because Joe Biden and his family were still vacationing there, of course.

The Biden Clan's Con Is Coming to an End.  Despite years of Biden family and media disinformation, we are finally learning that Joe Biden really did fire Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin for looking into state corruption involving the oil company Burisma and Hunter Biden — and ultimately Joe Biden himself.  As Vice President, Biden, in his own words, bragged that he had threatened to cancel the deliverance of American foreign aid to Ukraine unless Shokin was dismissed.  So what is the Congress to do now — un-impeach and exonerate an innocent impeached Donald Trump, and instead impeach a guilty Biden for essentially the same allegations?  After all, the Left redefined the impeachment bar in 2019 as leveraging foreign aid to Ukraine to benefit one's political career.  And that is exactly what Joe Biden did to ensure his son could continue to raise millions for the Biden family with foreign governments, while being shielded from political consequences.

Why the House Has No Alternative to an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden.  When Congress returns next month, it has little alternative but to launch a long-discussed impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.  For House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the case for an inquiry came from a most unlikely source:  Attorney General Merrick Garland.  The debacle in the Hunter Biden investigation has left most objective legal analysts in disbelief, with one CNN analyst calling it an "unholy mess."  Even before the collapse of a widely condemned "sweetheart deal" with Hunter, the investigation headed by U.S. Attorney David Weiss was a growing concern for many observers.  In prior years, I wrote about Garland's refusal to appoint a special counsel despite the obvious conflicts posed by the potential involvement of President Biden in his son's alleged influence-peddling scandal.  I also raised the problem of an investigation that remained ongoing for years as the statute of limitations expired on major potential crimes.

Media hides it but Bidens are in big trouble.  Seems the "nothingburger," as the progressive press likes to call the Hunter Biden saga, is turning into a Whopper.  The latest:  Hunter's lawyers threatened to put President Biden on the stand if Hunter were to be charged.  "President Biden now unquestionably would be a fact witness for the defense in any criminal trial," lawyer Chris Clark wrote in a 32-page letter obtained by Politico.  Hunter faced possible gun charges for buying a weapon as a drug user.  What was Joe Biden going to testify?  Stand up for his son and say the prosecution violated the Second Amendment?  The same president who is shutting down hundreds of gun dealers?  Or wait, maybe Joe was going to testify that Hunter didn't need to pay taxes on all his earnings because much of the money was going to benefit Joe and family.  Perhaps he would have a defense for the Foreign Agents Registration Act.  But we thought that Joe knew nothing about his son's businesses.  How useful a witness could he be?

The Editor says...
Yes, by all means, put Joe Biden on the witness stand and see if he can stay awake for ten minutes and refrain from making some incriminating admission.  I'd like to see that.

President Biden's Dementia.  Has President Biden become so senile that he is now longer qualified to be commander-in-chief?  The outward signs of dementia are everywhere.  He often appears confused, unsure of his next move, and unable to remember his speech.  Key political terms such as the "national debt" are improperly used, while his memory lapses include falsely claiming to have observed an event or declaring a climate emergency.  Even the Washington Post has raised serious doubts about the president's mental acuity.  Off-the-cuff remarks sometimes make no sense whatsoever.  Such incidents have become commonplace and cannot be explained by slips of the tongue or fatigue.  Nevertheless, the outward signs of dementia — confused mumbling, forgetfulness and the like — do not necessarily prove incompetence.

The right time to dump Biden is approaching.  This is one indication:
WaPo columnist changes his mind, calls for Joe Biden to be fully investigated over Hunter's business dealings.  President Biden involvement in his son Hunter's business dealings "deserves a serious investigation," Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen wrote on Tuesday.  In his latest column, Olsen wrote that he originally "long dismissed" stories regarding Hunter Biden, but "recent revelations" changed his mind.  "There's more than enough evidence to merit a thorough investigation of President Biden's involvement in his son's business dealings," Olsen argued.  Olsen shared that recent testimony from former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer as well as claims that Biden used different aliases while dealing with Ukrainian policy merits some suspicion.  Though these allegations don't prove that the president did anything illegal, he noted these claims suggest Biden "was aware of Hunter's dealings and wanted to keep his son in the loop."

Impeachment reimagined: a new approach to addressing Biden's corruption.  Let's be clear, Joe Biden deserves to be impeached.  There is more than enough evidence that he was involved in a pay-for-play influence peddling scheme, that he lied about it, and that he involved high ranking government officials to cover it up.  But let's also acknowledge that we live in the real world, and expecting the GOP to do the right thing is more often than not a fool's errand.  And, to be fair to them, even if they were to impeach Biden there is virtually no chance he would be convicted in the Senate and, if he were, Kamala Harris would be elevated to the presidency, which somehow may result in an even worse situation for the country.

Kevin McCarthy Threatens Impeachment Inquiry If DOJ Uses Special Counsel To Stonewall House Probe Into Bidens.  The House Oversight Committee released bank records Aug. 9 showing that Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina, who was married to Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov until his death in 2019.  The House Oversight Committee identified roughly $20 million in payments to the Biden family.  "We wanted to have a special prosecutor back in February but we were told by Garland that there was no need for one," McCarthy said. "David Weiss told us he could do it if he wanted, but what he told us privately with the IRS agents and what he told publicly along with the attorney general Garland, somebody is lying in this process and the only thing I realize here is the only stories that have not changed are the whistleblowers from the IRS.  Their story has held up time and again."

What are the types of political fraud?  In an era of quite a few political lies, deceptions, and misinformation, it is reasonable to ask oneself, what constitutes political fraud?  Political fraud refers to deceptive or dishonest actions carried out within the context of politics, often with the intent to manipulate elections, public opinion, or government processes for personal or partisan gain.  What follows are examples of political fraud.

The Editor says...
Clip and save the article above.  It's a good description of everything Joe Biden is accused of.

Everyone Knows Why Joe Biden Used A Pseudonym:  Corruption.  Late last week, the House Oversight Committee asked the National Archives for unredacted communications involving three pseudonyms Joe Biden apparently used during his vice presidency:  Robert Peters, Robin Ware, and JRB Ware.  That's right, Biden used pseudonyms when he was vice president.  Among the documents committee Chairman James Comer is requesting from the National Archives is an email sent to a "Robert Peters" — that is, Biden — with the subject line "Friday Schedule Card," which included an attachment that had details about a scheduled phone call between then-Vice President Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in May 2016. The only person copied on the email was Hunter Biden.  Isn't that interesting?  Why would Biden use an alias to convey this information to his son?  And why, if there was "an absolute wall" between Hunter's foreign business schemes and his father's duties as vice president (as Biden has repeatedly claimed), would he have told his son about a phone call with the Ukrainian president?

Regime Media Launder Dirty Details Of Hunter Biden's Plea Deal And His Dad's Filthy DOJ.  The recently imploded sweetheart plea deal for Hunter Biden was even more sugar-infused than previously known, weekend stories by Politico and The New York Times revealed.  But rather than condemn the Department of Justice for interjecting itself in the case against the president's son to pressure Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to end the investigation, the lengthy articles by Politico and the Times attempted to spin that fact and many more as evidence that Hunter Biden was being unfairly targeted.  The narrative, however, just won't fly.  Instead, it exposes more troubling details and provides further proof the House of Representatives needs to open impeachment inquiries against President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney Weiss (and possibly the D.C. and California U.S. attorneys), and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

New memos undercut Biden-Ukraine narrative Democrats sold during 2019 impeachment scandal.  Just weeks before then-Vice President Joe Biden took the opposite action in late 2015, a task force of State, Treasury and Justice Department officials declared that Ukraine had made adequate progress on anti-corruption reforms and deserved a new $1 billion U.S. loan guarantee, according to government memos that conflict with the narrative Democrats have sustained since the 2019 impeachment scandal.  "Ukraine has made sufficient progress on its reform agenda to justify a third guarantee," reads an Oct. 1, 2015, memo summarizing the recommendation of the Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) — a task force created to advise the Obama White House on whether Ukraine was cleaning up its endemic corruption and deserved more Western foreign aid.

Hunter Biden document dump over the weekend.  If you have been following the Hunter Biden legal case over the past thousand years or so, this weekend's revelations should interest you. [...] I would speculate that they were leaked by Hunter's team for their own reasons. [...] Biden's attorneys wanted an ironclad deal in writing to ensure no future prosecution, which eventually led to the current mess everybody has found themselves in.  Weiss was prepared to drop the matter entirely, but when the IRS whistleblowers came forward he decided he needed some face-saving plea from Biden.  With such explosive charges on the table, he needed to at least give Hunter a haircut.

The rest of them are okay with it.
Half of Dems Want Biden Gone If Bribery Charges Are True.  Congressional investigators claim to have strong evidence that President Joe Biden and his family received a staggering $20 million or more in payments from foreign sources while he served as vice president under Barack Obama.  If proven true, two-thirds of Americans say that Biden should either resign or be impeached, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll indicates.  The accusation of possible bribery is serious.  And a key House investigative panel says it has evidence, mostly bank statements, to back up claims that Biden took money from oligarchs in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.  "The tally of foreign money to the Biden family has hit at least $20 million, based on the third round of bank records the House Oversight and Accountability Committee released Wednesday — pointing to millions from oligarchs from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine," reported the Daily Signal.

Delaware prosecutor Alexander Mackler was so chummy with president he used his secret email address.  A Delaware prosecutor who worked in the office that is now prosecuting Hunter Biden sent messages to a secret email address that Hunter's father Joe had set up for himself, laptop records show.  Alexander Mackler, 40, is a Biden family friend and worked as a prosecutor in the Delaware US Attorney's office from August 2016 through May 2019 — when the office's probe into Hunter's shady overseas dealings was already underway.  Congress is demanding records from the Biden administration on Joe's use of personal email addresses to conduct government business, after communications on Hunter's laptop show the president used at least four aliases, with fake names including 'Robert L Peters' and 'Robin Ware'.

It's shocking that prosecutors were willing to let Hunter Biden off scot free.  [Thread reader]  But piecing together the two stories with what we already know, they raise even more alarm bells about how this case was handled.  First, almost as soon as the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office endorsed the conclusions below in Feb. 2022 (three felony tax violations and misdemeanors for 2015-2019), Hunter Biden's attorneys were working the refs behind the scene to prevent charges being brought.  The Politico article doesn't reference the fact that the case had been presented to U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matt Graves in Mar. 2022 -- or that the same day Hunter's team was meeting with prosecutors (April 26, 2022), Attorney General Merrick Garland was on Capitol Hill testifying before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that because the investigation is under USA Weiss, "There will not be interference of any political or improper kind."  Hunter's attorneys were meeting with prosecutors from both Weiss's office *and* DOJ's Tax Division, because the Tax Division held the keys to whether Weiss's office would have freedom to pursue the charges or not.  DOJ Tax could deny Weiss's ability to bring charges.

NYT: DOJ Planned to Let Hunter Biden Off the Hook Until Whistleblowers Emerged.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) planned to let Hunter Biden off the hook without charges until two whistleblowers came forward to expose political interference in the investigation, despite the claims of Attorney General Merrick Garland.  The New York Times exposed the inside dealings of Hunter Biden's attorneys with senior officials at DOJ, who had constrained U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss even as Garland was testifying to Congress that Weiss had full authority to act in the case.

Bombshell Reports:  Weiss Was Preparing to Let Hunter Biden Walk With No Charges, Until This Happened.  The New York Times and Politico published a pair of lengthy stories detailing the collapse of Hunter Biden's plea deal over the weekend, and they're packed with extraordinary details.  It seems likely that members of the president's son's legal team acted as sources for both pieces — which offer a series of jaw-dropping claims about what was happening behind the scenes before the wrist-slap agreement disintegrated in open court, as the result of a simple question from the presiding judge. [...] Communications records indicate Weiss was preparing to close his years-long investigation, during which he'd inexplicably allowed statues of limitations to expire on what people familiar with the probe say were clear-cut felonies, to end without so much as a single guilty plea from Hunter Biden.  On anything.  He would have faced no justice on his tax evasion crimes, or the open-and-shut gun felony, or any possible FARA violations and other illegal activity that may have arisen over the course of the process.  A total walk.  Only when IRS agents blew the whistle on how the investigation was being handled, alleging special treatment and improper interference, did Weiss "suddenly" decide that some sort of guilty plea would be required.

Then-VP Joe Biden used PSEUDONYM 'Robert L. Peters' in emails to Hunter about Ukraine business.  Republicans are seeking records revealing Joe Biden's use of pseudonyms to discuss his activities related to Ukraine with his son Hunter during his time as vice president.  They specifically want an un-redacted document that indicates that then-Vice President Biden took a call with the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, on May 27, 2016.  Republicans say the document was emailed to 'Robert L. Peters' which is 'a pseudonym' the House Oversight Committee has 'identified as then Vice-President Biden,' a letter obtained by DailyMail.com states.

Joe Biden Had a Pseudonym Email Account He Communicated With Hunter on?  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is calling on the National Archives and Records Administration to turn over documents related to then Vice President Joe Biden's work in Ukraine while his son, Hunter Biden, was getting paid $80,000 per month by notoriously corrupt Ukrainian gas company Burisma.  "Joe Biden has stated there was 'an absolute wall' between his family's foreign business schemes and his duties as Vice President, but evidence reveals that access was wide open for his family's influence peddling.  We already have evidence of then-Vice President Biden speaking, dining, and having coffee with his son's foreign business associates.  We also know that Hunter Biden and his associates were informed of then-Vice President Biden's official government duties in countries where they had a financial interest.  The National Archives must provide these unredacted records to further our investigation into the Biden family's corruption," Comer released in a statement Thursday [8/17/2023].

House GOP demands unredacted records of Biden using pseudonym while VP.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer asked the National Archives on Wednesday to hand over any unredacted records in which President Biden used a pseudonym during his vice presidency — as Republicans move closer to launching an impeachment inquiry into his role in son Hunter's foreign business dealings.  Emails previously released by the Archives and retrieved from Hunter's abandoned laptop reveal that Joe Biden used the email address "Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov" while he was President Barack Obama's second-in-command and that his aide John Flynn cc'd Hunter on 10 emails containing the elder Biden's daily schedule between May 18 and June 15, 2016.  Comer's request covers records using Biden's other known pseudonyms — "Robin Ware" and "JRB Ware" — and makes pointed requests for certain documents, such as drafts of Biden's December 2015 speech to Ukraine's parliament.

Hunter Biden's Legal Team Used Joe Biden to Blackmail DOJ.  A stunning nugget of information dropped late Saturday night, giving us a peek into the sausage factory of Hunter Biden's legal strategy that ultimately led to his sweetheart plea deal.  It turns out that Hunter Biden wasn't only using his father's position in his shady business deals, but he also actively weaponized it to get an unprecedented plea deal.  The plea deal, as you know, was deemed unconstitutional by Judge Maryellen Noreika, and she rejected it — namely over the blanket immunity he would receive as part of the pretrial diversion agreement.  Not only would Hunter get no jail time, but he also couldn't be prosecuted for a multitude of crimes he'd allegedly committed, including violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Hunter Biden Team Used Threat of Joe Biden to Pressure and Coerce the DOJ.  In a stunning bit of Saturday evening news, a new report is shedding light on the negotiations that took place between Hunter Biden's legal team and the DOJ.  In late July, the two sides were mere moments away from securing a sweetheart plea deal until Judge Maryellen Noreika started questioning the arrangement.  Things quickly deteriorated after the judge questioned whether there was any precedent for offering broad immunity in the diversion agreement related to Hunter Biden's gun charge.  At the time, one of the questions surrounding the agreement was why the president's son was being offered pre-trial diversion in the first place.  As some pointed out at the time, any person distributing drugs while being in illegal possession of a firearm is supposed to be charged with a felony.  Further, the DOJ is supposed to seek a mandatory minimum of five years in prison as part of "Project Safe Neighborhoods."  Instead, a gun charge that could have brought ten years behind bars was brushed under the rug, with the diversion agreement serving as a vehicle to offer an arguably improper amount of immunity.

The Puppeteers reveals who's pulling the strings.  Whoever designed the cover of Jason Chaffetz's newest book The Puppeteers did a terrific marketing job, putting focus not on the five silly puppets now trying to distract us (The A Team) but on "The people who control the people who control America" (The B Team).  This is the central theme of Chaffetz's book.  In the first four chapters, Chaffetz contrasts what the federal, state, and local elected officials should be doing to secure our freedom and strengthen our economy with what the globalist B Team of unelected bureaucrats have been doing to weaken America. [...] "So who," Chaffetz asks in Chapter 5 ("Most Power, Least Famous") was Biden's Svengali on the economy?"  His answer is Brian Deese, the former "global head of sustainable investing at Blackrock."  Blackrock hired Deese while Trump was in office.  This was also the time when only a few wealthy American voters knew that Blackrock was building a giant global investment company whose ultimate goal was to create an 'economy without borders' through the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The Longer Republicans Sit On Their Hands, The More Likely America's Self-Destruction Becomes Irreversible.  Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss, who orchestrated Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea deal, will now serve as special counsel in the government's probe of the Biden family business.  The blatantly partisan decision to appoint a co-conspirator in the plot to cover up the Biden family business should not go unpunished.  Republicans should start by impeaching Garland, whose track record even before the recent special counsel appointment was worth immense scrutiny.  Garland's decision to bestow special privileges and status on yet another one of Biden's corrupt deep-state attorneys only adds to the growing list of reasons why he should be prosecuted and removed.  Garland isn't the only one who should pay.  The whole DOJ, its pawns in the FBI, and whoever in the White House is giving them orders should be held to account for their travesties against the American people.

CIA Sued for working with the Biden campaign to produce 'Dirty 51' intel letter calling Hunter's laptop disinformation.  The CIA has been sued for its role in helping to craft a letter from 51 intelligence officials discrediting Hunter Biden's laptop as Russian disinformation.  The letter that was signed by 51 intel officials in 2020 immediately before the presidential election falsely claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop had all the 'classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.'  A Republican report released in May showed that the CIA was actively involved in getting signatures for the letter which 'was a political operation to help elect' Joe Biden in November 2020.

The 2024 Michelle Obama Factor.  Over the summer, media commentators on both the left and right have been discussing Joe Biden's political future.  They all largely agree on one thing:  Biden is not a viable presidential candidate in 2024.  They cite Biden's immense unpopularity due to his disastrous record as president in every field, from the economy to the border to the war in Ukraine. [...] Commentators also note that Biden is certainly not acting like a 2024 presidential candidate.  Biden has no campaign office and does no campaigning. [...] Biden is sure acting like someone who is just marking time, rather than someone who is president now or has any real plans to run again.  In fact, Biden's entire presidency seems like he's doing a favor for someone.  If so, who could that someone be?  The Biden presidency began with a slew of Obama-esque executive orders reversing many of Donald Trump's accomplishments, and exists with about 70% of staffers who are veterans of Obama's eight years in the White House.  All evidence points to none other than Biden's old boss, Barack Obama.

Andrew McCarthy Exposes the Real Reason for Hunter Biden's Sweetheart Plea Deal.  With David Weiss' promotion to special counsel, the future of the Hunter Biden probe appears unclear.  Charges have been officially dropped in Delaware as part of a stated plan to charge the president's son in another jurisdiction.  That begs the question of why the charges were ever in Delaware in the first place if they supposedly don't belong there now.  If it feels like the DOJ is hoping to draw a less-skeptical judge to rubber stamp yet another sweetheart plea deal, that's probably because that's what appears to be happening.  A recent leak revealed that while the FBI believes it has evidence to charge Hunter Biden with FARA revelations (and the publicly known evidence is stunning), the special counsel isn't really interested in pursuing that path.  From the moment news broke that Hunter Biden was being charged with two misdemeanors for not paying his taxes (and being given pre-trial diversion for a gun charge that normally demands prison time), it has seemed as if the DOJ was more interested in representing the president's son than actually prosecuting him to the full extent of the law.  There may be even more to it, though and his latest piece, Andrew McCarthy exposes what he believes is the real reason for the sweetheart plea deal.

Three aliases, Joe?  The Biden Mafia setup is crystal clear.  President Biden took an oath of office in which he swore his highest duty was to his country, but it's clear he has only one loyalty: his crooked, access-selling family.  It's positively Mafiaesque.  The latest development:  House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is demanding unredacted access from the National Archives to emails Biden sent as veep using any of his three known pseudonyms:  Robert L. Peters, Robin Ware and JRB Ware.  (The prez got a little lazy on #3, it seems.)  Comer outlines the clear possibility that these aliases were an attempt by the then-vice president to deflect scrutiny from his dealings with son Hunter — citing a May 2016 email in which Biden's schedule for the day was sent to Hunter (the only other real person copied on the email) and the "Peters" alias.  That schedule included a call with Ukraine's then-president, Petro Poroshenko, as Hunter sat on the board of Burisma.

NY Post:  Laptop data shows Joe Biden used pseudonyms to pass inside info to Hunter.  "JRB Ware," indeed.  Despite years of claiming that Joseph R. Biden has bewared of involvement in his son Hunter's businesses, the e-mail record from Hunter's laptop tells a much different story.  The New York Post analyzed their copy of the data and discovered that the pseudonyms identified by James Comer passed along inside information to Hunter.  That includes diplomatic developments in Ukraine that related to Hunter's business interests there while Biden was vice-president.

Joe Biden's email aliases reveal truth behind the facade.  In public he appears increasingly out of it.  He speaks nonsense, he shows flashes of inappropriate anger, he walks off stage in the middle of events, and he has trouble with stairs.  Even Democrats are beginning to admit to serious doubts about his ability to function as president.  But what if it's all an act?  I ask that because the latest word is that, according to James Comer, President Biden had at least one pseudonymous email account that he used so he could secretly collude with his son (and alleged bagman) Hunter.  The only reason to run such an account is to make sure that the emails don't get archived in official systems and aren't available under the Freedom of Information Act, and to keep the communications out of the reach of critics, and possibly law enforcement.

Leaked Docs:  Hunter Biden Was Involved in Trump Impeachment Over Ukraine.  Hunter Biden was involved in Trump's impeachment over Ukraine, according to documents leaked to Politico.  Hunter Biden's lawyers leaked the entire case file related to the DOJ's 5-year investigation and it's a sight to behold.  The New York Times and Politico both published leaked documents revealing new information about Hunter Biden's case and the inner workings at the Justice Department.  According to emails leaked to Politico, Hunter Biden met with impeachment lawyers in January 2020.  Recall, in September 2019 then-Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry into President Trump over his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.  President Trump's phone call with Zelensky was cordial and there were no threats, no pressure and no quid pro quo as Adam Schiff and the Democrats liked the public to believe.

Six Obama Admin Officials Used Alias Emails:  Obama, Hillary, Holder, Lynch, Jackson, Biden.  Six Obama administration officials used alias email addresses, including then-Vice President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama.  Whether connected to a government network or not, it is unusual for government officials to use an email alias.  Not only is it peculiar, it raises questions about why Obama administration officials utilized aliases and whether government secrets were compromised.

Why Did Joe Biden Need Three Aliases in Ukraine-Related Emails?  Awww, You Know Why!  One of the more underreported stories of the week is Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) of the House Oversight Committee requesting that the National Archives fork over every email involving the Biden Racketeering Family and their "dealings" with Burisma and Ukraine.  What no one seems to realize is that there are unknown names that have popped up in emails, "Robert L. Peters," "Robin Ware," and "JRB Ware."

Hunter Biden case move to Los Angeles may be evidence the feds 'found something': Dershowitz.  After U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss was named special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation, Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Fox News the change-in-venue from Delaware to Los Angeles may be more important than it seems.  Attorney General Merrick Garland named Weiss, a Trump appointee held over by President Biden to eschew concerns of conflict-of-interest, special counsel in the first son's case last week.  Dershowitz noted the announcement was accompanied by a change-in-venue from the District of Delaware to the Central District of California, where Hunter Biden lives when he is not at his father's home in Greenville, Del.

Hunter Biden's Lead Lawyer Asks to Withdraw from Case After Plea Deal Blows Up.  Hunter Biden's lead lawyer Christopher Clark asked the Delaware judge overseeing Hunter's case for permission to withdraw from the case after the plea deal fell apart.  Christopher Clark said he could be called as a witness in the future. [...] Prosecutors say the venue for Hunter Biden's tax-related charges lies either in California or DC, not Delaware.

That the money went to family members is not a defense to a bribery charge.  Imagine that I'm a politician (granted, that will never happen, but play along). I like attention and I like money.  But much of the attention I've gotten over the years has been negative, and the straight salary of a politician is not very good.  That's always bugged me.  Imagine further that you're someone who wants "access" to me, such as a corrupt foreign government official or corporation.  For that access, you're willing to pretend to respect me and, moreover, you're willing to pay me that money I've always deserved.  Conscious of the appearance of impropriety and the reality of the bribery laws, I tell you not to send that money directly to me.  I tell you to send it to my family.  This is a ruse used by mobsters for years.  It doesn't work.  The bribery laws prohibit the payment of "something of value" to the bribed official.  Money sent to his family is considered a value to him personally.  That the Bidens tried to disguise their bribes with the mobster scheme of having the money sent to family rather than directly to Joe, and further tried to disguise the bribes by setting up a network of shell companies to launder the money, is just proof of their guilty state of mind — their mens rea in legal jargon.  Why would they go to that trouble if not to hide the operation?  And why would they want to hide it if it were legal?

Is This Why Joe Biden Will Drop Out of the Race?  While campaigning for president, Joe Biden adamantly denied any involvement in his son Hunter's business dealings.  By Biden's own words, he was careful to keep Hunter's foreign business deals separate so as not to give the impression of impropriety that could raise questions.  But he can't do that anymore.  The amount of [convincing] evidence that has come out has made that impossible, and now, a large majority of Americans believe Joe Biden and his son Hunter broke the law by selling foreign influence.  "Fully 63 percent of voters say the president breached the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which obliges people to declare foreign interests, when he served as vice president and his son worked with the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma," reports the Daily Mail.  "Another 29 percent said they did not believe Biden, a Democrat, had broken the rules, and 8 percent were not sure.  Republican voters overwhelmingly said Biden had committed wrongdoing, as did 38 percent of Democrats."

Let Them Eat Solar Panels.  Recently, during a speech at a high-dollar fundraiser for the League of Conservation Voters in Washington, D.C., President Joe Biden exulted about a solar project in Angola.  According to a transcript of his speech that can be found on the White House's website, Biden said:  "We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean.  We have plans to build in — in Angola one of the largest solar plants in the world.  I can go on, but I'm not.  I'm going off-script.  I'm going to get in trouble."  Ignore, of course, Biden's gaffe about building a railroad across the Pacific.  Ignore, too, his statement that he was "going to get in trouble" for going off script.  Joe Biden is the president of the United States.  He commands a huge arsenal of warships, warplanes, and nuclear weapons.  With whom, exactly, might he be getting in trouble?  Instead, focus on the part about the solar project in Angola.

What Will Biden Admit To Next?  [Scroll down]  So, what other things that everybody already knows to be true — but Biden steadfastly refuses to admit — can Biden come clean about?  We fear such a list would be too long for this space.  But how about we start with:
  Afghanistan was a disaster of Biden's making:  Nobody denies this, except Biden.[...]
  Bidenomics is failing:  Everybody knows it, which is why Biden's approval rating on his handling of the economy is getting awfully close to single digits.
  He knew all about Hunter's business dealings:  Even with the corporate media blackout in place, facts are slowly emerging that despite his repeated denials Biden knew plenty about Hunter's shady business dealings and almost certainly traded his position as then-vice president to enrich his family.
  He is not fit to be president:  The only person who seems to believe that Joe Biden is physically and mentally up to the job of the presidency is Joe Biden.[...]
  Kamala Harris is not fit to be vice president:  Biden's reelection campaign recently described Harris as a "powerful and effective messenger."  Sure.[...]
  Barack Obama is calling the shots:  It's been an open secret for years that Obama is the brains behind the enfeebled Biden's presidency.  An extensive article published recently in Tablet put plenty of meat on the bones of that.

Report: Biden Campaign Backed Out of Recent MSNBC Appearance to Avoid Questions About Hunter.  Joe Biden's campaign manager was supposed to appear on MSNBC a few days ago and reportedly backed out because the campaign was worried about having to answer questions about the growing scandals around Joe's son Hunter.  In other words, the Biden campaign can't stand up to scrutiny from the most left wing cable news network on TV.  This just goes to show that even the Biden campaign knows how vulnerable Joe is on this issue.  The Hunter controversy has the potential to do real damage to Biden in 2024.

Karine Jean-Pierre: 'Zero Evidence' Joe Biden 'Discussed,' or 'Involved with,' Hunter Biden's Businesses.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at a briefing Monday that there was "zero evidence" that President Joe Biden had "discussed," or was "involved with," his son Hunter's business dealings, now under scrutiny by a special counsel.  Jean-Pierre answered questions from reporters on her first briefing in several weeks, and the first since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware, who was already investigating Hunter Biden, as the special counsel.

Georgia grand jury hands up 10 indictments in Trump 2020 election investigation.  Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies and supporters were indicted Monday by a Georgia grand jury in connection with his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach State.  Also charged in the indictment — which was signed by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney shortly before 9 p.m. and unsealed approximately two hours later — were former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro.  Also accused were former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and Trump 2020 Election Day director of operations Michael Roman.  Trump, 77, faces 13 counts in the case, matching a docket prematurely posted to the Fulton County Superior Court's website around noon.

White House Keeps Reporters Outside Shouting Distance On Biden's Return From Delaware.  The White House kept reporters outside shouting distance from President Biden as he returned home from his Delaware beach house on Monday.  Several reporters attempted to shout questions at the Commander in Chief anyway over the whirring of Marine One's propeller, but the president walked past the White House press corps without taking questions.  "Any comment on the special counsel, Mr. President?" one reporter shouted.  "Will you be handing your bank records over to Congress, President Biden?" shouted another.  [Tweet with video clip]

President Biden plans ritzy Lake Tahoe vacation next week.  President Joe Biden jets off to ritzy Lake Tahoe on Friday for another summer vacation as the White House still hasn't announced plans for him to visit fire-devastated Hawaii.  He didn't answer questions about the issue when he returned to work on Monday after a weekend at the beach, after avoiding comment on the tragedy this weekend.  The president is scheduled to arrive in Lake Tahoe on Friday, August 18 and will stay there until the following Thursday, according to guidance from the White House.

Joe Hides in Delaware, Has Spent 40% of his Presidency on Vacation.  President Biden relaxed at his Delaware beach home as questions surrounding his family's international bribery scheme continued to swirl.  In total, the Commander-in-Chief has spent 40% of his presidency on vacation.  [Tweet with video clip]

Joe Biden's Race Against the Truth.  Joe Biden has about 17 months left as an elected politician — if he is lucky.  That projection guides most of the inexplicable and shameless behavior of the Department of Justice and Biden himself.  View Biden as in a race against the truth.  Will he be physically and mentally able to complete his term and head to retirement before his decades-long crimes of corruption catch up to him?  Joe Biden's serial yarn that he never knew anything about his son Hunter's quid pro quo grifting with rich foreign grandees has been finally exposed as the old lie it always was.  Biden's fallback untruth — that he never got involved in Hunter's business — proved instantly laughable, given prior [...] testimonies from Hunter's business associates, from IRS whistleblowers, from the assertions of foreign beneficiaries, from Hunter's own laptop, and from Joe's own earlier loudmouth braggadocio about using threats of canceling U.S. foreign aid to fire a Ukrainian prosecutor looking into corruption of the sort in which his own son was knee deep.

Lawfare Rep Goldman Admits Biden Broad Immunity Deal Was Political Construct Intended to Protect Biden Family.  Wickedness has a way of manifesting in the human body.  As the physical lifeforce within Daniel Goldman begins diminishing, the pale and sullen former Robert Mueller operative appears on CNN to discuss the Hunter Biden case and the appointment of the special counsel.  Skilled in the dark arts of lawfare, Representative Goldman spins the investigation to its situational opposite; however, he does reveal that David Weiss was motivated by politics when he constructed the plea agreement for Hunter Biden.  According to Goldman, the plea deal was built around broad immunity for any criminal conduct so that a future DOJ — one not in alignment with the Biden crime syndicate — could not hold the Biden crime family accountable.

Yes, they would get in the way.  Also, they would gave attracted an audience of about ten die-hard socialists.
Biden-Harris to Pass on Visiting Maui:  They 'Don't Want to Distract' from Relief Efforts.  President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will not visit Maui in the aftermath of the deadly wildfires because they "don't want to distract" from the relief efforts, Harris announced on Friday.  The wildfires, which began Tuesday and continue to blaze, have destroyed acres of property and taken dozens of lives.  On Friday, local officials announced the death toll increased to 67, making it the deadliest wildfire on U.S. soil since the 2018 Camp Fire in California killed at least 85 people.

Timeline Of Ukrainian Pay-To-Play Scheme Confirms Bidens' Corruption.  The Biden crime family's multi-million-dollar bribery and money-laundering operation has more moving parts than an 80-year-old grandfather clock.  Even newsaholics find it tough to follow this scandal's interlocking meetings, phone calls, trade junkets, wire transfers, and shady characters with unpronounceable names.  As just-appointed Special Counsel David Weiss soon will learn — unlike "White House aides break into Democrat headquarters" — capturing the Bidens' shakedowns requires more than one bumper sticker. [...]The Bidens' Influence Peddling Timeline vividly illustrates the assorted crooks who paid Hunter Biden, his associates, and eight of his relatives (including Joe Biden's grandchild, niece, and nephew) at least $21,342,300 for access to "the Big Guy," the former VP and now POTUS.

'Shoeless Joe' Weiss and the fixing of the Hunter Biden game.  Roughly 100 years ago, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson admitted that, as a player for the Chicago White Sox, he and seven other teammates had intentionally lost the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. [...] After being confronted by allegations of a fixed investigation, Attorney General Merrick Garland just sent Shoeless Joe back into the game.  The appointment of Delaware David Weiss as the new special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden left many with the same disbelief as that kid in Chicago.  This is, after all, the same Weiss who headed an investigation that was trashed by whistleblowers, who alleged that his investigation had been fixed from the outset.  It is the same Weiss who ran an investigation in which agents were allegedly prevented from asking about Joe Biden, obstructed in their efforts to pursue questions and compromised by tip offs to the Biden team on planned searches.  It was also the same Weiss who reportedly allowed the statute of limitations to run out on Hunter's major tax offenses, even though he had the option to extend it.

Hunter's New Special Counsel Appointment Is A False Flag.  To hear Merrick Garland tell the story, granting Special Counsel status to the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden proves he is taking this case seriously.  Critics say it's proof of precisely the opposite. [...] This is, of course, the same prosecutor (from Delaware, no less!) who had tucked broad immunity deal the fine print of the plea deal.  When the judge called [out] that clause, the deal fell apart, and could not be revived.  The inability to revive the deal is what prompted this next step.  Weiss has already run a case that has let the statute of limitations lapse in the most egregious of his tax crimes and has asked for special prosecutor status.  This comes at precisely the moment in which GOP Congressional oversight has been lining up witnesses — including Weiss — as they seek answers to whether Biden's DOJ has been applying the law selectively and whether this appointment is a ploy to handcuff an investigation into what could ultimately determine whether there has been criminal corruption on the part the Joe Biden himself.

Schweizer: 'You Cannot Separate the Biden Businesses from Joe Biden's Political Position in Power'.  Friday, during an appearance on FNC's "Hannity," New York Times best-selling author, Breitbart News senior contributor, and Government Accountability Institute president Peter Schweizer dismissed claims that the Biden families businesses could be separated from President Joe Biden's past positions of power.  According to Schweizer, Hunter Biden's Rosemont Seneca business was "centered around" his father's position of power.

Dan Goldman Admits Politics [was] Behind Hunter Biden Sweetheart Plea Deal.  Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), a former Trump impeachment prosecutor, gave a stunning explanation for why U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss gave Hunter Biden immunity in a failed plea agreement last month on tax and gun charges:  To protect Biden from prosecution by a "vindictive" Donald Trump should he win the 2024 presidential election — thereby confirming that politics is indeed playing a role in decisions by Weiss and Attorney General Merrick Garland who appointed Weiss as special counsel on Friday in the Hunter Biden case.  Goldman made his remarks Sunday morning on CNN's State of the Union in an interview with host Jake Tapper.

'Strong-arming': Appeals court judges compare Biden social media pressure to mafia.  Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod declared in court that the Biden administration's efforts to persuade social media companies to remove, throttle and suppress purported misinformation on COVID-19, Hunter Biden's laptop and elections reminded her of a mafia movie.  That was just one of the most memorable examples of the frosty reception Justice Department Civil Division lawyer Daniel Tenny received Thursday from the three-judge panel considering whether to lift or modify last month's ban on several forms of contact between the feds and companies — currently stayed by the 5th Circuit — as the First Amendment lawsuit led by Missouri and Louisiana proceeds.  The back-and-forth at Thursday's hearing resembled that between 6th Circuit judges and DOJ's lawyer at a June hearing in a related social media censorship lawsuit against federal officials by users of X, formerly known as Twitter.  Both panels were appointed by Republican presidents.

Garland's Special Counsel Gambit Confirms Hunter Investigation Was Always Shady.  In a Friday news dump, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he's appointed U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware, David Weiss, as special counsel in the probe of Hunter Biden. "I have concluded," Garland claimed, "that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel."  Which makes zero sense.  Wasn't Weiss already responsible for the "ongoing investigation" of President Joe Biden's son "as well as for any other matters that arose or may arise from that investigation?"  For years now, Garland claimed that Weiss had ultimate authority to investigate charges against Hunter or any other criminality related to the Biden family business.  Yet he didn't do anything.  Politico, for example, explains that a special counsel appointment is bad news for Hunter because a "request for a change of venue would not have been possible without Garland's special counsel designation, which now gives Weiss the latitude to file charges outside of Delaware."  But in a June press conference, Garland reiterated that Weiss could prosecute Hunter in "any way he wanted to" and anywhere he wanted to.

Why Weiss?  Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of United States Attorney David Weiss as special counsel in the investigation of Hunter Biden yesterday. [...] Weiss is special.  On that we can agree:
  •   Weiss is the "prosecutor" whose plea deal with Hunter Biden failed to pass muster with Judge Maryellen Noreika, the federal judge presiding over the case.
  •   "These agreements are not straightforward and they contain some atypical provisions," Judge Noreika observed.
  •   Weiss is the "prosecutor" whom IRS whistleblowers have just called out for abetting the suppression of of the investigation and lying about his authority to Congress, among other things.
  •   Weiss is the "prosecutor" who has spent five years on the investigation and never gotten around to seeking an indictment of Hunter Biden as the clock has ticked to bar the most serious tax felonies Biden's has committed.
  •   Weiss is a United States Attorney and therefore ineligible for special counsel appointment under the applicable regulations.

Biden's Iranian Hostage Deal.  Since January 20, 2021, the Harris-Biden administration has delivered a relentless cycle of incompetence, ineptitude, incoherence, corruption, subterfuge, and scandals.  The citizen suffers due to inflation, high crime, the open border, crumbling infrastructure, and a lot more.  If they dare to raise their voices they are targeted much like the regime's foremost political opponent, President Donald Trump.  Internationally, the regime has weakened and demeaned the US.  Following its hasty and unplanned withdrawal from Afghanistan that betrayed allies within the country.  It also handed that country back to the most dangerous terror organizations in the world.  The Harris-Biden administration has managed to make the U.S. appear untrustworthy, dishonorable, and unreliable.  The withdrawal doubtlessly emboldened President Putin to intervene in Ukraine after repeated provocation from surrounding NATO countries.  The war in Ukraine continues to this day and there is no way for anyone to know what actually is happening because most of the Western media is pushing a narrative and not covering facts.

Elise Stefanik:  David Weiss Is 'Compromised and Cannot Be Trusted'.  House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) released a statement following Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing U.S. prosecutor David Weiss special counsel in the ongoing investigation of Hunter Biden.  "This is absolutely unacceptable to the American people.  David Weiss is compromised and cannot be trusted to conduct a fair investigation into Hunter Biden," Stefanik said in the statement.  "It was David Weiss who signed off on Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea deal that was so outrageous a federal judge threw it out," she observed, promising that House Republicans will "continue our constitutional duty of oversight, following the facts wherever they lead."  [Tweet]

GOP Slams Biden for 'Bowing' to Ayatollah, 'Endangering' Americans with 'Reckless' $6 Billion Iran Deal.  Republican officials blasted the Biden administration for "bowing to the Ayatollah" and "endangering" Americans, after it struck a deal with the Iranian regime to transfer five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in exchange for billions in unfrozen assets.  On Thursday, the Biden administration's deal with Tehran to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian financial assets and release a "handful" of Iranian nationals jailed for violating U.S. sanctions in exchange for five Americans taken prisoner by Iran on highly dubious charges of espionage, came to light.

Impeach Biden, Make Democrats Sweat.  We see that congressional Republicans' constipation has flared up again.  It's a chronic, though voluntary, distress.  Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and Alejandro Mayorkas are begging to be impeached, yet Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other bunged-up House Republicans refuse to extrude.  It's time to — well, you know what — or get off the flippin' pot.  True justice — unfashionable among most "progressives" — demands action.  And politics — a dirty word to dainty Republicans — also demands action.  Let's set aside the sinister Merrick Garland and the plodding, lying apparatchik Alejandro Mayorkas.  They can be impeached another day.  Joe Biden needs to be impeached, ASAP.  One needn't qualify that Biden is, "perhaps, the most crooked president in history," because, hands down, he's the biggest, dumbest scoundrel to occupy the Oval Office.  Bill Clinton isn't dumb; he's wily, but runs a close second in the scoundrel department, as does his semi-estranged wife, the nefarious Hillary.  As Peter Schweizer explained, Bill and Hill were slicker stashing the cash.  Joe is like a psychopathic crook, practically flaunting his crimes.  For decades, he's exhibited his compulsive lying.  It knocked him out of the 1988 Democrat presidential nominating contest.  But being an inveterate liar isn't a disqualifier in politics.  It's only doing it stupidly in ways that harm comrades that busts anyone.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green on David Weiss.  Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene issued the following statement following today's appointment of Davis Weiss as Special Counsel to cover up Hunter Biden's criminal career:  "Today's move by Merrick Garland to appoint David Weiss as Special Counsel to investigate (and in reality cover up) Hunter Biden's criminal career is the latest action in a continuous pattern of corrupt behavior by Joe Biden and his regime.  Behavior typically only seen in juntas in third-world nations or early twentieth-century dictatorships in Europe.  This is a cover-up, plain and simple.  This appointment is designed to protect Joe Biden from his exposure to the serious and substantial investigation Republicans are conducting in Congress.  This move establishes a firewall to protect the Biden family from their crimes of influence peddling and selling access to 'The Brand,' former Vice President Joe Biden.  Every subpoena, every record request, every transcribed interview, or any other effort in an impeachment inquiry will be be blocked by this corrupt and unlawful Special Counsel under the guise of an 'investigation.'[..."]

Garland and Weiss Throw Bag Over Hunter Biden Investigation with Declaration of Special Counsel Status.  Oh, there will be voices who will proclaim this is the beginning of the end for Joe and Hunter, but that's nonsense.  We don't do pretending on these pages.  What happened today was an agreement between USAO David Weiss and US Attorney General Merrick Garland to fortify a silo of protection around the Biden family.  The shift in David Weiss from an investigative US Attorney to an officially appointed Special Counsel, is nothing more than loading the new color spray paint into the canister.  Pesky House Oversight Committee inquiry now hits the block of an "ongoing investigation," a purposeful deployment of a DC replay we have seen repeatedly in the last several years.  The cancer of corruption is institutionally metastatic.

Special counsel in Biden investigation is a sweet pick for Hunter.  In a move that should come as a surprise to no one, Merrick Garland has appointed, as special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the one man who can most be counted on to continue covering up for the Biden family crimes.  That man is David Weiss.  This is the self-same David Weiss who allowed the statute of limitations to lapse on Hunter Biden's most serious crimes, while offering him a plea deal so broad, so lenient, and for crimes so minor that the prosecutor Weiss sent to court had to admit to an astonished judge that there was no legal precedent for it.  To her credit, the judge rejected that sweetheart plea deal out of hand.  That would be the David Weiss whose office IRS investigators-turned-whistleblowers testified prevented them from even interviewing Hunter or executing search warrants to collect evidence of his crimes — and the same David Weiss who blocked those IRS investigators from using the mountains of evidence contained on Hunter's infamous laptop from hell.  Yes, David Weiss, who, five years after the beginning of this sham investigation, has not indicted Hunter Biden for anything — while the statute of limitations on his serial and thoroughly documented felonies continue to slip away.

Tom Cotton Reveals What He Really Thinks Is Behind DOJ's Move To Refile Charges Against Hunter Biden.  Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas took to Twitter to sound off on Friday's news that the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to refile tax-related charges against Hunter Biden in a different venue after his plea deal fell apart in Delaware.  The DOJ announced Friday that it would voluntarily vacate two tax charges against Hunter Biden without prejudice in order to refile the charges in the Central District of California or in Washington, D.C, rather than in Delaware.  Cotton suggested that the DOJ moved to refile the charges against President Joe Biden's son so that a more sympathetic judge adjudicates the matter and signs off on a lenient deal with Hunter's attorneys, weeks after Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected a plea deal in a Wilmington, Delaware, court in July that some legal experts described as a "joke" and a "sweetheart deal."  "Biden's DOJ wants to dismiss the charges against Hunter, supposedly to refile them elsewhere, no doubt before some liberal judge who will rubber-stamp a sweetheart deal," Cotton wrote.  "Remember, when Biden's DOJ and Hunter's lawyers meet, they're not negotiating.  They're conspiring."

House Oversight Chairman Claims Special-Counsel Appointment Part of Biden 'Cover Up'.  House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer on Friday accused the Justice Department of trying to cover up the Biden family's wrongdoings, after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he would appoint U.S. attorney David Weiss as a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden.  "This move by Attorney General Garland is part of the Justice Department's efforts to attempt a Biden family coverup in light of the House Oversight Committee's mounting evidence of President Joe Biden's role in his family's schemes selling 'the brand' for millions of dollars to foreign nationals," Comer said in a statement.  "The Justice Department's misconduct and politicization in the Biden criminal investigation already allowed the statute of limitations to run with respect to egregious felonies committed by Hunter Biden."

CBS News Reporter Might Have Exposed the Reason Behind AG Garland's Pick for Hunter Biden Special Counsel.  [T]he Justice Department has appointed a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden.  The announcement from Attorney General Merrick Garland drops two weeks after the sweetheart plea deal for the president's son fell apart, being tossed by a judge who couldn't get over a few of the charges, including gun crimes.  Most Americans who have committed what Hunter allegedly did go to prison for years.  US Attorney David Weiss has been selected to spearhead this effort. [...] Yet, as some have noted, this would delay some other inquiries into the activities of Hunter Biden, namely that they need to interview Mr. Weiss, who reportedly tried to charge the president's son multiple times but was blocked.  We need that congressional testimony.  As Donald Trump plays for lengthy trials over his three indictments, Biden seems to be taking a page out of that legal playbook.  CBS News Reporter Catherine Herridge also highlighted that point when this announcement [was made].

Grassley Declares Weiss Unfit for Special Counsel Job, Pledges Ongoing Congressional Investigation Into Biden Family Bribery.  Immediately after the announcement by Attorney General Merrick Garland that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss had requested to be appointed Special Counsel, news cameras caught up with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) at the Iowa State Fair for his take.  Fox News didn't catch the first few words of his statement, but here is a transcription of the rest:  ["]...[a] year ago we sent a letter saying we should have a Special Counsel.  So the short answer to your question is, it's about time.  On the other hand, I have some question about Weiss doing it, because Johnson and I sent all of this material that we had from the Cathay Bank in regard to the payments that were made to Hunter Biden, and we don't know what they did with them, and we know from the IRS whistleblowers that they never did anything with the 1023 document that I got released.  So you just wonder how thorough Weiss is doing it.  And then you have this plea agreement that fell through, and there's speculation now that the Justice Department can't work out another plea agreement, so they're gonna have to go to trial.  So is the special counsel set up to interfere with going to a trial right away, or are they ready to — there's some other reason for doing it.[..."]

'We Are Going to Subpoena' Bidens:  Comer Previews What's Next With Investigations.  The House Oversight Committee under Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has been moving at a rapid speed when it comes to investigating Biden family corruption.  Whatever Comer and his committee have done thus far, though, there's more coming, even after they face "obstruction" including but not only from the Biden family.  He outlined what's next during his Fox Business appearance on "Morning with Maria" on Thursday morning, as he also went over with host Maria Bartiromo that there does look to be a connection between President Joe Biden from his time as vice president and son Hunter Biden with his shady business dealings.

Joe Biden Tells a Whopper of a Lie to Veterans, Claims He Has Been In and Out of Iraq and Afghanistan Over 38 Times.  Joe Biden on Thursday delivered remarks on the one-year anniversary of the PACT Act in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Biden's speech was full of lies and gaffes.  Joe Biden told an egregious lie about his granddaughter Navy Joan Roberts.  Biden falsely claimed all of his grandchildren have Secret Service protection.  Biden's granddaughter Navy Joan Roberts does not have Secret Service protection.  All Biden does is lie.

Biden Descends Into Complete Incoherence in New Mexico.  As we noted, he designated a new monument which is raising a lot of questions about whether this move will harm our national security.  His move also helps the Russians by cutting off our ability to develop uranium deposits within the ambit of the land blocked off by the national monument.  The land in question is almost a million acres, including land far away from the Grand Canyon, the area the new monument designation was supposed to protect.  There's also a question about how much land is being taken from private citizens and how it may affect their rights.  On top of that, he didn't seem to understand what the number and nature of the wonders of the world were, and he showed off some full-blown hypocrisy with a huge gas-guzzling motorcade while sermonizing about climate change.

The Editor says...
Never mind the motorcade in the middle of nowhere — what about the multiple jumbo jets needed to bring his limousine(s) out to the desert, and all of it just for show?

"I cheated the bribers" is not a sound defense to a bribery charge.  The walls are closing in around the Bidens.  Sworn testimony and bank records show that they accepted at least $20 million from foreign entities during the time Joe was Vice President.  These foreign entities are notoriously corrupt ones such as China, Russia, Romania and Ukraine.  Joe's son was the ringleader, but it was Joe that he was selling.  Joe was the "brand" according to sworn testimony.  Who else could have been?  There's no conceivable reason for these foreigners to send millions to the Biden family other than to influence the "brand."  Recall that Joe assured the American people in the 2020 campaign that he had never talked to his son about the son's so-called business.  In view of a written record showing that assurance was false, his new line doesn't dispute that he talked with the son about his business, but, he says, he was never in business with the son.

House Oversight Committee Releases Bank Records Showing Foreign Payments to Biden Family From Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has released details of the banking transfers from foreign businesses into the Biden family while Joe Biden was in office.  The payments flowed into companies set up by Hunter Biden and Devon Archer, the witness who testified to congress.  Those companies then distributed the money (laundered) into subsidiary companies of Rosemont Seneca, and then the money was distributed to the Biden group.  One of the transactions, traced through bank records by the House investigators, was the payment of $3.5 million from Yelena Baturina, wife of the Mayor of Moscow.

Joe dined with [a] Russian oligarch with links to Putin and the Mafia - who gave Hunter's shell company $3.5 million.  Bombshell new bank records reveal that Russian billionaire Yelena Baturina gave millions to Biden-connected shell companies after dining with Hunter and then-Vice President Joe, and was notably not on a list of sanctioned Kremlin allies after the invasion of Ukraine.  In the spring of 2014, Baturina joined Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and a handful of his business partners — including Devon Archer and Kazakh oligarchs Kenes Rakishev and Karim Massimov — for dinner at Cafe Milano in Washington, D.C.  Archer confirmed that Joe was present long enough to eat dinner with the group.

House GOP release bank records on Hunter Biden payments from Russian, Kazakh oligarchs.  House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., released a third memo Wednesday about the Biden family's foreign business dealings, producing bank records purporting to show that Hunter Biden and his business associates received millions in payments from Russian and Kazakhstani oligarchs when his father was vice president.  The 19-page memo, which provides screenshots of redacted bank records, says millions in payments came from Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, as well as Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev, and that then-Vice President Biden attended dinners with Baturina, Rakishev and a representative from Burisma.  "Then-Vice President Biden met — in person, for significant periods of time — with those individuals or their representatives," the memo states.  "Then-Vice President Biden joined approximately 20 phone calls on speakerphone with Hunter Biden's foreign business associates and attended dinners with foreign oligarchs who paid huge sums of money to Hunter Biden.  Joe Biden, 'the brand,' was the only product the Bidens sold."

Does Ukraine Have Kompromat on Joe Biden?  Throughout the Trump presidency, the mainstream media constantly suggested that Russia had so-called "kompromat" on the president — embarrassing materials used as a weapon of influence through blackmail. [...] All the kompromat talk swiftly ended the moment Joe Biden became president because surely no foreign government could have any dirt on him.  This left no one to ask the obvious question:  Could Ukrainian officials have kompromat on Joe, given all the allegations of his corruption in Ukraine?  It's a much more reasonable question about Joe Biden than it ever was when posed as a certainty about Trump.  After all, Hunter Biden was paid many millions of dollars by the shady Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, despite having no qualifications for the job that anyone could point to beyond being the son of the Vice President at the time — which proved fortunate when his father fired the general prosecutor of Ukraine, Viktor Shokin, who had begun an investigation into the Burisma-Hunter gravy train.  And yet, in obvious contrast with their obsession with Russia's kompromat on Trump, the mainstream media has lined up to dismiss the corruption allegations against Biden as a nothingburger.

House Oversight Republicans tracked $20M in foreign sources to Biden Inc.  As always, the first step in any political scandal is — follow the money.  The House Oversight Committee under Republican chair James Comer has spent several months doing just that with the Biden family's archipelago of limited-liability corporations (LLCs) and strangely generous oligarchs in eastern Europe and Central Asia — and they have struck gold, almost literally.  According to Fox News, the committee has tracked $20 million in payments to Biden Inc, and have at least correlated those transactions to curiously coincidental actions of family members — including "squeaky clean" Joe himself:  Comer also released the new report this morning, detailing the transactions.

Joe Was Using Hunter, Not The Other Way Around.  Megyn Kelly is joined by Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, to discuss the carefully cultivated image of Joe Biden as a family man, questions about his lack of empathy, and whether Joe Biden actually exploited and used Hunter Biden as a bagman.  "All along I thought it was corrupt, hot mess Hunter exploiting the dad's name and kind of bringing Joe in on a deal here or there to pay some bills, that this was a Hunter operation.  It's just now dawning on me that no, this was a Joe Biden operation using Hunter, it's the other way around," Megyn Kelly said.  [Video clip]

Foreign oligarchs moved millions to Biden-tied firms before meeting Joe Biden, investigators say.  Firms tied to the Biden family collected more than $20 million from foreign sources, including big payments from controversial oligarchs who afterwards had private dinners with Joe Biden as vice president, congressional investigators disclosed Wednesday.  In its third memo analyzing bank records, the GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee reported it had found a clear pattern of the Biden family and its partners doing business with Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Chinese and Romanian figures who had legal and other troubles and then collecting money around the times of gaining access to Joe Biden.  The pattern, the congressional investigators noted, corroborates recent testimony from former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer that the presidential son solicited business from foreigners who were seeking influence, access or protection from a family "brand" that included Joe Biden.

Biden interview from the Grand Canyon:  He's already declared a national emergency for climate change.  Who knew?  I sure don't remember Joe Biden declaring a national emergency over climate change.  It seems like I would have remembered that if it was true.  This is Joe Biden we're talking about here so take everything with a big ole grain of salt.  Guess where the habitual liar-in-chief gave his first sit-down interview in over a month?  He sat down with a longtime reporter for The Weather Channel.  Yep, The Weather Channel.  He is rightfully being mocked for that decision.  To be fair, he surely didn't make the decision, his staff did.  We all know Biden doesn't actually run the country.  Those around him do that.  Joe Biden holds on to the climate issue for dear life — his political life.  Conservatives and other rational people are angry over the heavy-handed push to increase regulations and restrictions on regular Americans in the name of saving the planet while all it really is is a power grab by leftists.  Far left environmental whackos are angry that Biden's overreach isn't happening faster.  So, Biden has latched on to the alleged climate crisis as a top issue in his public remarks and speeches.

$20M and Counting:  Tally on Foreign Money to Biden Family Rises With Release of New Bank Records.  The tally of foreign money to the Biden family has hit at least $20 million, based on the third round of bank records the House Oversight and Accountability Committee released Wednesday — pointing to millions from oligarchs from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.  Foreign sources sent the money to Biden family members and business associates while Joe Biden was vice president during the Barack Obama administration.  In February 2014, Russian billionaire Yelena Baturina transferred $3.5 million to Rosemont Seneca Thornton, a shell company owned by Hunter Biden and his partner Devon Archer.  About $1 million was transferred to Archer, and the remainder was used to initially fund a new company account, Rosemont Seneca Bohai.  In July, Archer testified to the House committee that while Biden was vice president, he showed up for a dinner with Hunter Biden's business associates that included Baturina.

Court Records Show Hunter Biden Received Millions From China, CCP Affiliates.  Court records from Hunter Biden's imperiled plea deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) divulge details on more than $2.6 million the first son received from China and affiliates of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  Earlier, the DOJ announced a plea agreement with Mr. Biden, President Joe Biden's son, whereby he would plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax crimes and would have a felony gun charge diverted.  During a July 26 hearing on his plea deal with the DOJ, Mr. Hunter Biden admitted to having received money from the Chinese energy firm CEFC.  In exhibit 1 of his plea agreement, prosecutors went more in-depth on transactions between the first son, Chinese companies, and CCP affiliates.  Income received from such sources is listed as at least $2.6 million in all, however the total is likely substantially higher due to the combined way some of his income was listed in the document.

White House cocaine may have come from 'someone in the Biden family orbit' and Joe Knows who it is, shock report claims.  President Joe Biden knows who brought cocaine onto the White House premises last month, and the culprit is 'within the Biden family orbit', according to a report.  Hunter Biden, who has been open about his cocaine addiction, was not involved, the source told Soldier of Fortune website.  The drug was found on July 2 in a cubby in the West Wing, where visitors leave their personal items prior to entering the main building.

The National Scandal That Is Too Big to Break.  Conservatives looking to expose the full extent of the Biden family's corruption have a problem:  the scandal might be too big to break.  Typically, there are three main entities involved in taking down a politician over a corruption scandal.  First, there is the media, which broadcasts the details of the scandal, eroding public support.  Second, there is law enforcement, which investigates and, if necessary, presses criminal charges.  Third, there is the party establishment, which ultimately abandons the politician as a matter of self-preservation, signaling that it's "game over."  But what happens when a scandal is so big that the people responsible for breaking it are implicated in it as well?  That is the situation which now faces the mainstream media, the federal intelligence bureaucracy, and the Democrat Party.

The Hunter Biden saga illuminates the Biden family's rapacious corruption.  [Thread reader] ... and even worse, the corruption of federal agencies to protect them.  Also, it's further evidence that we must shatter the elite bubble and force them to live in the America they made for the rest of us.  Of COURSE the corruption angle is huge, arguably the story of the century in American politics.  Socialists claim they can create an all-knowing mega-government run by honest, selfless geniuses - but what they always deliver is a corrupt sewer state run by greedy mediocrities.  There are no big, honest governments, and every one of the many, many embarrassing tales of mega-corruption must be spotlighted to keep proving it, over and over again.  The most important goal of civic reform today is shattering the pernicious illusion of Honest Big Government.  Hunter Biden is an absolutely perfect example of what socialism actually delivers: a privileged elite of boundless greed and degenerate morality, milking cash out of the trillion-dollar state by peddling influence and selling protection, insulated from all legal consequences.

Biden's crime family is all of DC.  Joe Biden himself bragged five years ago about withholding aid to get the prosecutor fired.  Here's the video.  Republicans did nothing about Biden admitting to doing what RINOs and other Democrats falsely accused Trump of doing.  Nothing has come out of Biden storing classified secrets in his garage.  There is no way Joe will be impeached or Hunter will do any jail time because if they go down, all of Washington will go with them.  Washington protects its own because they fear if one goes to jail, he will bring them all down.  Hillary said she would bring DC down with her.  Guess what?  She never was indicted even though she forwarded state secrets via email to foreign donors to her fake charity when she was secretary of state.

The Machinery of Government is Coated with Gunk.  The juxtaposition of the Department of Justice's handling of Hunter Biden with its outrageous treatment of Donald J. Trump justifies Scott Adams's view:  "We can now see all of the machinery of government, from influence peddling to fake news to intel-supported hoaxes to political persecutions."  Diving even deeper, as have Jonathan Turley, James Freeman, Dan Bongino, and David Samuels, it's beginning to look as if Barack Obama knew of Hunter's corruption and the danger it posed to national security and did nothing about it.  In exchange, he's serving a third term as president behind the scrim while the demented present officeholder serves as a front.  Giving Hunter a pass does more than underscore the Administration's double standard, it explains why the Democrats worked so tirelessly to weaken 2020 election procedures to advance to the highest office a man demonstrably unfit to carry out its duties:  They had him on a short rope — he either ceded the powers of office to Obama or Hunter's illicit dealings would land both Hunter and him in jail.

Silk Road Paved with Cash:  Court records confirm millions flowed to Biden family from China.  In the end, there really was a silk road of money that flowed from China to the Biden family's coffers, despite Joe Biden's insistence to the contrary.  The U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware — which charged Hunter Biden with tax and gun crimes last month — released to a federal court last week a now-scuttled plea deal that affirmed the presidential son got millions himself from Chinese sources in 2017-18 alone.  That included money from a Chinese energy firm as well as legal payments from a Chinese executive convicted of bribery.  The records confirm reporting from investigative author Peter Schweizer's book "Red Handed," Just the News stories and investigations by Congress that date to 2020 when Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed bank transfers from Beijing to Biden accounts.

Jim Jordan Accuses FBI's Pointman on Government-Directed Censorship, Elvis Chan, of Perjuring Himself Before Congress Regarding the Hunter Biden Laptop.  Apparently a single FBI agent, when asked by the social media companies the FBI was demanding censor the story, confirmed that they knew the Hunter Biden laptop was real.  However, after that, the FBI executed a walkback, insisting they had no comment on whether the laptop was real or not, and were even unsure about it.  Elvis Chan lied when he told Congress he did not speak to the social media companies after that initial, unguarded admission by an unknown FBI agent that the laptop was real.  But he did, and the suspicion is that he doesn't want to admit that conversation because he might well have lied to the social media companies and told them the laptop was fake.

The Cover-up of Cocainegate Continues.  It's been over a month since a small bag of cocaine was found inside the White House.  No one has been arrested, and we've been led to believe that it is impossible for the Secret Service and the FBI to determine who brought the illegal substance into the most secure building in the world.  Not only are we supposed to believe that no cameras captured who brought the cocaine in, but we're supposed to believe the plastic bag it was in had no fingerprints on it. [...] The outcome of the investigation was predictable.  Not only have the White House and Secret Service been deliberately keeping expectations extremely low, but the narrative surrounding the location of the cocaine also underwent several changes.  It was glaringly evident that a cover-up was underway.

James Comer to Release More Biden Family Bank Records This Week.  More Biden family bank records will be released this week, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) announced.  Comer predicted in June that newly subpoenaed Biden bank records would show the family accepted up to $30 million from its foreign business dealings.  "This week, I plan to release more Biden family bank records," Comer posted Monday on Twitter.  "Unlike Democrats, bank records don't lie."

There is no lid.  We all know what he's been up to.
This Hunter Biden business partner could blow the lid off Biden family's business dealings.  Following Devon Archer's bombshell congressional interview last week alleging President Biden's deep involvement with Hunter Biden's business dealings, a new light is being cast on his son's longtime business partner who stands to know even more.  Eric Schwerin visited the Obama White House and then-Vice President Biden's residence at least 36 times between 2009 and 2016, likely to make him the next target of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Biden family's business dealings.  Schwerin was the founding partner and managing director of Hunter's now-dissolved firm Rosemont Seneca Partners when he was appointed by then-President Obama to the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, an independent U.S. government agency, in early 2015.

One 45-Minute Stretch of Joe Biden's Tuesday Schedule Raises Eyebrows - and Questions.  With President Joe Biden's light summer schedule where he's taken umpteen vacations including several weekend trips to Camp David with his embattled son, Hunter Biden, and at least three to Rehoboth Beach, the obvious question many of his critics have been asking is:  Does this guy ever work?  Unfortunately for Biden, those questions will only get louder once word gets out about what's on his calendar for Tuesday, which is not only light but also includes a 45-minute lookout of the Grand Canyon:  [Tweet]

The Editor says...
It does seem a bit odd to spend 45 minutes looking at the Grand Canyon, at 4:35 p.m. on a hot August day, when the man should be in a nursing home.

Is This Proof That Joe Biden Ordered the Indictment of Trump?  According to the narrative that the White House is pushing, Special Counsel Jack Smith is carrying out his repeated indictments of former President Donald Trump "independently" without any influence, pressure, or coordination from the White House.  To help maintain the illusion of independence, Joe Biden has recently declined to respond to questions about it when asked.  But Biden's past comments on this issue make it quite clear that Special Counsel Smith is actually doing exactly what Biden ordered. [...] Donald Trump was indicted earlier this month on charges relating to his actions after the 2020 election leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.  The charges include conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.  Experts have panned the indictment for being incredibly weak.  It may have taken a year, but the indictment finally came down a week ago.  But it's quite clear from the New York Times article that Biden was encouraging his attorney general to use the power of the government to stop Trump from returning to office.

House chairman accuses FBI of lying about social media contacts involving Hunter Biden laptop.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan released new evidence Monday that he said shows the FBI lied about meeting with Big Tech companies before the 2020 election to discuss Hunter Biden's laptop, a story that social media companies were censoring at the time.  The "FBI LIED ABOUT MEETING WITH BIG TECH REGARDING NY POST'S HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY," Jordan wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.  Jordan published documents showing the FBI's comments on the Hunter Biden story when it first broke and how FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan testified about his meetings with Facebook representatives.  Chan and Foreign Influence Task Force Section Chief Laura Dehmlow met with Facebook on Oct. 14, 2020, the day the New York Post published its story on the Hunter Biden laptop.  Dehmlow met with both Twitter and Facebook that day.

New Questions Raised About Joe Biden's 2022 Remarks Regarding the Prosecution of Donald Trump.  Joe Biden has said in the past that he isn't interfering with or involved in the prosecutorial efforts against his campaign opponent, former President Donald Trump.  In June 2022 Biden said, "I never once, not one single time," suggested to the Justice Department anything about bringing charges.  "I'm honest," he said, pounding the podium.  He sounded a lot like Bill Clinton in his infamous Monica Lewinsky speech, and we know how honest that was.  It also sounded a lot like the fervor of Biden's repeated remarks denying that he had ever spoken to his son about his business, which we know is not the case.  But now some are calling out that statement from Biden and raising questions about what Biden allegedly said about prosecuting Trump in a couple of old New York Times stories.

More evidence of Joe Biden's probable role in Hunter's business dealings.  When it comes to Joe Biden's knowledge of and possible complicity in Hunter Biden's dealings with foreign businesses and businesses connected to foreign governments during his father's vice presidency, the big questions are "Did Joe Biden know what was going on, did he participate in what was going on, did he profit from what was going on, and did he alter American foreign policy based upon that profit?"  The contents of Hunter Biden's laptop indicated that the answer to each question is yes.  There's also emerging evidence that proves that the answer to each question is yes.  It now turns out that one of Hunter's business associates had dozens of trips to the White House and Joe Biden's office and residence during the Obama presidency.  This time, the associate isn't Devon Archer or Tony Bobulinski, neither of whom claims to have met with Joe Biden very often.  Instead, it's Eric Schwerin, who, along with Hunter Biden, founded the now defunct Rosemont Seneca Partners and also served as its managing partner.

Devon Archer's Wife Falsely Claimed She Had No Involvement in BHR Partners.  Devon Archer's wife, Krista Archer, falsely claimed she had no involvement in her husband's business activities, despite evidence to the contrary.  Krista Archer holds a ten percent stake in a Chinese state-backed investment fund, BHR Partners, according to legal documents unearthed by nonprofit Marco Polo and exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.  "I have no idea what he did in his business," Krista Archer told the Daily Mail in July.  "I'm a doctor, I go to work and mind my own business."  "I swear I don't.  I stay out of it," she claimed.

Remember that Biden Dinner That Joe Biden Never Attended?  Well, he did.  "The Bidens are the best at doing exactly what Chairman wants."  That WhatsApp message to a Chinese business associate was the perfect epitaph for the entire Biden corruption scandal.  Part of the brilliance of the Biden influence peddling operation was to invest the media in the denial of any scandal.  That is no more evident than the much discussed 2015 dinner of President Joe Biden with his son's foreign associates.  The alleged dinner demolished Joe Biden's long denials of any knowledge of his son's dealings.  Accordingly, the Biden campaign denied he ever attended and the media happily dismissed the account.  Well, the dinner meeting reportedly occurred, he attended, and, as usual, most of the media has not fully informed their readers or viewers.  Indeed, even though Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates was central to this denial, most of the media cannot be bothered with such trivialities.  In 2020, the New York Post reported that Hunter introduced then-Vice President Biden to a top executive at Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, which was giving him more than $50,000 per month.  The Biden team and its media allies went into full crisis mode.  Andrew Bates, who was still with the communication team of Biden's 2020 campaign, assured the public that it was false.

Bartiromo: The DOJ Is Waiting for More Evidence of Things to Come Out on Joe Biden — Then They Will Give Georgia the Go Ahead to Release Another Indictment.  Maria Bartiromo went on FOX and Friends Weekend to discuss her upcoming show this morning.  Bartiromo announced her guests and then made a prediction on upcoming indictments against President Trump.  Maria Bartiromo:  I will also tell you that all of the lawmakers I spoke with over the weekend, and many of them are on board they want an impeachment inquiry started.  They believe that a Georgia indictment is coming in two weeks.  So I assume the DOJ is waiting for more evidence of things to come out on Joe Biden and the Biden Family taking money in and then they will give Georgia the go ahead to release another indictment on President Trump.

The changing story on Biden family business dealings.  Devon Archer, a former friend and business partner to Hunter Biden, testified Monday as part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Biden family business dealings and alleged foreign corruption.  Archer made several key claims, including that Hunter was brought on to the board of Ukranian energy company Burisma because of his familial connections and that Hunter put then-Vice President Joe Biden on the phone his business associates at least twenty times to demonstrate his access to US government power.  Archer's testimony complicates the insistence from President Joe Biden, the White House and their friends in the media that President Biden was oblivious to his son's business dealings taking place abroad in places like Ukraine and China.  "I have never discussed, with my son or my brother or with anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses.  Period," said Biden in 2019.

America and the Common Characteristics of Authoritarian Regimes.  [#11] Rubber Stamp Leader:  Voltaire famously said about the former state of Prussia that "while most states have an army, the Prussian Army has a state."  In current times it is the deep state that controls the 'leader' who is either mentally unfit or willingly servile or both.  During his final years, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev suffered from dementia, resulting in his mumbling speech and bad memory.  The strings were pulled by the regime.

Trump Was Right Again And Again About The Biden Family's Foreign Business Dealings.  Former President Donald Trump's assertions during the 2020 presidential campaign about the Biden family's foreign business dealings have proven to be accurate.  Trump routinely criticized then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden about his son's dealings with Ukrainian, Russian and Chinese associates when he was on the campaign trail, most notably at the presidential debates leading up to the November 2020 election.

The Essential Impeachment.  Our elected representatives in D.C. are faced with just such a circumstance.  To impeach Joe Biden or not to impeach Joe Biden. [...] The essence of these arguments is that impeachment/no impeachment offers no good option.  I submit that this is a form of the Fallacy of the Excluded Middle.  The basic case in favor of impeachment is simply that he should be impeached because the President has been shown beyond any reasonable doubt to have been a central conspirator in a bribery scheme between government actors.  At this point, the lawyers should sit down, and politicians ought to stand up.  Bribery is listed in the Constitution as a cause for impeachment, so there can be no argument that this satisfies the first criterion.  But now Democrats will object that there must be evidence of present bribery because Joe wasn't President when he got paid, and there's no evidence that he's getting paid right now.  But they leave out a key element of bribery.  The person being bribed promises some action in favor of the person bribing.  These actions offer occur after the bribe is paid.  In the interregnum known as 45, Joe got lots of payola in anticipation of being able to do favors from the White House later.  Since those favors are arguably continuing, the bribery continues.

Tucker With Devon Archer, Part 2, Lays out Real Story About Ukrainian Prosecutor, Blows up Dem Spin.  It's rather curious that Devon Archer, Hunter Biden's business partner, chose to do an in-depth interview with Tucker Carlson — someone the Biden world no doubt would view as an enemy.  If you're trying to assess where his head is at on this whole matter and wondering if he's being fully forthcoming, that would seem to be:  "You can't shut me up, and this is how much." [...] That must be the 5,008th time that Joe Biden's claim he "never spoke to his son about his business" gets blown up.  In the second part, Archer laid out some of his background with Yale, where he played lacrosse, various banking institutions, and fundraising as a "baby bundler" before the 2004 election.  He thought that was going to lead him to a White House job.  When the Democrats lost, that's when he started Rosemont Capital with a focus on real estate, which he described as pretty successful, having $3 billion under its management.  It's fascinating, and Tucker let him talk, as Archer laid out how this all evolved.  [Tweet with video clip]

A Country Descending into Madness.  [Scroll down]  Fake President Biden, on the other hand, has engaged in every crime, indecency, and reckless behavior that the Deep State swore Trump would commit.  Biden uses unconstitutional executive orders as only a dictator would.  He steadily marches America toward nuclear war with Russia.  He has been caught red-handed trading political favors for bribes from both foreign allies and adversaries.  He censors Americans' speech, punishes them for their beliefs, accuses half the country of being "domestic enemies," and seizes the firearms of law-abiding citizens.  He destroys the value of Americans' savings through "green" energy-induced inflation.  He floods American towns with illegal aliens leaving organized crime, exotic diseases, and overdose deaths in their wake.  He celebrates Antifa domestic terrorists who burn down small businesses, churches, and pregnancy clinics while threatening Americans who get in their way.  And unlike President Trump — who regretfully showed restraint by not pursuing charges against Clinton, Obama, Comey, Brennan, and so many other Russia Hoax conspirators — the O'Biden White House has worked nonstop to incarcerate Trump and every other perceived political enemy.

YouTube and Facebook Censored Viktor Shokin Video Responding to Joe Biden's Lies and Details of His Dismissal.  On Friday morning [8/4/2023], The Gateway Pundit published an explosive explosive video of Viktor Shokin, the Ukrainian prosecutor who was removed from office under pressure from then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.  In the detailed and extensive interview, Shokin responded to allegations from the Biden regime, laying out his side of the story regarding the investigations into Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company that once employed Hunter.  Shokin's video addressed a variety of points, from accusations that the investigation into Burisma was dormant to allegations of his corruption and his eventual removal as prosecutor.  In a lengthy, detailed response, Shokin refuted the notion that his investigations were "dormant" and explained how they were active, even leading to seizures of assets from Burisma's owner, Mykola Zlochevsky.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor Joe Biden Had Fired Is Speaking Out.  Former Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin is speaking out and revealing his side of the story after then Vice President Joe Biden demanded he be fired back in 2016.  [Tweet with video clip]  At the time of his firing, Shokin was investigating corruption at Ukrainian gas company Burisma — the same company that was paying Hunter Biden $80,000 per month to sit on the board.  [Video clip]  During closed door testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee earlier this week, Hunter Biden's former business partner — Devon Archer — said he believed Burisma would have gone under if not for the Biden "brand" — including Joe Biden — being attached to the company.  "My only thought is that I think Burisma would have gone out of business if it didn't have the brand attached to it," Archer said.

Former Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin Responds to Biden's Corruption Accusations.  An old video of Viktor Shokin, the Ukrainian prosecutor who was removed from office under pressure from then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is making the rounds online again following the [scathing] testimony of Devon Archer.  This video was removed on Youtube.  In a detailed and extensive interview, Shokin has responded to allegations from the Biden regime, laying out his side of the story regarding the investigations into Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company that once employed Hunter.  It is unclear when this video was recorded or published but includes his reaction to Biden's accusations.  At the time of Hunter Biden's appointment, Viktor Shokin was Ukraine's Prosecutor General, and there were investigations into Burisma's owner.

Watching the crooks.  I confess to a weakness from which we all may suffer to one degree or another in these darkest days of our nation since the War Between the States.  It is the surreal attraction we feel — some may call it close to an obsession — at having to know every single criminal act of the ever-burgeoning class of traitorous vermin we learn about every day.  Those of us on the right are drawn in as a moth to a flame by the sheer overwhelming putrescence of the criminal class we see before us.  As I write this, in our peaceful community brushed by the Gulf Breezes from whence came its name, it is even hard for me — a very elderly [...], very jaded trial lawyer with much actual experience in dealing with people of the rotten class, to believe that our Founding Fathers risked "our Lives, our Fortunes, our sacred Honor" so that their gift to all of us could be handed over to pond scum like Joe Biden.

Devon Archer:  Bidens 'Intimidated' People Not to Legally Mess with Them.  The Biden brand "intimidated" people to not legally mess with the Biden family, Devon Archer told Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) during his transcribed congressional interview.  Archer, who testified that Hunter Biden included then-Vice President Joe Biden on speakerphone more than 20 times with business associates to sell "the brand," also told Goldman the Bidens intimidated people into not legally probing the family's business activities.

Text messages given to FBI: Chinese wanted Biden family name to help acquire U.S. energy assets.  Text messages provided to the FBI show that a Chinese energy conglomerate that struck a controversial deal in 2017 with Hunter Biden began its pursuit of a relationship with the future first family back in late 2015 when Joe Biden was still vice president, hoping to seize on the name of one of America's most famous political dynasties to provide cover for its ambitious plan to buy up energy assets inside the United States.  "There will be a deal between one of the most prominent families from US and them (China) constructed by me," Hunter Biden's business partner James Gilliar texted future partner Tony Bobulinski on Christmas Eve 2015, shortly after Hunter Biden had been alerted to CEFC China Energy's overture and its wealthy leader Ye Jianming.  "I think this will then be a great addition to their portfolios as it will give them a profile base in NYC, then LA, etc," Gilliar added in the text message obtained by Just the News.

Outrageous: Devon Archer was Given Full Immunity from the DOJ.  The reason Devon Archer looks so relaxed during his interview with Congress is because he was given total immunity by the DOJ involving his actions with the Biden gang.  This is simply outrageous.  Last week we uncovered that Hunter Biden was given a sweetheart deal by his father's corrupt DOJ that would give him total immunity forever regarding his many crimes while his father was Obama's VP.  It was a wink-wink deal between the DOJ and Hunter Biden.

Hunter got a Porsche after bringing Joe to dinner with a Kazakh oligarch.  Hunter Biden's ex-business partner Devon Archer told Congress that Joe Biden's 'intimidating' influence directly led to his son receiving huge sums of foreign money - and a $142,300 Porsche.  According to the full transcript of his testimony obtained by DailyMail.com on Thursday, Archer said that the Biden 'brand' acted as protection for Ukrainian oil company Burisma because 'people would be intimidated to mess with them.'  Hunter's presence on Burisma's board and access to his father — then vice president — led to the company's 'longevity' because they had the 'capabilities to navigate D.C.,' Archer said according to the transcript.

Washington Post Gives Joe Biden 'Four Pinocchios' for Saying Hunter Never Made Money in China.  The Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, gave President Joe Biden four Pinocchios for lying about his son Hunter Biden not making money in China.  Kessler documented two instances where Biden denied his son had made money in China.  In an October 22, 2020 presidential debate, Biden told moderator Kristen Welker: "My son has not made money in terms of this thing about, what are you talking about, China.  I have not had ... the only guy who made money from China is this guy [Donald Trump].  He's the only one.  Nobody else has made money from China."

Hunter Biden laid out 'price of power' in texts with Devon Archer: 'you are a Biden'.  First son Hunter Biden sent a series of texts to his now-former friend and business partner in 2019 defending his family's name when pressed about them not stepping in when the Obama-Biden administration's DOJ arrested him, insisting the friend was "a Biden" also and saying his legal troubles were the "price of power."  Text messages reviewed by Fox News Digital show an awkward March 6, 2019 conversation between Biden and Devon Archer a little over a month before hid dad announced he was running for president in April 2019.  "Why did your dad's administration appointees arrest me and try to put me in jail?" Archer asked Biden.  "Just curious.  Some of our partners asking out here."

Two Sets of Laws for Two Americas.  Two sets of laws now operate in an increasingly unrecognizable America.  Consider the matter of unlawfully removing and storing classified papers.  Donald Trump may go to prison for removing contested White House files to his home.  So far Joe Biden seems exempt from just such legal jeopardy.  But as a senator and Vice President with no right, as does a president, to declassify files, Biden removed and, as a private citizen kept for years classified files in unsecure locations.  Biden's team strangely revealed the unlawful removals after years of silence.  It did so because the Biden administration found itself in the untenable position of prosecuting the former president for "crimes" that the current president committed as well — albeit far earlier and longer.

Joe Biden's deep involvement in Hunter's biz with Chinese, Russians and Ukrainians revealed.  First son Hunter Biden's former business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers this week that Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings brought the political scion onto its board so that "people would be intimidated to mess with them ... legally."  Archer also revealed that then-Vice President Joe Biden met twice with his son's shady post-Soviet business partners at DC's Café Milano, not once as previously reported, according to the transcript of a four-hour deposition released Thursday by the House Oversight Committee.  These and other revelations blow new holes in President Biden's claim that he never discussed business with his now-53-year-old son — as House Republicans move closer to launching an impeachment inquiry.

The DOJ is Hunter Biden's Defense Team.  The Hunter Biden plea deal was part of a package in which the DOJ and the FBI stonewalled Congress and are trying to send Devon Archer, Hunter's closest pal, to prison ahead of his congressional testimony in which he was scheduled to accuse Joe Biden of taking part in conversations with Hunter's business partners while serving as vice president.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer called this "obstruction of justice" and denounced "the lengths to which the Biden legal team has gone to try to intimidate our witnesses, to coordinate with the DOJ and certainly to coordinate with the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee to encourage people not to cooperate with our investigation."  United States v. Biden is a farce because they're one and the same.  The United States of America is currently run by Biden's dad.  The relationship isn't antagonistic.  Beyond ideological allegiances, a whole echelon of Justice Department personnel have bet their careers on the ascension of Democrat political candidates who then appoint transition team members whose pals are their former bosses.

Devon Archer Exposes Exactly What Hunter was Selling — Joe Biden.  Devon Archer's testimony shows that Joe Biden lied to the American people time and again.  He lied that he knew nothing about his son Hunter Biden's international influence peddling scheme.  He lied that he never spoke to Hunter about his overseas deals.  What has leaked so far about Archer's closed-door testimony is that Hunter, once his best friend and business partner, put then-Vice President Joe Biden on the speakerphone more than 20 times during meetings, and invited him to dinners with his overseas business associates.  Joe was there to add value, said Archer, to "the brand" of corrupt Ukrainian energy company Burisma — which paid Hunter $83,000 a month while his father was VP, after which it cut his salary in half.

Defenders Of Joe Biden's Corrupt Phone Calls Sound Ridiculous.  It's a little-known fact that the Bidens are keen amateur meteorologists.  So much so that Hunter Biden will often call his dad out of the blue — sometimes even interrupting important business meetings in Dubai with execs of Eastern Europe energy interests — just to chit-chat about the weather.  You know how it goes.  Joe's love of the all-things climate, in fact, had him regularly engaging in "casual conversation" about the "niceties about the weather," congressman Daniel Goldman explained after Hunter's business partner Devon Archer reportedly testified under oath that the patriarch of the family had talked to Biden Inc. clientele at least 20 times.

Tucker Carlson Interviews Devon Archer about Hunter and Joe Biden Selling Influence to Foreign Businesses.  Tucker Carlson sad down with Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer following Mr. Archer's testimony to a House Oversight Committee.  The first part of that interview was broadcast by Tucker Carlson via Twitter.  Within this part of the interview Tucker Carlson asks Devon Archer about the overall business model Archer and Biden formed in Burisma and what was the specific set of skills that Hunter brought to the enterprise.  As noted by Mr. Archer, the relationship and purpose of Hunter Biden was entirely about access to government systems that could benefit the businesses who hired their firm.  They were selling influence as a business model and Joe Biden was part of the process.

Devon Archer Reveals the 'Niceties' of Influence-Peddling.  "There were niceties."  That description by Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) of calls between President Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and Hunter's foreign business associates may, strangely, be the most accurate thing the freshman congressman has ever said.  The almost-two-dozen calls — detailed by Hunter Biden's close friend and former business partner, Devon Archer, during a closed-door interview Monday with House Oversight Committee investigators — were indeed "the niceties" of influence-peddling.  The calls presumably were intended to show that Hunter Biden could deliver his father and to support what Archer called "the brand."  Hunter had no relevant experience or appreciable business skills, but he had the vice president of the United States on speed-dial.  The selection of Goldman as the only committee Democrat in the interview was ironic.  Goldman was a Democratic staff attorney when the House impeached Donald Trump in 2019 largely on the basis of a single telephone call to the president of Ukraine.  Now, however, Goldman is calling for an immediate cessation of any further investigation, in an almost comical display of denial and deflection.

The State Farm Late Night Ballot Stuffing Video Was NOT Debunked.  Once again, President Trump was indicted on Tuesday — the DAY AFTER Hunter Biden's best friend and business associate Devon Archer testified that the Joe Biden was included on 20 calls when his son was sitting with foreign officials arranging influence peddling deals for the family.  Archer also testified that Joe Biden met with Russia's Yelena Baturina who invested $40 million into Hunter Biden's real estate ventures.  And she also paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million in consulting fees.  Joe Biden later excluded Baturina from his Russian sanctions list.  So what happened next?  President Trump was indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith.  For those paying attention, this is not the first time this has happened.  There have been at least six times now where new evidence was released implicating the Biden Crime Family and then President Trump is indicted by the Biden regime the very next day.

Biden's DOJ Charging Trump Immediately After Joe Biden Is Caught in Nefarious, Criminal Acts.  Once again, President Trump was indicted on Tuesday — the DAY AFTER Hunter Biden's best friend and business associate Devon Archer testified that the Joe Biden was included on 20 calls when his son was sitting with foreign officials arranging influence peddling deals for the family.  Archer also testified that Joe Biden met with Russia's Yelena Baturina who invested $40 million into Hunter Biden's real estate ventures.  And she also paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million in consulting fees.  Joe Biden later excluded Baturina from his Russian sanctions list.  So what happened next?  President Trump was indicted again today by corrupt Special Counsel Jack Smith.

On the Impeachment of Joseph R. Biden.  [Scroll down]  Fiduciary law holds that when a President is accused of self-dealing to serve himself and not the American people, such a President must attempt to prove himself innocent by making full disclosure of all the relevant facts to the Congress.  In an impeachment inquiry, there is no presumption of innocence to protect the defendant.  Impeachment is not a criminal proceeding.  A president under impeachment has no due process privileges such as the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.  Quite the contrary, where self-dealing is alleged, the accused has the obligation to come forward with evidence proving innocence.  If he or she cannot do so, they deserve impeachment and removal from office.  (This rule of law as to proving one's innocence when accused of self-dealing applies to all private trustees as well.)

Are More Hunter Biden Associates About to Blab?  On Monday, Hunter Biden's longtime business partner and former friend Devon Archer testified before the House Oversight Committee in a closed-door session and reportedly revealed that Joe Biden participated in more than twenty phone calls with Hunter and his business associates and that "the Bidens were in the actual business of influence peddling."  Archer's bombshell testimony proved that Joe Biden repeatedly lied when he claimed over the years he never spoke with his son about his business.  In addition to revealing that Joe Biden was repeatedly participating in phone calls with Hunter Biden's business partners, Archer also revealed that in 2015 Hunter Biden and top executives of Burisma Holdings "called D.C." to get the Obama administration to pressure the Ukrainian president to fire Inspector General Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burisma at the time.

Hunter Biden told Devon Archer to buy a Burner Phone three days before meeting with then-VP Joe at the White House.  Hunter Biden told his 'best friend' Devon Archer to get a burner phone, three days before Archer met with then-VP Joe Biden at the White House, shocking emails show.  'Buy a cell phone from a 7/11 or CVS tmrw and ill do the same,' Hunter wrote in the explosive April 13, 2014 message.  Days later Archer would meet with Joe in the West Wing, White House records show, and he and Hunter would announce their board seats at allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas company Burisma later that month.

Devon Archer:  Joe Biden was deeply involved.  As promised, Hunter Biden's former business partner at Rosemont Seneca, Devon Archer, showed up to offer closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee and he had plenty to say.  According to James Comer, Archer identified President Joe Biden as "the brand" back when he was Vice President, and Hunter Biden sold "the brand" around the world.  He told the committee about at least twenty business meetings he and Hunter held with foreign entities where The Big Guy was either on the phone or there in person.  He also testified about various "favors" that these clients wanted and received from Joe Biden in exchange for paying off Hunter and company.  And the list of "clients" continues to grow.

The new Democrat line:  Hunter was selling an "illusion" of access.  A week or two ago I wrote about the "limited hangout" strategy of dealing with a crisis.  It is a strategy used by intelligence agencies that have been caught doing something illegal and/or embarrassing, made famous during the Watergate scandal.  Basically, you make a small admission to hide a much larger scandal — make it seem like you are coming clean while still hiding the bigger scandal.  That is the new Democrat strategy dealing with the Hunter Biden influence-peddling scandal.  It is no longer possible to maintain that Joe Biden never spoke to Hunter about his business dealings nor that he did nothing to further them.  The evidence is too voluminous, to the point of being irrefutable.  So the Democrats don't even try anymore.  [Tweet]

Secret Service Refuses to Reveal White House Cocaine Information after FOIA Request.  The U.S. Secret Service has responded to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by refusing to hand over details of its investigation into the cocaine found in the White House.  The FOIA request, for a list of people possibly involved in the White House cocaine incident, was filed by the Heritage Foundation.  The Secret Service rejected the request by claiming that such records are outside its authority.

Are The DOJ And Hunter Biden Attempting To Commit Fraud In Federal Court?  One sentence — 13 words — out of the thousands spoken last Wednesday over the course of the three hours that federal prosecutors, defense attorneys, Hunter Biden, and Judge Maryellen Noreika discussed the president's son's plea agreement suggests the Department of Justice and Hunter Biden are attempting to commit fraud on a federal court.  On Wednesday, Hunter Biden appeared before a federal court in Delaware prepared to enter a guilty plea on two misdemeanor tax counts.  The hearing, however, did not go as planned when Judge Noreika, rather than rubberstamping the sweetheart deal the Biden administration had entered into with the president's son, quizzed the attorneys and Hunter Biden on the terms of the agreement and their respective understanding of the government's promise not to further prosecute Hunter.

Joe Biden's perfect phone calls.  President Joe Biden spoke multiple times on the telephone to his son's business associates, a former Hunter Biden business partner told a House panel.  This was said to have occurred when the younger Biden was affiliated with a Ukrainian energy company and his father was vice president and an Obama administration point man on Ukraine.  One congressional Democrat who heard the testimony more or less confirmed the particulars but said this was nothing untoward.  The elder Biden didn't talk business, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) assured reporters on Monday [7/31/2023].  Instead, Joe Biden engaged in "casual conversation, niceties, the weather, what's going on" when his son put him on speakerphone for his friends and business partners.  Approximately 20 perfect phone calls.

Devon Archer Testifies Joe Biden Met with Moscow Mayor's Wife in Georgetown.  Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say why Biden didn't sanction Russian billionaire Elena Baturina — nor if Biden met with her at a Georgetown restaurant in 2015 while he was Vice President.  Today Hunter Biden's best friend and business associate, Devon Archer, testified that Joe Biden met with Russia's Yelena Baturina who later invested into $40 million into Hunter Biden's real estate ventures.  And she also paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million in consulting fees.  Yelena Baturina, the billionaire widow of a corrupt Moscow mayor, was left off of Biden's Sanctions list.

Devon Archer Testifies Burisma Holdings Would Have Gone Under Without Joe Biden.  Hunter Biden's best friend in business, Devon Archer, told House investigators that Burisma Holdings would have gone out of business if it were not for the so-called Biden brand, which Joe Biden promoted on phone calls with Burisma executives.  In 2014 Archer and Hunter Biden both joined the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company with legal challenges, as it was under investigation for wrongdoing.  Burisma paid Hunter Biden $83,000 a month to sit on its board.  Archer testified that in December 2015, co-founder of Burisma Mykola Zlochevsky and Vadym Pozharski, an executive of Burisma, put pressure on Hunter Biden to get help from Washington, DC, regarding the Ukrainian prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burisma for corruption.

Evidence Of Biden Burisma Corruption Is Overwhelming.  A key associate of Hunter Biden reluctantly admitted details about how the Biden family business was run — and those details are shocking.  Devon Archer, a longtime business partner and close friend of Hunter Biden's, told congressional investigators Monday that at a meeting in Dubai on Dec. 4, 2015, top executives of Ukrainian energy concern Burisma asked Hunter Biden and himself for help from D.C.  At the time of the meeting, Hunter Biden's dad, Joe Biden, was serving as Barack Obama's vice president as well as his point person on Ukraine.  Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma, and Vadym Pozharski, a Burisma executive, wanted to get Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired as he was investigating the company for corruption, Archer told members of Congress.

Hunter's Business Partner Contradicts President's Claim of No Business Involvement.  Then-Vice President Joe Biden communicated more than 20 times, either in person or on speakerphone, with Hunter Biden's business associates, Devon Archer told a House committee on Monday.  Archer was the business partner of the son of the current president and testified to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee behind closed doors.  Archer said the then-vice president brought the most value to "the brand," particularly in a deal with Ukranian energy firm Burisma, where Hunter Biden was a board member, according to the committee, which released a series of tweets after the testimony.  [Tweet]

Government Corruption Helps the Bidens and Hurts Trump.  The Hunter Biden saga has revealed a lot about the Deep State and how it protects its allies.  First, 51 intelligence officials came together to suppress the N.Y. Post report on Hunter's laptop on the eve of the 2020 election, suggesting it was some kind of Russian disinformation.  This claim could not be easily reconciled with the hundreds of personal photos and text messages on the laptop.  So, as Plan B, Biden's defenders dismissed concerns over Hunter's laptop as partisan and prurient, the second iteration of the Clinton sex scandals, with the GOP again cast as a bunch of censorious prudes.  In other words, the selective release of salacious material from the laptop was part of the coverup.  While it did reveal Hunter's low character, the shocking photos tended to eclipse the more important evidence that he acted as the bag man for illegal family business in Ukraine and China.  Remember "10% for the Big Guy" and "My Chairman."

Hunter Biden told judge under oath that he was a member of the Connecticut bar in good standing, but he was Suspended two years ago.  Hunter Biden has been caught misleading a judge while under oath about his status as a practicing lawyer.  At his disastrous plea hearing last week, Delaware district judge Maryellen Noreika asked Hunter where he was eligible to practice law.  'You're member of the bar?' she said.  'Yes, your Honor,' he replied.  'District of Columbia and Connecticut, your Honor.'  But Connecticut records show Hunter, 53, was suspended from practicing law in Connecticut more than two years ago.  A Judicial Branch spokeswoman said he is 'currently not in good standing' after failing to pay his $75 annual fees since 2018.

It's Year 5 of the Biden Crime Family Coverup.  Streaming giant Netflix is once again pushing radical transgender identity politics among children with a new series, Survival of the Thickest, where the fashion designer hero of the series helps "trans" high school kids host an "alternate prom."  The series, starring Michelle Buteau as Mavis, pushes drag queens on kids and relentlessly promotes woke, intersectional narratives.  Buteau recently appeared on The View to bash Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his state education policies, Newsbusters reported.

I thought this was widely presumed at least two years ago.
It Looks Like Hunter Biden's Laptop Could Indeed Implicate His Father.  President Joe Biden could indeed be implicated by what was found on Hunter Biden's laptop, sources close to the first son are telling the New York Post. [...] Much of the report is a recap on the sordid details found on Hunter's abandoned laptop.  There's also details about the Burisma business ties, as well as mention of Hunter's former best friend, Devon Archer, who is to testify before the House Oversight Committee, and who is particularly of interest since he would have those files that investigators cannot retrieve.

Biden's Executive Mansion Debauchery.  Joe Biden hasn't exactly lived up to his promise to bring "honor and decency to the White House."  The most recent embarrassment at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was, of course, the cocaine scandal that came to an anti-climactic resolution earlier this month when the Secret Service announced that they were "not able" to "single out a person of interest" due to lack of evidence.  But that explanation only added to the humiliation for Joe Biden — after all, what kind of White House is he running when someone can sneak an illegal narcotic in and not get caught?  The incident also raised a number of uncomfortable questions for the president given that his son Hunter is a known drug addict.  Last month, Hunter was the subject of another awkward White House episode when the scandal-ridden First Son was spotted at a state dinner held in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

5 People Referenced Joe Biden as the 'Big Guy'.  Overwhelming evidence suggests the "big guy" is a monicker that represents President Joe Biden.  The monicker appears in an FBI informant form, text messages, and emails between Biden business associates.  It also reportedly formed a part of the grand jury investigation into Hunter Biden, which IRS whistleblowers claim was politically influenced to protect the Bidens.  When questioned if he is the identity behind the monicker, Joe Biden snapped: "Why do you ask such a dumb question?"  At least five individuals involved in the family business referenced Joe Biden as the 'big guy."

Four Things the Leftists Hope You Missed This Week.  [#4] Immediately prior to the hoopla of Hunter Biden's plea deal imploding, some serious skullduggery was taking place.  U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika was not pleased after a lawyer who works for the same law firm that represents Hunter Biden called the court clerk in Delaware and, pretending to work for the prosecutor, asked for some evidence to be kept confidential.  Attorney Jessica Bengals allegedly misrepresented who she works for when contacting the court — and it could cost her. [...] If true, this malfeasance could and should leave some serious ripples on the pond.  But when the U.S. population seems not to care that the world's richest pedophile somehow killed himself while the guards were asleep, the cameras were broken, and his cellmate was magically elsewhere, it's easy to see how nothing might come of this, and the public will be okay with it.

Hunter Biden investigation:  Why the Devon Archer testimony is so important.  When Devon Archer sits down on Monday with the House Oversight Committee, the Hunter Biden investigation could enter a new and more significant phase.  That's because Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden's and a former friend to the family, is expected to testify about the extent of President Joe Biden's involvement in his son's foreign business dealings, potentially roping the president more deeply into a scandal he has thus far studiously avoided.  Archer will be the closest business associate of Hunter Biden's to speak with Congress to date.  The two served together on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, and handled a range of other business deals together through Rosemont Seneca, their investment firm.

They're backpedaling.
DOJ Forced to Clarify Letter on Archer's Jail Time Just Before Meeting With House Oversight.  The New York Post's Miranda Devine tweeted out an update on early Monday morning [7/31/2023], in the form of a letter from the Southern District of New York (SDNY) making clear that they don't expect Archer to surrender before his Monday testimony before the House Oversight Committee.  Writing to U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams noted that "[t]o be clear, the Government does not request (and has never requested) that the defendant surrender before his Congressional testimony." The letter also added that the process involved "can take several weeks or months after the Court sets a surrender date."

Biden Impeachment Inquiry Is Well-Earned.  When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested that mounting questions concerning the fishy financial history of President Biden and his family may lead to an impeachment inquiry, some Republicans got the vapors.  Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), for example, said it would send the "wrong message."  Reps.  David Joyce (R-Ohio) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) voiced similarly craven qualms.  An inquiry may well uncover evidence supporting claims made in an FBI document, recently released by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), that Biden accepted bribes while Vice President.  If so, it is the duty of House Republicans to impeach him. [...] Biden routinely ignores pesky laws passed by the former and publicly excoriates the latter when rulings displease him.  The primary constitutional mechanism available to Congress for controlling a lawless president is impeachment.  If the House refuses to use that tool, it is equally guilty of flouting the Constitution.

Timeline of Feds' Relationship with Biden Family Business.  Law enforcement had knowledge of the Biden family business and alleged wronging for years before the FBI obtained Hunter Biden's laptop.  Despite the warnings of whistleblowers and lawmakers, government agencies appeared uninterested in pursuing any suspicious evidence.  Even years later, government agencies appear uninspired by the mounting evidence.  [Laptop timeline]

The Biden Presidency Is Unsustainable.  The presence of the now predictable mediocrity of Kamala Harris and the impossibility, given her race and gender, of removing her, for now is about all that keeps a cognitively declining Biden still in office.  The Left fears what she could do as president to the Democratic Party; conservatives are terrified of what she could do to the country.  Joe Biden's bewilderment exempts his embarrassments from accountability in the way that Hunter Biden's addictions excuse his past serial criminality.  But the passes granted to both father and son would be now unsustainable with a viable Vice President in waiting.

Five Questions Republicans Could Ask Hunter Biden's Business Partner Under Oath.  As Hunter Biden's former business associate is deposed by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, committee investigators could ask him questions to determine President Joe Biden's involvement in Hunter's foreign dealings.  Devon Archer is a former friend and business partner of Hunter Biden — currently the subject of several federal investigations by both Congress and the Department of Justice — and will be deposed by the committee on Monday [7/31/2023].  In 2022, he was convicted of defrauding the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation, a Native American tribe, of over $60 million in fraudulent bond issuances.  Archer, who served with Hunter on the board of Burisma Holdings and was described by him as his "best friend in business" according to National Review, is in a position to answer important questions about Joe Biden's alleged participation and benefits from Hunter's business dealings in which he used his father's political influence.

DOJ Reportedly Working Overtime To Send Key Hunter Biden Witness To Prison.  House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer called the Department of Justice's (DOJ) attempt to jail a key Hunter Biden witness before he can testify before Congress "odd" while on Fox Business.  The New York Post's (NYP) Miranda Devine reported Sunday [7/30/2023] the DOJ is allegedly trying to schedule a date for Devon Archer to turn himself in and begin his prison sentence.  Politico confirmed this, reporting that the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York wrote to trial judge Ronnie Abras and asked her to schedule a date for Archer to report to prison.  Archer was convicted in 2018 for conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe but his sentencing has been delayed due to appeals.

Biden sits on Delaware beach as DOJ tries to Jail Hunter's best friend Devon Archer.  President Joe Biden was seen whiling away the afternoon on the beach as his DOJ tried to jail Hunter's best friend on the eve of a closed-door testimony in which the president will be implicated in his son's foreign business schemes.  Biden appeared the picture of calm on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware just a day before Hunter Biden's best friend Devon Archer plans to implicate Joe in his son's foreign business schemes on Monday.  Archer is expected to provide details that will challenge the White House's insistence that Joe Biden never had any knowledge of or involvement in his wayward son's business affairs.

Hunter Biden Laptop Analysis:  May Have Stored More Sensitive Info on Encrypted Messaging Apps.  Given all the things on the infamous laptop — from the drugs to the sex to the alleged influence peddling — you wouldn't think that there could be anything else that one might discover at this point.  But the non-profit group Marco Polo, which has a site with all the laptop photos and video, has discovered something new after an analysis of the hard drive — that Hunter Biden used at least 16 private messaging apps, many of which were encrypted, which could have had even more sensitive communications if what was on the open drive wasn't already shocking enough.  Among the apps were Signal, the Chinese messaging app WeChat, and Wickr, an app termed as "favored in the criminal underworld" and liked by the U.S. military.

Hunter Biden's laptop full of secret agreements and contracts with foreign business partners.  Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop is filled with contracts and agreements between him and foreign business partners that could shine new light on his business dealings, and potentially implicate his father, insiders around the first son told The [New York]Post.  Hundreds of documents are littered among the tens of thousands of emails contained on the laptop — but the files were not downloaded onto the device, and investigators cannot open most of them.  During his father's vice presidency and after, Hunter Biden and his family made millions of dollars from foreign sources trading on the family name, according to whistleblowers and bank records unearthed by the House Oversight Committee.  Through much of the wheeling and dealing — Hunter Biden was a crack addict and alcoholic.

Perhaps they will put him in one of those Jeffrey Epstein cells where the cameras don't work.
Corrupt DOJ Requests Court to Order Devon Archer's Surrender for Imprisonment Prior to Testimony on Biden Crime Family.  In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a letter to a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, suggesting that Devon Archer, a business associate of Hunter Biden, be ordered to surrender and begin his term of imprisonment.  This development comes amidst Archer's ongoing appeal and just before his scheduled testimony about the criminal activities involving the Biden crime family.  The letter requests that the court set a date and time for Archer to report to a facility chosen by the Bureau of Prisons.

Dershowitz: Prosecutors Gave Hunter a Deal 'For Nothing,' on 'Open and Shut' Case, Which Never Happens.  On Friday's broadcast of Newsmax TV's "The Record," Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz stated that the proposed Hunter Biden plea deal was "the opposite" of how plea deals usually work because it actually sent a message that "we don't want to hear from you.  We don't want you to testify.  We don't want you to get other people in trouble."  And was done on "open and shut" charges.

The Real Story of the Biden Family Business, and the DOJ Cover-up.  The Biden administration has repeatedly told the public that Hunter's lucrative consulting business doesn't matter unless it is directly connected to his father.  That's true.  Moreover, they add, that connection is not just unproven, it cannot be proved because it didn't exist.  That's false, although the mainstream media has repeated it faithfully.  But even the most feckless are finding it increasingly difficult to sustain this awkward lip-syncing with the White House press office.  Actually, the Biden grifting operation extends well beyond Hunter to include multiple family members.  It always centered on Joe's public position and the political access it ensured, first as the sitting vice president and then as a prospective Democratic nominee after Hillary Clinton's defeat.  The clearest indication of the enterprise's corrupt purpose is its construction of an opaque web of nearly thirty LLCs to hide the distribution of profits from the operation.  There is no legitimate business purpose for this tangled web of pass-through entities.

Multiple Banks Filed Over 170 Suspicious Activity Reports on the Bidens.  As the evidence for at least an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden keeps pouring in, our friends at Twitchy highlighted another example: the suspicious activity reports (SARs) from six banks, to the tune of 170, in fact.  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and co-host Ben Ferguson discussed these reports on their podcast with House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) as their guest.  Not only has Comer been looking into the Biden family as part of fulfilling promises to the American people, he already is familiar with SARs, since, as he told Cruz, he was the director of a bank.  These SARs are submitted and sent to the Treasury Department when banks "have a strong suspicion" that a crime has been committed, so as to protect the bank.  As Comer emphasized, these are submitted "very seldom."  If someone were to have two, the chairman explained, it would be hard for that person to open up a bank account.  Submitting an SAR, Comer added, also is "inviting the regulators to come in and regulate," which is the last thing banks want.  The 170 reports are thus quite significant.

Turley Explains Why Congress Is Obligated to Launch Impeachment Inquiry.  Yes, we should be different from the Democrats who used impeachment as a political tool to try to take out their political rival and cheapened the process.  They didn't care about the Constitution or the corrosive effect such moves would have — all they cared about was their power.  Yet, we also shouldn't be fearful of stepping up to take it on when justice and the evidence demand it, as it does here.  Because that's also important to protect the rule of law.  We've seen for years now the two-tier system of justice and that is problematic for the stability of the Republic.  People need and have a right to expect equal application of the law.  George Washington University law school professor Jonathan Turley has now added his name to the list of the folks that Congress is now obligated to launch an impeachment inquiry, given Biden "clearly lied" about his involvement in the Biden family foreign business dealings scandal.

Watergate vs. Bidengate.  [Scroll down]  In Biden's case, the scandal is not especially political, but instead that of a quest for profit.  He has been caught selling influence — and often not in the best interest of the United States.  Wrapped into this burrito is the Department of Justice and other government minions, who've gone to great lengths to keep this business out of the news.  Trump's presidency exposed the myth of government being politically neutral.  "Official" conspiracies abound in order to influence public opinion — and further evidence of this keeps emerging.  As this is being written, the news is totally abuzz over judge Noreika's refusal to accept Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea deal.  Now, since Hunter's plea has been changed to not guilty, we may possibly be treated to the embarrassing spectacle of a public trial — but don't hold your breath.  More likely, the DoJ conspirators and Hunter's defense team will work out a more acceptable plea that won't gag the judge.

Recap of Hunter's courtroom fiasco:
DOJ's Dirty Deeds.  Ferried to the courthouse by a substantial (obviously taxpayer paid) motorcade, Hunter appeared chipper, obviously believing that his very significant tax avoidance and FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) violations were going to be wiped off the prosecution table if he pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges for unrelated offenses.  The tables quickly turned.  It was alleged that counsel for the defense had misled the court clerk into believing she was acting for the government in requesting the amicus brief filed by House ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith be removed from the docket.  Upon learning of the impersonation deception, the Judge threatened sanctions against Hunter's team. [...] The case went downhill after that when it appeared the government and defense counsel had tried to pull the wool over her eyes about the full extent of the plea deal.  The plea on its face seemed to recommend probation after Hunter admitted guilt on two misdemeanor charges that he failed to pay over $100,000 in taxes on income earned in 2017 and 2018 and would avoid consequences for a felony gun charge.  The devil was in the details:  A side pretrial diversion agreement, the most important portion of which (paragraph 15) had just been handed to the judge before she entered the courtroom.

Joe and Jill Biden finally acknowledge 7th grandchild for the most obnoxious reason.  For her entire life, four-year-old Navy Joan Roberts has been "she who must not be named."  There is no evidence that her father has ever visited her, let alone held her.  Her grandparents repeatedly denied her existence and said that they had only "four granddaughters."  They even gave their dogs stockings at Christmas rather than Navy, who never even bit one let alone a score of Secret Service agents.  As even Democrats began to voice their own shock at the cruelty of the First Couple shunning this child, the Bidens finally relented and recognized her existence, but only barely so.

Why would Biden need to pardon his son, the smartest person Joe knows?  He has the corrupt Justice Department and IRS doing it for him with the support of the sycophant media.  They have run a sham, pretending to investigate for years, just like they pretended to investigate Hillary before James Comey listed all her crimes and waived them.  After years where they saw many felonies on taxes and the gun possession, they came up with a scheme to charge him with a couple minor tax misdemeanors, "divert" the gun charges if he kept his nose clean for a few years, and grant immunity on the a broad range of potential felonies.  And who would determine if he behaved?  The powerful DOJ bureaucrats who came up with this farce of a charge in the first place.

Here's Where Biden Is Headed for the Next Ten Days As Family Scandals Swirl.  According to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, "this evening, the president will depart Maine en route to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he will remain over the next week."  According to Delaware media reports, Biden is expected to be at his beach house until August 6.  [Tweet]  How nice for him to have 10 days of beach time away from Washington — which would be Biden's longest stay in Rehoboth since becoming president.  But didn't Biden just get back from a beach vacation earlier this month?  Why yes, he did.

Joe Biden to Retreat to Rehoboth Beach Compound for the Next Ten Days.  Joe Biden will retreat to his Rehoboth Beach compound in Delaware for the next 10 days while his corrupt DOJ works to jail Trump.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters about feeble Joe's plans to hide in Rehoboth Beach during a gaggle aboard Air Force One on Friday.  "This evening the president will depart Maine en route to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware where he will remain over the next week," Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.

This is the behavior you'd expect from Manuel Noriega or Fidel Castro.
Whistleblower: Biden Crime Family — Possibly Joe Biden Himself — Are Hiding Money in Offshore Bank Accounts.  The Biden Crime Family — and possibly Joe Biden himself — are hiding money in offshore bank accounts.  Fox News host Jesse Watters reported IRS whistleblowers have documents suggesting the Biden Crime Family has offshore bank accounts.  "With Joe [Biden], I suspect there are offshore accounts," House Oversight Chairman James Comer said on Thursday.  James Comer also revealed that six major banks, including JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, had submitted over 170 suspicious activity reports (SARs) to the Treasury Department, all concerning alleged criminal behavior by the Biden crime family.

Why Those 170 Biden Suspicious Activity Reports Are So Bad.  The House Oversight Committee is accumulating a lot of evidence regarding Joe Biden and the Biden family's foreign business dealings scandal.  On Thursday, Chairman James Comer revealed that the IRS whistleblowers were indicating they had evidence of offshore accounts that could be related to Joe Biden.  If they have the records of those accounts and can link Joe Biden to foreign payments, that may be the smoking gun right there if the Republicans get around to an impeachment trial.  Our friends at Townhall pointed out how Comer laid out more information about the 170 "Suspicious Activity Reports" and how significant it was that there were 170 of them about the Bidens.

Biden Forgets to Sign Executive Order After Delivering Remarks.  President Joe Biden forgot to sign an executive order as "The Washington Post March" was playing him out after he delivered remarks on "Bidenomics" in Auburn, Maine, on Friday.  "God bless you all, and may God protect our troops.  Thank you very much," Biden concluded before going to shake hands.  After a few moments, Biden made his way away from the crowd and said, "I'm coming back to shake your hands, but I forgot to sign the order.  All that talk and no action."

Judge Noreika Doesn't Seem to Be Buying Hunter Biden's Excuses, Bans His Lawyers From Contacting Clerk.  U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is handling Hunter Biden's currently defunct plea deal, doesn't seem too pleased.  And why would she be?  On Wednesday, she was presented with an absolute circus after the DOJ tried to pass off an unprecedented agreement whereby Hunter Biden would receive near global immunity.  Instead of putting that in the plea deal itself, it was buried in a pre-trial diversion agreement for a gun charge.  After pressing the two sides, it became clear that a wink-and-nod deal had been formulated whereby the immunity would stand, but wouldn't be made public as part of the plea.  In other words, the DOJ was ready to let Hunter Biden off the hook completely despite mounting evidence he violated FARA regulations.  Things only blew up when Judge Noreika demanded answers, causing Hunter Biden's lawyers to refuse a watered-down deal that would remove the broad immunity.

Congratulations to Joe Biden on today's birth of his four-year-old granddaughter!  President Biden has a son, of sorts.  This son has some, um, issues.  One of the son's issues is his issuance, a daughter he fathered with a woman he says he's never met.  The result was the woman's birth of a little girl she named Navy.  The son denied that he was little Navy's father.  But paternity tests showed he was.  He continued to deny his paternity.  But there are lots of things he denies which are indisputably true.  So does his father.  President Joe refused to acknowledge that Navy is his granddaughter, even after the paternity tests proved she was.  As recently as a week or two ago, he specifically instructed the White House staff to deny that she was his granddaughter.  He instructed his staff to lie for him, because it was convenient and he thought he could get away with it.

Protecting the Bidens.  Ordinarily, the provisions of a plea agreement are in the four corners of the plea agreement.  Ordinarily, they are quite standard.  Ordinarily, they are set out in crystal-clear terms.  Ordinarily, they don't undercut what is supposed to be an investigation into more serious matters.  But everything about this was different because, ordinarily, the Department of Justice isn't acting to protect the president of the United States from a politically sensitive investigation into his son's corrupt business dealings.  DOJ tucked provisions giving Hunter Biden sweeping immunity from future prosecution in a so-called diversion agreement related to his gun offense.  To review, Biden is pleading guilty to two minor tax charges arising from the cascade of sleazy foreign money that poured into his accounts and was distributed to other family members.  He isn't pleading guilty to the gun charge, instead simply agreeing to a couple of years of probation to get off the hook.  Any immunity term should have been in the plea deal but instead was in the diversion agreement, where it wouldn't be expected.

Door may be open to impeaching Biden for misdeeds committed prior to presidency: legal experts.  House Republicans have floated launching an impeachment inquiry against President Biden amid newly surfaced allegations that suggest his involvement in the business dealings his son, Hunter.  But can congressional lawmakers initiate the use of that constitutional tool for alleged treason, bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors that transpired before holding the office of the presidency?  "The answer is clear," Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Fox News Digital.  "No one knows."  Article II, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution states: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."  But it doesn't specify whether those alleged actions need to take place during the time the official holds the office.

The Editor says...
Most or all of the current bribery accusations against the Bidens are connected to things he did when he was vide-president.  I'm no lawyer, but common sense would tell you that the end of his term as vice-president does not erase any guilt.

Biden: Hiding in Plain Sight.  [U]nlike the Clintons, Biden had little to show financially from his long career in politics when he departed the vice-presidential residence.  According to detailed information, Joe and Jill Biden declared a total of $4,122,376 in pretax income on their federal tax returns for tax years 2001 through 2016 — this works out to an average of $257,648 annually during the sixteen-year period when he finished his career as senator and, later, became vice president.  Leaving aside, for the moment, fair questions concerning how Biden managed to sustain living costs for his large family from his home in Wilmington and also save for retirement, his years with educator Jill Biden do not appear to show proven ability to derive investment income, or garner outsized compensation. [...] Joe and Jill Biden saw their pretax income climb from $338,464 in 2016 to a whopping $9,578,639 in 2017 — an amount that was more than 28 times Biden pretax income for the prior year and more than twice, in just one year, total Biden pretax income for a 16 year period from 2001 through 2016.  What accounted for this enormous Biden family windfall in a single year, when even the top 10% of American households suffered pronounced declines in their pretax incomes?

They are rubbing our noses in their filth.  This regime has no shame.  Those stories about the discovery of a bag of cocaine in the White House were not an accidental leak of the truth.  The leak was psyops meant to destroy the morale of their enemy, which is the American people.  The discovery was meant to show that Biden and his crooks will do anything they want and get away with it, and they do.  Law enforcement did nothing — and what will Republicans do about it?  Cry?  Biden's crew ignores congressional subpoenas without consequence, just as Eric Holder did when he was Obama's AG.  In January, Speaker McCarthy promised to make the videos of the January 6 protest public.  Six months later, the videos remain under lock and key — right next to Epstein's client list.  We can guess at some of the names on the list just by looking at the celebrities who hit Trump hardest.  The deep state is better at blackmail than the Mafia.

Hunter Biden:  Was He A Foreign Agent and For What Purpose?  [Quoting Jonathan Turley:] I mean, the problem with this agreement is that the judge read it and said what is this?  And part of the obligation of the court is to make sure that the defendant and the government are very clear on what the agreement means.  And they weren't.  And it broke down with the most basic questions.  That was what was so surprising here is that these are the types of questions as a defense counsel you work out with prosecutors in advance.  But she basically asked one question and the whole [...] thing fell apart.

Biden's Smirks and Changing Stories Reveal His Utter Disdain for the American People.  From Joe Biden to his buffoonish press secretaries (past and present) to members of the administration, the obfuscations, changing stories, denials, and yes, bald-faced lies about the Biden Family Business scandal combine as an arrogant affront to rational Americans — and it only gets worse by the day.  When reports first began to surface about Hunter Biden's nefarious overseas business dealings, Joe Biden continually made two mutually exclusive statements.  First, he claimed he and his crackhead son never discussed the latter's business dealings.  Second, and simultaneously, he arrogantly claimed Hunter never did anything wrong, much less illegal.  Spoiler, Joe:  The first claim makes the second impossible — and vice versa.

Official Court Transcript From Hunter's Foiled Plea Agreement Hearing Sure Seems to Show Attempted Fraud on the Court.  I've been reading the official transcript of Hunter Biden's hearing today (110 pgs) and not all the way through but something that strikes me so far:  US Atty Weiss' office was really trying to game the system [because] they hid the agreement to not charge various things related to the tax case in the Diversion Agreement, which covers the gun charges, instead of in the Memorandum of Plea [because] that changes the TYPE of plea it is under the FRCP and the role of the judge.  The judge and her staff could not find another case in which a plea agreement was done that way.

Hunter Biden Admits in Court He Made $664K from CEFC China Energy, Contradicting Joe Biden's Claims.  Hunter Biden's lawyer, Chris Clark, admitted in court Wednesday the president's son received $664,000 from CEFC China Energy Co. in 2017, contradicting President Joe Biden's claim Hunter Biden never received money from a Chinese entity.  During a hearing before U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, Clark revealed Hunter made over one million dollars in foreign business transactions, including $664,000 from CEFC, a company linked to the CCP and Chinese intelligence.

Jill Biden's Ex-Husband Says 'Very Dangerous' Biden 'Crime Family' Has Targeted Him.  Bill Stevenson, the ex-husband of first lady Jill Biden, said Wednesday on Newsmax that he has been a target of the "very dangerous ... Biden crime family."  Stevenson discussed his divorce from the first lady, alleging that he was the victim of a shakedown by the Biden family.  "Frankie Biden of the Biden crime family comes up to me and he goes, 'Give her the house or you're going to have serious problems.'  I looked at Frankie and I said, 'Are you threatening me?' and needless to say, about two months later, my brother and I were indicted for that tax charge for $8,200."

Maureen Dowd can't seem to figure out who the liar-in-chief is.  Joe Biden has lied continuously throughout his Washington career.  He lies about big and little things.  Here is a small sample:  He lied about his college rank and grades at law school.  He plagiarized a speech as he ran for president in 1988.  The media chased him from that race.  He continues to lie about what Trump said in Charlottesville to gin up racial hate and division.  He lied when he said that Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation during a debate with Trump.  ([H]e clearly knew the truth[.])  He continues to lie that no one in his family ever made money from foreign sources and that he never talked to Hunter or anyone in his family about their business dealings.  He continues to lie that he inherited a bad economy.  The economy was growing rapidly when he took office.  He lied that there were no vaccines available when he took office.  He lied that inflation was caused by Russia and the supply chain when inflation took off as soon as he forced his radically destructive government spending on the American people.  He lied that the border was under control.  And he continues to lie that his policies cut the deficit in half.

Legal Experts Are Pointing To Another Fishy Aspect Of Hunter Biden's Proposed Plea Deal.  Legal experts said Thursday that the statement of facts included in Hunter Biden's proposed plea deal favored the defense as, due to the terms of the Department of Justice's agreement with Biden, it would have immunized him from prosecution for a number of offenses.  The statement of facts section of the plea deal appeared heavily skewed towards the defense, encompassing a wide range of activity that could have shielded Biden from future charges under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), legal experts said.  That's because the diversion agreement allowing Hunter Biden to avoid jail time for a felony gun charge — a separate document from the plea deal for the two misdemeanor tax charges — included a paragraph affirming the United States would not prosecute the president's son for any crime "encompassed by the attached Statement of Facts" in both the diversion agreement and the plea deal.

The political pressure on Biden family corruption is working — keep it up.  One of President Joe Biden's biggest political headaches, the many illegal activities of his son Hunter Biden, was supposed to pass quietly into obscurity July 26 when a federal judge was expected to rubber-stamp a plea agreement between the Department of Justice and the accused.  But thanks in no small part to the efforts of House Republicans to raise the profile of Hunter Biden's wrongdoing, Judge Maryellen Noreika refused to accept the deal, sending the DOJ and Hunter Biden's lawyers back to the bargaining table to come up with an agreement that stood a better chance than their original flimsy document of withstanding public scrutiny.

Hunter Biden remains 'good standing' member of DC Bar despite facing criminal charges.  Hunter Biden continues to be a "good standing" member of the Washington, D.C. Bar despite facing multiple criminal charges and violating the organization's rules of professional conduct.  First reported by the Daily Caller, Biden told the judge during his first appearance in a Wilmington, Delaware federal court, in which his expected plea deal ultimately collapsed, that he was a member of the D.C. and Connecticut Bars.  According to the D.C. Bar website, Biden remains a member in "good standing," despite the rules of professional conduct stating that it is misconduct for a lawyer to "commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects."

Bidens Wanted Billions, Not Millions, From Burisma.  The allegations by the FBI informant describes Mykola Zlochevsky, Burisma's co-founder and a former minister in the ousted pro-Russian Yanukovych government, saying that "it costs 5 (million) to pay one Biden, and 5 (million) to another Biden".  And yet the rewards could have been even richer.  While the informant urged Zlochevsky to launch his IPO by forming an American company or buying a shell company, Hunter Biden had allegedly told the energy boss that his company "could raise much more capital if Burisma purchased a larger US-based business that already had a history In the US oil and gas sector."  Allegedly some Texas companies were on the table.  Why did Hunter Biden allegedly pitch Burisma on a messier and more expensive process?  An obvious potential answer is that the Biden family may have hoped to cash in by being on the inside.

The art scam is probably going to explode.  Earlier this week, we looked at the ongoing scam where First Son Hunter Biden has been cranking out paintings as supposed "works of art" and selling them to mysterious benefactors for staggering sums of money.  Since the private sale of artwork doesn't legally have to be reported to the public, it's an almost foolproof way to move large sums of money around while having it be nearly untraceable.  That got me thinking about other areas where this scam could be employed to circumvent various financial transparency laws.  And campaign finance regulations were among the first possibilities to come to mind, which is what I wanted to bring up for discussion today.  But first, here's a reminder of precisely how lucrative this has been for The Big Guy's errant son.

Rep. James Comer says banks submitted more than 170 suspicious activity reports on the Bidens.  After Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that the Biden investigation was nearing the level of an impeachment inquiry, Democrats rushed to CNN and MSNBC to assure them that there was "zero evidence" that President Joe Biden had done anything wrong.  OK, so his son was going to plead guilty to tax fraud and felony gun possession, but none of that involved his father.  As Karine Jean-Pierre said, President Biden was never in business with his son (we guess keeping 10 percent for "the big guy" doesn't count).

Mr. Speaker!  Evidence in public shows the sitting president of the United States took payments from foreign business interests in a scheme to use the power of the U.S. government to influence foreign government policy and protect/enhance the business interests of the people who paid him.  To wit:  The Republicans in the House of Representatives have thousands of Joe and Hunter Biden bank records, hundreds of trace records for wire transfer statements and payments, hundreds of reported U.S. Treasury suspicious activity reports, thousands of emails and subpoenaed text messages, audio and video recordings, thousands of photographs, access to the laptop of Hunter Biden and all the content therein, documented witnesses to the activity, testimony under oath corroborating how the Bidens collected tens of millions from foreign nations as unregistered foreign agents which was subsequently laundered through 20 shell companies. [...] Additionally, the Republicans in Congress have sworn affidavits and testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who testified the US attorney in Delaware was working with the U.S. Dept of Justice in Washington DC to bury the results of the investigation.

Secret Service Refuses to Hand Over 'Known Pool of Individuals' List in White House Cocaine Incident.  The Secret Service has refused to turn over the list of individuals who may have accessed the area of the White House where authorities discovered cocaine over the Fourth of July weekend, saying that the record of such a list does not fall under the Freedom of Information Act.  This suggests that the Secret Service never created such a list in the first place.  "As your request seeks records reflecting visitors or related information concerning the Office of the President, please be advised that these records are not Secret Service agency records subject to the FOIA," Kevin Tyrrell, a Freedom of Information Act officer at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote in a letter obtained by The Daily Signal.  "Rather, these records are governed by the Presidential Records Act, and remain under the exclusive legal custody and control of the White House."

The Collapse of Hunter Biden's Sweetheart Plea Deal.  There were clearly some bizarre twists and turns in federal court Wednesday in Delaware, as Hunter Biden's anticipated sweetheart plea deal collapsed.  So, what happened?  That is hard to say for sure, as a transcript of the colloquy between the lawyers and the judge has not been released.  Basically, it seems that there was a misunderstanding between the prosecutors and the Biden legal team about whether the plea deal was going to end Hunter's potential legal exposure to other crimes, or whether there was still an ongoing investigation.  It seems that Biden's legal team believed the former, while the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office believed the latter.  While it is not uncommon for plea deals to fall apart, one would think such a high-profile deal, in writing, would have been ironclad before the parties stepped into court today.  Apparently not.

It doesn't matter if you have a timeline, a big box of documents, wiretaps, fingerprints, or witnesses.
Will Republicans Impeach Biden?  Here's The Full Corruption Timeline.  House Republicans are moving closer to an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, according to Speaker Kevin McCarthy as party leaders continue to investigate allegations that the president accepted millions of dollars in bribes from foreign entities, including individuals linked to the Chinese Communist Party.  With the investigation into the alleged corruption of the Biden family — primarily Biden and his son Hunter — heating up, here is a timeline, according to House Republicans and other documentation, of the events that some lawmakers have said may lead to Biden's impeachment: [...]

In other words, he'll be living in the White House for a while.
Hunter Biden Could be Jailed if He Consumes Drugs, Alcohol as Part of Release Conditions.  President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, could be jailed if he consumes any drugs or alcohol, according to the conditions of his release signed by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika.  Biden appeared in federal court in Delaware on Wednesday, where he was expected to enter a guilty plea as part of a deal negotiated between his lawyers and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) arising out of charges of illegally possessing a handgun and failing to pay two years' worth of federal taxes.

White House Backtracks on Hunter's Business Deals.  The language is undeniably different, and yet White House officials said four different times Wednesday that "nothing has changed" concerning President Biden's longstanding denial that he was ever involved in the foreign business dealings of his son Hunter.  House Republicans, meanwhile, contend that the deviation in wording now employed at the White House reflects a strategy to distance the president from Hunter Biden ahead of potentially damaging new testimony.  Biden told Fox News on the campaign trail in September 2020, "I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings," a categorical denial he later repeated the next month in a radio interview with WBZ Boston when he said, "I don't discuss business with my son."

Hunter Biden's Attorneys Face Potential Sanctions over Alleged 'Misrepresentations to the Court'.  Hunter Biden's attorneys face potential sanctions over "misrepresentations to the court" after his legal team allegedly lied to the clerk in his criminal case.  The president's son is set to enter a plea agreement on Wednesday after his legal team secured a sweetheart plea agreement on Biden's charge by federal authorities of illegally possessing a handgun and failing to pay two years' worth of federal taxes.  On Tuesday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) submitted a brief to U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika that argued she should reconsider Biden's plea agreement in light of an IRS whistleblower's recent claim that the Department of Justice (DOJ) stifled their investigation into Biden.

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to tax and gun charges and could face further charges over his business.  Hunter Biden has unexpectedly pleaded not guilty to tax and gun crimes after his 'sweetheart' plea deal collapsed in a sensational court hearing.  The scandal-hit first son is also still on the hook for any crimes linked to foreign deals with China and Ukraine after the judge dramatically rejected the first agreement that would have shielded him from future charges and seen him avoid jail.  Hunter had arrived at federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, expecting to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and walk away with a slap on the wrist.

Judge Sets 'Conditions of Release' For Hunter Biden — Orders Him to Get a Job, Submit to Drug Testing.  Hunter Biden arrived at court today in Delaware to agree to a sweetheart deal by the Biden Department of Justice on his years of criminal drug use, trafficking prostitutes, and multi-million dollar pay-for-play and bribery schemes with foreign officials from China, Ukraine, Romania, etc.  Hunter was only charged with two misdemeanors related to tax fraud and he will avoid prison time on the gun charge.  According to the DOJ's sweetheart deal, Hunter Biden would receive immunity from future charges.

Democrats are famous for saying, no one is above the law!
Report: Plea Deal Would Have Given Hunter Biden Immunity 'in Perpetuity'.  The plea deal struck between federal prosecutors and Hunter Biden's defense team that fell apart in court Wednesday would have given the first son "broad immunity from prosecution in perpetuity," according to a report from the courtroom.  The New York Times's Glenn Thrush reported Wednesday that the unusual plea deal had "offered Hunter Biden broad immunity from prosecution in perpetuity."  Thrush reported that Judge Maryellen Noreika was highly skeptical of the plea deal, "questioning why it had been filed under a provision that gave her no legal authority to reject it."

Democrats May Want to Panic About Hunter Biden Now.  On Wednesday, Hunter Biden appeared in federal court in Delaware to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for failing to pay millions in federal taxes and to accept a pre-trial diversion agreement on a gun charge, all in exchange for two years probation with no jail time.  The sweetheart plea deal that was widely panned by experts fell apart in court and was ultimately rejected by the judge, forcing Hunter Biden to plead "not guilty."  Suddenly, the president's son's "Get Out of Jail Free" card was gone, and the Democrats' hopes of putting the Hunter Biden saga behind them were dashed.  This is certainly going to be a huge problem for Democrats because it means that Hunter's legal issues are far from over, and that the First Son could in fact face jail time — all while his father runs for president again, and his own Department of Justice faces questions of interfering with the investigation.

Aides and the press have created a Potemkin presidency, hiding if Joe Biden is up to it.  President Biden is merely pretending to do his job.  But will the charade collapse before he can finagle another election victory?  In czarist Russia, a Russian governor named Potemkin built a fake village to deceive Catherine the Great about the condition of the peasants she ruled.  In today's Washington, the media are partnering with Team Biden to concoct a Potemkin village to deceive Americans about Biden's faltering fitness for office.

Jonathan Turley Points To One Democrat Who 'Demolished' Joe Biden's Defense.  Legal analyst Jonathan Turley appeared on Fox News on Wednesday to explain how Democratic New York Rep. Daniel Goldman "demolished" President Joe Biden's claim that he was not involved in Hunter's shady business dealings.  Turley was asked to explain his recent piece "Media Beg Republicans To 'Move On' From Hunter Biden — Because They Know Scandal Is Serious," which appeared in the New York Post and focuses on testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who allege the Department of Justice pressured prosecutors not to charge Hunter with certain crimes.  Both whistleblowers recently testified in front of Congress.  "Well what's fascinating about what has happened with these IRS whistleblowers is that none of the members asked the whistleblowers any substantive questions except for one, that was Congressman Goldman, who tried to find some way to defuse this damaging evidence.  It was a disaster," Turley explained.

Judge Demands Explanation From Hunter Biden's Lawyers Over Alleged Lie to Court Clerk.  Lawyers for Hunter Biden may face legal sanctions for allegedly misrepresenting themselves to the court clerk in order to have information related to IRS whistleblowers removed from the case record.  A member of Mr. Biden's legal team is accused of falsely identifying herself while requesting the removal of amicus materials.  According to the court clerk, Jessica Bengels, a New York-based Latham and Watkins litigation services director, contacted the clerk and asked to have the information kept confidential.  In a July 25 letter, Theodore Kittila informed Delaware Judge Maryellen Noreika of the alleged trick, and that the clerk's office had "advised that someone contacted the court representing that they worked with my office and that they were asking the court to remove this from the docket."  Judge Noreika gave Mr. Biden's lawyers until 9 p.m. on Tuesday to provide an explanation from their perspective.

Hunter Biden could face same foreign lobbying charges that jailed Trump associates.  Hunter Biden could face federal charges related to his failure to register as a foreign agent before he cut lucrative deals with Ukraine, China and other countries where his politically powerful father held sway.  Prosecutors said Wednesday that an ongoing investigation of President Biden's son could include offenses related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA.  Prosecutors made the statement during a federal court proceeding where Hunter Biden was expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and agree to a deal to spare him a felony gun charge.

Hunter's lawyer told prosecutors 'sweetheart' deal was off after judge eviscerated agreement.  Hunter Biden's lawyers and prosecutors expected a routine hearing Wednesday when they arrived in court with a carefully negotiated deal to keep the president's son out of prison.  Instead, they found themselves turning on each other under the glare of a federal judge who was determined to pick apart their agreement.  It was a tense and unexpected episode in a three-hour ordeal that had the president's son stroll into a courtroom in his former hometown only to watch the plan to put his tax problems behind him crumble before his eyes.

CNN Claims Biden Investigation is "Much Ado About Nothing".  Wednesday's [7/26/2023] CNN This Morning discussed the allegations that President Joe Biden's role in Hunter Biden's business dealings approached, in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) words, "the level of impeachment inquiry."  Political commentator Van Jones declared the investigation to be "much ado about nothing" and that it was "pulled out of nowhere."  Despite growing allegations, CNN treated a Biden impeachment inquiry as unwarranted, especially compared to former President Donald Trump's impeachment.

What, is Hunter Biden's legal team high or something?  After scoring the sweetheart plea deal of the century, Hunter Biden's legal team ended a brutal day in court with no legal immunity, the old and renegotiated deals now dead, and a stark warning that the president's son is indeed under investigation for his failure to register as a foreign agent.  Between today's disaster in court and revelations that Hunter Biden knew his attorney, millionaire Kevin Morris, was secretly purchasing his "artwork," I couldn't help but wonder:  Is the first son's legal team high or something?

Hunter's lawyers and the prosecutor just got caught with their pants down.  The prosecutors gave Hunter Biden a sweetheart plea bargain to end the tax fraud and gun case against him.  For offenses that most certainly would have landed you or me in jail for years, Hunter got ... [drum roll] ... nothing.  Nada.  Zero jail time.  He didn't even have to pay all of his unpaid taxes because the prosecution dallied so long that the statute of limitations expired.  And the deal apparently immunized him against unrelated charges.  He would walk, a new man.  Well, not entirely.  He would still be a man who was a drug addict, a deadbeat dad, a pervert, a tax evader, and a slouch.  (But give him credit for his paintings!)  But he would be a man immunized from any accountability for his crimes.

From paintings to China money, White House story on Hunter Biden keeps unraveling.  Joe Biden has repeatedly denied any involvement with his son Hunter's business dealings, though recent revelations appear to have undercut that claim.  But the president isn't the only administration official to have his public statements on the matter come under scrutiny in the face of conflicting evidence.  As House Republicans, led by Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, rigorously pursue investigations into the Biden family, their findings appear to have substantiated links of the commander-in-chief's prior involvement in the first son's endeavors, seemingly contradicting the claims of the elder Biden and his subordinates.  Here are some of the most glaring statements from the commander-in-chief and his subordinates on the first son's dealings that have collided with contrary evidence.

Joe Biden Allegedly Interacted With Son's Clients More Than 200 Times.  President Joe Biden vehemently denied ever talking business with his son, "or with anyone else" in the run-up to the 2020 election.  In fact, Biden even fat-shamed an Iowa voter who approached the subject during the Democratic primaries.  On the debate stage with Donald Trump, the former vice president peddled conspiracies of Russian interference when emails from Hunter Biden's laptop revealed otherwise.  On Sunday night, the New York Post reported on anticipated testimony from Hunter Biden's former business partner, Devon Archer.  The 48-year-old who went golfing with the Bidens in 2014 is expected to tell the House Oversight Committee how Hunter Biden put his father in contact with foreign businessmen and potential investors at least 24 times.  According to the Post, such meetings were either in person or by speakerphone, with Hunter Biden often dialing in Joe.

Only An Impeachment Inquiry Can Unravel Biden Family Corruption And The Feds' Role.  Last week, our country passed the tipping point:  The evidence of President Joe Biden's corruption during his time as vice president is now so overwhelming and the implications so serious, the disparate investigations underway in the House and Senate can no longer suffice.  Nor can the Department of Justice and the FBI — even under the auspices of a special counsel — be trusted to oversee the investigation given the overwhelming evidence that they obstructed the probe into the Biden family.  There is only one option left that can deliver truth and transparency to the American public, and that is an impeachment inquiry that investigates not just President Joe Biden, but Attorney General Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney David Weiss, and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The Democrats' Dilemma:  How to Convince Joe Biden to Drop out of the Race.  [Scroll down]  The Democrats exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to unconstitutionally manipulate state voting laws, expand and abuse mail-in voting, and orchestrate unfettered ballot harvesting in order to place in office perhaps the most incompetent, corrupt, and bribable president in American history.  They cannot feign ignorance as virtually every Washington insider knew Biden was an unprincipled buffoon since his early days in the Senate.  By foisting this reprobate on America, they also, per the Constitution, granted him the unlimited power to grant pre-emptive pardons to whomever he chooses.  Joe, in order to protect himself and his family, will, at some point, exercise his presidential prerogative to issue these pardons. [...] If the Democrats and the legacy media succeed in forcing Biden to resign, he will issue pardons for himself and Hunter et al on his way out the door.  Thus, creating a potential political firestorm as the bulk of the citizenry would be incensed over this egregious self-dealing.

Here Are All The People Who Have Corroborated Biden Family Corruption.  The corporate media's blackout on the ongoing Biden corruption investigation continued this week despite the publication of an unclassified document detailing President Joe Biden's alleged involvement in an international bribery scheme.  The propaganda press didn't just ignore Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley's sharing of the bombshell FD-1023 and the FBI's ongoing attempts to stonewall its debut.  Some outlets actually went out of their way to downplay the years of evidence accumulated in the Biden bribery investigation.

Hunter Biden lawyer accused of misleading clerk to block release of evidence.  First son Hunter Biden's legal team appeared to pull a dirty trick Tuesday to block the release of damning evidence ahead of his expected guilty plea to federal charges of tax evasion and weapons crimes.  The drama began in the morning when the House Ways and Means Committee filed an amicus brief to Delaware US District Judge Maryellen Noreika arguing that the 53-year-old had benefited from "political interference which calls into question the propriety of the investigation" into alleged crimes including money laundering, felony tax evasion and failure to register as a foreign agent.  The filing included testimony by two IRS whistleblowers who sat for transcribed interviews on May 26 and June 1.

Report: Buyer of Hunter's Art Visited Joe Biden's White House 13 Times After First Art Exhibition.  The purchaser of Hunter Biden's art reportedly visited President Joe Biden's White House 13 times after the president's son first showcased his paintings at his art dealer's gallery in New York City.  Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a large Biden donor and Biden appointee to the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, visited the White House for large events, along with several intimate meetings, including with White House senior adviser Neera Tanden on March 21, according to White House visitor logs reviewed by the Free Beacon.

Hunter sold art to Biden donor who was given an impressive commission appointment.  Hunter Biden is an artist who sells his artwork in art galleries in Manhattan and Los Angeles for a pretty penny.  Creating the artwork is allegedly good therapy for his drug addiction recovery.  The sales of his artwork were supposed to be anonymous to Hunter and his father, the president.  That seemed like an impossible promise when the White House was questioned about the intersection between Hunter's latest financial venture and his father's political career.  As it turns out, it was impossible.  Business Insider has an exclusive story that Hunter did learn the identity of two buyers and one of those buyers is someone who received a favor from the Biden White House.  The timing of the art purchase and the special favor are not known.  At the time the public learned about Hunter's gallery showings and his artwork being for sale, questions about the ethics of the situation arose.  Obama's former ethics chief called the arrangement "shameful and grifty.'  It was pretty obvious that an amateur painter selling his artwork for prices up to $500,000 a piece was questionable, especially when the buyers might be purchasing the art to gain favor with Joe Biden, the president.

Well that is a shift.  Lots of news about Joe Biden's obvious financial relationship with his influence peddling, coke-snorting, hooker-using disgusting and worthless human being he calls a son has been emerging of late.  None of it tells us anything we didn't already know, except in terms of filling out the details of how the influence-peddling scheme worked and how the money was hidden and distributed within a family that is more corrupt than Spiro Agnew ever hoped to be.  [Tweet]  There's lots of talk of shell companies, coercion of Burisma executives, phone calls with the Big Guy on the line with Hunter's clients, and payments to brothers, daughters, and grandchildren (except Navy Joan-Roberts, of course).  It's an awful lot for the MSM to cover up and the Democrats to call debunked, but fear not: they are up to the task, although Catherine Herridge is breaking from the pack and doing some actual reporting.

How To Create Conspiracy Theories.  Given the blanket exemptions provided to Hillary Clinton for unlawfully destroying subpoenaed material and using a home server to transmit classified information, and the reduction of Hunter Biden's numerous felonies to minor misdemeanors, and the likely exemption given Joe Biden for storing classified files for years at his various homes and offices, why would anyone not believe that the government and the media work hard to suppress the truth?  And why would any citizen believe the government or the media after the Biden campaign solicited "51 intelligence authorities" to swear falsely that the genuine Hunter Biden laptop was likely a product of "Russian disinformation."  The entire concocted lie was a Biden-campaign effort to use the gravitas of former government officials and the complicity of the media to promote a fantasy to influence the impending presidential debate.  And it worked to a tee.  Note as well that the FBI hired out Twitter employees to suppress information concerning the Biden laptop.  The truth was deemed "disinformation" in order to mislead voters on the eve of the 2020 election.

Kevin McCarthy Says Impeachment Inquiry of Joe Biden Being Prepared.  Is Joe Biden finally about to face the first steps of impeachment?  That's what House Speaker Kevin McCarthy signaled on Monday evening.  While appearing on Fox News, McCarthy laid out the case that Joe Biden accepted bribes and funneled money through a variety of shell companies.  He then said at the end of the segment with Sean Hannity that "this is rising to the level of an impeachment inquiry." [...] McCarthy indicates that what they've learned so far rises to the level of an impeachment inquiry and that one will be necessary to garner relevant facts to continue the investigation.  As he notes at the end of his statement, the Biden administration has stonewalled Congress to this point, and an impeachment inquiry will give them new powers to demand and receive information.

Devon Archer to Appear Before House Next Week, Has Already Testified Before Grand Jury.  I reported earlier on the important testimony that Hunter Biden's former business partner is expected to give to the House Oversight Committee.  He's expected to tell the Committee about at least 24 phone calls that involved Joe Biden during business meetings Archer had with Hunter Biden and others, according to the new report from the New York Post.  Not only that, Archer was Hunter's partner and close friend, so he's very knowledgeable about where all the bodies are buried in the business and is likely to have a lot more he could say as well.  He dealt with Hunter for years on all these foreign deals.  Now the timing of when Archer is going to speak to the Committee has just been announced.  Archer is going to give a transcribed interview on July 31.  As Fox's Martha MacCallum says [elsew]here, Joe Biden has denied being involved in any way with this son's business.  Archer "can shed a lot of light" and "potentially blow the thing wide open."

The Editor says...
Free advice for Mr. Archer:  I've seen this movie before.  Get somebody else to start your car.

McCarthy: Biden case will 'rise to impeachment' as 16 Romanian payments allegedly went to 'shell companies'.  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted Republicans will gather enough evidence soon to mount an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, as the corruption scandal enveloping him and his son Hunter continues to grow.  McCarthy, R-Calif., made reference to a relatively new revelation from the House Oversight Committee that — while Joe was vice president — Hunter Biden "capitalized" on a financial relationship with a Romanian national later convicted on corruption charges.  According to prepared remarks from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., in June, the Bidens received more than $1 million in 17 increments.

Hunter's $1.3M art buyers:  Dem donor who Joe appointed to prestigious commission and Hollywood 'fixer' lawyer.  Hunter Biden's artwork has brought in $1.3 million dollars, and it has been revealed that a top Democratic donor and Biden family friend who President Biden named to a prestigious commission was one of the top purchasers.  Despite a promise that all purchasers' identities would be kept a secret, two names have been revealed:  Los Angeles-based real estate investor and Democratic donor Elizabeth Hirsch Naftali and Hollywood attorney Kevin Morris.  When Hunter Biden first announced he would make a high-dollar foray into the art world, the Biden team promised the identities of those who purchased Hunter's art would remain anonymous.  On the campaign trail, Joe Biden promised an 'absolute wall' between his duties as president and his family's business dealings.

Zelensky Associate Was Present at Biden Bribery Meetings — Then Went to Work for President Zelensky.  Author Peter Schweizer went on with Jesse Watters on Monday night where he proceeded to drop another bomb on the Biden Crime Family.  According to Schweizer, who wrote a best-seller "Secret Empires" on the Biden Family crimes, told Jesse that one of Vlodomyr Zelensky's top officials was sitting in the room when they were discussing bribing the Bidens, Joe and Hunter.  Ukrainian President Zelensky has a top official who was sitting in on meetings where they talked about bribing the Bidens.  Schweizer suggests Zelensky is using this as leverage over the Biden regime for weapons and billions in US dollars.

Media beg Republicans to 'move on' from Hunter Biden — because they know scandal is serious.  "I wonder after this plea happens if you would advise your party to move on?"  That question from CBS's "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan to Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie was raised just days before a former business associate of Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, gives potentially explosive testimony to a House committee in the Biden corruption scandal.  The media's desire to "move on" from the scandal is reaching an almost frantic level, as millions in foreign payments and dozens of corporate shell companies are revealed, and incriminating emails are released.  The same plaintive demand was made in congressional hearings.

Report: FBI Told David Weiss It Partially Corroborated Biden Bribery Allegations.  The FBI reportedly told U.S. Prosecutor David Weiss the bureau partially corroborated the claims that Burisma Holdings founder Mykola Zlochevsky bribed then-Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden with $5 million each.  The Pittsburgh FBI field office corroborated several details contained in the FBI informant record as a part of the intake process that former Attorney General William Barr established, a source with knowledge of the process told the Federalist.

[The] White House [is] Shifting and Parsing Words Around Joe and Hunter Biden "Business".  Previously Joe Biden said, "I have never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses."  Today, the White House appears to have modified that position and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre now says, "the President was never in business with his son."  [Video clip]  The issue has specific weight now because Hunter Biden's friend and eyewitness to the Biden family business coordination, Devon Archer, is scheduled to deliver testimony to the House Oversight Committee a week from today, Monday July 31st.

DOJ vows Weiss will publicly testify to counter 'any misrepresentations about our work'.  The Department of Justice told House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Monday that U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who has led the federal investigation into Hunter Biden, will appear for a public hearing with the committee to combat "any misrepresentations" about Weiss's work.  Carlos Uriarte, an assistant attorney general, wrote in a letter to Jordan that Weiss could appear in late September or October for the hearing, long after President Joe Biden's son and Weiss have finalized their plea agreement, which is set to take place at a hearing Wednesday.

Hunter Biden put then-VP dad Joe on the phone with business associates at least 2 dozen times, ex-partner Devon Archer to testify.  Hunter Biden would dial in his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on speakerphone into meetings with his overseas business partners, according to testimony expected before Congress this week from Devon Archer, the first son's former best friend.  Archer, 48, who is facing jail for his role in a $60 million bond fraud, is scheduled to testify to the House Oversight Committee about meetings he witnessed that were attended by Joe Biden either in person or via speakerphone when Hunter would call his father and introduce him to foreign business partners or prospective investors.  "We are looking forward very much to hearing from Devon Archer about all the times he has witnessed Joe Biden meeting with Hunter Biden's overseas business partners when he was vice president, including on speakerphone," said Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the committee chairman.  One such meeting was in Dubai late in the evening of Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, after a board meeting of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, which was paying Hunter $83,000 a month as a director.

Trump slams Senate Republicans for going soft on Biden.  Former President Trump accused Senate Republicans of going soft on President Biden amid the 'horrible revelations' coming out of the Hunter Biden investigations, putting on display the rift between the House and Senate GOP.  'Joe Biden is the most corrupt President in the history of the United States, which is being undeniably proven in the House of Representatives every single day,' Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.  His post came after a new New York Post report claimed Hunter Biden would dial in his then-vice president father Joe Biden into meetings with his overseas business partners.

Report: FBI Told David Weiss It Partially Corroborated Biden Bribery Allegations.  The FBI reportedly told U.S. Prosecutor David Weiss the bureau partially corroborated the claims that Burisma Holdings founder Mykola Zlochevsky bribed then-Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden with $5 million each.  The Pittsburgh FBI field office corroborated several details contained in the FBI informant record as a part of the intake process that former Attorney General William Barr established, a source with knowledge of the process told the Federalist.

FBI Told Delaware U.S. Attorney It Had Already Partially Corroborated Biden Bribery Claims, Source Says.  When the Pittsburgh FBI office briefed the Delaware U.S. attorney's office on evidence implicating Hunter and Joe Biden in a bribery scheme, the agents also told the Delaware team they had already corroborated several aspects of the confidential human source's claims, an individual familiar with the briefing told The Federalist.  On Thursday, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released the FD-1023 summary of a confidential human source's reporting that the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden each $5 million in bribes so the then-Vice President would "protect" Burisma "from all kinds of problems."  Those bribes were in addition to the more than $4 million in total paid to Hunter Biden and his business partner Devon Archer for sitting on Burisma's board of directors.

Joe Biden's Re-Election Campaign Is Non-Existent, and That Should Terrify You.  Joe Biden has more cash on hand than any other possible 2024 presidential candidate.  Ironically, he also has no re-election campaign to speak of.  You'd think an incumbent president flush with cash would already be doing the groundwork to prepare for the general election, especially given he doesn't have to spend anything to win the primary.  So why isn't Biden hiring campaign staff?  According to his aides, this is all part of the plan, and that should terrify you. [...] There's a certain maniacal confidence about a president who doesn't even bother to go through the motions of trying to get re-elected.

Biden Aides Descend Into Willful Delusion to Excuse His Frailty.  Joe Biden's age is a problem, or more aptly, his frailty is.  That's been the story percolating within the mainstream press, which once prided itself on protecting the sitting president at any cost.  Recent accommodations have been made, including having Biden use the shorter belly stairs to board Air Force One.  In response to official inquiries, his aides claim it's just a coincidence of circumstances. [...] But privately, his aides are leaking that the president's recent fall at the Air Force Academy commencement is the driving factor for a whole host of new protections being put in place. [...] In the weeks following Biden's hard fall, his use of the shorter stairs to board Air Force One went up to 84 percent compared to just 37 percent in the weeks before.  That's a significant jump that can't be explained by weather or location, especially when it's noted that he's now using them at Joint Base Andrews as well.

How can anyone even consider reelecting the 'senescent, sticky-fingered, ill-tempered, spavined' Biden?  Even in his prime, President Joe Biden often came across as a buffoon.  When we think of Biden's long career in Washington (before his presidency), we think of his humiliating forced withdrawal from the 1988 Democratic presidential primary for plagiarism, his vile treatment of Supreme Court nominees Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, his unwanted touching, and his lies and exaggerations.  But his reemergence on the national stage in 2019 brought new attacks.  Accusations that he had enriched himself and his family members during his tenure as vice president were leveled against him — serious charges he managed to dodge ahead of the 2020 presidential election with a little help from his friends.  But those allegations have not gone away.

Hunter Biden's former business partner and friend is set to testify.  Hunter Biden's former business partner and friend is set to testify that Hunter called then Vice President Joe during meetings with clients, reports say.  Devon Archer, 48, was subpoenaed on June 12 by the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Hunter's businesses and whether he and other members of the Biden family improperly traded on their connections.  Archer has so far canceled his scheduled depositions three times, The Washington Examiner reported, but still intends to speak to the committee.  They go on recess for the summer break in August.

Emma-Jo Morris: Government Institutions Have 'Zero Credibility' After Hunter Biden Laptop Story.  Breitbart politics editor Emma-Jo Morris said on this week's broadcast of FNC's "Sunday Morning Futures" that our government institutions had zero credibility after the Hunter Biden laptop story's social media censorship.  Anchor Maria Bartiromo said, "You testified in front of this committee last week, walking through how the intelligence community censored you.  That had to be incredibly tough for you."  [Video clip and transcript.]

The Inevitable Impeachment of Alleged President Joe Biden.  It is clear that PINO (President-in-name-only) Joe Biden is going to get impeached.  I didn't think that was true until recently, not because he doesn't deserve it — he massively deserves it — but because Republicans are generally weak.  Impeachment is hard, and at the end of the day, he won't be removed from office anyway.  But there's too much evidence out there now to avoid it.  The GOP simply cannot explain to its base how it turned over this rock o' graft and ignored the wriggling worms underneath.  So, the House will eventually impeach him, but only barely, because some Republicans are weak and because every single Democrat absolutely supports the PINO's complete and total corruption.  It will be a gesture, but there's no alternative.  At some point, you can't deny the corruption.

The Jaw-Dropping Hunter Biden Investigation Revelations.  The compelling congressional testimony of two IRS whistleblower agents has established three things.  First, the investigation into Biden corruption — millions of dollars pouring into the family coffers from apparatchiks of corrupt and anti-American regimes seeking to buy Joe Biden's political influence — is real and has been thwarted by the Biden Justice Department.  Second, the president's son Hunter Biden received preferential treatment, and, next week, a federal judge should reject the sweetheart plea deal he was given by the Justice Department.  Third, Attorney General Merrick Garland owes the country an explanation for why the Biden investigation has been sabotaged from within, even as he maintains publicly that it was conducted with independence and integrity.

FBI's Burisma Cover-Up Swung 2020 for Joe Biden, Evidence Suggests.  The FBI's failure to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's blatant Ukrainian bribery scheme appears to be prima facie evidence that the tax payer funded bureau willfully deceived the American public in order to place the elder Biden in the White House.  This week saw the release of FD-1023, an unclassified but long hidden FBI document in which a source described to the agency how Burisma chief executive Mykola Zlochevsky bribed Joe and Hunter Biden with millions of dollars.

Prediction: Joe Biden Will Step Down from Office After Sudden Medical Emergency Before Republicans can Impeach Him.  On Tuesday the House Oversight Committee released a 14-year timeline of the Biden Crime Family's influence peddling and selling out America to foreign regimes including Communist China.  The Oversight Committee is likely just scratching the surface of the criminal actions by Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and the extended Biden family.  The Biden family was selling out America to Ukraine, Romania, and Communist China.  There is plenty of proof.  On Wednesday IRS Whistleblower Joseph Ziegler confirmed in sworn testimony to Congress that the Biden Family received approximately $17 million in bribes from China, Romania, and other countries in exchange for political favors.

Journalist Who First Reported Hunter Biden Laptop Story Had the Perfect Response to This Question.  Emma-Jo Morris got the scoop of a lifetime when she broke the Hunter Biden laptop story.  Initially derided by the pro-Biden intelligence community, the liberal media, and social media executives, they tried to bury the story long enough to elect the rapidly deteriorating Delaware Democrat president.  The election interference was coming from inside the house, the perpetrator:  the Democratic Party.  And yet, multiple federal investigations and congressional hearings are being held about the laptop's contents, now confirmed to be genuine.

House Oversight Chair Comer says he expects Hunter Biden to face between 6 [and] 10 criminal referrals.  House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said he plans to file "between six and 10 criminal referrals" against Hunter Biden once the committee finishes its investigation.  One of the charges would include illegally transporting women across state lines for prostitution, according to the New York Post.  "The Democrats kept saying, 'Oh, we don't have any evidence.  You don't have any evidence.'  Well, [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene] showed them evidence," Comer said during an interview with Fox Business.  During her questioning of the IRS whistleblowers on Wednesday, Greene displayed sexually graphic images printed on posters and asked questions that involved allegations about whether or not Hunter used his company to write up expenses for prostitutes.  "She showed them evidence of the president's son committing a crime, violating the Mann Act," Comer said.  "She showed the plane tickets, she showed the pictures, she showed the evidence.  You know, there's no question he violated it.  That's another thing that he could have been charged with."

The Truth about the Biden Family Business Is Becoming Too Big to Hide.  President Joe Biden has repeatedly denied having any knowledge of his son's overseas business adventures, let alone the idea that he may have benefited financially from these deals.  His emphatic denial in an October 2020 presidential debate was bolstered by a letter signed by 51 former high-ranking intelligence community officials that claimed the New York Post's devastating story about Hunter Biden's laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  In April, House Republicans revealed that current Secretary of State Antony Blinken, then an adviser to Biden's campaign, allegedly served as the "impetus" behind the letter.  Since then, solid evidence of Biden's involvement in the family influence peddling business has continued to mount.  House Republicans have revealed bank records showing millions of dollars flowing through an elaborate maze of shell corporations set up by Hunter Biden and his associates and winding up in the accounts of at least nine Biden family members, including a grandchild.

How the Democrats and Media Enablers Censor News.  [Scroll down]  Starting prior to the 2020 election and lasting until this week, the FBI bottled up evidence that President Biden, beginning in 2009 when he was vice-president, received substantial bribes from foreign governments that he had threatened.  Last week Senator Chuck Grassley made public a redacted version of FBI Form 1023 detailing a number of damaging accusations from an FBI informant, accusations buttressed by bank records, with a promise of more to come.  Grassley wants to know why the FBI failed to investigate these credible allegations and hid them from Congress and the American people.  Guess!  I think it's for the same reason the FBI never investigates what appear to be multiple crimes by Hunter Biden on his laptop, which the agency knew was authentic at the time that 51 fomer IC officials publicly claimed it was "likely Russian disinformation," a claim concocted by the Hillary Clinton campaign.  And for the same reason the reporter who broke the story about the laptop Hunter left at a computer repair shop was muzzled by the government, social media, and legacy media.

Bombshell Bribery Revelations Prompt Calls to Impeach Biden.  Joe Biden is once again facing calls for impeachment following the release of an unclassified FBI document detailing how he and his son Hunter Biden coerced the head of Burisma to pay them a bribe of $5 million each in exchange for pressuring the Ukrainian government to dismiss prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was investigating the company for corruption.  According to the redacted FD-1023 form, which was released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Burisma co-founder and CEO Mykola Zlochevsky told the FBI's confidential human source (CHS) during an August 2016 meeting that "it cost 5 [million] to pay one Biden, and 5 [million] to another Biden."  Special agents use an FD-1023 form to record raw, unverified reporting from confidential human sources.  "Most corrupt family to ever live in the White House!  Impeach!" Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) tweeted Thursday.  [Tweet]

The Editor says...
I can safely predict that Joe Biden's supporters will claim that he's too old and feeble to withstand the stress of impeachment, and too senile to understand what he has done wrong, even though these are the same people who currently say there's nothing wrong with him at all, and he should run for a second term.

Will Chuck Grassley's Burisma bombshell finally get the Bidens fired?  Afamous clip from recent history: "I'm leaving in six hours.  If the prosecutor's not fired, you're not getting the money.  Well, [...], he got fired."  That was Joe Biden in 2016.  He was relaxing among friends at a chummy event at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Ha, ha, ha, tittered the appreciative audience.  What a lark!  Here was a former vice president of the United States bragging about how he (naughty word) blackmailed an official from a foreign government who was investigating the company on whose board Joe Biden's son sat.

Comer shares suspicion that Joe Biden sold 'access to our enemies for decades'.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said he suspects foul play goes back decades among President Joe Biden's family.  Comer appeared on Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) podcast Verdict in a two-part episode, the second half of which aired Friday.  The Kentucky representative took questions surrounding his investigation into the Biden family's business deals abroad, including in China, Russia, and Ukraine.

Where are the rest of the calls to impeach Biden?  Now that Chuck Grassley has released the [condemnatory] FBI FD-1023 form showing that Joe and Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from the CEO of Burisma when the "Big Guy" was Vice President, you would think that this would be the biggest story dominating the news for months to come.  But you would be incorrect.  Most major news outlets continue to studiously ignore the subject or play it down if it's mentioned at all.  Congressional Democrats continue to suggest that the document "might be fake," despite a complete lack of any information to the contrary.  And while the Republicans conducting this investigation have expressed their collective outrage, many of them are drawing up short of what seems like an obvious next step in the process, failing to call for any definitive action that would involve removing Joe Biden from office.  Just what will it take before these people decide that this is all a bridge too far?

DC Judge Refuses to Force DOJ to Turn Over Records Showing Biden-Garland's Obstruction of Hunter Biden Prosecution.  Back in March, The Heritage Foundation requested documents from the DOJ using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the government's investigation of Hunter Biden.  Unsurprisingly, the DOJ refused.  [Exhibit]  Then, on June 20th, after several years of government investigations, Hunter Biden was charged with multiple, watered-down offenses.  The charges were so weak they created a presumption of corruption at the DOJ.  This was doubly true because it was announced that Hunter would be pleading out to the joke charges on July 26, 2023, in a rapid fire, "nothing to see here" prosecution.  Six days later, the Heritage Foundation filed a FOIA lawsuit in Washington, D.C. (good luck getting a fair shake there) and requested the court force the DOJ to disclose critical records about the Hunter Biden investigation which would demonstrate that the Biden Administration and corrupt Attorney General Merrick Garland were obstructing the prosecution.  Heritage argued that the judge in Hunter's criminal case needed to see the records so that the sham prosecution would be exposed, and Hunter would not get a lenient judgment due to third-world level rank corruption.

The Media Loved Whistleblowers, Until They Blew the Whistle on Joe Biden.  The media celebrated and defended whistleblowers in former president Donald Trump's administration.  Not so much these days.  When two veteran IRS investigators testified before Congress on Wednesday that the Justice Department interfered in their probe of the president's son, major news networks had other places to be.  [Several tweets]  What coverage mainstream media gave the hearing was often dismissive of the whistleblowers — or critical of the Republicans once again pouncing on the president's beleaguered son.

Here's Everything In The FD-1023 Document That Implicates Biden In An International Bribery Scheme.  [An] FD-1023 document detailing then-Vice President Joe Biden's Burisma bribery scheme was made public on Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley.  The record shows Biden fired a Ukrainian prosecutor tasked with investigating the energy company his son was a board member of in exchange for a total of $10 million.  Delaware prosecutors hid the document from IRS investigators who say it would have aided their tax crime probe.  The FBI, similarly, stonewalled publicizing the bombshell form, which earned FBI Director Christopher Wray the ire of Grassley and other Republicans focused on exposing Biden family corruption.  House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer even threatened to hold Wray in contempt unless he obeyed subpoenas and handed over the document.  Grassley now possesses the record, which was always unclassified, and chose to share it with the public so Americans are aware of the impeachable, international corruption plaguing our chief of state, despite his incessant denials that he knows anything about his son's overseas business dealings.

[The] Left [is] Now Pushing Biden to Ignore Supreme Court Decisions He Disagrees With.  Two radical left "scholars" have crawled from underneath the rocks where they were hiding and are now openly advocating the end of "judicial review."  That's the theory that the Supreme Court has the last word on constitutional issues and that all must obey their decisions — including, and especially, presidents.  The doctrine dates back to the 1803 Marbury v. Madison decision, where Chief Justice John Marshall decided the ultimate question of power: is an act of Congress or the Constitution the supreme law of the land?  But now, Harvard law Prof. Mark Tushnet and political scientist Aaron Belkin are advocating for something they're calling "Popular Constitutionalism" to give Joe Biden the dubious authority to ignore or disobey Supreme Court decisions.

It's Increasingly Clear the Feds Were Protecting Joe Biden, Not Hunter.  On Wednesday, we learned the identity of "Whistleblower X."  Joseph Ziegler, a self-proclaimed Democrat who worked at the agency since 2010, told the House Oversight Committee that he handled 95% of the evidence in the Hunter tax investigation.  Ziegler testified that throughout the five-year investigation, he felt "handcuffed," "hamstrung," "marginalized" and ultimately stopped from moving forward in the manner he would for any other scofflaw.  Ziegler wrote a 99-page memo laying out the case for felony charges, wholly consistent with the IRS guidelines governing charging in tax evasion cases.  He maintains that every investigator and prosecutor on the case agreed felonies were in order — all of which should be easy enough to find out.  Sure, it's fun to talk about salacious parts of the Hunter case, but the far bigger concern should be finding out why companies operating in authoritarian nations sent the Bidens $17 million.  It would be a fair question even if there had been no criminal investigation.

IRS whistleblowers reveal who's really to blame for shocking Biden corruption.  In Wednesday's marathon House hearing, Oversight Committee Democrats ran into a buzzsaw: two IRS whistleblower agents — Gary Shapley, the supervisor on the investigation who went public a few weeks ago, and Joseph Ziegler, the lead investigator on the case, who was publicly identified for the first time at the hearing.  In gory detail, the agents outlined how President Biden's Justice Department quashed the Biden corruption investigation from within while publicly pretending that it was being conducted with independence and integrity.  When committee Democrats tried to poke holes in the testimony, they ended up on the receiving end of what they hadn't bargained for:  fusillades of fact — [scathing] data about the millions raked in by the president's son and family members from apparatchiks of corrupt and anti-American regimes.

Republicans renew calls for President Biden's impeachment after FBI document release.  The GOP-led movement to kick off the impeachment process against President Biden shows no signs of slowing down after an FBI document revealing alleged corruption was released and two IRS whistleblowers testified before Congress this week.  'Most corrupt family to ever live in the White House!  Impeach!' Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., wrote on Twitter.  'Read and understand just how deep the corruption goes.  Biden should be thrown out of office.  Impeach!,' wrote Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., along with shots of the FBI document.

Five most significant allegations against the Bidens in FBI FD-1023 form.  President Biden and his son Hunter allegedly "coerced" Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky to pay them millions of dollars in exchange for their help in getting the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating the company fired, according to allegations contained in an unclassified FBI document released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.  Grassley said he had released the document so that the American people can "read this document for themselves without the filter of politicians or bureaucrats."  The document is an FBI-generated FD-1023 form, which Grassley acquired through legally protected disclosures by Department of Justice whistleblowers, according to the senator's office.

Media Blackout: Corporate Media Ignore Hunter Biden Revelations.  Most corporate media outlets completely ignored bombshell revelations on Thursday involving allegations that Hunter Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden were involved in a bribery scheme in 2015 and 2016.  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Thursday released an unclassified FBI document that memorialized a conversation between the FBI and one of their trusted informants, who passed on to the FBI detailed allegations from the founder of the Ukrainian natural gas and oil company who employed Hunter Biden, that Hunter Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden were both involved in a bribery scheme.

Getting Biden Wrong.  From listening to Republican TV and reading Republican publications, I have learned that Joe Biden is a sleazy, mendacious, and demented chief executive.  He has weaponized the entire Justice Department and the IRS against his real and suspected political opponents, thrown open our southern border to drug cartels, and reduced our armed forces and international posture to shambles.  Moreover, Joe has a gangster son with whom he has engaged in illegal business ventures; and it's entirely possible that the cocaine recently found in the West Wing of the White House came from son Hunter, who is a drug addict as well as many other bad things.  Joe also keeps falling off platforms and saying ridiculous things, when he's not weirdly sniffing the hair of little girls and hurling obscenities at his staff or reporters who dare to ask substantive questions.  If this information, which the MSM usually tries to hide from us, is intended to convince me that Joe is thoroughly unfit for his office, I no longer need convincing.  Biden seems to be far and away the most incompetent, unprincipled, and verbally incoherent president of my lifetime, going back to the 1950s.  It would be hard to think of any president who has disgraced his office to the same degree or who has unleashed more problems on this country.  All the same, almost half the voters (and I know many such people) believe Biden or his handlers are doing a great job managing this country; and even those who think he may be growing cognitively incompetent love his policies and would like to see them continued.

Key Info from the FD-1023.  [Thread reader]  Below are a few critical pieces of information from the unclassified 6/30/20 FD-1023 form.  This form contains information from a trusted, highly credible confidential human source (CHS) who has been used by the FBI for over a decade.  The CHS was introduced to Mykola Zlochevsky, Burisma's CEO & Founder, through Oleksandr Ostapenko (aka Alexander Ostapenko). Ostapenko at the time the form was created "works in some office for the administration of President Zelensky (NFI)."  Hunter Biden was hired by Burisma to protect them "THROUGH HIS DAD from all kinds of problems."  When the CHS told Zlochevsky the investigation into Burisma might "have a substantial negative impact on Burisma's prospective IPO in the United States," Zlochevsky replied something to the effect of, "DON'T WORRY HUNTER WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THOSE ISSUES THROUGH HIS DAD."  When the CHS advised Burisma CEO Zlochevsky to "pay some attorney $50,000" to "simply litigate the matter in Ukraine," Zlochevsky said "IT COST 5 (MILLION) TO PAY ONE BIDEN, AND 5 (MILLION) TO ANOTHER BIDEN."  Burisma CEO Zlochevsky admits he did not hire Hunter Biden for his intellect.  It's also understood that Zlochevsky "PAID THE BIDENS, PRESUMABLY TO 'DEAL WITH SHOKIN.'"

Senator Chuck Grassley Releases FBI FD-1023 Document Outlining Statement by Witness of Biden Bribery and Corruption.  This afternoon [7/20/2023] U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley released the FBI witness statement known as the FD-1023 that lies at the heart of the Biden bribery and corruption scandal.  Initially, the FBI refused to hand over the unclassified FD-1023 stating there is an ongoing investigation using the confidential human source who made allegations outlined in the document.  Remember, the allegations and the statement record were created in July of 2020, over three years ago.  The FBI refused to say the 6-page unclassified document existed.  After House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told FBI Director Chris Wray, he had already seen the unclassified document via a whistleblower, then Wray admitted the FBI indeed had it.  On June 1st, the FBI refused to release the document, stating it was captive as part of an "ongoing investigation."  Today, Chuck Grassley released it.

The Department of Justice must justify Hunter's special treatment.  Whatever hope Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden administration had of using Hunter Biden's plea deal to end oversight of Biden family business dealings was crushed with the blockbuster testimony of two IRS whistleblowers who scrupulously cataloged how and when Justice Department officials interfered with their investigation of the president's son.  Any notion that the whistleblowers had a political ax to grind in coming forward was laid to rest early in the hearing when special agent Joe Ziegler noted that he was a lifelong Democrat married to another man.  "People are saying that I must be more credible because I'm a Democrat who happens to be married to a man," Ziegler said.  "I'm no more credible than this man sitting next to me due to my sexual orientation or my beliefs.  The truth is, my credibility comes today from my job experience with the IRS and my intimate knowledge of the agency's standard and procedures."

Explosive FD-1023 Exposes More Biden Bribery Dirt — And Teases Evidence To Come.  Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, just released a minimally redacted copy of the FBI's FD-1023 detailing a confidential human source's reporting of a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and the Ukrainian business Burisma.  According to the FD-1023 summary, Burisma's owner specifically referenced the firing of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin — the same man Biden bragged about Ukraine firing after his threat to withhold aid from the country while he was vice president.  After months of pushing the Justice Department and FBI to explain what investigative procedures they had undertaken in response to evidence implicating then-Vice President Biden in a criminal bribery scheme, Grassley released the unclassified copy of the FD-1023, which documented claims made by the "highly credible" confidential human source (CHS).  Grassley had acquired the FD-1023 via legally protected disclosures by Justice Department whistleblowers.

Republican calls to impeach Biden grow following release of FBI document detailing bribery allegations.  Republicans immediately began lashing out at President Biden Thursday following the release of an unclassified FBI document detailing his alleged involvement in an international bribery scheme, with a number rallying for his impeachment.  Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released the FD-1023 form earlier in the day which detailed how Biden, along with his son, Hunter Biden, allegedly "coerced" Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky to pay them millions of dollars in exchange for their help in getting the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating the company fired.  "Most corrupt family to ever live in the White House!  Impeach!" Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., wrote on Twitter, while Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., wrote, "Read and understand just how deep the corruption goes.  Biden should be thrown out of office.  Impeach!"

Just when you thought Biden couldn't get more pathetic...  By now, despite all the cover the MSM provides Biden with stories about how healthy and alert he is, the simple fact is that he can barely walk and barely talk coherently.  The White House keeps him away from reporters, and they are just fine with that.  They already have their marching orders, knowing exactly what to say and in what adoring tones they must repeat it.  The real question for Americans is: why on Earth are you tolerating this?  At least royals had regents when not capable of carrying out their duties; Joe Biden still can order our military around.  Ed wrote about this yesterday as did I:  Biden is not all there, and it can't be hidden anymore.

What if Biden's dementia accelerates and becomes impossible to hide?  I'm far from an expert on dementia, but it looks to my layman's eye that the pace of President Biden's decline is picking up.  So, what if something awful happens and nobody can deny with a straight face that he is impaired?  His puppet masters want him to remain in office through the election.  An incumbent Kamala Harris, even if only an "Acting President," under the 25th and therefore never sworn into the office, would be painful to dislodge from heading the ticket in 2024.  They know that she is a sure loser in 2024, beyond the ability of electoral cheating to remedy.  The idea that Trump might win running against her terrifies them.  Then there is Jill Biden, with her love of titles, status, and perks, who would want to stay on as First Lady rather than becoming another caregiver for an elderly retired dementia victim.  She would want to resist demands for his resignation or notification under the terms of the 25th Amendment that he is unable to do his job.  As the spouse of a partially or fully incapacitated elder, she probably has control over any formal letter that he might be pressed to issue.  As in the case of Edith Wilson, she might develop a taste for exercising the powers of the presidency.  Unlike Edith Wilson's situation, there is no recovery from dementia.

Bombshell FBI document detailing alleged $10M Biden bribery scheme.  A highly-anticipated internal FBI document, obtained by DailyMail.com, includes bombshell claims that Joe Biden and his son Hunter forced a Ukrainian oil executive to pay them $10 million in exchange for the then-Vice President's influence in getting a senior prosecutor fired.  According to the conversation between a confidential source and Burisma CFO Vadim Pojarski in 2015, Hunter Biden was hired onto the company's board to 'protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems.'  Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky told the source:  'It costs 5 (million) to pay one Biden, and 5 (million) to another Biden.'

Burisma chief said he was 'coerced' to pay Joe [and] Hunter [Biden] in bombshell allegations.  A bombshell FBI informant file containing a $10 million bribery allegation against President Biden and his son was released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, showing that a Ukrainian oligarch claimed he was "coerced" into making the payoff.  Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of natural gas company Burisma Holdings, told the FBI informant in 2016 while meeting at a coffee shop in Vienna, Austria, that "it cost 5 [million] to pay one Biden, and 5 [million] to another Biden," according to the redacted FD-1023 form.  "Zlochevsky made some comment that although Hunter Biden 'was stupid, and his (Zlochevsky's) dog was smarter,' Zlochevsky needed to keep Hunter Biden (on Burisma's board) 'so everything will be okay,'" the June 2020 document says.  The source asked whether Hunter Biden or Joe Biden told Zlochevsky he should "retain" the younger Biden; Zlochevsky replied, 'They both did,'" according to the file.

Elite IRS whistleblowers are bravely standing up to the Bidens, DOJ.  In an age of sleazy political corruption that seems insurmountable, there is enormous power in the integrity of two ordinary men willing to stand up, show their faces and tell the truth under oath.  Two elite IRS agents, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, put their reputations on the line to testify yesterday about egregious wrongdoing at the highest levels of the Department of Justice, which they say obstructed and ultimately destroyed their five-year criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.  Their integrity is as rare as a unicorn in Washington, DC, and they put to shame all the cowards in the IRS and DOJ and FBI who have stayed silent about this Watergate-level coverup.  The testimony they gave and the evidence they will continue to provide Congress helps put the nail in the coffin of Joe Biden's repeated claims that he knows nothing about his son Hunter's overseas business dealings.

10 Absurd Assumptions You Have To Swallow To Believe The White House-Cocaine Failure Theater.  In their latest act of condescending foolery, they've flaunted what was either a shameless coverup or unbelievable incompetence in the Mysterious Case of the Teeny-Tiny Cocaine Baggie Someone Left Somewhere in the White House But That's All We Know, Folks.  The messaging has fluctuated from "Must have been a tourist!" to "Kamala?" to "It's irresponsible to ask questions about this," but the bottom line is that there's no way, absolutely not, that it could possibly belong to admitted drug addict and apparent White House resident Hunter Biden — no doubt about it.  I'm sure they're counting on some people to be stupid enough to buy the act, and I'm sure some have.  But they're counting on far more to be complacent enough not to care.  Here are 10 assumptions you have to gulp down in order to make the bumbling White House's talking points make sense. [...]

Whistleblower X reveals identity as IRS special agent Joseph Ziegler.  The identity of the anonymous IRS whistleblower alleging political misconduct throughout the Hunter Biden investigation was revealed on Wednesday as special agent Joseph Ziegler — a gay Democrat with more than a dozen years serving within the agency's criminal investigative division.  Ziegler appeared for the first time publicly before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, alongside his IRS supervisor Gary Shapley, who also has blown the whistle on political influence surrounding prosecutorial decisions throughout the years-long federal probe into the president's son.

Dershowitz: Hunter Plea Deal Can't Be Accepted As Is, 'We Can't Trust' This DOJ and Weiss Has Too Many 'Restrictions'.  On Wednesday's broadcast of Newsmax TV's "The Record," Harvard Law Professor and Newsmax Legal Analyst Alan Dershowitz stated that we cannot trust the Department of Justice "to investigate the son of the man who appointed everybody in the Justice Department" and U.S. Attorney David Weiss "is not able to do the job with the restrictions that have been placed on him."  Dershowitz also argued that Hunter Biden's plea deal shouldn't be accepted without investigating what kind of jurisdiction Weiss had.  Dershowitz said, "Weiss is not able to do the job with the restrictions that have been placed on him.  We need to either give him the status of a special prosecutor, an independent prosecutor or create one.  We can't trust this Justice Department to investigate the son of the man who appointed everybody in the Justice Department, even if they didn't — if he didn't technically appoint this person.  The American people have no faith in Weiss.  They have no faith in the Justice Department.  They have no faith that we're seeing administration of justice fairly."

The Biden Family Caricatures.  The Biden first family seems determined to confirm every stereotype of their antisocial behavior — to the point of dysfunctionality.  During the 2020 campaign at least eight women alleged that then presidential candidate Joe Biden in the past had serially and improperly touched, kissed or grabbed them.  One, Tara Reade alleged she was sexually assaulted by Biden, who denied the charge.  Yet Biden himself finally was forced to apologize for some of his behavior.  Or as he said at the time, "I get it."  He claimed that he would no longer improperly invade the "private space" of women and had meant no harm.  But Biden's obnoxious conduct extended well beyond the eight accusers.  Women as diverse as former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and Biden's own daughter-in-law Kathleen Buhle, have both alleged in their memoirs that Biden made them feel uncomfortable through his intrusive touching and embraces.

ABC Stood Alone as They Ignored IRS Whistleblower Testimony.  While CNN and MSNBC tried to hide the House Oversight Committee's hearing with two IRS whistleblowers who investigated Hunter Biden by not carrying it live wall-to-wall, ABC's World News Tonight stood alone as the only broadcast network to ignore their sworn testimony.  It was testimony that exposed how the so-called Department of Justice and Delaware U.S. Attorney's office were meddling in their investigation to protect the Bidens.  Instead of covering the latest development in a scandal rocking the Biden White House, ABC spent two and half minutes (2:27) on Special Counsel Jack Smith going after former President Trump and almost two minutes (1:47) on dubious claims meant to smear Texas DPS and how they deal with illegal immigrants.  In stark contrast, CBS Evening News dedicated almost three minutes (2:51) to the whistleblower hearing with senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge snagging an exclusive interview with one of the whistleblowers.

MTG on White House Cocaine Scandal: 'First Family Should Submit to Drug Test'.  Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called on President Joe Biden and his family to submit to drug testing after cocaine was found in the West Wing of the White House in early July.  The Secret Service closed its investigation last week into who left cocaine in a cubbyhole in the West Wing, the agency stating that it was "not able" to "single out a person of interest" because of a lack of physical evidence.  However, a security source has contradicted the Secret Service, telling Soldier of Fortune magazine White House officials have confirmed who brought cocaine into the White House via fingerprint analysis.  Some veteran investigators have said they believe the Secret Service is engaging in a "cover-up."

'Democrat' Hunter Biden whistleblower Joseph Ziegler comes forward.  IRS agent Joseph Ziegler stepped forward Wednesday as the second whistleblower alleging a coverup in the criminal investigation of President Biden's son Hunter — calling himself a Democrat who wanted "to do what is right."  Ziegler worked on the investigation since it opened in 2018 and was joined by his supervisory agent Gary Shapley, who oversaw the probe since January 2020, at a House Oversight Committee hearing.

Citing Unpursued Evidence, IRS Whistleblower Calls for Special Counsel to Probe Biden Case.  A previously unidentified IRS whistleblower publicly told Congress on Wednesday that federal prosecutors investigating presidential son Hunter Biden were "hamstrung" by political pressure and called for appointment of a special counsel in the case.  Former IRS special agent Joseph Ziegler — a Democrat who identifies himself as a gay married man — previously gave anonymous testimony to the House Ways and Mean Committee.  In new testimony Wednesday, Ziegler made his identity known to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing on why a five-year investigation recently produced a lenient Justice Department plea agreement with Hunter Biden, despite evidence that the president's son made millions in overseas business deals in China, Ukraine, and other places by using his father's name.

4 Key Takeaways From IRS Whistleblowers' Insights on Impeded Hunter Biden Probe.  A key House committee heard testimony Wednesday from two IRS whistleblowers who detailed what they said was Justice Department officials' efforts to slow or impede an investigation of presidential son Hunter Biden for unpaid taxes.  Committee Republicans sought to extract as many details as they could from the two veteran IRS employees, while Democrats seemed to try to disparage them and to change the subject to Donald Trump from President Joe Biden's son.  The hearing was especially dramatic because it featured testimony from IRS agent Joseph Ziegler, who publicly identified himself for the first time, as well as his supervisor on the case, Gary Shapley, who went public weeks ago.

MTG Just Leaked Who Bribed Joe Biden!  The bribery scheme revealed by the data on Hunter Biden's laptop is shrouded in secrecy, and as citizens wait for the details of the offenses to be disclosed, the 2024 presidential election draws closer.  A member of the House and the House Oversight Committee, the committee tasked with investigating such actions by elected officials, have now disclosed the source of the bribe money accepted by the Bidens.  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has revealed that Mykola Zlochevsky, the proprietor of Burisma, was the previously "unnamed" foreign national who purportedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden with $10 million.  My Truth News reports that Greene has now stated, "Zlochevsky is the foreign national who made 17 secret phone recordings of the Bidens as an insurance policy," citing an announcement by Greene.

Whistleblower Confirms GOP Claims That Biden Family Raked in $17 Million From Foreign Business Dealings.  During a bombshell House Oversight hearing on Wednesday, 13-year IRS Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division, Joseph Ziegler — a gay man and a Democrat — came forward with stunning claims.  Ziegler appeared for the first time publicly to blow the whistle on political misconduct throughout the entirety of the Hunter Biden investigation, claiming the president's son should have been charged with a tax felony, adding that text messages reviewed by investigators "may be a contradiction to what President Biden was saying about not being involved in Hunter's oversea business dealings."  The whistleblower said that Hunter Biden and his companies brought in over $17 million from foreign sources over several years, beginning when President Joe Biden served as vice president.  His groundbreaking testimony on Wednesday confirmed claims made by Republicans, suggesting the Biden family was and is involved in shady overseas business dealings.

Byron Donalds lays out the 'facts' of the Bidens' alleged 'international pay-for-play scheme'.  IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler testified that the Biden family received $17.3 million from Ukraine, Romania, and China.  This was divulged as Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., questioned Ziegler during the House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday.  [Tweet with video clip]  Donalds noted that there was "evidence that he was living lavishly through his corporate bank account," and asked, "Is that the basis of a criminal investigation?"  Ziegler noted that it was.  He was then asked about attempts to obtain location data regarding the infamous WhatsApp message implicating Joe Biden in Hunter Biden's business dealings.

Ukraine and Cocaine.  There is an eerie parallel between what passes for America's Ukraine policy and the fact that a fat sack of Bolivian energy dust got discovered in the White House and was promptly forgotten.  These two happenings are two sides of the same coin, and its denomination is failure.  It is the failure of our establishment, the last gasp — or snort — of a ruling caste that has discovered that, at the end of the day, it could get away with getting high on its own supply (at least for a while) and, like Tony Montana, ploughed its face into a mountain of nose candy as his world collapsed.  These situations the same because they both tell terrible truths about the coterie of mediocrities who presume to rule us.  They both manifest the incomprehensible stupidity, unconscionable arrogance, and cynical evasion of accountability that characterize the best and the brightest of the twenty-first century.

MTG displays images of Hunter Biden 'making pornography' that was listed as a tax write off.  Marjorie Taylor Greene displayed graphic sexual images of Hunter Biden's alleged tax write-offs during the House Oversight Committee Hearing Wednesday.  She also questioned IRS Whistleblower Joseph Ziegler regarding Hunter Biden's Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).  She discussed prostitution, human trafficking, and evidence that Hunter Biden paid to fly a woman across the country to engage in sex acts and then wrote this off as a business expense for his law firm, Owasco.  [Tweet with video clip]  She then held up a graphic sexual picture of Hunter and the woman, noting, "But I would like to point out that this is not what most paralegals do... for law firms."

Doubts and Questions About Biden Will Only Grow.  Wow, big news broke Tuesday — President Biden's campaign is officially going to be headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.  For months nervous Democrats have wondered why Biden only had four full-time staffers devoted to his reelection effort and why the campaign wasn't yet located anywhere.  This development will do absolutely nothing, however, to stop the panic within the party that Biden is too old to run for reelection and could easily lose to former President Donald Trump.  Sorry, Team Biden, these fears will not be put to rest; they are going to persist and grow.  Though the White House and the Democratic National Committee may be trying to ignore it, there is suddenly a constant stream of stories in the media about doubts that Biden can make it across the finish line 16 months from now.

America First Legal Sues DOJ for Failing to Require Hunter Biden Register as Foreign Agent.  America First Legal (AFL) announced a lawsuit against the Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland over their failure to require Hunter Biden to register as a foreign agent.  As Breitbart News reported, CEFC China Energy Co., a company linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), paid Hunter Biden a $1 million legal retainer and $3.8 million in consulting fees.  Two months later, Hunter Biden told whistleblower Tony Bobulinski that he did not want to register as a foreign agent on behalf of CEFC.

Dems in Total Disarray As They Fumble Miserably Against IRS Whistleblowers.  Spencer wrote about the opening remarks from "Mr. X," an unnamed IRS whistleblower whose identity has finally been revealed.  It's 13-year IRS veteran Joseph Ziegler, a gay Democrat, who, along with Special Agent Gary Shapley, has alleged improper interference from the Biden administration regarding IRS investigations into Hunter Biden.  Shapley's allegations have been public for weeks, even placing Attorney General Merrick Garland in the crosshairs for lying to Congress.  To recap some of the story, outgoing Attorney General William Barr referred the matter to David Weiss, the Delaware US Attorney, who last year tried to bring charges against the son of the president but was denied.  Weiss also requested special counsel status and, yet again, was blocked.  That goes against what Biden AG Merrick Garland said about Weiss having every legal remedy at his disposal.  But what's more provocative is that if Weiss did apply for special status, the paper trail would end with Garland.  [Tweet with video clip]

Marjorie Taylor Greene warns 'parental discretion advised' before showcasing explicit Hunter Biden laptop pictures with prostitutes.  Marjorie Taylor Greene shared explicit images of Hunter Biden with prostitutes during the Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday.  The Georgia congresswoman warned parents watching at home before her time questioning IRS whistleblowers that 'discretion is advised.'  The shocking moment went out on the C-SPAN live stream as well as other cable network channels airing the hearing, including Fox News.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Shares Graphic Photos of Hunter Biden, Prostitutes at House Hearing.  US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) brought visual aids to a House Oversight Committee hearing that showed US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, engaging in sexual acts with purported prostitutes.  Greene alleged Biden was hiring the women through his law firm.  "This is not really what most paralegals do for law firms," Greene said on Wednesday.  The pictures, which were partially censored, were taken from sex tapes filmed by Biden, according to Greene, who warned viewers and colleagues that discretion was advised before showing the images, but was nevertheless met with objections from other lawmakers.

The Biden Family Scandals, a Basic Primer.  President Joe's son, Hunter, made it into the ABC's news selection the other day, when he was let off from paying his debt to society for a trio of crimes normally viewed as prison-worthy felonies.  According to the ABC team, nothing much to see here.  Hunter pleaded guilty to a couple of tax misdemeanours — he'd under-paid $US580,000 tax for 2017 and $US620,000 tax for 2018, according to IRS whistle-blower Gary Shapley.  The official court documents spoke merely of him evading about $US100,000 tax per year.  Hunter's total earnings for 2014-19 were $US8.3 million, derived mainly from shaking down corrupt Ukrainians, Romanians, Kazakhs and Chinese-based tycoons affiliated with the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army.  He got probation on tax, not even a fine, thanks to his dad's Justice pals.  He also admitted to lying when buying a handgun, signing that he wasn't a drug addict.  For that, he is to do a year's upmarket rehab, called "a pre-trial diversion program". When he completes rehab, the gun charge lapses.  I'd thought Joe Biden and his Democrats were fiercely for gun control but apparently not when it's Joe's son buying a Colt Cobra .38 Special.

Biden gets worse by the day.  For the past few weeks, we have been inundated by MSM flacks praising Joe Biden as a loving father who understandably protects his son from the mean, mean Republicans.  Yeah, whatever.  By now we know that Joe Biden could literally do anything and the entire political and media establishment would find a way to praise him as being the "kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."  But it is becoming increasingly clear that no matter how wonderful a father Joe Biden is, and I don't happen to think even a kind, brave, warm, and wonderful president should ignore his responsibility to the country in order to protect his family, he may soon not be able to even recognize his own son.  His dementia is getting that bad, and anybody who has had the sad experience of taking care of a failing dementia patient can see it.  [Tweet with video clip]

James Comer: Bidens Owned over 20 Shell Companies to Hide Payments, Launder Money.  The Biden family opened more than 20 shell companies to hide payments and launder money, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said Sunday.  After reviewing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) at the Treasury and subpoenaing banks and individuals, Comer posted on Twitter that the Biden family created more than 20 entities to accept, forward, and collect payment from a wide range of business associates.

The Secret Service Makes Me Nervous.  That's how I felt after the agency, charged with protecting the president, delivered a report that said it could not find the person responsible for bringing cocaine into the White House.  No fingerprints on the plastic bag.  No DNA.  No video of someone who might have placed it in a small locker in a visitors' area where cellphones and other prohibited items are stored until one departs.  In one of the most secure buildings in the world.  With cameras and monitoring devices in plain view and also hidden on every floor.  NBC News reported the agency failed to interview anyone about the incident. [...] That addictive drugs are now found in a hallowed building where great presidents once served and saved the nation is another indication of how far we have sunk when it comes to what used to be called standards.  Predictably, but not without cause, some Republicans and conservative media are crying "cover-up" and wondering why no scandal has touched the Biden family.

Don't discount a Michelle Obama run for the presidency.  During 2020, COVID gave Democrats the excuse to hide Biden in his basement most of the time.  When he had to attend functions and rallies, COVID was again a useful excuse for a small turnout.  This time around, though, trotting Biden out for events is simply impossible.  He walks like a broken robot, he can't read the teleprompter, he's frequently incoherent, and voters, if they don't understand now, will soon realize that his uncontrolled temper is a sign, not of power, but of dementia.  Jill's anguish notwithstanding, Biden will be gone from the scene, giving Kamala a chance to play president.  However, Kamala is every bit as incoherent as Biden, without the excuse of dementia.  She's a no-go.  Unfortunately, leftist women, especially leftist black women, will be very angry if a black-ish woman is sidelined.

FBI agent who investigated Hunter Biden confirms IRS whistleblower's allegations.  Republicans running the House Oversight Committee's investigation into Hunter Biden claim an FBI agent has confirmed allegations that Hunter had been given favorable treatment by investigators.  The Committee is looking into whether investigators delving into Hunter Biden's tax affairs and his lying about drug use on a gun permit gave the 53-year-old preferential treatment.  Two IRS whistleblowers — one anonymous, the other named Gary Shapley — have claimed that Hunter Biden was treated more leniently than ordinary Americans.

Jean-Pierre Stands By 'Thorough' Investigation Into Cocaine Found At White House.  Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed confidence in the Secret Service after the agency announced last week that no suspects were identified in the investigation into who brought cocaine into the White House earlier this month.  Jean-Pierre did not seem concerned when asked about the probe coming up empty after previously saying she was confident the Secret Service would "get to the bottom of it." [...] Last week, the Secret Service closed its investigation after it said that no usable fingerprints or DNA were found on the bag of cocaine.  "The investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered," the agency said in a statement.  No interviews with any of the possible culprits were conducted, according to Secret Service spokesman Anthony Gugliemi, who said reaching out to all 500 people determined to be in the area would likely be a waste of resources.

The Secret Service's investigation on the cocaine found in the White House blows.  Of all the excuses offered by the Secret Service to explain why it shut down the White House cocaine investigation last week after just 11 days, one jumped out as particularly ridiculous.  It couldn't conduct interviews of potential cokeheads known to be in the vicinity of where the bag of drugs was found because it didn't want to infringe on their civil rights, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told NBC.  "We have no evidence to approach them," he said of 500 possible suspects identified in the area on the holiday weekend before July 4.  Hah!  Tell that to the hundreds of people rounded up by the FBI for just being in the vicinity of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Senator Cotton: Secret Service Did Not Ask Hunter Biden About Cocaine Found In WH.  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said during an interview over the weekend that the U.S. Secret Service does not appear to have asked President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, about the cocaine that was found in the White Houses earlier this month.  Cotton made the remarks during an interview with Shannon Bream on Fox News' "Fox News Sunday" when asked about what the latest developments in the case are.  "We've got no answers," Cotton said in response to the letter that he sent to the Secret Service.  "That's not surprising.  The Secret Service is a troubled agency as it's long had challenges.  It probably needs new leadership."

The Editor says...
"It probably needs new leadership" doesn't sound like sufficient outrage to me.

Secret Service never interviewed obvious suspects in cocaine probe.  The White House has its own police department, the U.S. Secret Service.  And it probably has more surveillance and tighter security than most buildings worldwide.  Still, a report from NPR reveals the Secret Service says it may never be known who left cocaine there.  The investigation into the discovery of cocaine in the White House now has been closed, as were two earlier investigations into the discovery of marijuana left in the White House.  "The cocaine was found on July 2 in a vestibule off the lobby of a lower-level West Wing entrance, stashed in a cubbyhole near the Situation Room, where officials store cellphones during meetings," the report said.

Dan Bongino: Secret Service Agents Are 'Absolutely Furious' Over Sham Cocaine Investigation: "They Know Exactly Who It Was".  Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino said he spoke to some of his former colleagues in the Secret Service and they are absolutely furious about the agency's cocaine 'investigation.'  The Secret Service closed its investigation into the Biden White House cocaine scandal without conducting any interviews.  The Secret Service last Thursday concluded its investigation into the cocaine scandal that rocked the White House earlier this month.

Ex-Secret Service Agent Getting Texts From Former Colleagues: 'They Know Exactly' Who Brought Cocaine to WH.  This whitewash will not make the scandal disappear.  The Great White House Cocaine Mystery of 2023 may have been publicly dismissed by the Secret Service, but former Secret Service agent Don Bongino refuses to let it expire without a fight.  Neither are some of the former agents with whom he served.  In an interview published on Twitter by The Daily Signal reporter Mary Margaret Olohan on Sunday, Bongino stated that his social network of fellow agents had been texting and emailing him since the explosive discovery of cocaine in the White House on July 2 made international headlines.  "They are absolutely furious about this," he said.  "I got 50 emails, communications, texts from people.  'This is embarrassing.  Humiliating ... They know exactly who it was.'"

Secret Service refused to interview any of 500 suspects in White House cocaine scandal.  The Secret Service announced this week that the agency has finished its investigation into the mysterious baggie of cocaine that was found in the White House earlier this month with finding the culprit.  The agency said that the case was closed due to a lack of forensic evidence coupled with the fact that the class A drug was found an area in which around 500 people passed through at the time it was believed to have been discarded.  It was determined by the agency that because the cocaine amounted to around 0.007 ounces, meaning it would only be a misdemeanor offense in the District of Columbia, it would be a waste of public resources to interview 500 people.

Nobody believes this:
Kirby Says Investigators 'Did The Best They Could' To Track Down White House Cocaine Suspect.  The investigation into the origin of the cocaine found in the White House was "the best" the Secret Service could do, despite not identifying a suspect, a top Biden administration official says.  John Kirby, the coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, told Fox News host Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday" that at the end of the probe, there wasn't enough "forensic evidence" to pinpoint the perpetrator.  On July 2, a bag of cocaine was discovered in a lobby of the West Wing.  "I can't really speak to the investigation that was done by the Secret Service," Kirby said when Bream asked him, "What if it was something more dangerous?"  "They did the best they could to track down how it got there and who it might have belonged to and they just were not able to come up with any forensic evidence that proves it," Kirby added.

Cocainegate: Reporter Points Out Hunter Biden Has Relapsed 10 Times.  This week the Biden White House closed its short-lived investigation into finding the culprit who brought cocaine into the West Wing of the president's corridors- despite the Secret Service declining to interview over 500 suspects.  Speculation has swirled around who may be guilty, with many suggesting President Joe Biden's drug and prostitute-addicted son Hunter Biden may be at fault.  Investigative reporter Paul Sperry made several observations about Hunter's booze-filled days — which apparently aren't over.  Sperry detailed Hunter's failed rehab stints which reportedly started in 2003, relapsing at least ten times.  "Hunter Biden, whose addiction to coke started @ 18 when he was arrested for possession before getting kicked out of the Navy Reserve for testing (+) for coke, claims "the itch to use is gone."  Yet Hunter has relapsed ten times.  Here's a chron of all his failed rehabs," Sperry tweeted.  [Tweet]

Biden Waves His Magic Wand and Makes $39 Billion in Student Loan Debt Disappear.  With a disinterested flick of his magic wand, Biden has been able to make $39 billion in student loan debt disappear.  How can he do this, you might ask?  Like all magic tricks, it's a big secret.  But we know how he didn't do it:  He didn't ask Congress to pass a bill forgiving the debt.  That sort of thing is only important to old fuddy-duddy conservatives who think when the Supreme Court says the president can't forgive $400 billion in student loan debt, they mean it.  The Biden administration imposed a moratorium on the repayment of student loan debt in March 2021.  But that doesn't mean that the borrowers weren't paying back the money.  Biden used more magic to make all those monthly payments disappear.

Disgraced Democrat Defends the Naked Images Found on Hunter Biden's Laptop.  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) made a fool out of himself after getting into a public spat with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), defending the naked photos of women that were found on Hunter Biden's laptop.  During a hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray this week, Swalwell argued that there is no proof the nude images on Hunter's laptop were not consensual — despite a field day of evidence that Republicans say could have impacted the outcome of the 2020 elections.  The disgraced Democrat said it is "bananas" to think the suppression of the abandoned laptop discovery by liberal media outlets influenced the election, arguing the GOP has turned into the "party of non-consensual nudes."

Democrats' Profound Problem: Everyone's Mad at Joe Biden, at Home and Abroad.  Domestically, despite cooling inflation, just 30% of Americans say they agree with Democrats' economic policy, while 42% prefer the Republicans' approach.  With the economy consistently ranking as the most important issue for voters, Americans' pessimism — coupled with Biden's consistently low approval ratings on the economy — figures to be a considerable problem as he seeks a second term.  Moreover, Hispanic voters — a critical Democratic constituency — are angry at the perceived leftward shift of today's Democratic Party.  Compared to 2018, the 2022 midterms saw a 10-point jump in Hispanic support for the GOP, according to exit polls and Edison research.  In fact, the research shows that Hispanic support for Democrats in 2022 was the lowest it has been since the 1990s.

What happens if the 25th Amendment is invoked on dementia-ridden Biden?  Because the 25th has never been invoked, there is some confusion about whether or not a new vice president would need to be appointed. [...] While all the "duties and powers" (Section 4) of the presidency devolve upon the Acting President, there is no vacancy in the office of Vice President.  So, there is no need or ability to appoint a new Vice President.

Tucker Carlson Shreds White House Over Cocaine Fiasco.  Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson laid into President Joe Biden's administration on Saturday, mocking the White House over the recent discovery of cocaine near the Situation Room — and the subsequent "failure" to find the culprit.  Carlson appeared to deliver the remarks off the cuff, responding from the stage at Turning Point USA's Action Conference in Florida when someone in the audience shouted, "coke in the White House!" [...] "What did you say?" Carlson asked.  "I said coke in the White House!" the person repeated.  "I don't know what — you know what — the thing about that story, it's just a mystery to me," Carlson began sarcastically, prompting laughter from the crowd.  "No one was more shocked than I was.  Are you serious?  In the Biden White House, somebody left an eight-ball of cocaine in a public ... I was like, I said to my wife, 'That's just not in character.  You know?  I just don't believe it.'"  Carlson continued in that same vein, pausing occasionally as the crowd continued to laugh.

Donald Trump mocks White House's insistence no one saw who left cocaine in West Wing.  Former President Donald Trump mocked the White House's revelation that the investigation into how cocaine came to be found in the West Wing was to be closed because of a 'lack of evidence'.  Speaking at Turning Point Action in Florida on Saturday evening, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate poured cold water on suggestions that there were no cameras that might have witnessed the culprit to whom the drugs belonged to.  'The White House just announced they dropped the investigation into the West Wing cocaine scandal of just a few days,' Trump began, recounting the news.

Top Democrats Reach Out To Potential Biden Replacements, Claim He's Not Running.  Top Democrats are reportedly reaching out to rising stars in the party and are telling them that President Joe Biden is not running for re-election.  CNN reported that the "top Democrats and donors" have reached out to "possible replacements" for Biden and had conversations about them getting in the race as Biden struggles in the White House.  Numerous polls have shown Biden struggles against the top two Republican Party presidential candidates — former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.  Those who are placing the calls to the prospective Democrat candidates are telling them that despite what 80-year-old Biden has said, and despite launching his campaign, he actually will not run for president.  Biden's team pushed back, saying that he was absolutely running and that he was taking campaign preparations seriously.

We're Not Corrupt, We're Incompetent!: White House Cocaine Cold Case Is Laughable.  During a scandal, it's never a good look when an organization's defense can be summarized as, "We're not corrupt, we're incompetent!" Yet, that's exactly where the Secret Service finds itself after concluding its cocaine investigation that yielded zero leads.  Somehow, in "the most secure building in the entire world," with an annual budget of about $3 billion and roughly 8,000 employees, per fiscal 2023 levels, the Secret Service cannot figure out who left that baggie of booger sugar.  Fingerprints are impossible to obtain for some reason and video footage is apparently inadequate.  So, how it snowed in July in Washington, D.C. will remain a mystery.

The Editor says...
It never was much of a mystery.  If there are no fingerprints on the little plastic bag, which is all but impossible, and if the surveillance video offers no clues, which is not believable, then all you have to do is round up all the known cocaine addicts in the White House and ask them about it.  Since (I presume) a known cocaine addict can't get a job at the White House or access to it, that narrows the search down to one person.  And apparently, that one person has the surname that must be protected at all costs.  This is the least credible government investigation since the Warren Commission.

The most disturbing Biden weirdness yet.  Joe Biden's dementia is rapidly advancing and the nation is in great peril.  Proof of his decline came in a creepy moment during his brief visit to Helsinki, where he assaulted (that is the proper word) a child, a little girl who happened to attract his eye in a crowd.  He walked over to her, put his mouth on her back and appeared to rapidly flick his tongue on her, through the fabric of her dress. [...] Face it: if an elderly loved one of yours behaved this way with a little girl he had never met, you would do something to keep him in a situation where he cannot do such things again.  Perhaps a care facility for those similarly afflicted, or perhaps home care under supervision, if possible.  Allowing this to continue puts the public and the elder at risk.

Boebert Throws Fuel on White House Cocaine Fire.  The White House is touted as one of the most secure buildings on the planet.  Federal law enforcement officers are everywhere, and the Secret Service rules the roost.  Nothing happens there that the feds don't know about because they have to protect the leader of the free world.  Unless you're a druggie with a bag of coke or pot in your pocket.  Yes, there are more cases of drugs in the White House than the public was told thanks to the secrecy of the men in black.  That secure building appears to be open for drug users like a rave party on a Saturday night.

Secret Service Investigation into CocaineGate Concludes With No Suspect Identified.  The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) announced Thursday that it had concluded its investigation into the cocaine found at the White House and was unable to identify a suspect.  The "dime bag" was found inside a vestibule leading to the lobby area of the West Executive Avenue entrance to the White House on July 2.  The drug had been placed inside a receptacle or "cubby" used to temporarily store electronic and personal devices prior to entering the West Wing, the Secret Service said in a statement.  Following the discovery, the packaging was sent to the FBI's crime laboratory for "advanced fingerprint and DNA analysis," according to the USSS statement.

Report Contradicts Secret Service Claim No Fingerprints Were Found on White House Cocaine Baggie.  Officials at the White House know who brought cocaine into the White House and have confirmed that finding via fingerprint analysis, according to a report which contradicts a statement released by the Secret Service.  A security source told Soldier of Fortune magazine, "We know who handled it... We've known since last week."

The View Claims Republicans 'Planted' the Cocaine in the White House.  Those stealthy Republican ninjas were at it again!  Earlier this year, the Cackling Coven of ABC's The View claimed Republicans were "behind" the classified documents found in President Biden's Delaware garage.  Now, on Friday, they were claimed Republicans infiltrated the White House and "planted" cocaine in the West Wing to "advance the Hunter Biden narrative."  At least that's what Joy Behar and Ana Navarro wanted people to believe.  In an attempt to deflect attention away from the possibility that someone in the administration or the Biden family was the perpetrator, racist co-host Sunny Hostin claimed, without evidence, that the cocaine came from "a tourist, a stupid tourist, a guest, somebody like that."  But while Hostin was quipping about how the person "left their stash," Behar was busy wondering:  "Maybe it was planted, or do I sound paranoid?"

The Editor says...
Yes, paranoid.  You said it.  But stop and think for a moment:  If this allegation had any merit (and it doesn't), the video footage and fingerprint evidence would be all over the news by now.

The White House can find Bin Laden lurking in a remote Pakistan compound, but not a cocaine culprit under its nose.  Make no mistake: The Biden administration is laughing at us.  We are meant to believe that the United States Secret Service, tasked with protecting the very life of the president, cannot crack the case of who left cocaine in a secure, hard-to-access part of the White House — despite facial recognition cameras, guest-book logs and security all over the most protected building in the Western world.  The cover-up, as the Nixon-era saying goes, is always worse than the crime.

'This Is A Cover-Up': Nikki Haley Lays Out List Of White House Cocaine Suspects.  Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Friday that "someone very close" to President Joe Biden was responsible for the cocaine found in the White House.  The Secret Service confirmed that a quantity of cocaine was discovered in the White House prior to July 4, prompting an evacuation and the deployment of hazardous materials teams.  The investigation concluded Thursday without discovering the identity of the person responsible for leaving the illegal drug in the White House.

Secret Service sacrificing its reputation to protect drug offender in the White House.  Another formerly revered federal agency joins in disgrace the politicized FBI, IRS, and Department of Justice.  The Secret Service took just 11 days to close its investigation of the class A illegal drug, cocaine, found in the White House with a figurative shrug of the shoulders and a mumbled "I dunno."  Following a classified briefing for members of Congress, the federal protective agency issued an official statement claiming:  ["]There was no surveillance video footage found that provided investigative leads or any other means for investigators to identify who may have deposited the found substance in this area.  Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered.  At this time, the Secret Service's investigation is closed due to a lack of physical evidence.["] This does not pass the giggle test.  Taking only 11 days to investigate a very serious matter like this and then closing the investigation without interrogating and drug testing the very limited number of people who could have left anything in the locker in question bespeaks a desire to avoid finding the culprit.  Considering the vast ongoing effort to identify anyone who could have approached the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the lack of curiosity, paucity of resources employed, and the speed in wrapping up the investigation with no suspect, there is no other conclusion than a cover up is likely underway.

The Secret Service Gives Up.  After an 11-day alleged investigation, the Secret Service announced today that it cannot identify the person who left cocaine in the White House.  The Service says that there were no usable finger prints on the bag that held the cocaine, and not enough DNA for an identification.  So the investigation is being closed.  No one is going to buy this.  The general area is under video surveillance, and there is a log of people who enter the West Wing.  There are a maximum of several hundred possible suspects; this apparently is the explanation of why there is not more helpful surveillance video: [...]

Veteran feds cry foul on White House cocaine probe: 'This is a cover-up'.  The conclusion of an 11-day Secret Service probe that failed to find which White House staff member or visitor left cocaine in the West Wing looks like a whitewash, former federal investigators told The [New York] Post Thursday.  "This is a cover-up.  How can they say they have no leads?" one ex-agent said.  "It is a restricted area and they have a log book, you don't have to be Columbo to figure out who was there.  "Suppose it was anthrax," the same person raged.  "Would they have the same answer?"  "We have a tale of two countries," another former fed said.  "They identified hundreds of people who were in the Capitol building on Jan. 6 after an extensive investigation, but they don't know who left something in an 8 x 10 room in the White House?"  The Secret Service concluded its inquiry Thursday without identifying a suspect, citing "a lack of physical evidence" after FBI forensic testing yielded no fingerprints and insufficient DNA evidence.

The case of the missing fingerprint.  Sherlock Holmes famously found a clue in the dog that didn't bark in The Hound of the Baskervilles.  I wonder if we may have a similar clue in the explanation offered by the Secret Service for dropping its investigation into the cocaine found in the White House after only 11 days, with no drug testing of suspects?  In its official announcement that the case is closed and will forever remain a mystery, the Secret Service avers:  ["]The packaging was subjected to advanced fingerprint and DNA analysis.  Both of these analyses were conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory given their expertise in this area and independence from the investigation. (snip) On July 12, the Secret Service received the FBI's laboratory results, which did not develop latent fingerprints and insufficient DNA was present for investigative comparisons.["]  How is it possible to handle a plastic baggie and not leave a fingerprint, or at least a fragment or trace of one?  Was the perp wearing gloves?  In early July in sweltering DC?  If so, wouldn't this have been noticed by the many guards and recorded on the video surveillance?  Did the perp stop in front the cubby or locker (it has been identified as both) and put on rubber gloves like a surgeon preparing for an operation?  Or [m]aybe, he or she pulled the package from a pocket [u]sing tweezers?

Could This Be Why the Secret Service Ended Its Investigation into Cocainegate?  Last night, Fox News host Jessie Watters, like the rest of the nation, couldn't stomach the United States Secret Service's conclusion that it couldn't figure out who brought cocaine into the White House.  The law enforcement agency has the names of 500 individuals in or around the vestibule where the drugs were discovered, but supposedly no video evidence that can zero in on a person of interest.  Due to the lack of a solid suspect, the agency is closing its investigation.  Katie had more on this yesterday.  She included the statement from the Secret Service:  [Tweet]

White House cocaine investigation concluded, no suspect ID'd: Secret Service.  The Secret Service has ended its investigation into cocaine found earlier this month in the West Wing of the White House without identifying a suspect, GOP members of the House Oversight Committee told The Post Thursday.  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) stormed out of a briefing offered to lawmakers moments after it began, calling the conclusion "bogus" and the investigation a "complete failure."  "They know who goes in the White House.  They have facial identification, they have — y'all know you can't go in there without giving your Social Security number anyway, and to say that it's just some weekend visitor, that's bogus," Burchett said.  "Nobody's buying that at all."  Republican lawmakers confirmed that roughly one gram of the illicit drug was found July 2 in a storage locker inside the West Wing executive entrance, and that no cameras were in position to capture footage of the culprit.

Secret Service Ends White House Cocaine Investigation by Insulting Everyone's Intelligence.  The U.S. Secret Service has ended its investigation into the bag of cocaine found at the White House.  As RedState reported, the illicit drugs were originally found on July 2nd, and the story kept morphing from there.  At first, the cocaine was claimed to have been "near" the White House (and that it wasn't regular cocaine).  A day later, a report came out that it was actually found in the White House Library with the implication being that a tourist left it behind.  Next, we were told that the drugs were found at the West Executive Entrance.  Lastly, the White House came out and said the baggie was placed in a cubby used to deposit electronic devices, with the blame being pointed at construction workers.  In other words, the entire situation has been an incoherent mess with a constantly changing narrative.  That has made many suspicious and for good reason.  Why would anyone believe anything the Biden administration has to say after taking people on that wild ride?  Sure enough, in a move that isn't going to quell any doubts, the Secret Service has now concluded its "investigation" into the matter.

Biden Busted With More Climate Hypocrisy.  Joe Biden is on the last day of his European trip in Helsinki, Finland for the U.S.-Nordic Leaders' Summit.  He's been having a difficult time, being led around by the other foreign leaders, even with them having to physically move him into place. [...] But one of the other points of Biden's trip was to talk about climate change.  As he explained on his last day in Lithuania, "We all must summon the common will to address the existential threat."  [Tweet with video clip]   "It's real!  It's serious!  We don't have a lot of time!  It's the, the single greatest threat to humanity!" Biden trumpeted.  In Helsinki, he reiterated the emergency, albeit in a calmer tone.  [Tweet with video clip] [...] So I have a question for Joe Biden.  If it's such an emergency that we all must get on board with addressing it, why were you tooling around Helsinki in a huge 39-car gas-guzzling motorcade?  They fly the huge SUVs in, too, requiring more planes, not just Air Force One. [...] If we all must summon the common will, why doesn't he start first?  Why must all the regular people comply with his dictates, but not him?  Kind of makes you think he truly doesn't believe the end is near.

Joe Biden [is] on vacation 39.2% of the time.  Since being installed in the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, Joe Biden has been on vacation 353 days, or 39.2 percent of the time, according to RNC Research.  His favorite place for getaways from his handlers is on the beach near his holiday home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  That spot is so near and dear to the 80-year-old Biden that he has spent nearly a half million dollars of taxpayer money building a security barrier around it.  As Breitbart News reported, the president build the fence around his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  In August of last year, Biden was recorded as having spent a record 150 days at home in Delaware since he was installed in the White House, Breitbart News reported.  In 2021, Biden was vacationing at Camp David as the world watched Kabul, Afghanistan fall to the Taliban.

GOP Doctor: Biden Has Classic Sign of Dementia, But There's Something More Obvious on the Outside.  GOP Rep. Greg Murphy, a licensed M.D., doesn't think President Joe Biden is mentally fit or "running the show," instead acting as "a puppet for a progressive left committee."  But at least he's looking younger than his years doing it.  In an interview with Fox Business this week, the North Carolina congressman said Biden is exhibiting the telltale signs of aging — but is also clearly trying to fend off those signs, at least outwardly, through plastic surgery.

Republicans erupt over 2015 email exposing 'ultimate purpose' of Hunter's involvement with Burisma.  Republican lawmakers erupted Tuesday after learning about a 2015 email chain that predated President Biden's infamous 2015 trip to Ukraine, when a Burisma Holdings executive revealed the "ultimate purpose" of Hunter Biden's involvement with the Ukrainian energy company.  One month before then-Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Ukraine, where he threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid if Ukrainian leaders did not fire their top prosecutor, Hunter Biden and Burisma executives were discussing executing a contract for counter-messaging against any federal investigations into Burisma's founder and then-president, Mykola Zlochevsky.

Stephen Miller says Joe Biden is responsible for more child sex slaves than any man on Earth.  Joe Biden is a man with a very troubled worldwide reputation when it comes to children and how he inappropriately interacts with them.  [Video clip]  The left dismisses these concerns regarding Joe's interactions with children, insisting that he is simply displaying a "loving grandfatherly" demeanor.  However, the endless streams of videos suggests otherwise.  [Tweet with video clip]  So, it's not surprising that Trump loyalist Stephen Miller has said out loud what many have been thinking about Joe Biden's dismal record protecting children.  Miller claims that Joe Biden is responsible for more trafficked children than any other man on Earth.

"Smells like a coverup".  You've probably been following the constantly evolving story of the whistleblowers who are contradicting statements made by Merrick Garland (sometimes under oath), Christopher Wray, and David Weiss.  The story we were told about the investigation(s) into the actions of Hunter Biden and the lack of investigations into "The Big Guy" has come under more and more scrutiny.  When the stories don't match, somebody is either lying or incompetent, possibly both.  But three committees in the House continue to tunnel into the evidence in search of the truth.  Now, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has taken the next step on this journey and is saying aloud what we've all been thinking in a new op-ed for the New York Post.  When this many pieces of the puzzle refuse to fit together for this long, "it smells like a cover-up."

The pee tape vs. the bribe tape.  [There is] growing frustration among Capitol Hill Republicans about the FBI's apparent reluctance to investigate an allegation, from a trusted bureau confidential source, that Joe Biden accepted a multimillion-dollar bribe when he was vice president.  GOP lawmakers are not vouching for the allegation's accuracy.  They're not saying it's true.  Instead, they're saying it is a serious charge and that it should be seriously investigated.  They believe the FBI has suppressed, rather than investigated, the matter, and they are growing impatient with what they see as disparate treatment by the FBI in this case versus a sensational allegation against former President Donald Trump back in 2016-2017.

Republicans Melt Down Over Smoking Gun Hunter Biden Email That Gives Away the Game.  We've been covering the questionable activities of the Bidens and the Hunter Biden laptop now for four years.  I'm gratified that we suddenly have more folks in the media and politicians paying attention.  Fox just reported about a Nov. 2, 2015 email "first on Fox" that is getting a lot of attention from Republicans because it screams "smoking gun" and shows that Hunter Biden and Burisma executives were talking about getting counter-messaging against any federal investigations into Burisma's founder and then president, Mykola Zlochevsky.  But we wrote about the email back in October 2020, as did others.  Their purpose, as Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi said in engaging the lobbying firm Blue Star, was to help to shut down any cases/pursuits against Burisma and Zlochevsky.  [Tweet]

Pre-Emptive Presidential Pardons for Joe and Hunter Biden.  As the revelations of potential bribery, bank fraud and tax evasion swirl around Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, both men, who are increasingly appearing together, seem extraordinary calm and unconcerned in public as Joe flashes his signature supercilious and mocking smirk whenever he is asked about the various investigation into his and his son's activities over the past 12 years.  Thanks to pre-emptive presidential pardons, Joe knows that he, Hunter, and the family will never have to answer for any of their alleged egregious criminality.  The Supreme Court has ruled that a president can issue a pardon before charges have been filed.

FBI Director Wray Doesn't Confirm or Deny if Joe Biden Is Under Investigation for Alleged Burisma Bribes.  FBI Director Christopher Wray did not confirm or deny if President Joe Biden is under investigation for alleged bribes from an executive at Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company that paid Hunter Biden $83,000 per month for a board position.  While testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Tom Tiffany (R-WI) asked Wray if Joe Biden accepted payments from Burisma and whether he is under investigation for the alleged bribe of $5 million.  "Did Joe Biden take payments from Burisma or any other foreign companies as vice president, President, or as a private citizen Biden?" Tiffany asked.

Representative Matt Gaetz Has Fiery Exchange with FBI Director Chris Wray Asking, "Are You Protecting the Bidens?".  Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) expresses a great deal of contempt for FBI Director Chris Wray during questioning today.  From the topic of FBI conduct in the Hunter Biden investigation to the FBI surveillance of American citizens through unauthorized and illegal database searches, Matt Gaetz goes full wolverine on the FBI director.  [Video clip]

It Sure Looks Like U.S. Attorney David Weiss Has Been Obstructing the Hunter Biden Investigation.  When transcripts of IRS whistleblower testimony were released last month, with the startling claims that U.S. Attorney David Weiss told IRS supervisory special agent Gary Shapley that he wasn't the one making the decisions on filing criminal charges against Hunter Biden, that he had been denied the ability to file charges in both Washington, D.C. and California, and that he had been denied Special Counsel authority, it certainly seemed that all of the assurances Attorney General Merrick Garland had given Congress about Weiss having full authority to investigate and prosecute were bunk.  Garland repeatedly told Congress under oath that Weiss had unrestricted authority, but Shapley's testimony, also under oath, and contemporaneous emails told a different story.

World's Shortest Book: 'The Promises I Kept,' By President Joe Biden.  During his 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden tweeted that "we need to restore honor and decency to the White House."  On his first day in office, he promised to "bring transparency and truth back to government."  For anyone keeping score, both of these promises bit the dust after cocaine was discovered in the White House and the Secret Service started stonewalling the public about the details.  This comes days after Biden let "transgenders" parade around topless on the White House lawn while he desecrated the American flag, and years into running what is widely described as the most opaque administration in history.  Decency and transparency?  What a laugh.  They are just the two of the growing list of campaign promises — big and small — on which Biden has failed to deliver.  If anything, he's on track to set an all-time record for broken promises.

IRS Whistleblowers Rightfully Blame Assistant U.S. Attorneys In The District of Delaware For Showing Favoritism to Hunter Biden.  The two whistleblowers, both criminal investigators with more than a decade of experience each, came forward with their information to the House Ways and Means Committee, which has primary oversight responsibility for the IRS.  The information they can lawfully provide as whistleblowers is limited by the statute under which they are authorized to disclose information to Congress.  What Congress chooses to do with the information is up to Congress.  Here the two IRS criminal investigators sat for transcribed interviews with Committee staffers behind closed doors.  One was the Case Agent who started the investigation of Hunter Biden as a spin-off from a much larger investigation into internet porn and prostitution, and the other was the Supervisor of the IRS Group running the investigation.  The members of the Ways and Means Committee who voted to release the transcripts to the public.  Every Republican member of the Committee voted in favor of releasing the transcripts.  Every Democrat member of the Committee voted to keep the information secret — hidden from the scrutiny of the American public and media.

The deceit behind Hunter Biden's sweetheart plea deal gets even more audacious by the day.  Thanks to the media-Democrat complex's partisanship, it also gets tougher to pierce — which, of course, is the point.  Delaware US attorney David Weiss is in a vice of DOJ's own making.  Credible IRS investigators, including supervisory agent Gary Shapley, have reported that he told several law-enforcement officials connected to the Biden investigation that he was not the ultimate decision-maker regarding whether Biden would be charged, that he was being thwarted by other Biden-appointed US attorneys in Washington, DC, and California (the two districts with venue over tax charges) and that the Biden Justice Department, led by Attorney General Merrick Garland, had refused his request to be appointed as a special counsel.  On the other hand, Garland, who is Weiss' boss, has insisted — preposterously — that Weiss has always been the ultimate decision-maker and that all he needed to do was ask Garland for any extra authority he needed to file charges wherever he thought appropriate.  Garland claims he was never asked.

Biden slammed over campaign ad bragging 'I'll always answer a call from my grandchildren' after disowning granddaughter.  Joe Biden has been slammed over one of his advertisements during his 2020 campaign, where he bragged that he'll 'always answer a call from my grandchildren.'  The president, 80, has disowned one of his granddaughters, who was born after Biden's son Hunter had a fling with a former stripper named Lunden Roberts.  Biden infamously said earlier this year that he has 'six grandchildren,' completely ignoring Arkansas-based Navy Joan Roberts, who is his seventh.

Joe Biden's Criminal Behavior Risks National Security, Justifies Impeachment.  The walls have closed in on Hunter Biden, the president's beleaguered son whose shady business activities grow more nefarious by the day.  Some semblance of accountability recently came in the form of a guilty plea, when Hunter admitted to federal tax evasion.  Based on the Justice Department's court filings, Joe Biden's son failed to pay taxes in a timely matter for the years 2017 and 2018, owing at least $200,000 in total.  While the exact sentence remains unclear, a slap on the wrist is most likely.  No punishment has been administered for Hunter's nefarious business dealings with foreign governments in China, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, and other countries.  So the walls have really only closed in a bit.  Despite countless millions of dollars being at stake in moves that potentially jeopardized U.S. national security, Hunter continues to duck responsibility — emboldened by a Washington establishment that fails to look closer at the evidence.

Biden Admin Indicts Witness Planning to Testify Against Biden Family.  According to an indictment in Manhattan that was unsealed on Monday, Dr. Gal Luft, a key witness in the House Republicans' investigation into the Biden Crime Family, is now facing federal charges.  The charges include arms trafficking, operating as an unregistered lobbyist for China, and conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran. [...] Luft says the case against him is a political hit job designed to stop him from testifying before the House Oversight Committee over the payments made to the Biden family from people connected to Chinese military intelligence.  Luft also says that the Bidens had a mole in the FBI who shared classified information with those Chinese nationals in the CCP-controlled energy company China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC).

Hunter Biden, Associates Took Millions From Chinese Company That Paid 'Missing' Biden Witness Now Charged By DOJ.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday charged a key witness in the investigation into alleged Biden family corruption for taking money from the same Chinese firm that paid Hunter Biden's businesses and associates millions, according to DOJ records.  Gal Luft, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, allegedly "willfully" failed to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) while working to "advance the interests of China" in the U.S. by brokering the illegal sale of Chinese weapons and Iranian oil to China, according to the DOJ.  The DOJ alleges that Luft's think tank, the Institute for the Analysis for Global Security, accepted at least $700,000 from CEFC China Energy beginning in 2015, which happens to be the same Chinese firm that allegedly sent millions to accounts linked to Hunter Biden and his associates, in 2017, according to a Senate committee report and a Washington Post review of Biden documents.

Tapes?  Who uses tape anymore?
Grassley Blasts the FBI For Hiding the 17 Smoking Gun Tapes Incriminating Joe Biden in Bribery Scheme.  Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow that the FBI is stonewalling his efforts to obtain the 17 smoking gun tapes incriminating Joe Biden in a bribery scheme involving a Ukrainian oligarch.  Joe Biden refuses to answer questions about a bribery scheme alleging he received a $5 million bribe from Mykola Zlochevsky, the Ukrainian oligarch who runs Burisma Holdings.  Last month Grassley revealed Mykola Zlochevsky said he kept 17 audio recordings of conversations with Joe Biden (2) and Hunter Biden (15) as an insurance policy.

Democrats' crippling whataboutism on Hunter Biden.  Hunter Biden is constantly being discussed in conservative circles.  Whether it be allegations of corruption, stories of far-from-mysterious cocaine in the White House, or children no one wants to acknowledge, we apparently just can't stop talking about 53-year-old Hunter Biden.  Not only are we supposedly incapable of moving on from poor, innocent Hunter (according to legacy media), our complaints of his ongoing relationship with President Joe Biden are deemed irrelevant, with this label of irrelevance applied to anyone who dares to speak out against the regime.  This applies even to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, who recently slammed Joe Biden for refusing to acknowledge his illegitimate grandchild, the product of an affair between Hunter Biden and a then-stripper, in a column titled, "It's Seven Grandkids, Mr. President."

Whistleblower Boss Confirmed David Weiss Didn't Have Authority to Charge Hunter Biden.  IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley's boss, Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon, confirmed U.S. Prosecutor David Weiss did not have authority to charge Hunter Biden, emails obtained by House Republicans show.  Although Weiss maintains he did have authority to charge Hunter Biden, Waldon confirmed via email that Shapley's notes were correct from an October 7, 2022, meeting between Waldon, Shapley, and Weiss, among others.  "Darrell asked me to shoot an update from today's meeting.  Darrell — feel free to comment if I miss anything," the top line of the email read.

Grassley highlighted the numerous ways Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf appeared to have obstructed the investigation into Hunter Biden's potentially criminal business activities.  A Delaware assistant U.S. attorney was briefed in October 2020 that a confidential human source (CHS) had reported Hunter and Joe Biden each received $5 million in bribes, Sen. Chuck Grassley revealed Sunday in a letter to Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss.  A source familiar with that briefing has now confirmed to The Federalist that the Pittsburgh office told the Delaware office the CHS's reporting appeared credible and merited further investigation.  That added detail increases the significance of Grassley's Sunday letter and his question to Weiss about whether his deputy thwarted the investigation.  "On October 23, 2020, Justice Department and FBI Special Agents from the Pittsburgh Field Office briefed Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, one of your top prosecutors, and FBI Special Agents from the Baltimore Field Office with respect to the contents of the FBI-generated FD-1023 alleging a criminal bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and Hunter Biden," Grassley's letter said.  "What steps have the Justice Department and FBI taken to investigate the allegations?" the Iowa senator asked before noting his concerns about Wolf's involvement.

Hunter Biden prosecutor received October 2020 briefing on claims Joe and his son received $5 million each in bribes.  A top attorney prosecuting Hunter Biden was briefed about allegations Joe and his son received $5 million each in bribes, but didn't investigate and left IRS investigators out of the meeting, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has claimed.  According to a letter obtained by DailyMail.com that Grassley sent to Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss - who is prosecuting Hunter Biden for federal gun and tax crimes - the senator alleges obstruction of the Hunter probe by one of his top prosecutors, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf.  Grassley says that according to IRS whistleblowers, Wolf 'prevented investigators from seeking information about Joe Biden's involvement in Hunter Biden's criminal business arrangements.'  Whistleblower Gary Shapley specifically stated that Wolf 'discouraged' investigators from pursuing Joe Biden-connected leads, including by thwarting a search warrant request of Biden's Delaware guest house due to bad 'optics,' and that the prosecutor said there was 'no specific criminality.'

DOJ indicts missing man who claims to have provided FBI with info on Biden family's China business dealings.  A fugitive who claimed to have provided the FBI with information on the Biden family's business dealings in China is facing decades behind bars for alleged arms trafficking and other charges involving Iran.  Gal Luft, a 57-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, is charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China and seeking to broker the sale of Iranian oil in violation of sanctions, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday.  The indictment also accuses Luft of recruiting and paying a former high-ranking U.S. government official on behalf of principals based in China in 2016, without registering as a foreign agent as required by law.

Is anybody surprised by this?  Who wants to be the next whistleblower?
Biden DOJ Indicts Whistleblower Gal Luft Days After He Releases Video Detailing Criminal Allegations Against Biden Crime Family.  The Justice Department indicted Biden corruption whistleblower, Gal Luft on Monday just one week after he released a video detailing criminal allegations against the Biden Crime Family. [...] Missing Biden corruption whistleblower Dr. Gal Luft released a 14-minute video to The New York Post on Thursday detailing [serious] allegations against Joe Biden and his family in a massive international bribery scheme filmed in an undisclosed location while on the run from the Biden regime and Department of Justice.

David Weiss: FBI Informant File Alleging Biden Bribes [is] a Part of [an] Ongoing Investigation.  United States Attorney David Weiss admitted the FBI informant form alleging the Biden family bribes is part of an ongoing investigation.  According to House Oversight Committee Republicans who reviewed the bureau's FD-1023 form, an FBI informant claims to possess two pieces of evidence that show President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden received $5 million each from Mykola Zlochevsky after Joe Biden threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine until a prosecutor was fired.

Rep. Matt Rosendale Backs Impeaching Biden, Expunging Trump Impeachments.  Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) has officially voiced support for two major impeachment initiatives from his GOP colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives, Breitbart News has learned.  Rosendale's office confirmed to Breitbart News that he supports efforts to impeach Democrat President Joe Biden.  His office also confirmed that he backs the measure from Reps.  Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to expunge both of former President Donald Trump's impeachments.

Questions Over Hunter Biden Probe Swirl Around Prosecutor Lesley Wolf.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf is a central figure in the investigation into Hunter Biden and is alleged to have stymied investigators and aided the Biden family.  Wolf is the subject of a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, David Weiss, on Sunday.  Wolf worked directly beneath Weiss on the Department of Justice and IRS probe into Biden's overseas business dealings and tax affairs.  In addition to other allegations about Wolf's role in the probe, Grassley's letter revealed an October 2020 briefing that Wolf allegedly received from the Department of Justice and FBI.  The alleged briefing covered information the FBI obtained from a confidential human source alleging a foreign bribery scheme involving Biden and his father, President Joe Biden.

White House has still not named the cocaine culprit a week after drugs were discovered.  More than a week after the Secret Service discovered cocaine at the White House it appears Americans are no closer to receiving answers on how the illicit drug made its way into one of the most secure areas in the U.S.  What former officials told DailyMail.com is a 'straightforward' investigation has now entered its second week and the White House continues to brush off questions on the incident as President Joe Biden left the country Sunday for meetings in London ahead of the NATO Summit in Lithuania.  The White House evacuated with a hazmat situation last Sunday, July 2 when a uniformed USSS agent found cocaine in a lockbox for cell phones outside of secure meeting areas.

Report Accuses Joe Biden of Borderline Abusive Behavior and Beyond, Reignites Questions About 2024.  Alright, I think I'm convinced that there's something afoot, and a new article from Axios is cementing my perception.  In the piece, which is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster given the predictable attempt to soften what was reported, Joe Biden is described as borderline abusive, and in some of the interactions described, it's fair to ask if he even crosses that line.  Far from the decent, loving human being that the press has long tried to paint Biden as, he's revealed to be a vulgar, angry man with no sense of boundaries.  Boundaries, I might add, that most people would get fired or sued for crossing in the real world.

Joe Biden Meets with King Charles at Windsor Castle — Can Barely Walk.  On Monday Joe Biden met with King Charles at Windsor Castle.  Joe Biden was visibly struggling to walk with Charles.  The fake news media continues to push the joke that Joe Biden is in charge of the United States.  This is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people.

Loose lips sink ships.
Biden lets American military info slip during live interview, sparking backlash.  President Biden sat down for a recent interview in which he said the United States is low on 155 mm artillery ammunition rounds, sparking outrage and questions of competency from conservatives on social media.  During the interview, which aired Sunday morning, Biden defended his administration for sending cluster munitions to Ukraine as a "transition period" until more munitions are produced.

The blueprint is set to end Joe Biden's shaky reign in the White House.  The obvious fact that Hunter Biden is getting favored treatment from the father's Department of Justice has broken through the media's Praetorian Guard and the public doesn't like the smell of it.  Although Hunter has agreed to plead guilty to two tax violations and a gun charge later this month after a supposedly five-year investigation, he'll likely avoid spending a day in prison.  A sweetheart deal for a notorious family member would be political trouble for any president, but the Bidens' scandal is mushrooming now because of the sensational testimony of IRS whistleblowers.  They allege Justice officials obstructed efforts to seek more serious charges against Hunter, tipped off his lawyers to searches and interviews and refused to let them probe whether Joe played a role in the family's multimillion-dollar schemes.  "The criminal tax investigation of Hunter Biden has been handled differently than any investigation I've ever been a part of for the past 14 years of my IRS service," said Gary Shapley, a supervisory special agent in the Criminal Investigation unit.

Biden Has Spent Nearly 40% of His Presidency on Vacation.  President Joe Biden jetted off to his home in Delaware this weekend after facing a hard week of taking naps in the Oval Office and maybe signing a paper here or there.  And don't forget he has to go into hiding just in time to dodge the press before they ask him questions about the "mysterious" cocaine found at the White House.  With that being said, according to a GOP count, his recent trip to Delaware means he has spent nearly 40 percent — 352 days — of his presidency on vacation.  A recent Rasmussen Reports survey found that most voters don't believe the president has had nothing to do with the shady and corrupt things his family is being accused of — after denying once again that he had any involvement in his son's overseas business dealings.  Forty-four percent said it is very likely that Biden was involved in Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, while only 14 percent said "not very likely."

Of Course Hunter Biden Is A Suspect, He's A Degenerate.  If you were lead investigator of a double homicide at a golf course where two decapitated bodies were found in a storage closet and you found out that OJ Simpson was on the 7th tee, you'd be smart to start your list of potential suspects with him.  He does, after all, have some ties to people who've had their heads cut off before, right?  The same goes for Hunter Biden when he's anywhere cocaine is discovered — it might not be his, but there's more likelihood of it being his than some grandmother from Idaho on a West Wing tour or anyone else.

This was already true in 2019.
Atlantic Writer Says 80-Year-Old President Has No Business Running for Office.  Let's be honest.  If your 80-year-old father, grandfather, brother, or husband was in the same physical and mental condition as Joe Biden, would you want your loved one to face the rigors associated with the job of president of the United States — much less remain in office until age 86?  If Biden wins the 2024 Democrat nomination and goes on to win the election, he'll be 82 on Inauguration Day 2025 and 86 years old if he finishes a second term.  That is inconceivable, particularly given Biden's steady decline, just since the 2020 primary season.  His deterioration grows more evident, seemingly by the week, and attempting four more years in office would be an injustice to the American people.

Whistleblower Names Specific DOJ and FBI Officials Said To Cover Up China's Bribes of Biden..  Israeli professor Dr. Gal Luft, the "missing witness" in the Biden corruption investigation, accuses the Bidens of receiving bribes from individuals linked to Chinese military intelligence and using an FBI mole named "One Eye" to share classified information with CEFC China Energy. [...] According to Luft, he voluntarily informed the US government about a potential security breach and compromising information regarding Joe Biden, who was vying to be the next president at the time.  However, instead of being recognized as a whistleblower, he claims to have now become the target of the very same people he informed.  Luft asserts that his recent arrest in Cyprus was an attempt to prevent him from testifying to the House Oversight Committee about the Biden family's alleged corruption.

Dr. Gal Luft Outlines How the U.S. DOJ and FBI Deployed Agents to Protect Biden Family Against Witnesses to Biden Bribery and Corruption.  Dr. Gal Luft was a direct witness to the Chinese bribery scheme between Chinese companies (CFC) and the Biden family.  Dr. Luft gives a stunning video testimonial today about how he contacted the DOJ and FBI in March 2019 when Attorney General Bill Barr was in office, to report specific allegations and evidence against the Biden family.  [Video clip]

Hunter Biden's plea hearing could be delayed as Justice Department considers 'sweetheart deal' allegations by whistleblowers.  A DoJ official says the department is discussing delaying Hunter Biden's plea hearing — following a firestorm of 'sweetheart deal' allegations by whistleblowers and claims that the Attorney General lied to Congress about the Biden criminal probe.  On July 26 a Delaware federal judge is set to decide whether to accept the First Son's plea deal with prosecutors over two tax misdemeanors.  Republican lawmakers are calling for Judge Maryellen Noreika to toss out the 'slap on the wrist' and 'sweetheart' deal entirely, after whistleblowers from the IRS who investigated Hunter for five years say that he could instead have been charged with a raft of more serious tax and corruption crimes.

IRS Whistleblower's Attorney Slams Washington Post For Not Correcting Hunter Biden Story.  IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley's attorney Jason Foster publicly called out the Washington Post for not responding to a request for correction in a story the paper wrote detailing claims that Hunter Biden's attorney made about Shapley.  Foster tweeted Thursday night that the Washington Post did not respond to his request for a correction about Biden attorney Abbe Lowell's assertion that Shapley leaked details of the Department of Justice's Hunter Biden investigation to the paper.  The Washington Post covered Lowell's criticism of Shapley's testimony in a Wednesday article, but did not rebuke Lowell's allegation that Shapley leaked information about the Hunter Biden investigation to the Washington Post in Oct. 2022.

Here's the White House lie of the day:
Fox News press pool report contradicts claim Biden family wasn't at White House ahead of cocaine discovery.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's claim that no members of the Biden family were present at the White House in the days leading to the discovery of a bag of cocaine in the West Wing has been contradicted by the Fox News press pool report on one of those very days.  According to the Friday, June 30 pool report, Biden gave remarks in the Roosevelt Room that afternoon, and didn't depart the White House for Camp David until 6:34 p.m., along with First Lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, and Hunter's son Beau Biden.  However, Jean-Pierre claimed Friday while angrily responding to a reporter's question about whether the cocaine belonged to a member of the Biden family that they weren't present at the White House on that day.

Remember When Hunter Biden Was Kicked Out of the Navy For Testing Positive for Cocaine?  With the so-called "mysterious" discovery of cocaine being found at the Biden White House this week, critics are reminding Americans that Hunter Biden was kicked out of the Navy in 2014 after failing a drug test due to the white powder being found in his system.  In 2013, Hunter failed a drug test after testing positive for cocaine.  However, he was not booted from the Reserve until February 2014.  In true Democrat fashion, instead of taking responsibility, the president's son blamed the incident on two men from Africa.  Hunter wrote a letter to the Navy Reserve explaining that he had no clue how the deadly drug entered his system.  However, he tried to pin the blame on a cigarette he bummed off of two men from Africa outside a bar a few blocks from the White House.

White House Ridiculed for Invoking Campaign Law on Hunter and Joe Biden Cocaine Question.  Conservatives ridiculed White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates for invoking the Hatch Act when asked about whether the cocaine found in the White House on Sunday was President Joe Biden's or Hunter Biden's.  "Are you willing to say that that's not the case?  That it [the cocaine] doesn't belong to them?" a reporter asked Bates on Thursday.  "I don't have a response to that because we have to be careful about the Hatch Act," he claimed.  The Hatch Act's main provision blocks executive branch employees "from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, in a federal facility or using federal property," according to the DOJ.

The Hatch Act Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Cocaine Found In White House.  First, officials said the coke was found in the library, then in a public section of the West Wing lobby, and the latest version has it being found in the White House's West Executive entrance near the Situation Room.  Before we get to the Hatch Act — which President Joe Biden's deputy press secretary says bars him from discussing the coke scandal — let me just note here that this is a very private entrance and not at all near where random tourists would ever find themselves.  That entrance lies within the secure campus of the White House between the West Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.  Senior staff parks in the lot there, and Vice President Kamala Harris' motorcade stages there as well.  Most of the people who enter there have "hard passes," which means they have undergone a Secret Service background check to be credentialed.  Sure, hard-pass holders might usher in a small group of visitors to view parts of the West Wing, but the names of every one of those people would be added to a visitor log.  And lastly, you better believe there are cameras all over that entrance, not to mention uniformed Secret Service officers galore.

Republicans Call for Probe of Retaliation Against IRS Whistleblowers in Hunter Biden Case.  After IRS whistleblowers alleged retaliation for their disclosures about the conduct of the Hunter Biden investigation, a top IRS official notified employees of at least some of their rights.  Doug O'Donnell, deputy IRS commissioner for services and enforcement, told employees the "IRS is deeply committed to protecting the role of whistleblowers," according to an email referenced by Republican lawmakers.  The email to employees, notifying them of their rights under the law, says employees can make disclosures to a supervisor, IRS management, the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General, or the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.  But House and Senate Republicans note that the message "blatantly fails to provide that IRS employees have the right to make lawful disclosures to Congress," in calling for the Office of Special Counsel to investigate the matter.

Banana republic:
Hunter Biden's Prosecutor Worked for His Former Business Partner.  Assistant United States Attorney Derek Hines, who previously worked for Hunter Biden's business partner, signed off on the charges, along with U.S. Attorney David Weiss, against the president's son for two federal tax violations and one violation of gun laws.  Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to the charges, which Republicans characterized as a sweetheart deal.  [Tweet]  Hines previously worked as a special counsel to former FBI Director Louis Freeh's private company, according to his LinkedIn account.  Freeh owned "Freeh Group International Solutions," a lobbying firm with ties to the Biden family business.  Their relationship dates back to 2013 when Hines served as special counsel to Freeh from 2013 to 2015.  Freeh is a longtime ally of the Bidens.  Freeh sent $100,000 to a trust for Joe Biden's grandchildren, the New York Post reported in 2021.  One month prior to the donation, Freeh inquired with Hunter about pursuing "future work options" together, with Joe Biden.

James Comer to Begin Deposing Biden Business Associates.  The House Oversight Committee is set to begin deposing Biden family business associates in the coming weeks and months, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) forecast.  Comer said Devon Archer, one of Hunter Biden's top associates, will be the first member deposed to unravel the family's international business schemes.  A source with knowledge of the committee's schedule told Breitbart News on Thursday that Archer's lawyers are in contact with the committee about scheduling the interview.

Federal Top Men Say Finding Source of West Wing Cocaine Will Be Too Difficult.  According to federal investigators familiar with the matter and talking to Politico, the person who brought cocaine into the White House is likely never to be discovered.  It's just too difficult to track down.  There are too many people who walk around the West Wing of the White House willy nilly.  That's their story and the Top Men are sticking to it.  [Video clip]

CocaineGate Update: Coke Stash Was Found in Secure Place 'Near the Situation Room' Not Accessible to 'Average People'.  The bag of cocaine found in the West Wing of the White House on Sunday was discovered in "a much more secure" area than previously disclosed, NBC reported on Thursday.  According to NBC's Andrea Mitchell, the White House is now claiming the cocaine was found "in a much more secure place, limited access place" than originally reported.  "It's down near the Situation Room" and "average people just can't get in there," she noted.  The dime-size drug bag was allegedly found in an entrance area cubby between a foyer and a lower-level lobby area, near where some official vehicles park, including the vice presidential limo.

Senator Tom Cotton Demands Secret Service Release ALL Info Related to Cocaine Found in White House.  Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas is demanding that the Secret Service turn over all information regarding the cocaine recently discovered in the White House.  The story about where the drugs were found keeps changing and Tom Cotton rightly calls this a national security issue.  If someone can sneak illegal drugs into the White House, what is to stop someone from sneaking a much more dangerous substance into the building?  The media is preparing to drop the story and move on because they want to protect Biden.  Cotton is not letting it go away.

Karine Jean-Pierre Won't Say if White House Supports Prosecuting Unknown Cocaine Smuggler.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not say if the White House supports prosecuting the unknown cocaine White House smuggler.  Speaking at Wednesday's press briefing, a reporter asked, "If the Secret Service determines who brought the cocaine into the White House, does the White House support the prosecution of this individual?"  "I'm just not gonna get into hypotheticals from here.  Let the Secret Service do their job.  It's under their purview.  We are confident that they will get to the bottom of it.  I'm just not going to get ahead of this at this time," she replied.  [Tweet with video clip]

The White House That Tracked Down Grannies After Capitol Riot Wants You To Believe Cocaine Caper Has Them Stumped.  The White House is apparently giving up on finding who is responsible for leaving an illicit drug in the executive mansion last weekend.  At least, that's what Politico reported based on the testimony of an unnamed law enforcement official.  "White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found: Law enforcement official," the headline reads.  A snarky subhead noted, "Lines may have been snorted and crossed," but "it's possible we won't know by whom."  Officials evacuated the White House on Sunday evening after a white powdery substance was reportedly discovered in a "work area" in the West Wing (the location later changed to "near the Situation Room").  Dispatches from the emergency crews at the scene quickly confirmed that the "unknown item" was a bag of cocaine.

White House cocaine was found near the Situation Room and NOT in the West Wing visitor entrance: Drug story changes again.  A new twist has emerged in the investigation of the cocaine discovered at the White House on Sunday — it was actually found in a different location.  The bag of powder was found in a cubby near the White House's West Executive entrance, not the formal West Wing lobby, NBC News reported citing multiple sources.  That entrance — which is in the West Wing but on the floor below the lobby — is also a heavily trafficked area, a description White House officials have used as a way to explain their doubts the culprit will be found.

Cocainegate Just Got Even Stranger.  While President Biden's spokespeople refuse to say whether the administration will be transparent with the American people about the results of the Secret Service investigation of the cocaine found in the West Wing on Sunday, those "involved" with the situation changed their story on Thursday.  According to NBC News, "multiple officials involved in the White House cocaine inquiry now say the bag of powder was found in a cubby near the White House's West Executive entrance, not the formal West Wing lobby as was previously reported."  So, what was stated before was either incorrect or a lie?  That should help the Biden administration brush off the appearance of being engaged in some sort of cover-up...  The location officials described most recently to NBC News is "an entrance area between the foyer and a lower-level lobby... near where some vehicles, like the vice president's limo or SUV park."

White House Refuses to Say Whether or Not Cocaine Belonged to Joe or Hunter Biden.  White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates could not say whether or not the cocaine found at the White House on Sunday belong to Hunter or President Joe Biden, citing the Hatch Act.  "Are you willing to say that that's not the case?  That it [cocaine] doesn't belong to them?" a reporter asked Bates on Thursday aboard Air Force One.  "I don't have a response to that because we have to be careful about the Hatch Act," he claimed.  The reporter did not follow up with Bates on how the Hatch Act applied to the situation.  The Hatch Act's main provision blocks executive branch employees "from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, in a federal facility or using federal property," according to the Justice Department.

White House cocaine disarray as story keeps changing and one faction implies Kamala might be the fall-gal.  As more anonymous leaks muddy the waters on where the cocaine was found in the White House, one thing becomes clear: Biden's handlers are divided on how to handle the scandal that now deserves the moniker "Cocainegate." It's panic time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  The most intriguing leak went to NBC News, always willing to broadcast propaganda meant to guard the interests of the ruling class.  Host Andrea Mitchell and White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell casually let drop a shot across the bow of VP Kamala Harris — whose unpopularity is a huge problem for Dems worried about maintaining control of the Executive Branch — implying that the latest version of where the coke was found, in a cubby near an entrance to the West Wing, is also near where the Vice President parks: [...]

Bookies list Hunter Biden as favorite to be White House cocaine culprit.  Overseas sportsbook BetOnline.ag gives Hunter Biden +170 odds as the owner, placing him as the most likely wrongdoer among their listed suspects, which also appears to contain joke offenders peppered throughout the list.  Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce follows with +800 odds, while "One of the Jonas Brothers" carries +1000 odds and Angelina Jolie garners +1400 odds.  President Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, sit at the bottom of the pack with +15000 and +10000 odds, respectively.  Another gambling site, Sportsbetting.ag, carries the same suspects and lines as BetOnline.ag, with Hunter Biden as the overwhelming favorite.  Hunter took in Washington, D.C.'s Fourth of July fireworks from the White House.

Biden Corruption Whistleblower Dr. Gal Luft Resurfaces — Releases 14 Minute Video Detailing Criminal Allegations.  Missing Biden corruption whistleblower Dr. Gal Luft released a 14-minute video to The New York Post on Thursday detailing damning allegations against Joe Biden and his family in a massive international bribery scheme filmed in an undisclosed location while on the run from the Biden regime and Department of Justice.  The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Luft vanished from Cyprus in April under mysterious circumstances.  He is now living as a fugitive in undisclosed foreign location.  Luft was an adviser to CEFC China Energy (CEFC), a business conglomerate with extremely close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.  He served alongside Hunter Biden.

'Missing' Biden corruption witness spills all in shocking 'DOJ coverup' video.  The self-described "patient zero of the Biden family investigation," Israeli professor Dr. Gal Luft, who is currently on the run after being arrested in Cyprus and referred to as "missing," has released a shocking, 14-minute-long video from an undisclosed location in which he details his bribery allegations against the Biden family and claims of a coverup by the Department of Justice.  "I, who volunteered to inform the US government about a potential security breach and about compromising information about a man vying to be the next president, am now being hunted by the very same people who I informed — and may have to live on the run for the rest of my life on the run..." Luft said in the video, obtained exclusively by the New York Post.  As BizPac Review has reported, Luft, an American-Israeli energy expert and former Israeli army officer previously told The Post that he jumped bail last month after being hit with a slew of charges by the U.S. courts and threatened with extradition back to the States.

'Missing' Biden corruption case witness Dr. Gal Luft details allegations against president's family in extraordinary video.  The "missing witness" from the Biden corruption investigation, Israeli professor Dr. Gal Luft, has laid out his bribery allegations against the president's family in an extraordinary video filmed in an undisclosed location while he's on the run.  In the 14-minute recording, obtained exclusively by The [New York] Post, the fugitive former Israeli army officer claims he was arrested in Cyprus to stop him from testifying to the House Oversight Committee that the Biden family received payments from individuals with alleged ties to Chinese military intelligence and that they had an FBI mole who shared classified information with their benefactors from the China-controlled energy company CEFC.  The self-proclaimed fall guy says he provided the incriminating evidence to six officials from the FBI and the Department of Justice in a secret meeting in Brussels in March 2019 — but alleges that it was covered up.

Joe Biden's Grifting Came After the Clintons' Grifting.  Deep State prosecutor Jack Smith's indictment of President Trump in "Mar-a-Lago-gate" were a cover for Joe Biden's felonious classified document handling violations that the Dept of Justice continues to cover up.  The two standards of justice for Democrats and Republicans are obvious.  President Trump had complete authority to declassify ANYTHING yet was indicted under the Espionage Act for mishandling the documents that the National Archives and Records Administration authorized him to possess.  Meanwhile, Joe Biden had no authority to declassify any classified documents as vice president, yet boxes of documents including classified information were uncovered in various Biden hangouts back in January and February with no indictments from DoJ nor any investigative reporting of those transgressions.

Biden Email Has Smoking Gun Evidence When It Comes to Joe, Hunter, and Call to Poroshenko.  The White House counsel has been doing all it can to try to distance Joe Biden from the Biden foreign business dealings scandal.  But as we reported, they started having to move the goalposts and backpedal from what Biden has been saying for the past three years: that he's never talked to his son about his business dealings.  That has been busted in multiple ways, including showing that Biden met with many of Hunter's business associates, among them, Burisma associate Vadym Pozharskyi.  The meeting with Pozharskyi was one of the big revelations in the New York Post story that got suppressed on social media right before the 2020 election.  Now, with the bribery allegations according to the Grassley witness that are reflected in the FBI FD-1023 form, that raises even more questions about what was going on.

The Continuing Recap of IRS Whistleblower Gary Shapley's Interview With Congress — Part Two.  This is Part Two of my recap of the transcribed interview of Gary Shapley, IRS Criminal Investigations Supervisory Special Agent.  Shapley supervised the investigation of Hunter Biden that started in November 2018.  As noted below, Shapley and his Group were cut-out of the investigation — DOJ prosecutors quit communicating with them in October 2022, and in May 2023 the entire Group was removed from the investigation and replaced.  Just a couple of weeks after that it was announced that Hunter Biden would be pleading guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges.  Part One of my recap only covered the first 25 pages of his transcribed interview — much of that being Shapley reading his own prepared comments for the staffers who were present.  Because Congressional oversight of the IRS falls first to the House Ways and Means Committee, the whistleblower investigation based on Shapley's reporting is being done by the Majority and Minority staffs of that Committee.

Eight reasons to believe a coverup is underway on the cocaine found in the White House.  The discovery of a stash of cocaine in the White House became public because a hazmat team was sent in on the possibility that the white powdery substance might have been anthrax or some other deadly terror weapon.  Were it not for the hazmat team's highly visible and noteworthy arrival, I believe it is quite possible that the matter would have been handled with the discretion for which the Secret Service is famous (and notorious), protecting the privacy of the First Family.  Now that we know about it, there are multiple signs that a coverup is underway to protect someone whom the Secret Service guards.

Any delay in this case is the result of stonewalling.
Donald Trump: Security Tapes Would 'Quickly' Find White House Cocaine Smuggler.  Former President Donald Trump said the security tapes would "quickly" reveal who smuggled cocaine into President Joe Biden's White House after the drug was reportedly found in the West Wing.  Over the weekend, a substance was found inside the White House that reportedly tested positive for cocaine.  On Monday, U.S. Secret Service spokesman Steven Kopek confirmed an "ongoing investigation" into the matter, but did not confirm whether the substance contained cocaine.  In response, Trump predicted the "Fake News Media" will downplay the substance's finding.

Working around Kamala.  It has become more than just painfully obvious that Joe Biden is not fit to run for a second term.  What political strategists call optics, however, is a serious impediment for the Dems in avoiding an electoral disaster.  They are obligated to come up with a particularly dignified and gracious way to have a more appealing substitute candidate move to the center of the stage.  This may be even more difficult than it appears.  Much like a sunken ship in the middle of a shallow harbor, Vice President Kamala Harris is a serious obstacle to navigating toward a desirable goal.  Biden has to stay in office as long as he can to delay entering lame duck status — while also announcing his retirement early enough for his replacement to gather sufficient electoral momentum for a victory.  Driving this desire for success is the Democrats' existential need to hold on to power.  Should they lose their grip on the Department of Justice (DoJ), considering lessons recently learned, their virtual extinction may well be in the offing.

Politico Says What We're All Thinking.  President Joe Biden's old age and diminishing health have been at the forefront of Americans' worries since he entered office.  The 80-year-old president has repeatedly embarrassed the U.S. by stumbling upstairs and across stages while also mumbling his words, making Americans question if he even knows he is the president.  Biden's health is such a major concern that even Left-leaning outlets question whether he is up for the job or not.  Politico columnist Jack Schafer demanded a stronger primary challenger for Biden — one that would toughen the president up and would "prepare us" in case he's "seriously injured" or "dies one evening."  Titled "Why Democrats Should Primary Biden," Schafer argued that the senior president is not up for a second term, suggesting California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) or Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as alternative presidential candidates.

So we still don't know who brought the cocaine into the White House?  One of the crazier stories to show up this week (and the competition was fierce) involved a bag of cocaine being found at the White House.  For one thing, the story kept changing on a daily basis.  It was initially reported that the drugs were found "near" the White House.  Later, the WaPo reported that it was found in the White House library, which would have placed it inside the executive mansion.  But as the nation celebrated America's birthday, the tale changed yet again.  The Secret Service contradicted the library story, saying that the baggie of coke was not in the library.  It was found "in a work area in the West Wing."  The location was described as being "in a storage facility in a cubby routinely used by White House staff and guests to store cellphones."  This would be a very interesting development indeed, particularly since it would limit the possible list of suspects significantly, making a potential investigation easier.

Secret Service Find Ziploc Bag of Powdered Cocaine in West Wing of White House, no one Knows How It Got There.  I'm not sure what is funnier, that a ziploc bag of powered cocaine was found in the working quarters (West Wing) of the Office of the United States President, or that the Secret Service claim they can't figure out who it belongs to[.]  Obviously, a review of the CCTV video is out of the question, or something.

White House cocaine was found in a 'dime-sized baggie' inside a 'cubby' used by staff and guests to store cell phones: New details.  Secondary lab testing found that the white powder substance found at the White House is cocaine as Secret Service continues to hunt down who brought the dime-sized bag of illicit drugs onto the premises.  U.S. Secret Service declined to comment on the ongoing investigation to DailyMail.com on Wednesday, but doubled-down that the white powder substance was found in a 'work area within the West Wing' of the White House.  The substance was discovered in a small, zippered bag in a storage facility area of the West Wing.  The timeline, however, is blurry — as it's unclear how long the bag and its contents were at the White House.

The Editor says...
We all know who the most likely culprit is; there's no reason to pretend otherwise.  The biggest question is who's gonna take the fall for this?  Or will the current occupants of the White House blame Donald Trump?  It's not a manufactured distraction to keep some other scandal out of the news, because the news media are avoiding this story like monkeypox!  Oh, and what are the chances that the surveillance video will be "lost" or "accidentally deleted" in the next few days?

White House Cocaine Story Takes Another Bizarre Twist as It Changes Again.  When we first heard the story of a hazmat situation and the White House being evacuated on Sunday, we were told by the media that they'd found cocaine hydrochloride "near the White House."  Then it was described as being on the White House complex.  That could be anywhere, including on the grounds.  It was also described as "cocaine hydrochloride," with suggestions it could be an anesthetic.  Then came the report that it was in the White House library, which is on the ground floor of the executive mansion, according to the Washington Post.  But now the Secret Service is contradicting that report about the library.  Newsmax reporter James Rosen said that according to multiple officials with the Secret Service, contrary to the prior reports, the cocaine was found "in a work area in the West Wing," not in the White House library, and that it was in a "baggie" when discovered, not loose or concealed.  [Tweet]

Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino Says Biden Family Member Brought Cocaine To White House.  Conservative talk radio host and former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino said the mystery of who sneaked cocaine into the White House is hardly a whodunnit.  Secret Service agents made the discover late Sunday in the building's West Wing, where President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden live.  An initial dispatch report said the substance, later confirmed to be cocaine, was in the library, but officials later insisted the cocaine was found in a "cubby" where guests who tour the residence leave their cell phones and other personal belongings.  "There's absolutely ZERO chance anyone other than a family member brought that cocaine inside the White House complex," Bongino said Wednesday.  "No chance that would make it past the mag/security checkpoints.  Family bypasses those."  Hunter Biden's battles with cocaine and crack addiction are well known, both from his own memoir and the laptop he abandoned in a Wilmington, Delaware, computer repair shop five years ago.

White House cocaine mystery deepens as Secret Service says it was found in the West Wing and NOT the library.  The White House was engulfed in scandal during President Joe Biden's Fourth of July celebrations as the Secret Service hunted for whoever was responsible for leaving cocaine in the West Wing.  Hunter Biden was among the first family members at 1600 Pennsylvania for the festivities just hours after it was confirmed a white powder that sparked a hazmat situation contained traces of the illicit drug.  The White House has stayed silent on the shocking discovery on Sunday night that forced an evacuation while the president was in Camp David with his recovering drug addict son Hunter.

Did federal attorney's office sideline experienced legal team before filing charges against Hunter Biden?  Prosecutors.  Lawyers are questioning whether the Delaware attorney's office kicked their most experienced prosecutors off the Hunter Biden case — just before they filed minor charges against the president's son.  Whistleblowers who ran the IRS criminal probe into Hunter for five years told Congress about their travails with veteran Delaware prosecutors Lesley Wolf, Shawn Weede, and Shannon Hanson.  But in a letter to a federal judge last week announcing the charges against Hunter, Delaware US Attorney David Weiss listed three different prosecutors who have apparently had no previous involvement in the case — leading to questions of a last-minute overhaul by the Delaware DoJ.

Prosecutor Who Signed Hunter Biden Plea Deal Worked for Hunter Biden Business Partner.  By now everyone is aware how the corruption in Washington DC is fraught with internecine relationships; however, this one takes the proverbial cake.  The prosecutor who organized and signed the plea deal for Hunter Biden worked for Hunter Biden's business partner.  Senator Ron Johnson is calling attention to Title 28, Section 45.2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which says: 'no employee shall participate in a criminal investigation if he has a personal or political relationship with [...] any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation'.

Why Democrats Should Primary Biden.  President Joe Biden needs a tuneup.  He's a stiff when speaking at the lectern.  When not a stiff, the 80-year-old can be a dolt, saying, as he did this week, that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "losing the war in Iraq" when he meant Ukraine, or blurting out a senseless, "God save the Queen, man," at a gun control rally last week.  The English language has never been his friend, so it's logical that his managers, er, his aides, have limited his exposure to the press.

The REAL Reason for Exposing Biden's CPAP Machine.  The media dismiss Biden's obvious dementia.  And he didn't have a stroke or a heart attack, things people his age are prone to have.  So why mention a CPAP? [...] Simple:  this is Phase I of the Biden takedown.  I've contended that Joe Biden is in serious decline, aging in dog years.  I predicted that Democrats will jettison Biden before the end of the year, allowing Kamala Harris to become president.  Her only role will be to pardon the Bidens and Biden associates, including the DOJ.  They are forced to jettison Joe, because they can no longer cover for his conditions.  The claim is the strap lines from his CPAP outed his breathing disorder.  But those marks paled in comparison to his face.  Biden's face looked like it melted.  The White House quickly stepped in to run interference.

Who Controls The President?  Every president in the past has had a staff and advisors who have advised him on various issues, but the final decisions were left to the president to make.  But in the case of Biden he is incapable of making a logical coherent decision based on his mental state of confusion, and now, for the first time in history, we have an unknown unelected "cabal" of corrupt incompetent individuals known as the White House Staff governing this nation.  Most Republican politicians, talk show hosts, TV commentators, and others know about this controlling cabal, but continue to blame only Biden and his cabinet for all the problems.  For some reason they fail to disclose the existence and identities of this White House "cabal" to the public.

The Bidens' Existential Threats to the American Rule of Law.  By Hunter Biden's recent own admissions and corroborating evidence, he seems not only to have schemed to hide millions of dollars in foreign shake-down profiteering, but to have set up all sorts of paywalls, firewalls, and phony "loans" to ensure auditors would take years to unravel his illegal schemes — until well after the expiration of the statute of limitations.  And his criminality succeeded so well that he has permanently gotten off not paying thousands of dollars in overdue taxes.  Joe Biden has serially lied that he did not know anything of his son's business dealings.  That assertion is contrary to photographic evidence of him with Hunter Biden's business associates, sworn statements from at least one of Hunter Biden's former business partners, clear evidence from Hunter's own laptop, and now recent disclosures from FBI documents and whistleblower testimonies.  And yet the President continues to lie, and the media continues to shrug that dads often do such things.  It is almost beyond belief, but increasingly likely, that Hunter Biden in the past conducted his illicit business over the phone in the presence, and with the complicity, of current president Joe Biden himself.  And the full trove of evidence is still trickling in.

We need a serious conversation about Joe Biden's brain.  Speaking to reporters Wednesday, President Biden falsely claimed that Russia is at war with Iraq.  Russia is at war with Ukraine.  Russian President Vladimir Putin is "clearly losing the war in Iraq," Biden told the press pool, "losing the war at home.  And he has become a bit of a pariah around the world."  On Tuesday, during an unrelated fundraising event in Chevy Chase, Md., Biden made the exact same slip-up, mistaking Ukraine for Iraq.  "If anybody told you ... that we'd be able to bring all of Europe together in the onslaught on Iraq and get NATO to be completely united," the president said, "I think they would have told you it's not likely."  Although many journalists did a fine job this week highlighting the president's apparent confusion regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one can't help but feel as if the news industry as a whole is avoiding the obvious follow-up question.  Namely, "Is Biden OK?"

Congressman Greg Steube Accuses Joe Biden of Treason.  U.S. House Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) called Joe Biden's alleged involvement in Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings "treasonous activity" on the eve of the Fourth of July.  Conservative podcaster Benny Johnson had Steube on as a guest of 'The Benny Show."  Johnson asked Steube, "As you see the evidence and you see the countries that were targeted by the Biden crime syndicate for enrichment, it was Russia, it was China, it was middle eastern countries that hate us, it was a lot of countries that don't like America that don't like the way that we do business here and it seems as though they were strip mining this nation and selling us off for parts to some of our biggest enemies, it does seem treasonous.  Do you think this rises to the level of treason?"

Kamala, They Are Coming for You.  The dark comedy of Biden's mental decay/physical decline is evidenced daily when his caretakers let him out, after dosing his secret, volatile medication.  Sleep apnea, previously undisclosed, is the latest alibi for his dysfunction.  His medical records are no more transparent than Hunter Biden's tax returns, and the president's doctor won't come clean.  Biden was elected because complicit media enabled his cynical handlers in 2020 to keep him under wraps.  But the luster of the perpetual coverup has faded.  Just as the media can no longer ignore inflation — because people feel it, the media now highlight Biden's cognitive debilitation, because it's in plain view.  And two more reasons:  (a) the discredited and biased legacy media are desperate for recovering credibility and (b) the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, et al. see Biden as a loser and want him out.  The once servile White House press corps has ramped up the age issue, thus intentionally priming voters to look for Biden's senior moments.

Let me guess: They're calling it Russian disinformation?
"The Images You Circulated Online Are Complete Fakes" — Hunter Biden Lawyer Accuses Republicans of Faking WhatsApp Message.  In a letter sent to Republicans on the House Ways and Means Chairman, Hunter Biden's lawyer Abbe Lowell denied Joe Biden was sitting next to Hunter Biden when his son sent a threatening WhatsApp message to a Chinese business associate.  IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley revealed Hunter Biden demanded payment from his Chinese business associate over WhasApp messenger.  Hunter Biden demanded payment and threatened Henry Zhao, a Chinese Communist Party official and director of Harvest Fund Management.  Harvest Fund Management had previously invested in Hunter Biden's firm, BHR Partners — a private investment fund founded in 2013 that is co-owned by the Bank of China.

Comer Accuses DOJ of High Level 'Cover Up,' Vows Accountability.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., vowed to hold the U.S. Department of Justice accountable in an alleged high-level cover-up that may have protected the Biden family from feeling the sting of equal justice.  In an interview on Fox News, Comer spoke about IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley's allegation that his team was hindered from investigating Hunter Biden and that DOJ prosecutors directed them to avoid asking questions about the "Big Guy."  Rep. Comer explained, "It's another example of the Department of Justice meddling to have a cover-up.  This is a cover-up of public corruption at the highest level.  And if you go back to when we bought the general counsel for the National Archives in for a transcribed interview in the House Oversight Committee, they said the DOJ told them to stand down."

Former DNI John Ratcliffe Points Out the Obvious DOJ Corruption in the Hunter Biden Case.  Former Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, appears on Fox News to point out the obvious inconsistencies with the claims by the DOJ in their effort to protect Hunter Biden and the Biden family from investigations.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden Disowning His Granddaughter Goes Much Deeper Than Originally Thought.  Amidst all the proclamations of the supposed incredible decency and love of the Biden family has been a very uncomfortable reality:  Joe and Jill Biden have disowned their small granddaughter.  After Hunter Biden recently settled with the mother of the child to reduce his child support payments, the situation once again found itself in the public eye.  This time, things escalated further, though.  Not only did the president's son reduce his payments by a huge amount, but part of the settlement was denying his own daughter the use of his last name.  As a father, I can't even begin to process what kind of person does something like that, but responsibility for this situation doesn't end with Hunter Biden himself.  Behind him stands two enabling parents who have openly joined him in assuring the child in question is shunned and effectively erased.  For years, Joe Biden has stated he only has six grandchildren.  Some of that has been written off his senility flaring up.  I suppose the excuse is that if he never sees his granddaughter, why should be expected to remember she exists?  But a new report is shedding light on just how deep the plot goes.

Hazmat Situation at White House Leads to Discovery of a Bag of Cocaine They Want You to Believe Is Something Else.  On Sunday [7/2/2023], the White House grounds were evacuated after an initially unidentified item was found. [...] A hazmat team responded to the area of 18th St and Pennsylvania Ave, and the Secret Service blocked roadways around the White House.  All roads have re-opened since, according to the spokesperson.  D.C. Emergency Medical officials later deemed the item to be "non-hazardous."  The substance is reported to be cocaine hydrochloride. [...] Some media outlets and social media users have informed audiences that cocaine hydrochloride is a local anesthetic agent used by doctors in nasal mucous membranes prior to surgery... which is true — two FDA-approved products Numbrino and Goprelto, are nasal sprays in liquid form.  [Tweets]

Biden Bribery Wheeze is like the Russia Collusion Delusion.  Like many of my acquaintances, I feel alternately despondent and outraged by the unfolding story of the Bidens' Excellent Bribery Adventure.  The despondency comes from the bitter recognition that, notwithstanding the veritable tsunami of commentary that has accompanied the story — a tsunami to which I have contributed myself — we are probably months if not years from getting to the bottom of this fish pond.  After all, it's alleged that Hunter Biden and his enablers set up a complex series of shell companies — at least 20 of them by some counts — that will make following the money a forensic nightmare.  Remember, the Big Guy himself, challenged about the allegations by a reporter, scoffed, "So where's the money?"  Good luck tracing it.  Adding to the despondency is the likelihood that, if and when we do get the whole story, it will be too late.

Biden Vows to Rein In 'Privilege' in Colleges, But Here's What He Did for His Granddaughter.  President Joe Biden last week blasted the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday ruling against affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, a decision that could remake higher education policies across the country.  In a speech following the court's decision, Biden also pledged to crack down on elite universities' practice of "legacy admissions," in which relatives of previous graduates are given preferential treatment in admissions.  "Practices like legacy admissions and other systems expand privilege instead of opportunity," Biden said.

Biden slammed after report reveals number of grandchildren his aides instructed to say publicly: 'Monsters'.  President Biden is facing backlash from conservatives following a report that his aides have been told to say publicly that he only has six grandchildren, omitting Hunter Biden's 4-year-old estranged daughter.  The president's son, Hunter Biden, settled his child support case in Arkansas last week, ending a years-long paternity dispute over his 4-year-old daughter, whom both the president and the first lady refuse to acknowledge as their seventh grandchild.  Announced in a court filing on Thursday, Hunter agreed to give his daughter some of his paintings, and the mother of the child, Lunden Alexis Roberts, agreed to withdraw her counterclaim to change their child's last name to "Biden."

U.S. Attorney David Weiss Confirms 'Limited' Authority to Charge Hunter Biden Outside Delaware.  U.S. Delaware Attorney David Weiss on Friday confirmed his "limited" authority to charge Hunter Biden in the jurisdictions of Washington, DC, and California.  IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley told Congress the Department of Justice (DOJ) prevented Weiss from bringing charges against Hunter Biden in Washington, DC, and California.  The New York Times independently confirmed Shapley's statement on Tuesday by reporting the DOJ's practices demand that Weiss obtain approval and cooperation from the U.S. attorneys in California and Washington, DC, before proceeding with charges in their districts.

A 19-Point Time Line of Joe Biden's Infamous Links to the Family Business.  Although President Joe Biden has personally denied involvement in his family's international business scheme nine times, a time line of events suggests Joe Biden not only is linked to the family's affairs but is a key member of an "organized crime" operation, as House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) termed it.  Comer recently identified "six specific policy decisions" that Joe Biden made that indicate he could be "compromised."  "Where is the money?" Biden responded in June when asked about his ties to the business.  He later said he was joking.  "It's a bunch of malarkey."  The following 19-point time line lays out the data points obtained from whistleblowers, the "Laptop from Hell," James Comer, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and the Senate 2020 report on the family. [...]

Did Joe Biden and his Cronies Steal a Billion Dollars from U.S. Taxpayers by Overpaying for Chinese Covid Test Kits?  There are five obvious things almost everyone who isn't blind, deaf, or really dumb knows at this point:
  [#1]   Joe Biden is the most crooked, corrupt and compromised politician in the history of the Presidency.
  [#2]   The Biden Crime family operated as an organized crime organization.
  [#3]   Biden and his Biden Crime Family extorted tens of millions of dollars from companies like Burisma, and countries like China and Ukraine when Biden was Vice President of the USA.
  [#4]   Biden made decisions as President that directly benefited the countries or companies he was bribed and compromised by.
  [#5]   Biden and the Biden Crime Family are owned lock, stock and barrel by our #1 enemy, China and the CCP (Chinese Communist Party).
Members of Congress are now reporting that Biden-related firms and partnerships received around $40 million in payments (ie bribes) while he was Vice President.  Knowing all of that, does anyone doubt that Biden has continued extorting and stealing and accepting millions in bribes as President?  Wasn't that the whole point of Biden getting elected President?

Nine Times Joe Biden Denied Family Business Involvement Despite Mounting Evidence.  President Joe Biden has denied his involvement in the Biden family business nine times over four years.  While at least 23 instances of evidence directly contradict his claims, including but not limited to photos, texts, an audio recording, and IRS and former business partner whistleblower testimonies, Joe Biden remains steadfast in insisting that many established facts do not mean he was somehow involved in the family's overseas business.

The Editor says...
Yeah, what exactly is "the family's overseas business" if not influence peddling, bribery, and graft?

The President's Constitutional Takes are Becoming More Unhinged from History.  The decision of the Supreme Court to end the use of race in college admissions was not unexpected.  Indeed, the rulings in cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina ended decades of muddled 5-4 decisions.  Yet, President Joe Biden seemed to go into full attack mode and actually claimed that the Court gutted the constitutional guarantee that "all men and women are created equal."  In declaring that this Court was not "normal," Biden further insisted that these admissions decisions and the Dobbs abortion decision reversed the gains that "we fought a war over in 1860" to secure.  In an interview on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House," President Biden accused the Court of ignoring what "the Constitution says: We hold these truths to be self-evident, all men and women are created equal, endowed by their creator."  That is actually a reference to the Declaration of Independence, but it was the substance of the point that was so baffling.

The Editor says...
Fact check:  The Civil War began in April 1861 and ended in April of 1865.

Media talking points to cover for Joe Biden are getting dumber every day.  Two years ago, Joe Biden declared that his son, Hunter, never did anything wrong in his life, and everyone who "attacks" Hunter's "stellar reputation" is probably Putin's stooge.  When Hunter's less than stellar activities came into public view, Joe said he "didn't know anything about them."  Recently, when the IRS whistleblower's allegations turned up corruption, the White House changed the story again: "Joe might've heard about Hunter's 'business,' but he was not participating in it."  Last week, another "smoking gun" directly implicating Joe Biden in his son's bribery scheme appeared in the form of Hunter's WhatsApp message to a "foreign business associate":  ["]I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled.  Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight... I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.["]

IRS Whistleblower Gary Shapley: 'We Weren't Allowed to Ask About the Big Guy'.  IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley said the leadership of the DOJ's criminal investigation of Hunter Biden for alleged tax and gun violations prevented subordinates from investigating "the big guy."  Speaking with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel's "Special Report," Shapley said one of the biggest challenges of investigating Hunter Biden was the inability to ask about the "big guy," an alias that whistleblower Tony Bobulinski originally revealed as Joe Biden from his dealings between the Bidens and a Chinese entity.

Biden inflicts elder abuse.  Even though it is under-reported, elderly people with dementia are particularly vulnerable to abuse.  Disturbingly, the demented Elder-in-Chief has turned that on its head:  infirm Joe Biden is inflicting abuse on the country, particularly elders.  While there's entirely too much gaudy June Pride despoiling the public square, it should also be remembered that June is designated as "Elder Abuse Awareness Month."  The Senate's bipartisan resolution highlights "instances of exploitation and abuse against America's senior population..."  Ironically, abusive Biden is the biggest perpetrator.  Some ways elder abuse manifests itself are physical or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, and social media abuse.  Despicable Joe Biden has exhibited all of these in abundance; a few of many examples briefly follow [...]

Biden Picks Up After Journalist Calls Secret Burner Phone Revealed In Hunter Scandal.  On Sunday, investigative journalist and Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer revealed that Hunter Biden had been paying for a secret global phone from AT&T to the tune of $300 per month.  "We know from the laptop that Hunter Biden's business paid for a private phone line that Joe Biden used while he was vice president," Schweizer told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo.  "It was from AT&T, it was $300 a month, it was a global phone where you could access somebody anywhere around the world."

Democrats Sidelined Grassley In Questioning Whistleblowers Because He Knew Way Too Much.  The release last week of the IRS whistleblowers' testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee exposed numerous scandals implicating the Department of Justice and FBI both in extensive efforts to interfere in the investigation and prosecution of the president's son and in a cover-up of the obstruction.  But the details do something more:  They reveal why Senate Democrats prevented Chuck Grassley from participating in the questioning of the whistleblowers — because the Iowa senator knew too much.  One week ago today, the House Ways and Means Committee released transcripts of the sworn testimony of two IRS agents who had worked directly on the criminal case against Hunter Biden.  The committee also made public supplemental information the whistleblowers provided the committee following their testimony, namely the IRS agents' claims that they neither saw, nor knew about, the FD-1023 summary detailing a confidential human source's report that Hunter and Joe Biden each received $5 million in bribes from the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma.

Whistleblower's memo reveals the FBI knew the contents of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop but sat on the information for years.  The FBI first learned of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop, full of incriminating data, in October 2019, an IRS memo shows.  The memo, written by senior IRS Criminal Investigation official Gary Shapley in 2020, reveals how senior law enforcement officers sat on the treasure trove of evidence from the First Son's computer and waited months before handing over mere excerpts to investigators working the case.  It also directly contradicts an open letter from 51 top former intelligence officials published weeks ahead of the 2020 presidential election which dismissed the laptop as having 'all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation'.

DOJ Rot Goes So Much Deeper Than Merrick Garland.  Following the sensational whistleblower testimony that dropped Thursday, revealing how the Department of Justice systematically blocked an IRS investigation into Joe Biden's son Hunter and diverted agents from examining the incriminating evidence against his presidential father, House Republicans are threatening the overdue impeachment of Attorney General Merrick Garland — except most of the pro-Biden interference in the DOJ happened before Garland was installed, while President Donald Trump was still in office.  Does Garland still deserve impeachment for his assortment of abuses, such as sitting on his hands to avoid real accountability for the younger Biden (and his pop), while weaponizing the country's top law enforcement agency to try to send Biden's top presidential challenger to federal prison?  Absolutely.  Is it smart politically for Kevin McCarthy to use the current momentum to hold Garland to account?  Probably.  Is the alleged involvement in a foreign bribery scheme enough to merit Biden's own impeachment?  Most definitely.  But if the blame — and punishment — for the DOJ corruption revealed by whistleblowers stops with Merrick Garland or even Joe Biden, it will happen again.

Former Head Of DOJ Tax Division Urges Federal Judge To 'Trash' Hunter Biden Plea Deal.  The former chief of the Justice Department's tax division is calling on the federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden's plea bargain with U.S. prosecutors to reject the agreement.  Eileen O'Connor, who ran the DOJ tax division from 2001 to 2007, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Wednesday outlining why the plea agreement Hunter Biden struck with the Delaware U.S. attorney's office ought to be dismissed.  "Judges can reject plea agreements," O'Connor wrote.  "That would be an appropriate disposition here."  O'Connor summarized the blockbuster revelations from a pair of whistleblowers within the Internal Revenue Service who came forward with allegations of DOJ interference in their criminal tax probe investigating Hunter Biden.

Comer Alleges Biden Family Has Accepted More Than $40 Million From Foreign Entities.  Republican Kentucky Rep. James Comer alleged the Biden family has taken in more than $40 million from foreign entities, observing Wednesday the president is "compromised."  During an interview on the "Cats and Cosby Show," Comer told hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby that the investigation into the Biden family's financial dealings has revealed "19 shell companies," that were seemingly created for the sole purpose to launder money from foreign entities to at least nine members of the president's family.  In the past five days, Comer stated, more bank records have come in revealing "more bank accounts, more shell companies and more Biden's."

The Hunter Biden WhatsApp messages that make the Bidens the GOATs of corruption.  "The Bidens are the best at doing exactly what Chairman wants."  The latest WhatsApp message from Hunter Biden to a Chinese businessman may be the perfect epitaph for the entire Biden corruption scandal.  Indeed, it may be the most accurate statement ever made by Hunter Biden.  This is precisely what the Bidens are the best at:  selling access and influence.  Years ago, I wrote how the Biden family has long distinguished itself in all things corrupt from nepotism to sweetheart deals to influence peddling.  Bidens like Hunter's uncle James have been repeatedly criticized for cashing in on claims of access to his brother.

Did Biden really get 81 million votes?  Poll finds most voters agree with Kari Lake.  How credible is the U.S. Government and the coming 2024 elections with the American people?  Asked on Wednesday "to what extent" Vladimir Putin has been weakened by recent events in Russia, Joe Biden responded: "It's hard to tell, but he's clearly losing the war in Iraq."  Which prompts the daily question not allowed on big box media:  What is this man doing in the White House?

Biden Will Be Haunted By The Ghost Of His Campaign Past.  An Axios story over the weekend carried the headline: "Biden's 2024 vision: Play 2020 again."  If true, that means Joe Biden will be running against himself, because the attacks he lodged against then-President Donald Trump four years ago — on the economy, on COVID, on disunity, on corruption — all look worse today.  Before COVID, for example, Biden was attacking the economy, arguing that, despite the 40-year low unemployment rate in late 2019, things were worse than ever.  In a speech Biden gave in Scranton, Pa., in October of that year, he talked about an interview he'd done with "60 Minutes," during which he was asked about the unemployment rate, which was at that point down to 3.5%.

Hunter Biden Asks for $10M from CCP-Linked Associate: Bidens Do What 'Chairman Wants'.  Just days after demanding to be paid by an associate of a Chinese energy company, CEFC, in a 2017 WhatsApp text with President Joe Biden "sitting" next to him, Hunter Biden asked a second CEFC business associate, Gongwen "Kevin" Dong, for $10 million in another WhatsApp text, noting the Biden family is best at "doing exactly what the chairman wants."  The "chairman," as Hunter Biden referenced, was CEFC's chairman Ye Jianming, who paid Hunter a $1 million retainer fee for legal services in 2017.  Hunter also received a large diamond from Ye in February 2017 worth an estimated $80,000.

Overseas payments to Biden family could exceed $40M, Comer says: 'This was organized crime'.  Members of President Biden's family may have accepted in excess of $40 million from foreign nationals in exchange for favorable policy decisions, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer suggested Wednesday.  The Kentucky Republican said that his panel has identified "six specific policy decisions" where Biden, 80, took actions that indicate he may have been "compromised," during an appearance on [WABC] Wednesday.  Comer noted that of the six policy decisions, four of them "were made while Joe Biden was president early on — [where] we cannot come to any other conclusion as to why these decisions were made, other than the fact that this president is compromised."  "This was organized crime.  There's no other way to define it," Comer alleged.

IRS Whistleblower: 'Misnomer' to Say Hunter Paid Taxes, Thanks to Deal, Some Can't Be Recovered.  During an interview with the Fox News Channel aired on Wednesday's broadcast of "Special Report," IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley said it's a "misnomer" to claim Hunter Biden paid off his taxes and that there is still outstanding tax from 2018 that will never be recovered.  Shapley stated, "Well, to say he paid is a misnomer, right?  Because it was an individual, [Kevin] Morris, that he met at a campaign finance event and then he immediately starts giving Hunter Biden money to pay off tax debts, to pay living expenses.  The money that was given to Hunter Biden by Morris showed up on his tax returns as a loan to him.  So, when you have a person that you meet at a campaign finance event, then he's, all of a sudden, giving you millions of dollars and... it's a loan to you, I wouldn't necessarily say that the subject paid those taxes."

IRS whistleblower defends claims Hunter Biden got special treatment from the Justice Department.  Internal Revenue Service whistleblower Gary Shapley defended his claims that Hunter Biden got special treatment from the Department of Justice in an interview on Fox News' "Special Report."  Shapley, a 14-year veteran of the agency, has come forward with accusations that prosecutors put an investigation into Hunter Biden's finances "on the back burner" as the 2020 election approached.  He further claims that David Weiss, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Delaware, said privately on several occasions that he was not pulling the strings and that he was not in charge of the investigation.  Shapley said he was in a meeting last fall when Weiss admitted he was not calling the shots.

John Solomon Called Joe Biden's Secret Global Phone, and Guess Who Picked Up.  Peter Schweizer on Sunday dropped a bombshell during an appearance on Fox News with host Maria Bartiromo.  Schweizer, author of "Secret Empires," said Joe Biden was using a secret cell phone and it was paid for by Hunter Biden's firm.  "What is the line of communications between Hunter Biden and his business partners and Joe Biden when he's Vice President of the United States?" Schweizer said.  "It's not the government phone.  It's not Joe Biden's personal phone.  We know from the laptop that Hunter Biden's business paid for a private phone line that Joe Biden used while he was Vice President.

Biden Denies Taking Part In Son's Alleged Shakedown Of Chinese Businessman.  President Joe Biden denied taking part in his son's alleged shakedown of a Chinese businessman recently revealed in a 2017 WhatsApp message.  Reporters questioned Biden over the WhatsApp message, revealed last week by IRS whistleblowers who investigated the president's son's tax affairs, at the White House on Wednesday.  The president has so far refused to comment at length about the message that allegedly ties him with his son's dealings with foreign agents.  "How involved were you in your son's Chinese shake-down text message?  Were you sitting there?  Were you involved?" a reporter asked the president.  Biden responded: "No, I wasn't."

Liberals turn on Joe Biden over a traffic jam.  For every day and every scandal of his presidency, President Biden could count on unflinching, irrevocable support from the Washington Post and its devoted readers.  That ended Tuesday.  Traffic on one of America's busiest roads in the Washington area screeched to a halt for hours during the evening rush hour.  Biden was heading out to hit up rich Democrats for hefty campaign contributions at a fundraiser in ritzy Chevy Chase, Md., and Team Biden shut down the Beltway so Biden's motorcade could travel unseen and unimpeded by any peasants.  The shutdown caused more than five miles of backups and sowed disruptions for hours after it ended.

The statute of limitations when intentional tax fraud has occurred.  The public has been told that there is a six-year statute of limitations on Hunter Biden's tax returns, but there is actually no limitation when intentional tax fraud occurs, and that is clearly the case with Hunter Biden. [...] Why doesn't the media care?  They targeted Trump for years with little to no evidence, yet they have massive evidence on the Biden family corruption, including Joe, yet seem to have little curiosity.  Could it be the "D" behind their name and the radical, leftist policies they push that causes the disinterest?  The question clearly answers itself.

Darrell Issa: Joe Biden Using White House Counsel as His Personal Lawyer to Stonewall Media on Alleged Corruption.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, questioned on Tuesday if the White House turned corruption allegations against President Joe Biden into a strictly legal matter when it referred reporters to the administration's counsel.  "The White House is trying to use the president's counsel as Biden's personal lawyer to shield questions from the media," Issa's Communications Director, Jonathan Wilcox, told Breitbart News.  "If Biden wants to lawyer up, that's fine.  But he's going to have to hire his own criminal attorney."

White House Routinely Edits Transcripts Of Biden's Speeches To Make Him Look Coherent.  President Joe Biden is a self-described gaffe machine, but you wouldn't always know that by reading the official White House transcripts of his speeches and remarks.  Sometimes, the transcript throws in a [sic] when Biden misspeaks.  Other times, the stenographer adds a bracketed correction to Biden's error.  And every once in a while, the White House just cuts out Biden's bizarre word salads altogether.  [Examples omitted for brevity.]  Other times, the White House edits the transcript to fix Biden's errors, such as striking through whatever random word Biden actually said and bracketing what he should have said.

2 IRS Agents Just Became Hunter Biden's Worst Nightmare: 'I've Never Seen That in My Career'.  On Monday, The Washington Times reported that two veteran IRS agents, Gary Shapley and a man identified as "Mr. X," have testified to Congress about their investigations into Hunter Biden's many alleged tax-related transgressions.  On one occasion, for instance, Biden's accountants were so skeptical of their client's honesty that they insisted he sign a representation letter affirming the accuracy of his reported income and deductions, according to the Times.  "I've never seen that in my career," Mr. X told the House Ways and Means Committee.  The scope of Biden's deception has kept the agents busy.  Shapley and Mr. X testified under oath that they have been investigating the president's son for years.  The Times report featured excerpts from the agents' testimony, including details about payments to prostitutes that Biden wrote off as expenses.

White House omits Hunter Biden from visitor logs, despite Obama admin disclosing his visits.  The Biden White House has repeatedly claimed they are the "most transparent administration in American history," but a Fox News Digital review found that the visitor logs from the beginning of the Biden administration through February 2023 have not included any of Hunter Biden's White House visits or extended stays.  Fox News Digital reviewed several articles to piece together Hunter Biden's whereabouts during his dad's administration and found that he has visited the White House over a dozen times through February 2023, the month accounted for in the most recent batch of visitor logs released last month.

IRS Whistleblower: My Contemporaneous Documentation Contradicts Garland, Weiss on Hunter Case.  During portions of an interview with CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent Jim Axelrod aired on Tuesday's broadcast of "CBS Evening News," IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley stated that his contemporaneous documentation in the form of an email with IRS Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon on U.S. Attorney David Weiss not being the deciding person on whether charges against Hunter Biden were filed that he entered as exhibit 10 in his congressional testimony contradicts recent public statements by Weiss and Attorney General Merrick Garland.  Shapley said, "If this was any other person, they likely would have already served their sentence."

New Hunter Biden WhatsApp messages show him demanding $10 million from Chinese energy venture.  House Republicans released more WhatsApp messages Tuesday they say were written by Hunter Biden as he worked on a business deal with a Chinese energy company.  In messages from August 2017, the first son pushed that $10 million needed to be invested annually into the joint venture with CEFC China Energy, and called a $5 million proposal 'new to me' and 'not acceptable, obviously.'  The House Oversight Committee's Twitter account said that Hunter was messaging Gongwen Dong, a CEFC China Energy associate who used the nickname 'Kevin.'

New York Times Confirms IRS Whistleblower Claims About US Attorney David Weiss Saying Main Justice Blocked Joe and Hunter Biden Investigation.  At the heart of the IRS whistleblower statements, is a meeting that took place on October 7, 2022, where U.S. Attorney David Weiss told six witnesses that he was not able to pursue a full case against Hunter Biden due to Dept of Justice roadblocks.  Notes and a contemporaneous email in regard to the explosive meeting were taken by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who then testified to Congress and delivered the evidence which contradicts the statements by Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy AG Lisa Monaco.  Shapley's lawyers documented some of the participants from the meeting on behalf of their client, as they refute the claims of Main Justice (Garland & Monaco): [...]

Joe Biden Said He Sold WHAT?!? Secrets, a LOT of Secrets.  Foggy Joe Biden lost his train of thought and jumped onto the slow choo-choo to cloud cuckoo land as he sat with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a squeaked out what many of us have long believed:  ["]I was just thinking, uh, uh, anyway.  I started off without you, and I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things that we shared.["]  No, he seriously said that.  [Tweet with video clip] [...] I'm sure the Pravda press will claim he was making a joke, but what kind of a megalomaniacal person jokes about selling state secrets — and a lot of very important things — when half the nation is waking up to the fact that he and his son very likely committed these crimes?  Is he mocking us, or is he too far gone to realize what he just said?

More Evidence Against Hunter Biden Is Coming.  During a recent interview on NewsmaxTV, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, disclosed that he possesses further evidence concerning Hunter Biden, which will be made public soon.  This revelation comes after whistleblower allegations against the Biden family broke last week.  Comer made the revelation while discussing recent denials by Attorney General Merrick Garland of the allegations made by two IRS whistleblowers, who said that the Department of Justice stymied the investigation of Hunter Biden.  Garland had claimed that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss had full authority to investigate Hunter Biden as he saw fit.  But according to testimony from whistleblower Gary Shapley, an IRS agent, Weiss said he was not the deciding official on whether charges against Hunter Biden would be filed.

Jill Biden rakes in millions for Joe's re-election campaign, assures donors "nothing" can slow him down.  Jill Biden is one of several members of Biden's White House tasked with going across the country to campaign for The Big Guy's re-election.  She's the first lady so it is expected that she do so.  Her pitch to donors is that Joe is unstoppable and ready to finish the job. [...] Jill is raking in millions of dollars in places like Minnesota and Tennessee, as she did over the weekend. 'Nothing can slow him down and now he's ready to finish the job.' That phrase implies he hasn't been ready to complete whatever he views his job as, though, doesn't it?  What has he been waiting on?  It just doesn't land right.  Apparently her fellow Democrats are falling for it.  Though most Democrats do not want Joe to run again, Democrats say they will vote for him if he is the nominee.  It makes no sense but Democrats are sheeple and they won't rock the boat.  The status quo will remain in place.

McCarthy: Biden 'Lied' and Claimed His Son Never Made Money in China.  On Monday's [6/26/2023] broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) discussed claims by whistleblowers about the Hunter Biden investigation and noted that President Joe Biden has previously "lied" about his family's business dealings when he claimed that his son never made money in China.  McCarthy said, "The whole reason you have the WhatsApp message is because of the work the House Republicans have been doing.  Not just [with] Rep. James Comer (R-KY), not just [with] Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), but this was in Ways and Means under Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO).  These are IRS long-term workers who have been through it and watched the abuse of power of how Hunter Biden was treated. [...]"

Prosecutor Reportedly Told Six Witnesses He Was Not Permitted To Charge Hunter Biden.  U.S. Attorney David Weiss wanted to bring charges against President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden in Washington, D.C., IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley said on Friday — and when he was reportedly barred from doing so, he told six witnesses.  Shapley testified on the matter last month, telling the House Oversight Committee that Weiss revealed in an October 2022, meeting that he had actually wanted to charge Hunter Biden in two federal districts but that he had been denied — and when Attorney General Merrick Garland denied that had ever happened, Shapley publicly named the witnesses he said Weiss had told.  "He surprised us by telling us on the charges, 'I'm not the deciding official on whether charges are filed,'" Shapley told the committee when he testified in late May. "He then shocked us with the earth-shattering news that the Biden-appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves would not allow him to charge in his district.

The stuff Hunter Biden didn't get indicted for.  Last week, Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes on time.  Republicans quickly dismissed it as a sweetheart deal, and they were right.  IRS investigators, who did the key work in the investigation, wanted to charge Hunter Biden with felonies.  The Justice Department disagreed, choosing instead to reduce the charges to misdemeanors.  But those two misdemeanors do not describe the full extent of Biden's tax transgressions.

How Can the Dems Get Rid of Joe?  The Biden hits just keep coming.  Trust in government is collapsing.  Americans are starting to wonder what passes for "normal" in Washington, if this is a return to normalcy.  According to Pew Research, only about 20 percent of Americans trust the government to do what's right.  That leaves 80 percent who expect government to do what is wrong — as in morally and ethically wrong.  Joe's fundraising is also lackluster.  Politico reports that the Dems are concerned that Joe isn't inspiring their donor class anymore.  If this keeps up, the party isn't going to have the money it needs to steal the next election.

Four Ways the Deep State Betrays Americans.  In constructing a system of checks and balances, how did the Founding Fathers empower Americans to defend their freedoms?  That's right:  by making it perfectly clear through the Second Amendment that self-defense against government tyranny is an inalienable right.  Biden says freedom is "under siege," and what does he want to do?  Disarm Americans.

Even if this is true, how can anyone believe what Biden says?
Biden says the US and its allies had nothing to do with Wagner Group's rebellion against Russia.  President Joe Biden on Monday sought to distance the United States from the weekend rebellion in Russia, insisting in his first public remarks since the episode that the West had nothing to do with the mutiny.  Speaking from the White House, Biden suggested it was too early to say how the situation would unfold going forward.  And he said he may speak again with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to coordinate their response after conferring in a phone call Sunday.

Someone is lying.  Either the Attorney General of the United States or the US Attorney for the District of Delaware is lying about the investigation into Hunter Biden's alleged tax crimes.

Joe Biden to Indian Prime Minister at White House: "I Sold a Lot of State Secrets and a Lot of Very Important Things".  Joe Biden held a meeting last week with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and several Indian officials at the White House.  During the meeting a VERY CONFUSED Joe Biden blurted out that he sold a lot of state secrets.

Biden: 'I sold a lot of state secrets'.  At a meeting with India's Prime Minister Modi on Friday, President Biden said something shocking.  So shocking that he quickly added that he was joking.  But because the "joke" came as he trailed off his words on another subject, one wonders how calculated it was, or if it was a thought that popped into his addled mind:  [Video clip] [...] It was stupid thing to joke about, and appears to have been one of those times when Joe's internal censor failed him.

The Editor says...
When Joe Biden tells you he's a traitor, believe him.

Congress Unmasks a Multi-Year Government Plot to Protect Biden, Sully Trump.  When the Justice Department discovered from journalists a storage locker containing evidence against ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a search was executed immediately.  But when IRS agents found a similar storage area containing evidence in the Hunter Biden criminal tax probe, they were denied the right to search despite meeting the probable cause standard, then Biden's lawyers were tipped off, according to new congressional testimony.  Likewise, when federal prosecutors believed there was evidence of crimes at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, they launched an unprecedented and full scale-raid on the former president.  But when agents wanted to execute a search warrant at Joe Biden's Delaware home because they had probable cause to believe evidence of Hunter Biden tax crimes, they were turned down for a warrant to raid the guest house in which the first son was living.

Did The White House Quietly Admit Biden Was Involved With Hunter's Business Deals?  Last week, a whistleblower gave us a flurry of revelations of Biden administration corruption, including interfering with the federal investigation of Hunter Biden as well as evidence that Joe Biden was directly involved in bribing foreign nationals.  The recent allegations appear to prove definitively that Joe Biden, despite his repeated denials, was not only very much involved in Hunter's shady foreign business deals but was also a key factor in them.  In light of this, the White House appears to have subtly changed its longstanding narrative.

Hunter Biden's Plea Deal: Something Smells Rotten Here.  In what only can be described as a bizarre and disturbing turn of events, after a five-year investigation the Justice Department this week announced a plea agreement with Hunter Biden, the troubled son of President Joe Biden. [...] But the closer you look, the worse the plea deal gets.  It is not just that Hunter Biden failed to pay his federal income taxes, he did so for two years in which he earned over $1.5 million and owed over $100,000 in taxes.  This easily could have been prosecuted as a five-year felony.  Does anyone think that other rich businessmen would have gotten such a deal for tax evasion?  As two former federal prosecutors, we doubt it.  And what of the gun charge?  The crime of possession of a firearm by an individual who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance — and there is ample proof that Hunter Biden fit into that category — is sufficiently serious that President Biden signed into law a measure called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which increased the potential penalty from 10 years to 15 years in prison.

Catastrophic implosion of the rule of law.  Miranda Devine broke news of that scandal in the New York Post in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.  It languished in the doldrums of official nonrecognition for years as the regime went into overdrive to keep people, especially voters, from paying any attention to it.  Gradually, however, the truth leaked out.  First, the authenticity of the laptop was acknowledged.  Turns out it was not "Russian disinformation," as those 51 intelligence experts insisted.  Nope, it belonged to Hunter all right.  At first, the public was titillated by all the sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll that pervaded that digital trove.  Gradually, very gradually, however, the publicly important stuff — the money angle with news of foreign payments apparently to dear-old-dad from various foreigners — began leaking out.  Then suddenly, just this last week, the House Ways and Means Committee began dropping bombs.

The Burisma Case in Ukraine and the Hunter Biden Case in the U.S. Were Forged Using the Same Scheme.  In order to get Hunter Biden out from under attack the Biden family successfully adopted the Ukrainian experience:  as a result, the Ukrainian Burisma case and the American Hunter case are closed under the same scheme — by changing the charges, striking a deal with the investigation, pressuring judicial authorities and fictitious conduct of criminal investigations.  The intensified activity of the Oversight and Accountability Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by James Comer, and the emergence of more and more evidence of corruption schemes involving the president's family seem to have forced Biden to act unconventionally.

16 Bombshells on Hunter Biden From The IRS Whistleblowers.  Two IRS whistleblowers leveled serious allegations about Hunter Biden and the government's investigation of the troubled first son, according to transcripts of testimony released this week.  The whistleblowers, IRS supervisory criminal investigator Gary Shapley and a second unnamed IRS investigator, provided evidence to the House Ways and Means Committee that top Justice Department officials stonewalled an investigation into Hunter Biden's taxes and foreign business ventures.  They also call into question President Biden's repeated denials that he has no knowledge of his son's business dealings. [...] The FBI authenticated Hunter Biden's laptop as far back as November 2019 and knew the device was not part of a foreign disinformation campaign.  Democrats had questioned the authenticity of the laptop after it was released in October 2020.  They cast doubt on Delaware computer shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac, who said Biden had abandoned his computer at his store in April 2019.  The Biden campaign even orchestrated an initiative to portray the laptop as a Russian intelligence operation.

Was Last Week the Beginning of the End for Biden?  Something changed last week inside the Beltway that suggests the people who run the Democratic Party now realize President Biden's tenure in office is not sustainable beyond 2024. The "tell" was not, however, the latest revelation by IRS whistleblowers about his corrupt administration.  It was instead the sudden awakening of the White House press corps.  The same "reporters" who snored through more than two years of preposterous claims by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and her predecessor simultaneously woke up Friday.  Correspondents from media outlets CNN, CBS, NBC, and even the New York Times aggressively questioned Jean-Pierre about the metastasizing Hunter Biden scandals.  This wasn't spontaneous.  The word has gone out that regime change is coming.

Confirmed: Intel Top Dogs Knowingly Lied When They Said Hunter's Laptop Was Russian Disinformation.  It was bad enough that 51 of the nation's top intelligence officials declared in Oct. 2020, at the height of the presidential campaign, that Hunter Biden's laptop "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  But now the flagrant dishonesty of the whole affair has gotten exponentially worse, for any lingering doubt that these officials had access to adequate information when they published their assessment has been put to rest:  it has now come to light that the FBI found the laptop to be authentic months before the intelligence officials told the world that it wasn't.  The last doubt that the 51 officials were brazenly lying to the American people has been removed.

Bombshell revelation: Hunter paid for secret $300/month 'global phone' used by VP Biden while in office.  Shades of Hillary Clinton's "home brew" email server!  Ace sleuth Peter Schweizer, who has an impeccable record digging up revelations of the Biden crime family's misdeeds, reveled to Maria Bartiromo Sunday morning that Hunter Biden had been paying for an expensive telephone used by his father, the then-vice president, that could call anywhere on earth.  It would be very surprising, indeed, if this phone were equipped with the scrambling devices normally employed to protect secret conversations of US officials, especially when dealing with overseas parties.  Were any secrets compromised this way?

Secret Global Phone Biden Used As Vice President Could Reveal 'Tight' Communications With Foreign Nationals: Report.  Then-Vice President Joe Biden allegedly used a secret global cell phone paid for by Hunter Biden's business, according to Government Accountability Institute president Peter Schweitzer.  Schweitzer, who has documented the Biden family's alleged multiple financiers directly tied to Chinese Communist Party intelligence officials with Hunter during and after the Obama Administration, told Fox News on Sunday that the non-profit organization discovered the private phone line from Hunter's infamous laptop.  "And that may be the phone, for example, that the Ukrainian Burisma executive might have used in this allegation that he talked to Joe Biden in recorded conversations," he said.  According to Schweitzer, the global phone was serviced through American multinational telecommunications company AT&T for $300 a month that could "access somebody anywhere around the world."

Biden faces backlash for Camp David guest after IRS whistleblower allegations exposed: 'Business to discuss?'.  The White House received backlash Saturday after it was reported that Hunter Biden was accompanying his father to Camp David amid bombshell whistleblower allegations of political corruption — along with recently pleading guilty to federal tax charges and agreeing to plea deal on a felony gun charge.  The House Ways and Means Committee revealed Thursday its interview with an IRS whistleblower last month who shared a WhatsApp message from 2017 in which Hunter Biden allegedly told a Chinese business associate that he and his father would ensure "you will regret not following my direction."

Comer Says About to Expose More Biden Payments: 'Millions and Millions of Dollars' From 'Adversaries All Over the World'.  Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability James Comer (R-KY) appeared on Newsmax Saturday and promised new evidence of funds wired to the Bidens from foreign countries.  As we've reported, bombshell news broke Friday that Hunter Biden received $5.1 [sic] from a Chinese firm after he sent a threatening WhatsApp message to an associate, Henry Zhao.  Hunter claimed in the message that he was "sitting here" with his father, a clear effort at intimidation.

Photo From Hunter Biden's Laptop Corroborates Bribery Claims From Whistleblower.  Photographs found on Hunter Biden's laptop confirm that the embattled first son was at his father's Wilmington, Del., home on the same day he threatened his Chinese business partner to fulfill his "commitment" while invoking his father's name.  On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee released transcripts of a WhatsApp conversation between Hunter Biden to his Chinese business partner Henry Zhao, who is associated with CEFC Energy.  The conversation was discovered by Gary Shapley, an IRS whistleblower who came forward revealing the Biden administration inappropriately interfered with the investigation of Hunter Biden.  In the conversation, which took place on July 30, 2017, Hunter Biden claimed he was sitting next to his father and that "we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled."

IRS Whistleblower Calls Merrick Garland's Bluff, Starts Naming Names.  As RedState reported, AG Merrick Garland answered questions on Friday related to the sweetheart deal that was recently given to Hunter Biden.  Despite five years of investigation and numerous other possible chargeable crimes, including drugs, sex trafficking, false statements, and tax fraud, the president's son escaped with two misdemeanors, pre-trial diversion, and no jail time.  How did things get to that point?  An IRS whistleblower named Gary Shapley has been at the center of exposing the DOJ's cover-up of the matter, and Garland's response was to call him a liar without actually saying it directly.  [Tweet with video clip]

Whistleblower: FBI Tipped Off 'People Very Close' To Joe And Hunter Before IRS Investigative Team's 'Day Of Action'.  The night before an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) criminal investigation team began looking into Hunter Biden's tax crimes was set to conduct key interviews and approach Hunter for a consented search of his home, FBI headquarters allegedly tipped off "people very close to President Biden and Hunter Biden," thwarting the investigation, according to a whistleblower testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee released Thursday.  Starting in January 2020, IRS criminal supervisory special agent and whistleblower Gary Shapley and his team of agents began investigating Hunter Biden for tax evasion after incriminating material was found on Hunter's infamous laptop.  "I am alleging, with evidence, that DOJ provided preferential treatment, slow-walked the investigation, did nothing to avoid obvious conflicts of interest in this investigation," Shapley told the committee.

8 Cases Where Mishandling of Classified Information Went Unpunished.  [#3]  President Biden took classified documents from the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) in the Senate when he left to take up his new post as vice president.  Those papers were stored in his archive at the University of Delaware, which sealed public access to his records.  More egregiously, he was found to have taken classified documents to his private home in Wilmington, Delaware, where they were stored in his garage, next to his Corvette.  His son, Hunter Biden, known to have close contacts with foreign business partners and even Chinese intelligence, stayed at the house during the time the classified documents were kept there, and had access to the garage, and was even seen driving the Corvette.  Biden also kept boxes of classified materials at his office in the Penn-Biden Center, which regularly received foreign visitors.  The University of Pennsylvania, which houses the center, allegedly received donations from Chinese sources that had some connections to the Bidens.

FNC's Turley: It 'Doesn't Fit' Logically that It Took Five Years to Charge Hunter with Things You Could Prove in a Month.  On Friday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "America Reports," Fox News Contributor and George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley [...] said, "Now, we haven't been able to, obviously, authenticate this information, but what we do know is that these are people that made statements to congressional investigators under the threat of prosecution if they lie.  And that comes with an element of credibility.  It doesn't mean you have to accept it as true.  The same thing... about this message.  There's no authentication, but these are chilling statements that are coming from two respected federal employees who are now whistleblowers.  The problem that Garland has is that much of this investigation just doesn't fit very well logically.  They spent five years to charge violations that you could have established in the first month.  And notably, it doesn't include a FARA violation. [...]"

After AG Garland Denies Main Justice Interference, IRS Whistleblower Reveals Names of Witnesses to Show Garland Lying.  Things are getting spicy in/around Main Justice in DC.  On Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy AG Lisa Monaco denied any involvement interfering with the decisions made by USAO David Weiss regarding the investigation of the Hunter and Joe Biden bribery and tax fraud scheme.  However, in response, the IRS whistleblower is now naming additional witnesses to Weiss's statements.  Through his attorneys, whistleblower Gary Shapley is now naming additional witnesses to the statements of USAO Weiss: [...]

The Designated Defendant: Was Hunter Biden Always the Fall Guy?  The reported plea bargain for Hunter Biden was of little surprise to many of us.  Indeed, a year ago, I described these very counts as a way to carry out a "controlled demolition" of this scandal.  Hunter Biden is, on many levels, a hapless figure of a man, devoured by destructive addictions and appetites.  Yet the most tragic aspect of Hunter's life may be his apparent role as the designated defendant of the Biden family.  He allegedly became the conduit for what House Republican investigators say was potentially millions of dollars from influence-peddling, including possible payments to his uncle, the widow of his deceased brother, and even Biden grandchildren.  In the law, the "designated defendant" is often a chump who is given some impressive title, a good salary, and the authority to sign reports or filings for a corporation.  Hunter was clearly more than a simple dupe, but he never had much to offer beyond his name and access to his father.

This Week's Installment in the Saga of Biden Bagman Hunter.  Hunter is not to blame — that's what all the Democrat mouthpieces will be telling their fellow Democrat operatives with press passes on all the unwatched, unwatchable network TV shows.  It was just the crack cocaine talking.  You can already hear the excuses Democrats are going to be offering this morning on the chat shows for Hunter Biden's 2017 bombshell text message to that Red Chinese operative.  Using WhatsApp, the smartest man Dementia Joe Biden knows was brazenly demanding to be paid off immediately by the genocidal Communist butchers, threatening to ruin the guy if he didn't come across with the do-re-mi.  But Hunter is not to blame — that's what all the Democrat mouthpieces will be telling their fellow Democrat operatives with press passes on all the unwatched, unwatchable network TV shows.  George, you must understand that Hunter is a victim.  Please remember, Chuck, that the poor boy (he's 53) has a disease.  He's a drug addict and an alcoholic.

Whistleblower Transcripts Show Deep-State Election Rigging For Biden Was Way Bigger Than A Laptop.  All roads lead to Hunter Biden.  That is, all roads paved with (alleged) extortion, bribery, money laundering, tax evasion, prostitution, drug abuse, and, most importantly, election rigging.  The roads traversed by Internal Revenue Service agents-turned-whistleblowers — whose disclosures to the House Ways and Means Committee were released as transcripts on Thursday — are no exception.  The troubled Biden son has always been at the center of concerns about the 2020 election, in the form of the infamous "Hunter Biden laptop."  When reports surfaced in October 2020 of an abandoned laptop showing the dirty details of not only Hunter's shady business enterprises and potentially criminal conduct but also then-presidential candidate Joe Biden's knowledge of and involvement in it, the corrupt Department of Justice joined hands with Big Tech censors and media propagandists to hide the story.  This was hugely significant, not only because it exposed the depravity of federal law enforcement and America's information gatekeepers, but also because polling showed that if voters had known the depths of Biden family filth at the time, a potentially scale-tipping number of them would have voted differently in the 2020 election.

The Roof Is Collapsing On Biden.  Pretty much everyone now understands that for years, Joe Biden has been taking bribes from foreign countries and interests.  Whatever influence he had in the Senate and as vice president has been peddled around the globe, often by his son Hunter.  Biden's repeated claims that he knew nothing about his son's business dealings is absurd, given that the only business Hunter was involved in was selling Joe's influence.  The most recent blow is the WhatsApp message that Scott wrote about [elsew]here.  In keeping with the Democrats' determination to force Biden off the 2024 ticket, the embargo on news about his corruption is lifting.  Today the White House press corps went after poor Karine Jean-Pierre.  They were so rude as to want to know about the veracity of the message by Hunter Biden in which he tried to extort cash from a Chinese businessman, telling him that "I am sitting here with my father" as the extortion is being carried out:  [Tweet with video clip]

House Releases Whistleblower Transcripts and Evidence of Biden Justice Department Interfering in IRS Case Against Hunter Biden.  The evidence released by the House Ways and Means Committee today is quite astonishing in detail.  In any normal political world, the transcripts, testimony and statements that were released today would destroy the top-tiers of any administration, including the President.  The evidence provided by direct testimony and through transcripts, emails and documents that support the testimony is comprehensive in scope.  The White House and DOJ claimed that US Attorney David Weiss was able to conduct his investigation of Hunter Biden however he needed, but consider this revelation of how much Main Justice intervened to protect Hunter Biden:  "U.S. Attorney of Delaware David Weiss tried to bring charges in District of Columbia around March 2022 and was denied.  Weiss sought special counsel status from DOJ in the Spring of 2022 and was denied.  Weiss sought to bring charges in the Central District of California in the Fall of 2022 and had that request denied in January 2023."  It's not preferential treatment that is outlined in the way the DOJ handles and interfered in the Biden investigation.  The evidence outlines something far beyond disparate treatment.

Hunter Biden-linked account received $5 million days after threatening messages: 'Sitting here with my father'.  A bank account linked to President Biden's son Hunter Biden received more than $5 million in August 2017, shortly after his threatening messages — in which he said he was "sitting here" with his father — to a Chinese associate revealed this week by an IRS whistleblower, according to documents released by congressional investigators.  On Aug. 4, 2017, Chinese firm CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $100,000 to Hunter Biden's law firm Owasco, according to a 2020 report published by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.  Then, days later on Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment sent $5 million to Hudson West III, a firm Hunter Biden opened with Chinese associates.  The two transactions totaling $5.1 million came within 10 days of messages uncovered Thursday by the House Ways and Means Committee.  In the messages — shared to the panel via IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley Jr., who oversaw the agency's probe into Hunter Biden — Hunter Biden blasted business partner Henry Zhao for not fulfilling his "commitment" and said his father was with him.

More evidence the media got the signal to turn against Biden.  That's it for Biden.  His dementia already is obvious and troubling, and now it sems that the corruption can no longer credibly be denied.  It's time to pressure him and Dr. Jill out of running again in 2024. Ideally, if The Kamala Problem can be solved and a chosen instrument 2024 candidate (now looking like Gavin Newsom) installed as vice president so as to become an incumbent after Joe resigns or is taken out via the 25th Amendment, this all can be taken care of before the nominating process gets underway and the troublesome RFK Jr. challenge becomes serious.  My sense that an inflection point had been reached, that the powers-that-be have decided that Joe's corruption no longer can be successfully buried, was reinforced when White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was hounded by the assembled reporters.  Watch this three-and-a-half-minute Rumble video of the WH press corps behaving as if a Republican were in office:  [Video clip]

Here's What Caused the Liberal Press Corps to Turn on Karine Jean Pierre Today.  The Biden corruption story is becoming as messy as Hunter Biden's stay at the Chateau Marmont, gaining traction outside conservative media.  The Biden White House knew bad news was coming this week: Thursday saw the House Ways and Means reveal credible testimony from IRS whistleblowers that they were hamstrung in their investigations of Hunter Biden.  Delaware US Attorney David Weiss wanted to charge Hunter in March 2022 but was blocked.  It also doesn't help that everyone can see through Hunter's recent plea deal, where he'll avoid jail on gun and tax evasion charges.  That might put out some fires, but there's an emerging wildfire emanating from the alleged bribery scheme Hunter and Joe played with Burisma Holdings co-founder Mykola Zlochevsky, who not only reportedly has a ledger and taped conversations with the men but is also a reported Russian intelligence asset.

Hunter Biden deducted payments to prostitute, sex club from his taxes: whistleblower.  Hunter Biden illegally deducted tens of thousands of dollars in payments made to a prostitute and a sex club from his taxes, according to bombshell IRS whistleblower testimony to Congress released on Thursday [6/22/2023].  In a June 1 interview with the House Ways and Means Committee, one whistleblower, an unnamed IRS criminal investigator, detailed how Hunter went to great lengths to underreport his income and avoid paying $106,000 in taxes — including by writing off his sex escapades as business expenses.  "So some of the items that he deducted were personal no-show employees.  He deducted payments that were made to who he called his West Coast assistant, but she was essentially a prostitute," the whistleblower, who worked on the agency's investigation into alleged tax fraud perpetrated by President Biden's son on his 2018 return, alleged in his testimony.  Another whistleblower, IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley, told the committee on May 26 that he found several instances of Hunter improperly expensing flights for prostitutes.

Whistleblower: Federal Prosecutors Have Evidence Joe Biden Met with Hunter's Chinese Energy Client CEFC.  The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released devastating depositions detailing accounts of Biden corruption from two IRS whistleblowers.  The two IRS whistleblowers told lawmakers about the Justice Department's effort to block search warrants and cover-up Hunter Biden's tax crimes.  House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) on Thursday detailed multiple felony charges that whistleblowers said the IRS recommended against Hunter Biden.

With Biden, Talk of 25th Amendment Is Muted.  President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford in Connecticut on Friday.  He ended with the bizarre statement, "Alright.  God save the queen, man."  That quote is in the official White House transcript, hilariously enough.  It received considerable online mockery and immediate media "contextualizing."  He's used this phrase in inappropriate moments before, they say, as though that makes it OK now.  [Tweet]  Let's break this quote down just a bit.  First, Britain's long-serving Queen Elizabeth II has been dead for more than nine months now, so Biden's a bit late on that front if she's the queen he's referring to.  Maybe he meant God save the drag queens? [...] Who knows, but it certainly could be another sign that the president is experiencing serious, and obvious, mental decline.  This is hardly the first time Biden has said something strange in a public setting.  Biden's weird "joke" wasn't even the first head-scratching moment in Friday's speech.

Fact-Checking Slow Joe.  Is this another sign that the Democrats are preparing to move on from Joe Biden in 2024?  I don't know, but CNN's newfound willingness to fact-check Biden seems significant.  Here, CNN finds that pretty much everything Biden says about firearms, among other things, is wrong: [...] Fact-checking Joe Biden poses difficulties.  For one thing, you first have to figure out what he is trying to say.  Beyond that, just about everything Biden says is wrong, so fact-checking him could be a full-time job.  Still, it is interesting that after years of running interference for Biden, some Democratic Party news outlets are starting to throw him under the bus.

Hunter Biden failed to pay taxes on $8.3 million in income and the DOJ Rejected U.S. attorney bids to bring charges.  The House Ways and Means Committee released bombshell new whistleblower testimony Thursday claiming that Hunter Biden failed to pay taxes on $8.3 million in income and the Department of Justice denied attempts to bring charges in other states.  The testimony revealed that U.S. Attorney David Weiss — the Trump-era holdover who prosecuted the case against Hunter Biden — allegedly asked for special counsel status and was denied by the Department of Justice.  Weiss also allegedly tried to bring charges against Hunter in Washington D.C. and California in the fall of 2022 and had that request denied in January 2023.

Biden's Economic Program is Made in China.  As reported by New York Times Magazine at the time, Joe Biden's goal was to transform the economy from the get-go: "The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy.  Really."  Nearly two-and-a-half years later, the damage and chaos of that transformation process are obvious: continuing high inflation (especially energy, food, and gasoline prices), rising interest rates, recession predictions, a stagnant economy, depleted individual savings, sky-high credit card debt, and other indications of stagflation and recession.  Who has benefited from the Biden economy?  Green new deal grifters benefit from the gargantuan tax subsidies and federal spending on transitioning the US economy from hydrocarbon energy sources to "clean" sources, especially solar and wind energy.  The communist Chinese are happy to benefit from Biden economic policies that ultimately mandate and subsidize green products from Chinese companies at the expense of the US companies who produce and use hydrocarbons.

The Toughest Job In D.C. — Transcribing Biden's Remarks.  Watching President Joe Biden try to make his way through a speech is painful enough.  Reading a transcript of it is worse.  Not just because Biden's words are even more confusing in print, but because you start to feel a strong sense of pity for the person responsible for figuring out what he is trying to say, how much of it to transcribe verbatim, and which facts to correct.  We looked through Biden's remarks from just this month and found 15 instances where the transcriber felt compelled to make corrections on things the president said.

Hunter Biden Threatened 'My Father' Could 'Hold A Grudge' In Extortive Message To Chinese Associate Revealed By Whistleblower.  In testimony presented by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley to members of Congress and released publicly by the Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, a WhatsApp message purportedly sent by Hunter Biden to Chinese businessman Henry Zhao reveals the younger Biden using threats of his father's political power to extort unfulfilled "promises and assurances" from Zhao.  "I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled," the message reads.  "I am very concerned that the Chairman has either changed his mind and broken our deal without telling me or that he is unaware of the promises and assurances that have been made that have not been kept."

Transcript Shows Joe Biden [was] in the Room While Hunter Biden Threatened Chinese Officials.  The House Ways and Means Committee has released new transcripts that are blowing the lid off Joe Biden's involvement in his son's nefarious foreign dealings.  According to the released report on the matter, Hunter Biden told Henry Zhao, one of his Chinese paymasters at the time, "I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled." That conversation happened over WhatsApp in 2017.  [Tweet] [...] Henry Zhao was a key figure in securing a major investment deal with Chinese backers that handsomely paid Hunter Biden and his associates, who presumably include his father given what's in the message.  According to the IRS whistleblower cited in the House report, though the FBI did eventually authenticate the message, they dragged their feet in doing so.  Just as troubling, Zhao has also been implicated as a Chinese spy and has deep ties to the Chinese communist party.

Understand the Biden Plea Deal for What It Is: Evidence.  After 5 years of investigation, and a damning amount of publicly available evidence, Hunter Biden got a sweetheart plea deal from the Department of Justice.  The son of the President was given a deal that would have never been offered to Donald Trump, and we all know it.  He pled guilty to two misdemeanor tax violations which will probably result in a couple of fines.  He was also given a diversion program for a weapons charge.  The left wants to further restrict our access to instruments of self-defense — because "something must be done."  Yet Hunter lied on a federal affidavit to illegally obtain a firearm, lost it near a school, and will face no significant consequences.  The plea deal boils down to no jail time, and nothing to discourage further bad behavior.  The political right has understandably exploded with outrage.

All the crimes that Hunter's ridiculous plea deal missed.  For years, the political and media elite have struggled to "resolve" the disaster that is Hunter.  They have finally done so with a long-predicted "controlled demolition" of the scandal by having the president's son plead guilty to a couple of minor tax violations without a serious threat of jail time.  They even threw in a phantom felony allegation that will evaporate once Hunter completes a diversion program.  The diversion program is particularly insulting to the intelligence of the American people.  Hunter is reportedly no longer an addict, having attended treatment and taken up painting.  Yet he will be treated like he is a junkie picked up in a drug sweep, and everyone will pretend that this is about addiction rather than corruption.  The Justice Department continues to refuse to confirm what it means by an "ongoing investigation," but it had often used this claim to refuse to share material with Congress.

Will the Grand Jury Fall for the Hunter Biden Theatrics?  Hunter Biden lied on his own federal gun purchase form in October of 2018; responding "no" to a question that asked, "Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?"  Lying on the form is a felony.  But the Democrats want the American voter to believe that justice has been served; more importantly they hope to use this superficial 'punishment' to convince the American people that the Biden DOJ is fair.  The slap on the wrist is the culmination of a nearly five-year investigation into Hunter Biden.  The case wasn't complicated.  Hunter Biden didn't pay his taxes.  He failed to pay $100,000 to the IRS for 2017 and at least as much in 2018.  Ditto his felony as it related to lying on a federal form to purchase a firearm.  He lied.  What took so long to get 'justice'?  The DOJ dragged their feet on this case for years — effectively ignoring it during the 2020 presidential election.

Joe Biden Is Not OK.  The other day, Joe Biden ended a big gun-control speech in Connecticut with the words, "God save the queen, man."  Why did the president express adoration for the departed Brit monarch? [...] When asked about the incident, White House aides offered nonsensical and conflicting answers — because they have absolutely no idea, and neither does the president.  It's likely that the octogenarian spontaneously used a cool-sounding phrase, much like when your elderly neighbor tells you to "keep on truckin,'" for no apparent reason.  It happens.  Yet, Axios writer Alex Thompson points out that Biden "has an arsenal of wacky phrases."  And the president's "quirky aphorisms," he contends, "are sometimes weaponized by Republicans to insinuate the 80-year-old president is in mental decline."  There is no need for insinuation.  Biden's mental acuity, never impressive, has considerably deteriorated.

Did The FBI Prevent Delaware Agents From Investigating Biden Bribery Allegations?  Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, rarely asks a question to which he doesn't know the answer.  When the question concerns the politicization and weaponization of the FBI, you can bet some [embarrassing] information rests behind his query.  So when Grassley asked on Thursday whether bribery was within the parameters of Delaware's investigation into Hunter Biden, it likely means the FBI defined the scope of the federal investigation into the president's son so narrowly that agents lacked the authority to properly probe a "highly credible" confidential human source's reporting implicating the Biden family.  Specifically, the CHS reported that Hunter and Joe Biden each received $5 million in bribes from the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma.

How to throw the Hunter Biden 'justice' outcome straight into Joe Biden's face.  The decision by the Department of Justice to charge Hunter Biden for two mere misdemeanors for massive tax evasion linked to the foreign payoffs he took, and put him in a "diversion program" with dismissal likely for lying about his drug use and possible drug distribution activies on his gun ownership application drives home to most Americans that we have a two-tier system of justice.  It's not just in striking contrast to the cascade of charges being leveled at President Trump on questionable matters as he seeks to re-run for office.  It's that any one of us, faced with the same charges at the same scale would be thrown into the slammer for the rest of our lives.

Joe Biden now relegated to the backdoor of Air Force One.  The sight of a President of the United States ascending or descending the stairs to the entrance of Air Force One, often waving from beside that thick door with the Seal of the President of the United States visible on it inside, is one of the iconic images of the presidency, full of the majesty of the office and the drama of the giant airliner known for decades as "the queen of the skies" (sadly, no longer in production)[.]  Apparently, we will no longer be treated to such a sight for the 46th President of the United States.  Suddenly, Joe Biden has started using the backdoor of the plane, boarding into the belly of the bird, where normally subalterns, journalists, caterers and the like ascend the short stairs.  [Tweet with video clip]

Hunter Biden's Lawyer Makes Some Astonishing Comments About the Laptop During Interview.  After waiting for five years to see what was going to happen in the investigation into Hunter Biden and the Biden family influence-peddling allegations, the Department of Justice finally decided to enter into a plea agreement on counts only concerning individual counts about Hunter — two about his taxes and one gun charge. [...] What's interesting in there as well is that it says at the bottom: "The investigation is ongoing."  There are a couple of schools of thought on that.  One is they are continuing to look into things.  I wouldn't feel particularly confident about that being the case, given everything we've seen so far.  The other school of thought, which makes more sense to me, is that they're going to say the "investigation is ongoing" so they don't have to comment on evidence and/or so they don't have to turn things over to Congress.

The Great White Hunter Privilege.  Presidential son Hunter Biden got the deal of a lifetime when he agreed to plead guilty to a pair of federal tax charges and a single federal firearm offense.  He will reportedly be placed on probation for the former and dodge punishment altogether for the latter.  In effect, he just has to say "sorry" for "owing in excess of $100,000 in federal income taxes" in 2017 and 2018 but failing to pay "the income tax due for either year."  To walk away from the charge that he lied on a form during a gun purchase (he said he did not have a drug problem), he evidently has to do no more than attend a diversion program.  Could any of us have received such a cushy arrangement for the same crimes from the Justice Department?  Could a son of Donald Trump, or the son of any prominent Republican lawmaker, get off so easy?  C'mon, man.  We all know the answer.  It's good to be a Biden.

Hunter Biden Gets Probation For $1M In Tax Evasion, Gun Charge.  Hunter Biden had been caught red-handed with enough bad stuff that the feds couldn't just do the Hillary thing and announce that "no reasonable prosecutor" would ever prosecute a guy evading seven figures in taxes.  They just do the usual pro-crime thing and treat it as a misdemeanor and hand out probation.  So many street things are benefiting from this brand of progressive justice, why not the president's own thug? [...] The average jail time for tax evasion is 3 [to] 5 years.  However the average jail time for the crackhead spawn of presidents is zero.  The tax code states that, "Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony."  But the tax code doesn't apply to Bidens.

Why Is This Man Laughing?  Biden served as a government official from January 1973 through January 2017 and then again since January 2021.  For most of his long life Biden has pulled down a government salary.  What was his road to riches?

How Did Biden Really Make His Millions?  It's Time For A Special Counsel To Find Out.  "Where's the money?"  That was President Joe Biden's response when asked last week about allegations that he had "sold out the country," a response that he then clarified as a joke.  It's no joke any more though.  In the wake of a whistleblower report of a $5 million bribe allegedly accepted by then-Vice President Biden to influence policy in Ukraine, Republican lawmakers are now demanding transparency from the president regarding the substantial income he reported on his 2017 taxes.  The questions are long overdue.  I first asked, "Where Is Hunter Biden's Money?" just before the 2020 election, noting that civilian Biden had reported $9.5 million in income for fiscal year 2017 — almost twice as much as he had earned in the prior 19 years combined.  A subsequent piece last year analyzed the accepted premise that this money had come from his book deal with Flatiron Books.  What I found was that "a notable $8.7 million gap exists between (his income tax-reported) $9.5 million net income in 2017 and the $809,709 of disclosed income in that year from book tour and related speaking events," and "since his disclosure covers only part of 2017, we lack the insight into other income that may explain it."

The Corrupt Hunter Biden Plea Deal is a Cover-Up.  Two-thirds of federal tax offenders get prison time.  The average sentence is 14 months.  In some ways, Hunter Biden is average.  The average federal tax offender is a 52-year-old white male, Hunter is 53.  But Hunter is special in one way and only one way: his last name.  And so Hunter walks away with probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges.  Hunter was allowed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax offenses with no mention of the felony count of tax evasion that prosecutors had been reportedly considering.  What happened to that felony charge?  The same thing that happened to the other charges.  Tax evasion penalties are supposed to punitively rise when sophisticated schemes are used to evade taxes.  The House Oversight Committee recently exposed dozens of shell companies and millions of dollars in wire transfers.  These "sophisticated" setups have not been addressed.  Unlike other tax evasion cases involving international financial transfers, the question wasn't even raised.

DOJ Sentenced Famous Rappers to Years in Federal Prison on Gun Charges — But Hunter Biden Given Slap on Wrist for Same Charge.  News broke on Tuesday morning that Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to multiple criminal charges according to CNN.  The investigation into Hunter Biden has supposedly lasted five years.  After five years of investigation the Biden DOJ found Hunter Biden guilty of TWO MISDEMEANORS and ONE GUN CHARGE!  Of course, this is a complete bastardization of the US Justice System.  The serial criminal is slapped with misdemeanors after we know he was using classified documents leaked to him by his father to set up lucrative deals with foreign officials.  Hunter will serve NO TIME in prison for his latest criminal actions.

Turley on Hunter Biden Plea Deal: 'This Is Going to Look Like You Ticketed the Getaway Driver After a Bank Robbery'.  Tuesday, during an appearance on FNC's "America's Newsroom" after the announcement of the plea deal for Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, Fox News legal analyst and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley warned the perception of the agreement would not be well received by many.  According to Turley, given the avoidance of jail and the lack of a mention of serious charges, the deal would reinforce the belief that there is a double standard within federal law enforcement.  "This plea deal has the makings of an avoidance of any jail time," he said.

Hunter Biden's 'sweetheart plea deal' won't stop House Oversight probe into Biden 'family schemes,' Comer says.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer vowed Tuesday to continue his panel's investigation into the Biden family's business "schemes" and said Hunter Biden's "sweetheart plea deal" will have no effect on the ongoing probe.  Comer, R-Ky., made the comments just after a plea deal was reached that would spare Biden jail time over for tax and gun charges.  "These charges against Hunter Biden and sweetheart plea deal have no impact on the Oversight Committee's investigation," Comer said. "We will not rest until the full extent of President Biden's involvement in the family's schemes are revealed."

Joe Biden brags that his foreign policy record is as good as anyone's in history — including Henry Kissinger.  Joe Biden bragged that his foreign policy record is one of the best in U.S. history at a California fundraiser where rich donors paid $100,000 for a photo with the president.  The 80-year-old then bizarrely likened himself to the controversial veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon's secretary of state, during his 34-minute speech.  'I'm going to say something outrageous.  I think I know as much about American foreign policy as anybody living, including Dr. Kissinger,' he told a group of wealthy Democrats at the home of a leading venture capitalist.

GOP says president's son's plea deal is just a 'distraction' from alleged $10 million bribery scheme.  Republicans are unsatisfied with Hunter Biden's guilty plea in his tax fraud case - calling it a 'sweetheart deal' and a 'distraction' from the more scurrilous bribery allegations they are probing.  Hunter Biden's lawyers have reached a deal with prosecutors that would see him plead guilty to two tax crimes and resolve his gun form violation but likely avoid jail time, according to new Justice Department filings.  Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the new plea deal would actually help the House GOP's investigation because the Department of Justice could not use a pending investigation to withhold information.

Hunter Biden Has Agreed to Plead Guilty to Multiple Criminal Charges.  Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to multiple criminal charges according to CNN.  The investigation into Hunter Biden has lasted five years.

Biden Doesn't Know What Year It Is, Has to Be Led Around by the Hand.  Joe Biden was again at his beach house in Delaware for more vacation over the weekend.  He then left there on Monday and flew to Santa Clara County, California, to deliver remarks about climate change and the environment.  He's later scheduled to go to a campaign reception.  At his climate remarks were Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (who some think may be pushing something of a shadow campaign to take over if Biden can't continue his campaign).  But the time in Delaware doesn't seem to have rejuvenated him.  What he said prompted more calls for him to step aside and for people to invoke the 25th Amendment.  [Tweet with video clip]

Democrats Are Horrible People.  We also have to count the current occupant of the Oval Office among the worst.  Joe Biden, known for being inappropriate and the touching and senile sniffing of women and young girls, got himself some side-boob this week from actress Eva Longoria.  No female staffer wants to be alone with Joe in a secluded area that's almost as dangerous as being between Chuck Schumer and a camera, as Tara Reade learned the hard way.  But Joe doesn't need to be in private to get his freak on, nor does his wife — whose ex-husband claims started her relationship with Joe while they were still married; happily, he thought (making it adultery) — have to be out of town or even distracted.  She knows what she married, and several mansions and a stint in the White House is a small price to pay for a little public humiliation, especially when you know the traditional media won't ever mention it.

There is no Joe Biden campaign or headquarters.  Jesse Watters [Transcript]:  Biden was supposed to be the bridge from an old generation to the new and just stop Trump and let Kamala take over next election, but that can happen.  That bridge blew up, so Biden testing his luck running for reelection without a pandemic.  So, this time, we're going to get a real Joe Biden in front of a crowd for an entire campaign.  This has never happened in the history of Biden's career.  Every time you put Biden in front of a crowd, he had to drop out of the race immediately. [...] Joe may pay his taxes, but his son doesn't.  Primetime did an investigation into the so-called Joe Biden campaign.  There's no campaign.  He has no headquarters.  He has no finance department.  And you ready?  "Jesse Watters Primetime" has more staff than the Joe Biden reelection campaign.  We counted.

Biden/Harris: A Succession Not Worth Contemplating.  It's near-certain that President Biden won't make it through a second term.  It's not at all unlikely that he won't make it through the 2024 election.  From the way he's been carrying on lately, he may not make it until the end of the year.  And even if he does make it through the election, his understudy is even more alarming. [...] I've long suspected that, in 2008, Barack Obama selected as his running mate/life insurance the only guy in the Senate that was dumber than he was.  And Joe Biden, in selecting his VP nominee, applied that same principle.  But at least she checked all the right diversity boxes, as much good as it's done her.

Facts Of Biden Bribery Investigation Expose Old NYT Reporting As FBI-Fueled Fake News.  The month before Joe Biden's inauguration, FBI sources collaborated with The New York Times' Russia-collusion hoaxer Adam Goldman to falsely portray the investigation into Hunter Biden as a big ole nothingburger.  Americans just didn't know it at the time.  However, revisiting Goldman's article now, in light of recent whistleblower revelations and statements by former Attorney General William Barr, reveals this reality — and more.  On Dec. 11, 2020, The New York Times published Goldman's piece, "Material from Giuliani Spurred a Separate Justice Dept.  Pursuit of Hunter Biden." [...] The article was replete with falsehoods and deceptive narratives, all designed to create the appearance that the investigation into the son of the soon-to-be president was politically motivated and lacking in merit.  The piece was transparently timed to hit within days of Hunter Biden announcing Delaware prosecutors were investigating him for tax crimes.

Banana Republic: Thirty million for the Big Guy?  When we talk banana republics, it's not just throwing one's political opponents in jail ahead of election time.  It's not solely a falling currency and high inflation.  It's not purely threats, mobs, and gang warfare on elected leaders.  Nor is it the emerging presence of shantytowns, brought on by unregulated human migration.  It's corruption, massive, massive, corruption, the kind that brings to mind Mobotu, Marcos, Saddam Hussein, Gadhafi, Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings, all of whom died with vast fortunes with no explanation as to how they acquired it.  Sadly, as Biden prepares to throw his political opponent, Donald Trump, in jail for 400 years on an unprecedented documents-mishandling charge, we have reports of vast corruption rolling out about his own money activities from Congress.

There have been "questions about who's in charge" since Biden was installed as president.
New Report About Biden Reaching out to China Raises New Questions About Who's in Charge.  The first question I have is who spied on who here?  It's the Chinese who spied on us and have been making all kinds of aggressive moves.  Yet Biden acts like we're the ones in the wrong here.  Like he has to go "smooth things over" (in the words of the officials) and kowtow to the Chinese.  As I reported at the time, Biden said the U.S. wasn't "looking for conflict". But that's the exact time you're supposed to make a strong face to the Chinese, not act like everything is normal when they've made some pretty offensive and aggressive moves toward us.  This is the height of weakness from Biden, and it's a big loss of face to the Chinese.  No wonder they think they can run right over him.  He also said the relationship hadn't taken a "big hit" and he knew that because he spoke to them.  [Tweet]

Hunter Biden gave his passport details to Burisma executives to set up [an] account with a corrupt foreign bank.  Hunter Biden and his Ukrainian gas firm employer were involved in setting up an account with a foreign bank that was shut down after a money laundering investigation.  Burisma, the allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas firm that hired the President's son in 2014, set up an account with him in Malta at a bank that later closed following a financial crimes probe, bombshell emails show.  The revelation that the First Son and Burisma are linked to a bank accused of flouting money laundering rules, comes after claims made by a longstanding FBI informant revealed this month by lawmakers, that Burisma's owner sent $10 million to Hunter and his father using a complex web of offshore transactions.

Comer Plans To Bring In 'Key Witnesses' In Biden Family Probe.  Congressional investigators will have "key figures" appear for depositions in an investigation into allegations of influence peddling levied against President Joe Biden and his family, according to a top Republican lawmaker.  During an interview with Fox News, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) shared insight into what steps his panel will take as it ramps up its inquiry into what he has described as a pattern of millions of dollars flowing to Biden and his relatives from foreign nationals under suspicious circumstances.

The Bidens Are About to Get 'Harvey Weinstein-ed'.  Mark my words; Joe Biden will not run in 2024 because too many people are waking up to his crimes.  Even the Communist News Network (CNN) has begun discussing it.  Watch when reporters ask Biden about the bribes.  Normally he doesn't respond to questions he doesn't like.  But when it comes to his bribes he can't shut up.  Gropey Joe's mocking laughter can't hide the truth.  He foolishly — and vomitously — spews out painful answers, from "I'm an honest man" to "Why don't you stop asking dumb questions?" [...] As a 34-year veteran of standup comedy, I have learned a few skills, one of which is the ability to judge reactions.  I believe Biden's arrogance is fleeting.  He is scared.  I see it in his dead, kiddie-groping eyes.  He is beginning to panic, [...].  Biden isn't afraid of jail.  He fears something which — to him — is much worse.  He knows he and his family will go down as the most corrupt presidential clan in American history unless the globalists win, in which case nothing will be written about it and I will end up in a gulag fighting rats for moldy cabbage.

Maria Bartiromo on Biden Family Crimes: "Of course, It Is the Biggest Political Scandal Any of Us Have Ever Seen".  Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning.  The Republican representatives gave updates on the ongoing investigations into the Biden Crime Family.  At one point, Maria Bartiromo pointed out the obvious, "Of course, it is the biggest political scandal any of us have ever seen."  Republicans continue to discover more concrete evidence of the multi-million dollar Biden family bribery scandal with foreign governments including Ukraine and China.

Everything We Know About The Biden Bribery Scheme From The FBI Document.  Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer of Kentucky dropped a bombshell subpoena last month demanding the FBI hand over a document alleging a bribery scheme between President Joe Biden and a "foreign national."  On May 3, the pair of GOP lawmakers requested congressional access to an unclassified FD-1023 form, a document used by the bureau to catalog information from a confidential human source.  The FBI record suggests President Biden took a foreign bribe during his time in the Obama administration.  After more than a month-long back-and-forth between agency leadership and Capitol Hill wherein House Republicans even prepared contempt proceedings for FBI Director Christopher Wray, members of Congress were finally able to review the document Thursday.

Hunter Biden and Family Might Be In More Trouble Than We Could Have Dreamed.  Hunter Biden and the Biden Family China Scandal Allegedly Getting Worse — The drip-drip-drip nature of the Biden family China scandal is becoming more apparent as House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said back on March 19 that there may be as many as 11 more transactions between two Chinese companies and the Bidens.  Comer and the Republicans on the committee are investigating the instances of Chinese firms State Energy HK Limited along with CEFC China Energy conducting monetary transfers of more than the $3 million originally thought.  State Energy HK Limited was found to have sent the $3 million to a Biden associate in 2017.  The money was then divided among three Biden family members, Comer said on March 16.

The Editor says...
Nothing bad will happen to Joe Biden as long as he is useful to the nameless people who pull his strings.

Obama official claims to have the goods on Biden.  Despite slogging along through months of the legacy media studiously ignoring the ongoing allegations of corruption inside Biden Inc., the word seems to be getting around.  More people are emerging from the shadows with stories of their own that they've kept quiet about for years or even decades.  The latest is a man named Mike McCormick. [...] McCormick asserts that, like many others, he delivered a tip to the FBI about these affairs and offered to come in to provide testimony, but he was ignored.  His position is an interesting one, being privy to many of the secrets of presidential administrations.  Transcriptionists, similar to translators, tend to fade into the background to the point where officials barely notice them.  But they are always there, recording what takes place and witnessing sensitive conversations.  They are relied on for their discretion as much as anything else, but apparently, Mr. McCormick has heard enough and won't hold his tongue any longer.

Hunter Biden's Maltese Bank Account Opened by Burisma Amid FBI Allegations of $10 Million Bribe.  Emails from the Biden laptop shed light on Burisma's opening of a Maltese bank account for Hunter Biden in the spring of 2016.  This newly discovered development coincides with the allegations made by an FBI source, suggesting that Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of Burisma Holdings, allegedly paid a $5 million bribe each to then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.  In 2014, Ukraine initiated criminal cases against Zlochevsky and Burisma, the company where Hunter Biden held a board position and received substantial compensation.  Zlochevsky, who faced investigations for money laundering and public corruption, allegedly employed the Vice President's son to leverage his political influence in order to halt the investigations.  According to the FBI whistleblower document, the pay-for-play scheme is outlined, with Zlochevsky purportedly safeguarding 17 audio recordings of conversations with the Bidens as an "insurance policy."  Among these recordings are two alleged conversations with then-Vice President Biden himself.

Devon Archer Talking to Oversight Committee May Have Bidens Sweating.  Joe Biden may be trying to duck questions about the bribery form, as you can see [elsewhere].  He doesn't seem to think that American people have any right to know the truth.  However, Biden ducking the questions isn't stopping the investigation.  It involves far more than just that one incident, although that certainly is the thing that has justifiably grabbed a lot of attention now since it allegedly involved bribing Biden and his son Hunter for actions while Joe was vice president.  As we reported, the House Oversight Committee has new information coming in which Chair James Comer (R-KY) thinks will bring the records of payments they can document to the Bidens from foreign nationals to about $30 million, and they're not done yet.  They've also subpoenaed Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, to testify about what he knows.  Archer was a critical figure and likely has a ton of information that he could reveal about all the dealings with foreign nationals.

What if Hunter Biden is guilty?  [Scroll down]  So, yes, Robert Hunter Biden is a liar whose behavior — including his affair with his dead brother's wife — is cruel and psychopathic.  He would be merely another cokehead scumbag, except for his last name.  Which afforded him certain opportunities.  The story of Hunter's efforts to trade on his father's position are not new.  In fact, as early as December 2015, as Joe Biden visited Ukraine, the New York Times wrote that the "the credibility of the vice president's anticorruption message may have been undermined by the association of his son, Hunter Biden, with one of Ukraine's largest natural gas companies."  In October 2019, the investigative reporter Peter Schweizer made the case more explicitly, again in the New York Times:  ["]As vice president, Joe Biden served as point person on American policy toward China and Ukraine.  In both instances, his son Hunter, a businessman, landed deals he was apparently unqualified to score save for one thing:  his father.["]  The investigation into Hunter's alleged tax crimes — and the clear evidence that he lied on a federal firearms purchase form by failing to disclose his drug use — has also been going on for quite some time.

Tucker Carlson Takes Aim At 'Wannabe Dictator' Biden.  Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson took aim at President Joe Biden, whom he branded a "wannabe dictator," in an episode of "Tucker on Twitter" released Thursday.  Carlson lambasted the president's leadership in his fourth episode of the popular series, "Tucker on Twitter."  He called out the media and the Biden administration for punishing those who dare label the president with this title, including Fox News for reportedly firing an employee for labeling the president as a "wannabe dictator" in a chyron.  "If the banner on Fox was false, why the hysteria?" Carlson said.  "Lies don't seem to bother anyone anymore.  If some cable news producer had called Joe Biden a genius or accused him of being secretly Sudanese, would anyone be yelling about it?  Would Fox News have apologized for it?  Probably not.  But calling Joe Biden a wannabe dictator, that stung.  So you've got to wonder, if you're being honest with yourself, is Joe Biden a wannabe dictator?"  [Tweet with video clip]

Amtrak Joe And The Trans-Pacific, Trans-Indian Railroad.  Some of the best advice ever given was from Mark Twain, who said "it's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt."  We're not saying Joe Biden is stupid, but his comment about "plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean," removes all doubt that he is all there.  Speaking Wednesday evening before the League of Conservation Voters' annual dinner, Biden waxed ineloquently:  "We're talking about building — and I had my team putting together with other countries as well — to build a railroad from the Pacific Ocean — from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Indian Ocean."  Reports said he also rambled on about a proposal to build a line across sub-Saharan Africa.

Biden Says He Plans to Build a 'Railroad From the Pacific All the Way Across the Indian Ocean'.  President Joe Biden said that his administration plans to build a transoceanic railroad spanning thousands of miles and two of the world's largest oceans in remarks delivered during a Wednesday evening speech in Washington, D.C.  Biden made the confusing gaffe during a dinner speech at an event hosted by the League of Conservation Voters.  "We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean," he said, seemingly unaware of the logistical hurdles that would need to be cleared in order to do so.  [Tweet with video clip]

The Editor says...
[#1] Railroads are so-o-o-o 20th Century, but so is Joe Biden.
[#2] Biden is quick to spend money he doesn't have on projects that nobody asked for.
[#3] Biden is quick to spend U.S. taxpayers' money on project that benefit only foreigners.
[#4] Biden is a senile buffoon who apparently doesn't know when he's awake and when he's dreaming.

Biden is too old and feeble for the job and swing voters are noticing.  Two online focus groups of swing voters in North Carolina caught the attention of Axios and they reported on them.  It is not good news for Joe Biden and his bid for re-election.  The groups were comprised of 11 North Carolinians.  They were a mix of three registered Democrats, one registered Republican, and seven independents.  It should be noted at the top that this is a very small sample of voters, too small for any significance but it does give a general feel of how voters are thinking and talking about current events.  Before anyone gets too excited that swing voters think Biden is too old to be president, nine out of the 11 participants said they would vote for Biden in 2024 if he is running against Trump.

Joe Biden Announces Ambitious Plan to Build a Railroad 'All the Way Across the Indian Ocean'.  Wednesday night, Joe Biden announced a bizarre and implausible plan to build a railroad that stretches across the entire Indian Ocean.  In remarks to the League of Conservation Voters during their Annual Capital Dinner, Biden said: "You know, soon — soon, Africa will have 1 billion people.  China has their Belt and Road Initiative.  It turned out to be their debt and destruction initiative.  No, I'm serious.  Not a joke.  Well, we're going to win, and we're going to help."  He added: "We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean.  We have plans to build in Angola, one of the largest solar plants in the world.  I could go on, but I'm not.  I'm going off script.  I'm going to get in trouble."  [Tweet with video clip]

$10M Mysteriously Appeared in Biden's Bank Account in 2017. Now Republicans Are Asking Why.  President Joe Biden's S-corp, known as 'CelticCapri', received nearly $10 million in 2017 without the origins being specified, which is now leading Republicans to demand transparency.  Upon a closer look at Biden's finances, "[r]eaders were left with a smokescreen," according to the Federalist, which found no trace of S-corp tax returns to the tune of millions in that year.  A certified public accountant from Allison Financial Services, Jerry Allison, argues, "the lack of detail should raise concern for House investigators" as further allegations of Biden's potentially incriminating financial affairs come to light.  As a result, Republican lawmakers have announced their intention to seek clarification from Biden on the matter.  Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) asserted, "Biden should disclose and every member of the press ought to hound him until he does."

The Democrat party has a big Kamala problem.  The Democrats have a huge problem named Kamala Harris, and it's getting worse.  I don't expect Joe Biden to be on the 2024 presidential ballot because the cabal that installed him as the 2020 nominee, and that engineered the "shadow campaign" that installed him (and Dr. Jill) in the White House, absolutely abhors the possibility of a Republican winning the race.  Despite all the happy talk relentlessly parroted by the propaganda organs we call the "legacy media," he is unpopular, and it's getting worse.  Dr. Jill's desire for the perks and prestige of office notwithstanding, there is more than enough blackmail material that could land a number of people with the surname Biden in prison to persuade Joe that it's time to leave office, if the puppeteers threaten to remove the protective shield that's been imposed on the DOJ and the media.  That leaves the problem of finding a replacement nominee who could win.  That pretty much excludes Kamala, who has become a joke.

Biden snaps at reporter who asks him why he's referred to as 'Big Guy' in FBI Ukraine file.  President Joe Biden on Thursday snapped at a reporter who asked him why he was called 'Big Guy' by an executive of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.  The nickname was revealed in an FBI memo that Republicans claim proves Biden was at the center of a $5 million cash for influence bribery scheme when he was vice president, a source told DailyMail.com.  DailyMail.com revealed earlier this week that the executive has also kept 17 audio recordings of phone calls with Joe and Hunter as an 'insurance policy.'

Top Republican James Comer says new Biden bank records will show family accepted between $20-30 million from foreign nationals.  Oversight Chair James Comer now claims he will soon obtain bank records showing the Biden family accepted upwards of $20 to $30 million from foreign nationals.  'We have more bank records coming in going to exceed $10 million, this week.  And I think we will get between $20 and 30 million,' Comer, R-Ky., told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo.  Earlier this week, Sen. Chuck Grassley said the Burisma executive who allegedly paid Joe Biden a bribe has kept 17 audio recordings of phone calls as an 'insurance policy.'

The Bidens 'Coerced' Burisma To Pay $10 Million In Bribes, Says Credible FBI Source.  The Bidens allegedly "coerced" a foreign national to pay them $10 million in bribes, according to individuals familiar with the investigation into the FBI's handling of the FD-1023 confidential human source report.  What, if anything, agents did to investigate these explosive claims remains unknown, however, with sources telling The Federalist the FBI continues to stonewall.  On Monday, Sen. Chuck Grassley revealed a foreign national — identified by individuals with knowledge of the matter as Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky — allegedly possessed 17 recordings implicating the Bidens in a pay-to-play scandal.  While 15 of the audio recordings consisted of phone calls between Zlochevsky and Hunter Biden, two were of calls the Ukrainian had with then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to the FD-1023.

Biden, progressives and the perpetual-emergency presidency.  Progressive lawmakers are once again calling on President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency, which would give him sweeping new executive powers to do pretty much whatever he wants.  It is just one more example of how progressives, who are constantly lecturing the country about the threats to democracy, are eager to ignore the democratically elected members of Congress — and the U.S. Constitution — in order to get their way.  According to Bloomberg, "An emergency declaration by President Joe Biden would unlock sweeping executive powers, including blocking crude oil exports and placing other limits on fossil fuels."  The catalyst for the latest climate-emergency demand was Canadian wildfire smoke that settled on much of the northeast, including New York City and Washington, D.C.  But progressives don't really need a catalyst — they just use that to get more media attention.  They have been calling on Biden to declare a climate emergency for at least a year.

Biden admin turned American democracy into Pakistani fascism.  With former President Donald Trump criminally indicted, America, once the beacon of democracy, has crossed the Rubicon.  With the administration's weaponization of our now dual system of justice under President Biden, our nation is headed straight to Pakistani fascist hell.  The parallels between former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Mr. Trump are indeed frightening.  Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Khan ran as a populist economic nationalist.  Victorious, Mr. Khan immediately came under attack from deep state elements in the Pakistani government, including a powerful military — and he was ousted in April 2022.  Fearful Mr. Khan might rise again in the next election, Pakistan's equivalent of America's FBI arrested Mr. Khan on trumped-up charges.  Even after being set free by Pakistan's Supreme Court, Mr. Khan is now "legally" forbidden to run for president — the same goal of the current Trump witch hunts.

FBI: We have "no idea" if there are any Biden bribery tapes.  When Chuck Grassley first made his startling claims that tape recordings might exist of conversations between a Burisma boss and both Joe and Hunter Biden discussing bribery, the conservative media immediately took notice.  Sadly, it was almost exclusively conservative media outlets.  A couple of plucky reporters did try asking Biden about it, but he did nothing more than laugh and walk away.  So as usual, it was left to the Republicans in Congress to try to get more information.  Yesterday, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate was being questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn asked him about the allegations coming from the FD-1023 form and the possibility that such tapes might exist.  Abbate did not appear to be interested in the topic and said that he had "no idea" if that was true.

We should all give Biden great credit for what he has achieved in office.  We should be giving Biden credit for energy and spending policies that caused inflation to skyrocket from under 2%, despite COVID to over 9% or 4% in May.  Oil is still around $70 per barrel, or up around 75% from when Biden was elected.  I am sure people on fixed income, the poor, and middle class are extremely happy that food and energy prices have leveled off at such a high level.  When Biden was running for office, he repeatedly said he was going to destroy the oil and coal industry:  "I would transition away from the oil industry, yes," Biden said.  As soon as Biden took office, he dictatorially halted oil and gas leases on US land and water.  Biden also dictatorially cancelled the permit for the Keystone pipeline the day he took office. [...] As a result of Biden's anti-domestic oil policies, the price of oil skyrocketed from around $40 per barrel the day Biden was elected to $84 per barrel in October 2021, less than a year later, which was long before Russia attacked Ukraine.  When the price of oil inflates by over 110% in one year, it causes overall inflation to also go up rapidly, because energy prices affect everything.  It is a simple concept.  Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran benefit greatly when the U.S decides it no longer wants to be a major oil market competitor.

Sen. Kennedy hits FBI, DOJ on silence on Biden bribery allegations: Dog the Bounty Hunter couldn't find them.  With former President Trump facing a federal indictment, Republicans are demanding the FBI and Justice Department appoint a special counsel to look into President Biden's alleged bribery crimes.  On "America Reports" Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., added to his GOP colleagues' demands that only FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland can address the American people's "doubts" and uphold the integrity of the law enforcement institutions.

There's malarkey aplenty in the Bidens' shell game.  Here's the state of play:  an FBI whistleblower revealed the existence of a complicated bribery scheme that allegedly funneled millions of dollars into the Bidens' coffers via a network of at least twenty shell companies set up to launder the dough.  The Oversight Committee of the Republican-controlled House subpoenaed the FBI for access to the particulars set forth in what the agency calls a "1023" form.  At first, the FBI stonewalled.  Finally, under mounting pressure from Congress, they relented, allowing members of the committee to read a redacted version of the form.  Details are still scant, but the details seem beside the point, which can be crystalized is a single number:  5,000,000, as in $5 million, the amount of pelf said to have been deposited for Joe, with an equal amount bestowed upon Hunter.  Asked about the payments at a press conference, Biden laughed it off.  Then "where's the money?" he scoffed, adding that the whole money-for-influence charge was "a bunch of malarkey."

Did the $10M Bribes to the Bidens Really Come From Russia?  Russia and Ukraine, like sizable parts of the region, are an extended 'game of thrones' of oligarchs and apparatchiks carving up the resources of the ex-Soviet states, using bribes, corruption, and force.  The two countries are economically intertwined in complex and messy ways.  At RedState, Jennifer Van Laar makes the important point that the recent revelations about Biden's bribes were not just coming through Burisma, a Ukrainian firm, but through an alleged Russian asset. [...] This wouldn't be too shocking.  Mykola Zlochevsky served as a minister in the Yanukovych government, which was generally seen as a Russian puppet.  After being ousted, Yanukovych fled to Russia.  Zlochevsky relocated to Cyprus.  If Biden had been briefed on it and still maintained ties with Zlochevsky, that looks even more corrupt.

Cleveland: The DOJ's Biden Bribery Cover-Up Is Worse Than You Think.  "The bigger deal to me is the double standard with [President Joe] Biden and the allegations of bribery.  That is a much bigger deal, and now it's being suffocated by the Trump indictment," said Federalist Senior Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland during a Fox Business interview. "According to all the evidence that we have so far ... that [FD-1023 form] ... was buried by the FBI."  [Video clip]

Grassley's '17 Recordings' Bombshell Brings Bidens And Burisma Back Into The Spotlight.  The Ukrainian owner of Burisma allegedly made 17 audio recordings of conversations with the Bidens, Sen. Chuck Grassley revealed Monday from the Senate Floor.  Then-Vice President Joe Biden may also have been involved in prompting Burisma to hire his son for a cushy job on the board of directors, according to Grassley's summary of the FD-1023 confidential human source report the FBI continues to withhold from Congress.  These new details, coupled with the House Oversight Committee's subpoenaing of Hunter's business partner and fellow Burisma board member on Monday, place the Ukrainian oil and gas company back in the spotlight of the Biden family pay-to-play scandal.

Sen. J.D. Vance says he will block all DOJ nominees over Trump indictment.  In the face of a virtual wall of silence among Senate Republicans, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio has announced that he will place a hold in confirmation of nominees to Justice Department positions to protest the indictment of Donald Trump:  [Tweet with video clip]  It is not clear what might cause Vance to drop this hold.  Perhaps the Special Prosecutor Jack Smith dropping the charges of the indictment?  Merrick Garland certainly will claim that Smith is "independent" and that he, Garland, cannot properly intervene.  So, expect this block to remain until the next president is inaugurated or the matter is ended in the courts.

JD Vance Decides to Play Hardball With Merrick Garland in Midst of Trump Indictment.  But regardless of how the case unfolds, there is still the issue of the timing of these charges, which as many prominent Republicans have pointed out looks an awful lot like election interference considering that Trump could end up being Biden's opponent in the 2024 presidential election. So the question is just what are Congressional Republicans going to do about it?  Talk about how unseemly and dictator-like this all looks or take action?  In the case of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), he has decided to take action, announcing in a statement Tuesday that he "will hold all Department of Justice nominations."

When are enough Americans going to realize our government is a criminal enterprise?  While the mainstream media refuses to report actual facts, our blessed plethora of alternative media are on the job.  They are doing their level best to report the truth of the deep corruption of the deep state, exacerbated by the preternatural criminality of Joe Biden, his family and all those in service of the Obama agenda; the anti-constitutional, racially divisive transformation of America.  No one can deny that the hatred of whites has exploded, having been taught to young people as a moral imperative for many years now.  The myth of a white supremacy came to new heights under Obama, the man who revered Jeremiah Wright, a man filled with rage and hatred of America as founded and of, of course, white people.  Wright was Obama's mentor.  It was Obama who set us on the course for where we are today.  Biden is just the mind-numbed, moronic tool of Obama's and his communist pals' plan to destroy the United States.  Who installed him as president?

Biden family business needs its own special counsel.  Perhaps the worst argument against indicting former President Donald Trump is that the Justice Department failed to pursue strong cases against the Clinton and Biden presidential families.  The right answer isn't to let Trump skate free but, without ignoring political realities, to hold serious presidential corruption to account.  This certainly applies to the obvious malfeasance of the Bidens.  New reporting by the Washington Examiner's Jerry Dunleavy adds significant credibility to claims of corruption involving President Joe Biden himself.  Dunleavy reported that Mykola Zlochevsky, the Ukrainian owner of the Burisma energy company that hired then-vice presidential son Hunter Biden to a lucrative board position, reportedly called Joe Biden "the big guy" during discussions of what reputable sources call a $5 million bribery scheme.

White House Brags About Chart Showing Inflation Skyrocketed After Biden Took Office.  The White House was dragged on Tuesday for tweeting a chart that showed inflation is lower than it was last summer — even though the chart also showed that inflation had skyrocketed after President Joe Biden was sworn in.  In the post, the White House celebrated inflation reaching 4%, the lowest rate since March 2021, claiming the lower rate "is giving families real breathing room."  The chart may have not been the clear victory sign the Biden administration was going for, though, as it showed the massive increase in inflation from January 2021 to May 2022 when it reached 9% under the current president's watch.

Congressman wants to know if Bidens paid taxes on bribery income!  Amid a flood of reports about evidence that the Bidens, Joe and son Hunter, were bribed by a Ukrainian gas company official to get rid of a corruption investigation, evidence that apparently includes recordings of those conversations, a member of Congress wants to know whether taxes were paid on that income.  The Washington Examiner said it is U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., who said it is important that recipients of large sums pay their "fair share."  A whistleblower sparked the dispute by reporting to Congress that the Bidens had been bribed to get rid of the investigation into Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company.  Since then, specific charges that Joe and Hunter each took a $5 million bribe, have been reported, as well as the fact that the Burisma official involved has recordings of conversations with the two.

Flashback: Biden Promised to Use His Power to Prevent Trump From Returning to White House.  As Donald Trump faces charges from the Biden administration over his possession of classified documents, many of his supporters and advocates have pointed out how the administration's actions parallel corruption long associated with third-world dictatorships.  And yet, during a press conference last November, Joe Biden actually promised he would do exactly that when asked about Trump's possible return to the White House.  "So the entire genesis of that G7 conversation was tied to your predecessor, who is about to launch another campaign.  So how do you reassure them, if that is the reason for their questioning, that the former president will not return or that his political movement, which is still very strong, will not... once again take power in the United States?" a reporter asked Biden.  "Well, we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power by — if we — if he does run," Biden said.  "I'm making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next president again."  [Tweet with video clip]

Senator Grassley Reveals FBI Confidential Human Source Alleging Biden Bribes Has Recordings of Himself Talking to Joe Biden.  Things are certainly getting interesting on the Biden bribery story.  Apparently, in the unclassified interview with the Confidential Human Source, the FBI redacted the source alleging he has audio recordings of himself speaking to Joe Biden.  Senator Chuck Grassley revealed this little bit of information today from the security of the Senate floor.  [Video clip]

No Laughing Jesters in Biden's Banana Republic.  [Scroll down]  So why aren't they singing "Banana Boat?"  Because they're afraid.  Oh they were excited and pleased that Democrat Biden, although doddering, and senile to the point of drooling in public, is still vicious enough to remake the United States as a Banana Republic.  Because it was Biden who ordered that his chief political rival — former Republican President Donald Trump — be criminally indicted in the hopes of removing him as a political candidate in the 2024 election.  Isn't that election interference?  Isn't that what third-world nations do to their politics?  And now that former President Donald Trump has been criminally indicted as Biden wanted, more news crashed against the calm demeanor of jesterdom:  Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said that the FBI source who reported President Biden's alleged role in a multi-million dollar bribery plot is claiming to have 17 audio recordings of Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.  The source kept the recordings for "insurance."

Oversight Chairman James Comer subpoenas Biden family associate Devon Archer to appear Friday.  House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a subpoena to a Biden family business associate Monday urging him to appear before the committee Friday.  The subpoena was sent to Devon Archer, a major player in Biden family business dealings in China, Russia, and Ukraine, according to a release announcing the subpoena.  The release said Archer was also President Joe Biden's son "Hunter Biden's business partner in several transactions involving foreign nationals and foreign companies."  The news of the subpoena comes as the Oversight Committee continues to look into alleged misdoings by the Biden family around the world.  Last week, the FBI agreed after weeks of refusal to provide an FD-1023 form to the committee.  The form contained allegations of a "criminal bribery scheme" by Biden.

Articles of Impeachment Filed Against Biden, Harris — and the Charges Are Right on the Money.  As I reported earlier, now we have Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) explaining that there are audio tapes of the conversations that the foreign national Burisma executive had with Hunter and Joe Biden about the "bribery scheme" that the Burisma executive kept as an "insurance policy."  That may indeed be a smoking gun, and that raises even more questions about Joe Biden's actions regarding Ukraine, including the funneling of billions to the country.  Now things are heating up.  Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has filed articles of impeachment against both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and the reason is a perfect one to apply to both of them: the "weaponization" of their offices, not just for what Biden and Harris are doing since they came into power, but also for what Biden did as vice president to "shield the business and influence peddling schemes of his family from congressional oversight and public accountability."

Senator Chuck Grassley Says There Are 17 Audios With Joe Biden Taking Bribes.  Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday that the Burisma executive who allegedly paid Joe Biden and Hunter Biden kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with them as an "insurance policy," citing the FBI FD-1023 form that the bureau briefed congressional lawmakers on.  [Video clip]

Burisma boss in alleged Biden bribe scheme claims to have 15 taped conversations with Hunter, 2 with Joe: Grassley.  The FBI source who reported President Biden's alleged role in a bribery scheme said that a Ukrainian businessman claimed to keep as "insurance" 15 audio recordings of first son Hunter Biden and two of Joe Biden, a Republican senator revealed Monday [6/12/2023].  Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the staggering claim in a Senate floor speech after FBI Director Christopher Wray last week allowed House Oversight Committee members to see a redacted informant file about the claim that Hunter and then-Vice President Joe Biden received $5 million apiece to serve the interests of Burisma Holdings owner Mykola Zlochevsky.  "Congress still lacks a full and complete picture with respect to what that document really says.  That's why it's important that the document be made public without unnecessary redactions for the American people to see," said Grassley, accusing the bureau of needlessly redacting information about the recordings from the file shared with House lawmakers.

Republican Senator says foreign national has recordings of 17 phone calls with Joe and Hunter.  Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Burisma executive who allegedly paid Joe Biden a bribe has kept 17 audio recordings of phone calls as an 'insurance policy.'  According to a 'highly credible' whistleblower, an internal FD-1023 memo created in 2020 based off information from a highly-paid FBI informant apparently details a $5 million 'arrangement' for an exchange of money for policy decisions between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.  In a bombshell speech on the Senate floor Monday, the Iowa lawmaker cited what is believed to have been redacted in the FD-1023 file from the FBI on the alleged payment.

Newly Discovered Hunter Biden Laptop Emails About 'My Guy' Prove 'Bribery Scheme' Involving President Biden, Republicans Claim.  New disclosures from Hunter Biden's infamous laptop appear to show that President Biden's troubled son and some of Hunter's business associates were deeply involved in advocating for Ukrainian interests in the United States during the time that Mr. Biden served as vice president.  Republicans say that this and other emails prove that the president was, in fact, involved in a bribery scheme as described by a federal whistleblower complaint.

The Only Thing In America More Corrupt Than The Biden Family.  Having no discernible skills pays well, as does offering no good or service to your customers.  If that sounds odd, let me add a caveat: If you're a Biden.  The family of President Joe Biden has managed to rake in millions upon millions of dollars, a lot of which comes from foreign companies and governments, without registering as a foreign agent or seemingly providing literally anything in return.  That's a pretty sweet deal.  Weirdly, this "perfectly legal" activity is something none of them want to talk about.  If I were having millions thrown at me for some magical reason I'd want everyone to know why, if only more rich people out there could get in on the action and throw even more money my way.  If I, for example, provided some service that was worth millions to people I've never met, who don't even speak the same language I do or work in an industry I know literally nothing about, I'd welcome every media inquiry as free advertising.  Especially when, as a requirement to get the money, I have to do absolutely nothing.

Burisma Founder Mykola Zlochevsky, Who Allegedly Bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, Is an SVR Asset.  Burisma Holdings founder Mykola Zlochevsky, who allegedly paid a total of $10 million in bribes to Joe and Hunter Biden in 2015 and 2016 in exchange for then-Vice President Joe Biden's assistance in getting Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired, is believed to be an asset of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) by the United States intelligence community, according to a national security source speaking to RedState on condition of anonymity.

Ted Cruz Goes There on FBI Cover-Up of Alleged Biden Bribery Tapes.  In the most troubling revelation yet related to Joe Biden's alleged bribery scandal, Sen. Chuck Grassley announced on Monday that over a dozen different tapes exist of conversations involving the matter.  Even more shocking is that two of the tapes supposedly contain Biden himself speaking directly to the foreign national who says he arranged the bribes.  [Tweet]  That was all in the FD-1023 form that was shown to Congress some days prior to the writing.  The problem is that no one knew that because it was all redacted by the FBI before members of the House Oversight Committee got their hands on it.  Why was it redacted?  Sen. Ted Cruz has a pretty good idea.  [Tweet]

Grassley: Foreign national who allegedly bribed Joe, Hunter Biden has recordings of them.  Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Monday announced that the foreign national who allegedly bribed then-former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter kept recordings of his conversations with each as an "insurance policy."  "The 1023 produced to that House Committee redacted reference that the foreign national who allegedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden allegedly has audio recordings of his conversations with them.  Seventeen total recordings," Grassley said on the Senate floor.  Fifteen audio recordings include conversations between him and Hunter Biden while two include conversations between him and Joe Biden.  "These recordings were allegedly kept as a sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got into a tight spot.  The 1023 also indicates that then-Vice President Joe Biden may have been involved in Burisma employing Hunter Biden," he continued.

GOP Rep. Ogles introduces impeachment articles against Biden, Harris.  Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles introduced articles of impeachment on Monday against President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.  Ogles' articles accuse Biden of having "weaponized" the presidency, both in his tenure as president and vice president, to "shield the business and influence peddling schemes of his family from congressional oversight and public accountability."  Additionally, the articles accuse Biden of acting in a "manner contrary to the public trust and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States" with his handling of the southern border crisis.  Ogle's effort will likely face an uphill climb in the House, where a small minority of Republicans have pushed for Biden's impeachment.

Three Potential Scandals Plaguing The FBI-Biden Bribe Saga.  FBI Director Christopher Wray narrowly avoided contempt of Congress proceedings last week over his refusal to provide the House Oversight Committee with an unclassified document memorializing a trusted informant's allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden accepted a $5 million bribe from Ukrainian energy oligarch Burisma.  Dramatic as the near-rebuke may have appeared, and as explosive as the contents of the FBI's concealed FD-1023 form seem to be, the trio of apparent scandals this saga touches on transcends its immediate significance.  The first scandal — hiding in plain sight for years yet never fully exposed, let alone prosecuted — concerns the Biden family's potentially criminal, national security-imperiling, public trust-eroding influence peddling.  The reality of this influence peddling makes the stunning allegation of a Joe Biden bribe seem infinitely more plausible than it might otherwise appear.

Democrats Doubling Down On Biden Bribery Lies Suggests They're Prepping For The Next Leak.  House Democrats keep lying about the FBI's handling of a "highly credible" confidential human source (CHS), who reported that the Ukrainian owner of Burisma bragged about paying then-Vice President Joe Biden a $5 million bribe.  Their persistence suggests the FBI is poised to peddle selectively leaked documents to cover up its political favoritism and interference in the 2020 election.  On Friday, Democrat Ro Khanna went on Fox News to discuss the scandal surrounding the FD-1023 form that implicated Biden in a bribery scandal.  Khanna, a member of the House Oversight Committee, along with other committee members, had reviewed the FD-1023 the previous day.  After professing his full trust in the president, Khanna repeated the lie Ranking Member Jamie Raskin had peddled earlier in the week: that then-Attorney General William Barr's hand-picked prosecutor, Scott Brady, had closed the investigation into the CHS's claims contained in the FD-1023.

Biden laughs off FBI bribery claims as evidence against him and Hunter mounts.  Audacity is Joe Biden's magic power.  When the walls are closing in, he laughs in your face and dares you to come after him.  He did it last week when he laughed at a question about "[...] evidence in an FBI file" that he allegedly took a $5 million bribe from a Ukrainian energy company in return for a policy decision when he was vice president.  "Where's the money?" he quipped, before calling the allegation "a bunch of malarkey."  Forgive us if we don't take the president at his word, because he has lied before about his involvement in the international "pay to play" scheme run by his son Hunter and brother Jim during his vice presidency.

Report: FBI Record on Bribery Deal Reveals Another 'Big' Connection to Joe Biden.  The information in the "Biden bribery form" was revealed this week.  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) laid out the details that she and other members of the House Oversight Committee had been told by the FBI when they were briefed on the FD-1023 form.  The big takeaway was that not only did Hunter Biden allegedly get a payout of $5 million in the purported bribery scheme but so, allegedly, did Joe Biden.  That was a bombshell that should have been all over the news.  But, of course, as we know, the indictment of former President Donald Trump conveniently dropped the same day, so the Biden bribery scandal did not get the attention it should have.  The liberal media was happy to do what they could to try to ignore it.

Pressure on Republicans to Impeach Biden Grows amid Bribery Claims, Trump Indictment.  Calls from the right are growing for Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden after the revelation of an FBI informant's allegations he and Hunter Biden were part of a bribery scheme back in 2015 and 2016, and after former President Donald Trump's indictment.  On Thursday, the FBI finally allowed House Oversight Committee Republicans to view a transcribed interview — an FD 10-23 — with a "highly credible" informant who alleged that both Joe and Hunter Biden were paid $5 million each to help a Ukrainian natural gas company executive kill a corruption investigation into him.

House Should Open Impeachment Investigation into Biden for Bribery.  The U.S. House of Representatives should immediately vote to approve an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden on suspicion of bribery in the wake of new evidence emerging from the FBI's 1023 form.  That document, handed over to Congress only after the House Oversight Committee threatened to charge FBI Director Christopher Wray with contempt, reportedly describes a $5 million foreign scheme to bribe Biden.  As I wrote in March, there were already amble grounds to investigate Biden for bribery — one of only two crimes specifically mentioned in the Constitution as grounds for impeachment and removal from office.

Who's Destroying Civic Norms Again?  Trump?  While the DOJ goes after Joe Biden's principal 2024 opponent, the old corrupt codger is looking to repeat his election strategy of 2020 — which is to say, he will hide in some undisclosed basement and watch as the Deep State's criminal element rigs another election his way.  We're watching history in the making.  In 2020, quid-pro-quo Joe — a politician who would have struggled to win an election outside of his native Delaware — "won" more votes than any candidate in American history while hardly campaigning.  In 2024, the corrupt Department of (in)Justice will just prosecute his rivals, until he's the only candidate left.  Some might call that kind of system indistinguishable from the Chinese Communist Party's stranglehold over their people — and the Obama Marxists running America into the ground all say, "Isn't it great?"

Biden speaks at White House Pride event: 'Bravest and most inspiring people I've ever known'.  President Biden hosted a "Pride Month 2023" event on the White House lawn Saturday, decorating the area with rainbow motifs and the "Progress Pride flag."  The event, hosting performers and speakers representing LGBT causes, acclaimed the Pride community as "the bravest and most inspiring people" and an "example" for the US and the entire world.  "Outside the gates of this house are those who want to drag our country backwards, and so many battles yet to be braved.  But today, we're not here to be strong.  We're not here to be courageous.  Even though for so many of you, just coming to this event is an act of bravery," said First Lady Jill Biden.

The Degenerate Biden Family.  People keep private things, even secrets on their computers.  But you likely agree with me that most people guard their computers with their lives, second only to one's smart phone.  Speaking of which, imagine what we would find on Hunter's cell phone?  As you consider that question, ask yourself this one.  Why hasn't anyone mentioned looking into Hunter Biden's phone records?  Any chance we might find a few pings off towers in Ukraine and China?  I suggest to you that a crackhead with Alzheimer know better than to leave their laptop at a computer repair shop.  But that's what Hunter did.  Surprisingly, at no point did Hunter try to retrieve the computer.  Understand that the man The Big Guy put in charge of the family's fortune didn't even remember that he had left his laptop at a computer repair shop — full of the family's secrets.  Did Hunter not remember what was on that laptop? [...] As expected, Hunter's laptop exposed the Biden family criminal enterprise.  Business dealings on one's laptop is par for the course.  Except Hunter kept his crooked business dealings.  And I remind you that Hunter was so cracked out that he forgot his laptop.  Crooked family business aside, Hunter chronicled his debauchery.  The man kept pictures of prostitutes the way serial killers keep trophies of their victims.

Rudy Giuliani: I Have a Witness, Former Chief Accountant of Burisma Willing to Give Up All the Offshore Bank Accounts.  Rudy Giuliani joined Rita Cosby on Newsmax on Saturday morning to discuss the latest Congressional investigations into the Biden Family Crimes. [...] Rudy, who warned the American public about the Biden Family's international pay for play scandals years ago, told Rita Cosby that he has a witness who is the former chief accountant at Burisma who is willing to testify on the Biden crimes.  She even has the Biden bank account transactions.  She has the receipts!

The feds already have all the evidence they need to charge Biden with bribery.  The DOJ has long held the evidence needed to charge Joe Biden with bribery to change our policy in Ukraine.  (And also all the evidence needed to charge Hunter with several crimes, including violations of the tax code, of the laws governing the purchase of firearms, and laws prohibiting money laundering.)  Here is an overview of the evidence needed to charge with bribery to change our policy in Ukraine.  Our policy was to have Ukraine force Burisma and its owner Zlochevsky to return the oil and gas properties Zlochevsky stole when he was the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources.  And Zlochevsky wanted that policy reversed.  The documents show that Zlochevsky was paying Hunter Biden approximately $83,000 a month.  Zlochevsky claimed he was paying for corporate governance advice.  However privately owned companies do not need corporate governance advice, and if they did, they wouldn't hire Hunter Biden to provide it.  And they wouldn't pay anyone $83,000 a month for such advice.

Can Trump Clean The Augean Stables on the Potomac?  [Scroll down]  For what, when you come down to it, is Trump's crime?  Please don't tell me it has something to do with his possession of classified documents or "obstruction" of an official proceeding.  Former presidents have very wide latitude with respect to managing documents, as was set forth explicitly by the Presidential Records Act in the late 1970s.  It's a different matter with the 1,800 boxes of documents that Joe Biden glommed onto in his days in the Senate and as vice president.  I believe they are still moldering under his Corvette in the garage of his Delaware residence, having wound up there after a trip through D.C.'s Chinatown and the Penn Biden Center, a facility paid for, as was Biden's $900,000 stipend at the University of Pennsylvania, by China. [...] If you are hearing the winds murmur "two-tier system of justice" you are not imagining things.  Donald Trump, as president, could declassify anything he wished.  Neither Joe Biden nor Hillary Clinton had that authority.

MTG Reveals FBI Holds Two More FD-1023 Forms On Biden.  Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said the country needs to come to terms with a harsh reality.  "The agencies truly and purely protect the Deep State," Greene said.  "And the reason why they protect Joe Biden is because Joe Biden is so controllable.  Because they have all this evidence.  They've got mountains of evidence of Joe Biden's crimes, and that makes him the most controlled president that we've ever had in US history."  Greene, a member of the House Oversight Committee, explained that the FBI is holding two more FD-1023 forms related to President Joe Biden's alleged criminal bribery scheme.

Trump Is Charged But Nobody Has Time To Investigate The Possibility That We Have A Spy In The White House.  Donald Trump is apparently being charged with seven counts of mishandling classified documents. [...] The broader issue here is this.  How is it that DOJ and the FBI have found time to run this "crime" to the ground but apparently have dedicated no resources of any kind to pursuing the massive trove of evidence suggesting strongly that Joe Biden is fully compromised by the Communist Chinese and has taken literally tens of millions of dollars from individuals directly connected to Chinese intelligence?  If Trump was sloppy with classified documents — a claim as yet unproven — we can probably agree that is less than ideal.  If the guy sitting in the Oval Office is in the pay of our number one foreign enemy that seems like it would be a much bigger deal.

The Lawfare That Will Destroy The Republic.  Biden's DOJ is abusively pursuing Donald Trump for crimes that Joe Biden actually committed. [...] The FD-1023 says that the informant wasn't a Trump supporter, but he also said it would take ten years to figure out how the money went from Ukraine to the Bidens.  Also, as for the $5 million for Joe Biden and the $5 billion [sic] for Hunter Biden, Hunter did have to give his father half the money.  That is what he said on the Laptop from Hell.  The $10 million was to eliminate the prosecutor in the Burisma case, and Biden did.  Watch the second tape if you haven't yet.  The investigation into the Bidens is still ongoing and has been ongoing for five years.  He needs to be impeached.

Trump Is Indicted, But Biden Is the Real Criminal.  The more the Trump haters try to harass him out of the race, the more I want to vote for him.  As we are all painfully aware, the Democrats don't wait until it's election time to interfere with an election.  They're on it way ahead of schedule.  Lefties want Donald Trump off of the 2024 ballot, and they don't care how badly they pervert the law to make that happen.  Joe Biden is guilty of pretty much everything.  Trump is a halo-wearing saint compared to President LOLEightyOneMillion and his drug-dealing kid.  Biden has classified document from the days when MTV still played music videos but no one in the Justice Department wants to upset the pudding-brained boss.  While Team Biden works overtime to smear Trump, it still keeps sinking in the corruption mud.

Near-Disaster Unfolds During Joe Biden's Trip to NC, Even Jill Looked Tense.  And the day after he suffered a massive fall during an Air Force commencement ceremony, Biden had to be directed everywhere he went during a D.C. Marine Barracks parade while at times moving very slowly, and then on Monday, he shook hands with thin air (again) during the Kansas City Chiefs' visit to the White House.  But Biden and First Lady Jill Biden's trip to North Carolina Friday provided us with what I think is the clearest evidence yet that Joe Biden is unwell.  [Tweets with video clips]  If this isn't definitive proof that Biden is unfit for another term in office then I don't know what is.  He's stiff, robotic, and sometimes doesn't even look like he knows where he is.  It's just downright frightening considering the vast power he holds, and it makes you wonder all over again how this country is being run behind the scenes and, more importantly, by who?

Laughing Biden Mocks Us Over His Bribery Scandal.  As I mentioned yesterday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) dropped a Fat Man on Gropey Joe Biden in regard to the alleged $10 million in bribes he and his crackhead son Hunter took from Burisma Holdings, an energy company in Ukraine.  Greene claims she saw an FBI document laying out Biden's bribery skullduggery in detail.  It alleges that Hunter Biden was paid almost $1 million per year from 2014 to 2019 as a member of Burisma's board of directors.  [Editor's note:  Greene has not released the document and PJ Media has been unable to review or authenticate it.]  Green[e] said it also details how Joe Biden was allegedly paid $5 million to have a Ukrainian prosecutor — who was investigating Burisma's shady deal with Hunter Biden — fired before he could do any damage.  You may recall Biden mockingly bragging about how he held $1 billion in aid to Ukraine over the head of a Ukrainian official to have the prosecutor fired.  In true Biden style, he foolishly did it on camera.

It's Past Time For Republicans To Impeach Biden And All His Top Officials.  We now have more evidence that Joe Biden is a criminal than Democrats faked in order to spy on and then impeach Donald Trump twice, hamstringing his entire four years in office.  Yet Trump has become the first president in U.S. history to be raided by the FBI and now indicted — over documents the Department of Justice will not identify, even to courts.  The indictment is a scam, on every level.  It is pure treachery designed to make a mockery of the American justice system to persecute Democrats' top political enemy.  Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and Barack Obama all had "documents disputes," and none of them were indicted despite several of their offenses being clearly far worse than what's on the table with Trump.  The indictment is a farce.  And it's a dangerous one, as a very public and high-level weaponization of America's legal system for political purposes.  This is banana republic behavior, folks, and it's destroying what's left of the American constitutional order that preserves for all of us a way of life unparalleled in human history.

As Biden Abuses Our Republic, His Handlers Abuse Him.  Joe Biden through his handlers is abusing America every day by allowing millions of low-skilled, uneducated, or criminal individuals to enter our country; by indoctrinating children to hate America and to be confused about their gender; by regarding concerned parents as terrorists; by printing and spending money as if there is no tomorrow;; by supporting a double-standard of justice propagated by his corrupt AG, by kowtowing to China at every turn; by decimating our energy-producing capabilities; by turning the U.S. military from alert and prepared to woke and weak, and 1,000 other cuts — his handlers, his key staff, his wife, his family, and his friends are abusing him.  They are literally engaging in elder abuse, and for what?  To further their power-hungry, selfish ends.  It's medicate him, dress him up, get him out the door, and parade him in public for yet another day.

Biden secures the GOP nomination for Trump.  Joe Biden all but delivered the Republican nomination for president to Donald Trump on a silver platter when Merrick Garland indicted Trump on Thursday.  Biden has turned America into a Banana Republic with his latest dirty political trick against Trump.  Indicting the opposition party's strongest candidate against him, Biden acted as any third world dictator would.  He is trying his best to take out his challenger as the primary competition barely gets underway. [...] This is some deeply corrupt stuff that is being carried out by a deeply corrupt president.  Is it a coincidence that Trump's lawyers were notified of the indictment at the same time that the Biden family corruption is coming out via documents in a bribery probe by the Congressional Oversight Committee?  Squirrel!  Don't pay any attention to committee members coming out of briefings and talking about documents allegedly pointing to $5M bribes paid to Joe Biden and to Hunter Biden.  Just look over there and watch Donald Trump being indicted by an equally corrupted Merrick Garland.

MTG Discloses What's in the Biden 'Bribery' Form — And It's Big.  As I reported on Wednesday night, the FBI caved and, at least temporarily, avoided a contempt charge for Director Christopher Wray by allowing all the members of the House Oversight Committee to view the FD-1023 "Biden bribery form."  The FBI also turned over a couple of other documents to further comply with the subpoena from the Committee.  Now, after having seen the document, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is sharing the unclassified details of what she said was referenced in the form.  What she revealed is big, if true.  She said there were financial records that showed two payments of $5 million — one to Hunter Biden and the other "specifically" to Joe Biden, to "fix" a situation.

It's James Comer's grit vs. Biden's grift as family corruption scandal intrigue heats up.  James Comer is a hero.  It would be a lot easier for him to let sleeping dogs lie when it comes to the Biden family corruption scandal and the even bigger scandal of the subsequent FBI/CIA coverup which kept American voters in the dark about one of the two presidential candidates in the 2020 election.  But with the backing of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Comer is right over the target with his House Oversight Committee investigations, and his confrontation with the FBI is both necessary and courageous.  The FBI has become a law unto itself.  Director Christopher Wray has been thumbing his nose at congressional oversight in a way that demands reprimand, which is exactly what Comer is delivering.

Russiagate Redux: Grassley Calls Out FBI For Leaking False Narratives To Obstruct Biden Investigation.  Stop leaking to the media, peddling false narratives, and obstructing congressional oversight into the FBI's handling of allegations that President Joe Biden was part of a criminal bribery scheme, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told FBI Director Christopher Wray in a floor speech Tuesday.  "Quit playing games," Grassley said.  "The Justice Department and FBI no longer deserve the benefit of the doubt," he added, pointing to the FBI and Department of Justice's track record of deception from the Russia-collusion hoax to the present.  Wray "made one excuse after another to not produce" the document detailing the bribery allegation against Biden, Grassley said, even refusing to admit it existed until Grassley revealed to him that he'd already seen a copy.  The existence of the explosive allegation, which reportedly describes a Ukrainian energy concern seeking to pay then-Vice President Biden $5 million in return for a policy decision during his time as Ukrainian point man for the Obama administration, was revealed to Grassley by multiple FBI whistleblowers.

The FBI's Manufactured Narrative for the Biden Corruption Investigation Has Collapsed.  Donald Trump might face another indictment, but Joe Biden might not be far behind him, or that would be the case in a fair, sane world.  Spencer wrote about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) detailing more shocking updates about the Biden corruption probe, specifically the $5 million allegedly paid to him by a foreign national.  Ms. Greene elaborated that these transactions related to the shady Biden-Burisma arrangement.  The person or persons involved reportedly have a ledger of the bribes, and this deal allegedly formed the basis for Joe Biden wanting to fire the original Ukrainian prosecutor looking into Burisma's business practices when he was vice president:  [Tweets]  The real question is whether the Department of Justice, which is infested with pro-Biden, Trump-hating lawyers, does anything.  But the FBI, having been exposed for being a biased law enforcement agency that will go out of its way to protect members of the Democratic Party, will not be able to slither its way out of this one.  The Durham Report compartmentalized all the nasty deeds, lying, and illegal spying the FBI conducted during the Trump years to keep the Russian hoax alive.  We also know that top bureau agents have been interfering in any investigation involving Hunter Biden, Joe, or other family members.

House Rep. confirms FBI informant document showing $5M bribery payment was sent to Biden.  It has now been confirmed by Representative Lauren Boebert that the FBI informant document recently disclosed to members of the House Oversight Committee relates to an alleged $5 million bribery payment made to President Joe Biden and not to his son, Hunter Biden.  The redacted FD-1023 record, which has been the subject of a continuing dispute between the FBI and House investigators, was the subject of an appearance by Boebert (R-Colo.) on "The Benny Show" with Conservative host Benny Johnson. [...] At a Council on Foreign Relations gathering in 2006, Joe Biden bragged about ousting former Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin.  Shokin had been looking into Burisma, which is the natural gas company that appointed Hunter Biden to its board of directors.  Because of the Ukrainian prosecutor's ineffective anti-corruption efforts, the Biden administration and advisers alleged that they wanted to dismiss the general.  However, the FBI informant paper suggests the opposite case.

Burisma executive 'paid Joe and Hunter Biden $5 million each to end corruption investigations'.  House Republicans alleged on Thursday that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter each received a $5 million payment from the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma to shake off a corruption probe.  Reps.  Anna Paulina Luna and Marjorie Taylor Greene were among those given access to an FBI document from June 2020 that detailed testimony given to agents from an informant who had spoken with Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky.  That informant claimed that Zlochevsky said he had doled out $5 million to each Biden to call off an ongoing investigation by the Ukrainian prosecutor general at the time, Viktor Shokin.

Joe Biden [was] allegedly paid $5M by [a] Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme, according to [an] 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.

Nancy Mace Calls Out Joe Biden After He Jokes About $5 Million Ukraine Bribe Allegation.  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) called on Joe Biden to release his and the Biden family's bank and LLC records on Thursday in response to Biden's answer to a reporter's question about bribery allegations contained in the FBI FD-1023 form reviewed by members of the House Oversight Committee earlier in the day.  The document contains allegations relayed by a reputable FBI informant that the head of the Ukraine energy firm Burisma paid Joe Biden and his son Hunter $5 million each in complex hidden payments to influence U.S. foreign policy and secure Joe's help in getting a Ukraine prosecutor taken off an investigation into Burisma.

Biden Lies About Never Telling DOJ to Prosecute Anyone.  CLAIM: President Joe Biden has "never once ... suggested to the Justice Department what they should do."  VERDICT: FALSE.  He said people who defied the January 6 Committee's subpoenas should be prosecuted.  President Biden responded to a shouted question on Thursday from a left-wing journalist who asked him why Americans should trust the Department of Justice — not because it may be prosecuting his political opponent, for the first time in American history, but because that opponent had the temerity to criticize it for doing so.

Alleged $5 Million To Biden Was From Ukrainian Natural Gas Company Burisma: Report.  Then-Vice President Joe Biden allegedly accepted a $5 million bribe from an executive at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, where his son Hunter Biden was paid $1 million per year to sit on its board.  Fox News reported that the allegation is contained in a FD-1023 form that the FBI created based on an interview they conducted with an FBI confidential human source in June 2020.  The confidential source has been "consistently reviewed by the FBI" and has been "found to be highly credible."  The confidential source, a businessman, reportedly had multiple meetings and conversations with the Burisma executive about how to obtain U.S. oil rights and establish connections with a U.S. oil company while Biden was still vice president.  When asked why the executive needed advice when Hunter Biden was on the board, the executive allegedly said Hunter Biden was "dumb."  The confidential source told the FBI that executive said that the company had to pay the Biden family because Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin was investigating the company and it would have a hard time breaking into the U.S. market given the circumstances, the report said.  The executive reportedly indicated that it would be "$5 million for one Biden, $5 million for the other Biden."

GOP congressman questions why DoJ 'told Trump he's being indicted' on same day Congress was shown document claiming Biden received $5M from Ukrainian energy firm.  The Make America Great Again (MAGA) Inc. have questioned the timing of Donald Trump's indictment, pointing out it came on the same day that members of the House were shown a controversial Joe Biden 'bribery' document.  In a tweet they wrote:  'It's not a coincidence that Biden's Justice Department indicts President Trump the same day as this breaks.  'Joe Biden allegedly paid $5M by Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme, according to FBI document.'

Another Biden campaign co-chair has ties to Hunter, asked for his briefing 'on the Ukraine'.  Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, one of the Biden campaign's national co-chairs and a likely Senate candidate, thanked Hunter Biden in 2016 for his "generous contribution" to her campaign and asked if he could brief her "on the Ukraine," emails show.  Blunt Rochester, who was named co-chair along with several others, including Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., previously served in the same role for Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.  She is expected to launch a run for the open Senate seat in Delaware this month, Politico reported.  Fox News Digital previously reported that Hunter served as an outside adviser to Coons during his successful 2010 Senate bid, making Blunt Rochester at least the second campaign co-chair with ties to the embattled first son.

Elise Stefanik: Donald Trump Indicted Same Day 'Treasonous' Biden Doc Released to Congress.  House Republican Conference Chair Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said in a statement Thursday that President Biden weaponized the Justice Department against former President Trump, amid news the GOP front-runner had been indicted on the same day it was revealed Biden allegedly received a payoff for influencing U.S.-Ukraine policy.  "The exact same day that the FBI is forced to turn over to Congress absolutely damning and credible allegations regarding Joe Biden's illegal, egregious, and treasonous corruption, Joe Biden weaponizes his Department of Justice to indict Donald Trump," Stefanik said.

Biden Melts Down During Presser When Asked About Bribery Allegation, Gives Unbelievable Answer.  As we reported earlier, Joe Biden held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom on Thursday.  He needed note cards to just do his greetings with Sunak, and he got confused about what the prime minister's position was.  That raised fresh concerns about his mental ability to do the job.  Then the White House decided to throw caution to the wind and had him answer a few questions.  Of course, he had a pre-approved list as he usually does, so he may also have the questions and answers in front of him as well.  [Tweet with video clip]

Biden vetoes Republican bill blocking his $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan.  President Joe Biden on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have overturned his student debt relief plan, leaving program's fate in the hands of the Supreme Court.  Both the House and Senate approved the legislation that would block the president's program, which promises to cancel up to $20,000 of debt for millions of borrowers but has been held up by courts.  'I'm not gonna back down in my efforts to help pretend to manage and working and middle class families.  That's why I'm going to veto this bill,' Biden said in a video posted to the White House social media accounts explaining his decision.

Arkansas Judge Threatens Hunter Biden with Six Months in Jail If He Doesn't Appear in Court to Answer Questions About His Finances.  An Arkansas judge threatened Hunter Biden with jail if he doesn't appear in court to answer questions about his finances as part of a child support lawsuit filed by his baby mama Lunden Roberts.  Judge Holly Meyer ordered Hunter Biden to appear in court on July 10 to answer questions about his finances.  Hunter Biden last month appeared in court to lower his $20,000 per month child support payments to the mother of his 4-year-old lovechild.

Bill Barr Confirms Rep. Jamie Raskin Lied About Biden Family Corruption Investigation.  "It's not true.  It wasn't closed down," William Barr told The Federalist on Tuesday [6/6/2023] in response to Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin's claim that the former attorney general and his "handpicked prosecutor" had ended an investigation into a confidential human source's allegation that Joe Biden had agreed to a $5 million bribe.  "On the contrary," Barr stressed, "it was sent to Delaware for further investigation."  Former Attorney General Barr went on the record with The Federalist following statements Raskin made to the press Monday afternoon.  Soon after attending a closed-door meeting with House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and the FBI — at which lawmakers reviewed the FD-1023 form summarizing a CHS's detailed allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden agreed to accept money from a foreign national to affect policy decisions — Raskin spoke to the media.

House Republicans pull back contempt charge against FBI director Wray over Biden doc.  The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday called off a vote on a contempt of Congress charge against FBI Director Christopher Wray, accepting a last-minute offer by the bureau to allow the full committee access to a confidential document of an unverified tip about President Joe Biden.  Rep. James Comer said in a statement that the committee is removing a contempt resolution against Wray from Thursday's schedule after receiving an accommodation that would give the full committee access to the document.  "Allowing all Oversight Committee members to review this record is an important step toward conducting oversight of the FBI and holding it accountable to the American people," the Kentucky Republican said.  The action that played out over the last month against Wray reflects a larger breakdown between Republicans and the FBI that has only intensified this year, with some conservatives talking openly about trying to defund the bureau.

James Comer: FBI Doc Alleges 'Business Person from Ukraine' Sent 'Substantial Bribe' to VP Biden.  The FBI's informant file of a $5 million bribery scheme allegedly linked to President Joe Biden concerns the family's business deals in Ukraine, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) revealed Monday.  In May, Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made bombshell claims after reviewing an FBI FD-1023 form that documented the informant's allegations of an alleged bribery scheme involving an exchange of money for policy decisions between now-President Joe Biden and a foreign national.  Comer disclosed the informant tip is dated June 30, 2020.

Startling Revelations Surface in Ongoing Biden Crime Family Probe.  Last month, the House Oversight Committee revealed a trove of evidence exposing Joe Biden's influence-peddling with foreign nations.  The evidence showed that illicit funds were funneled through a network of shell companies, deliberately established to obscure their illicit origins, before ending up in the hands of several members of the Biden family.  This scheme included Joe's brother James Biden, James's wife, Hunter Biden, Hunter's current wife, Hunter'sex-wife, Hallie Biden (Beau's widow and Hunter's former girlfriend), and three children of Hunter Biden and James Biden.  These entities operated without any legitimate business activities and appeared to serve the sole purpose of laundering the unlawfully acquired funds.  Their sole purpose was clearly the purchasing of influence over Joe Biden.

Why Are You Still a Democrat?  In 1977, Joe Biden wrote that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up "in a racial jungle."  In the quote, which appears to come from a Congressional hearing related to anti-busing legislation, Biden emphasized wanting to "ensure we do have orderly integration of society," adding he was "not just talking about education but all of society."  He then said "unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point.  We have to make some move on this."  Once again, in other words, he supported segregation.  He boasted that he was "good friends" with segregationists. [...] Once again, in other words, he supported segregation.  In a 1998 speech, he called 100,000 juveniles who had been arrested for violent crimes in the U.S. "predators" who "warrant exceptionally, exceptionally tough treatment.... [...] Joe Biden is not a friend of black people.  Every bit as much as Lyndon Johnson, he is a cynically opportunistic racist.

The Elder Abuse of Joe Biden is a National Crisis.  Sadly, Biden is very frail, and his health is a ticking time bomb.  After speeches, he often gets lost and does not know where to go.  He could easily tumble off a stage and require hospitalization or surgery.  This nightmare for the American people needs to end immediately.  At 80 years old, Joe Biden needs medical care, treatment, and rest.  He does not have the physical or mental capabilities to manage the most demanding and powerful position in the world.

Lauren Boebert Says Christopher Wray Is Helping Joe Biden Cover Up Alleged Bribery Scheme.  U.S. House Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shared that she believes FBI director Christopher Wray is aiding Joe Biden and covering up a bribery scheme perpetrated by Biden when he was VP.  "The FBI's documents prove that Joe Biden engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme as Vice President. jChristopher Wray knew this and covered it up.  On Thursday, Wray's contempt of Congress hearings will begin.  Enough is enough."  [Tweet]  Earlier today after the FBI refused to leave a document subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of the committee announced in a press briefing that contempt of congress hearings would begin Thursday.  The whistleblower document alleged that then Vice President Biden engaged in a pay-to-play scheme with a foreign nation.  The document describes that Biden agreed to certain actions in exchange for $5 million to his family's shell corporations.

White House Claims Biden Family Business Represents 'No' National Security Threat.  John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, denied on Monday the Biden family's business schemes represent a national security threat despite admitting he had not read the House Oversight Committee report on the matter.  In May, the House Oversight Committee's probe found the Biden family business over the course of several years received at least $10 million from business schemes in Romania and China in return for what appears to be influence peddling.  In total, nine Biden family members received payments from the family foreign business ventures, including two of Joe Biden's grandchildren, the investigation revealed.

Biden whistleblowers 'fear for their lives'.  House Republicans say that the FBI is violating a subpoena to turn over an alleged Biden 'bribery' document because the original informant's life could be in danger if they are 'unmasked[,]' despite the names being redacted.  According to a 'highly credible' whistleblower, an internal FD-1023 memo created in 2020 based off information from a highly-paid FBI informant apparently details a $5 million 'arrangement' for an exchange of money for policy decisions between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.  The leaders of the House Oversight Committee were granted access by the FBI Monday to view the redacted FD-1023 form in a secure facility within the Capitol.  But it did not satisfy Republicans who are moving forward with contempt of Congress charges against FBI Director Chris Wray for failing to turn over the document in its entirety.

Stunning TV interview (in Australia!) on the Hunter Biden laptop evidence.  You are not supposed to know about the contents of the laptop computer that Hunter Biden neglected to retrieve from a repair shop in Delaware.  The 2020 election was fixed by the suppression of the evidence on it, and the deep state — in the form of 51 former intelligence officers — saw to it that it was falsely dismissed as Russian disinformation and rendered null and void as a factor in determining a significant number of votes.  A former Trump White House aide named Garrett Ziegler obtained a copy of the hard drive and is speaking out and publishing its contents. [...] Ziegler is obviously an intelligent guy and has done his homework, spending months going over the data and compiling and classifying the content.  He makes the point that there is clear evidence of multiple crimes, none of which have been prosecuted.  The reason?  The laptop data "Implicates people of both parties.... It's really the uniparty that is implicated in this."  A bit later, "The intel agencies are the epicenter of the US uniparty."

It Doesn't Matter That Joe Biden Is a Corrupt, Doddering, Old Pervert.  Watching President Gumby trip all over mystery sandbags at the Air Force Academy just reinforces what we all already know.  He's a senile, desiccated, crusty weirdo with delusions of mental competence.  And no one cares, at least no one with the power to put this broken nag out to pasture.  The mass of normal people might care if they really understood just how far the decay has gotten.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: FBI Mole One-Eye Is Advising Hunter Biden on His Criminal Investigations.  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) joined Maria Bartiromo this morning on Sunday Morning Futures.  During their discussion, Rep. Luna spoke out about the lawlessness of the federal government and the Department of Justice in the United States.  The Florida representative discussed the Hunter and Joe Biden China bribery scandal.  [Transcript]

Vivek Ramaswamy: 'Biden's Mental Deficits Aren't a Bug; They're a Feature to People Who Control Him'.  Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Breitbart News exclusively that the federal bureaucracy in Washington, DC, views President Joe Biden's "physical and mental deficits" as a benefit rather than a detriment.  Breitbart News caught up with Ramaswamy for an exclusive interview at Sen. Joni Ernst's (R-IA) annual Roast and Ride in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.  When asked about Biden's alarming fall on stage at the U.S. Air Force Academy's commencement ceremony on Thursday, Ramaswamy noted, "I'm not gonna pick on him for that."  "I think the reality is his physical and mental deficits aren't a bug; they're a feature to the people who control him," he said.  "So it's just another indicator that he's not even really President Biden.  He's 'Puppet Biden.'  He's a puppet, a frontman, for the managerial industrial complex around him, and frankly, it's starting to look more and more like a form of elder abuse."

Joe Biden is Starting to Scare Everyone.  There are already disturbing reports that the forty-sixth president's schedule is tightly controlled and designed to insulate him from too heavy of a workload.  After having obtained a copy of the presidential daily schedule, the New York Post determined that President Biden has an average workweek consisting of only about 30 hours!  Think of that.  Crises happen at all hours of the day.  Presidents are required to constantly be on their game and be willing to go years sacrificing sound sleep for crisis management — and then still being able to fulfill a tightly packed daily schedule.  Are things less dangerous today than they were four years ago?  Certainly not, despite what the president's handlers would have you believe.  Sorry to say this, but Biden is literally weak.  I also happen to think he's mentally diminished, too.  And it's pathetic.  A diverse, rich nation, with more than 320 million people and Biden is the best we could do to lead us?

Report: Informant Alleging a Joe Biden Bribery Scheme Is 'Highly Credible' FBI Source from Obama Era.  An informant alleging a $5 million bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden is reportedly a "highly credible" FBI source with a history dating back to the Obama administration era.  The FBI possesses a document from an interview the FBI conducted with the informant, which allegedly details an arrangement involving an exchange of money for policy decisions between now-President Joe Biden and a foreign national.  After weeks of stonewalling a congressional subpoena, FBI Director Christopher Wray finally agreed to allow members of Congress to view the unclassified document next Monday.  A House Oversight Committee spokesperson told CNN the committee still plans to move forward with holding the FBI in contempt of Congress.

From the Border to Inflation to Falling on Stage, Nothing Is Ever Joe Biden's Fault.  From the moment Joe Biden first stepped inside the Oval Office as president, the crises began:  from the Biden Border Crisis, Biden Energy Crisis, Biden Inflation Crisis, Biden Economy Crisis, Biden's Afghanistan Debacle, and even falling on stage, nothing is ever this president's fault.  Nothing.  The question:  Why? [...] Why is Joe Biden seemingly incapable of accepting responsibility for his own actions, and the effects of those actions, many of them intentionally caused?  While I can't see inside this guy's head — shudder at the thought — I do know this:  Accepting responsibility for one's actions or inactions, and the damage they might cause, and then taking corrective actions to clean up one's messes, is a strength, not a weakness.  Conversely, blaming others for one's own mistakes is the mark of a weak, insecure person.

End American Gerontocracy.  The octogenarian denizen of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, palpably in the throes of debilitating mental and physical senescence, is not well.  The sight of the commander-in-chief physically falling in front of a graduating Air Force Academy class, no less, is outright depressing to active-duty servicemen and telegraphs national weakness to America's many adversaries abroad.  Make no mistake about it:  Joe Biden is an absolutely massive liability as president of the United States, in charge of the nuclear football and primarily responsible for issues of war and peace.  His vice presidential junior sidekick and would-be successor, the cackling nincompoop Kamala Harris, may well be totally insufferable, but this column has argued — and still maintains — that Biden should resign for the good of the country.  At a bare minimum, it is foolish and selfish in the extreme for the doddering dolt from Delaware to seek reelection in 2024.

Why would anyone want to steal Hunter Biden's art gallery financial records?  Art gallery bookkeeping operations seem like pretty mundane things: Rich old lady A buys eccentric artist B's loopy masterpiece, and life goes on.  But then there's wunderkind Hunter Biden, art sensation extraordinaire, whose blow-pipe paintings, straight out the gate, can fetch upwards of $500,000 a pop, according to news reports.  Sure, his work draws attention, but probably not the kind he wants, [...] More humiliating still, Hunter's paintings don't seem to be worth stealing to the world's art thieves.  There's no news out there about anyone stealing a Hunter Biden oeuvre.  However the bookkeeping behind the paintings is seems to have value — to someone. [...] It's an obvious tip of the hat to what many observers have been saying about Hunter Biden, who's drawing cash like an art world whiz kid — that the whole art game with Biden junior looks more like a means of funneling money to House Biden in one of its family money operations than it does to any great art being produced that would otherwise make Hunter the toast of the art world.

Grassley Reveals He Has Already Seen The Bombshell Whistleblower Doc The FBI Is Hiding.  Sen. Chuck Grassley has already seen the FBI's lengthy summary of a confidential human source's claims that then-Vice President Joe Biden agreed to accept money from a foreign national to affect policy decisions, the Iowa Republican revealed on Thursday.  Grassley further pledged to make the FBI report public as soon as the bureau complies with a congressional subpoena to provide an official copy of the FD-1023 form — something Director Christopher Wray has so far refused to do.  For the last month, Grassley has teamed up with House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer to obtain documents from the bureau related to whistleblower claims that FBI Headquarters opened an assessment in August 2020 to discredit derogatory information about Biden.  Specifically, Grassley and Comer sought the FD-1023 form used to memorialize an interview with a confidential human source (CHS) and related documents, with Comer issuing Wray a subpoena for the material in early May.

FBI Source Alleging Biden Bribery Scheme Is 'Highly Credible,' Used By FBI Since Obama-Era: Report.  The person who alerted U.S. lawmakers last month to the existence of an FBI record that allegedly shows that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal bribery scheme is a respected FBI source that has been used by the agency for years.  Fox News reported that a person familiar with the matter said the source has been "consistently reviewed by the FBI" and has been "found to be highly credible."  The source has been used in multiple investigations dating back to the Obama-era.  House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said this week that FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed that the file containing the allegations does exist.  "Today, FBI Director Wray confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-Vice President Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national," Comer said.  "However, Director Wray did not commit to producing the documents subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee."

CNN Doctor Recommends Biden Walk With Cane to Stop Falling.  A shocking bit of honesty occurred during CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront on Thursday night as the network's medical analyst recommended President Joe Biden start walking with a cane to prevent his frequent falls.  The recommendation was uttered when cardiologist and former member of George W. Bush's medical team Doctor Jonathan Reiner was discussing Biden's fall from earlier in the day during a commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy.  "This is about the third time we've seen the President fall.  He fell twice going up the steps of Air Force One once in 2021 and once earlier this year," Reiner observed.  Continuing his medical analysis, Reiner noted that Biden "has a stiff gait and the stiff gait which is felt to be secondary to, I think, some arthritis in his back, you know, contributes to him walking with this kind of shuffling gait.  And if you hit a sandbag there's not a lot of flexibility and you go down."

Person alleging Biden criminal bribery scheme is a 'highly credible' FBI source used since Obama admin: Source.  The individual behind the information that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national is a "highly credible" FBI confidential human source who has been used by the bureau in multiple investigative matters dating back to the Obama administration, Fox News Digital has learned.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley were approached by a whistleblower alleging that the FBI was in possession of a document — an FD-1023 form, dated June 30, 2020 — which explicitly detailed information provided by a confidential human source alleging Biden, while serving as vice president, was involved in a $5 million criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national in exchange for influence over policy decisions.

NY Post's Nelson Grills WH Over Biden Family Corruption, Farcical Press Access to Biden.  Wednesday's White House press briefing featured, among other happenings, a rare feat with not one but two bouts featuring Biden flunkies and the New York Post's Steven Nelson as well as a sudden curiosity surrounding Tara Reade now that she's emerged as a flunky herself for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.  Nelson's first bout came during National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby's latest appearance as ever-inept Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's crutch with Nelson doing what few White House reporters will focus on for more than a few seconds (if at all):  Biden family corruption.

Comer wins: FBI relents, agrees to deliver subpoenaed memo alleging Biden bribery to Capitol.  Facing a potential contempt of Congress vote, FBI Director Christopher Wray relented and has agreed to bring a subpoenaed document from the Biden family investigation to Capitol Hill for lawmakers to inspect on Monday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced Friday [6/2/2023].  The document in question, an FD-1023, contains uncorroborated allegations that an informant provided the FBI in June 2020 alleging that Joe Biden, when he was vice president, was engaged in a bribery scheme to change US policy in return for $5 million to his family's businesses, lawmakers have said.  Congress was alerted to the document by an FBI whistleblower who raised concerns the allegations were never fully investigated.  Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa demanded to see the document, and Comer followed with a subpoena.

Hunter Biden gallery calls NYPD over suspected computer and phone hack.  Staff at a Soho art gallery representing Hunter Biden's paintings called police Thursday [6/1/2023] to investigate a possible computer hack of its financial records, The [New York] Post has learned.  A source close to the Georges Berges Gallery, which has mounted shows of President Biden's son's art since 2021, said staff members fear that financial transactions have been hacked, after a client alerted them to a phony invoice requesting payment to an account not controlled by dealer Georges Berges.  The possible hack comes days after staff discovered that the gallery's phone number had been "compromised" by a number that had been traced to Turkey, the source told The Post.  The gallery has been part of a Republican-led probe of President Biden and his family's financial dealings, and the source said staff feared that financial and personal information related to the president's son could be compromised.

Huge Trove of Photos from Hunter Biden's Laptop Released.  On Thursday, thousands of photographs from Hunter Biden's laptop were made accessible to the public via a newly launched website.  Garrett Ziegler, a former Trump White House aide and founder of the nonprofit organization Marco Polo, created a website containing nearly 10,000 photos capturing moments from 2008 to 2019.  Why weren't these photos released sooner, you ask?  Well, according to Zeigler, the process took several months to finalize in order to make the photos suitable for public release.  "It's taken us a couple of months to, one, go through the photos, about 10,000 of them, and redact the genitalia on the photos," Ziegler told Fox New Digital.  "The number one thing we're about... is truth and transparency," he said.  "If the American people want to know what their first family is like, they're going to get it.  And we're not going to be taking out photos that paint the Bidens in a good light."

Senator Chuck Grassley Gives His Perspective on FBI Document Detailing Allegations of Biden Bribery.  Last night on Sean Hannity television show, House Oversight Chairman James Comer made the first admission that both he and Senator Chuck Grassley had seen the FD-1023 form filled out by an FBI agent based on allegations of Joe Biden taking bribes as outlined by an FBI CHS (Confidential Human Source).  FBI Director Christopher Wray refused to admit the document existed until Comer and Grassley informed Wray they had already seen it.  However, the FBI is still refusing the release the document to congress.  During a Fox News interview today [6/1/2023], Senator Chuck Grassley gives his opinion of what is contained within the six-page document.  [Video clip]

Biden's Latest Fall Offers Reminder That June Is 'Elder Abuse Awareness Month'.  President Joe Biden kicked off the first day of "World Elder Abuse Awareness Month" by tripping on what appeared to be a flat surface at the Air Force Academy's graduation ceremony.  [Tweet with video clip]  If any good comes out of the incident, perhaps it is that we can go over just a few of the signs of what elder abuse looks like.  It can affect any senior citizen — even the commander-in-chief, apparently.  "Elder abuse can include physical, sexual, emotional, neglect, and financial exploitation," according to SeniorCare.com. "Another form of elder abuse is self-neglect."  All of those forms of abuse — except possibly sexual (we don't dare ask) — present themselves in the Biden presidency thus far.  As an 80-year-old president, Biden's own aides have said that long presidential trips tire him out for days.  Reports indicate he is only functional between the hours of 10:00 a.m. Eastern through 4:00 p.m. Eastern — even though his job requires a 24/7-365 dedication.  Biden's fall on Thursday wasn't the only sign of physical or mental confusion displayed at the Air Force's event.  For example, when "Hail to the Chief" started playing, he needed a shove to get going.

Biden, who just fell on stage, once mocked Trump for carefully walking down ramp at commencement.  President Biden, in 2020, took aim at then-President Donald Trump for awkwardly walking down a ramp at a commencement speech — remarks that came back to haunt him on Thursday when he took a tumble over a sandbag at a commencement ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy.  Trump took heat from critics, including Biden, when he walked gingerly down the ramp at a West Point commencement ceremony in September 2020.  Then-candidate Biden, in the midst of a presidential campaign, took a swipe at the Republican incumbent.  "Look at how he steps and look at how I step.  Watch how I run up ramps and he stumbles down ramps," Biden joked.  "Come on."

Extensive Hunter Biden laptop archive with nearly 10,000 photos published on new website.  An immense catalog of photos from Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop was published Thursday on a new website, as the first son faces ongoing investigations into his overseas business affairs and potential tax and gun crimes.  Nearly 10,000 photos taken between 2008 and 2019 will be hosted at BidenLaptopMedia.com after a former Trump White House aide apparently spent months scanning the digital archive, redacting some images and publishing the rest.  "The number one thing we're about ... is truth and transparency," Garrett Ziegler, who founded the nonprofit Marco Polo, told Fox News.  Among the redacted pictures are those that display private information, such as Social Security, banking, and credit card numbers.

Website Revealing Over 10,000 Photos From Hunter Biden's Laptop Crashes Shortly After Initial Launch.  A new website unveiling over 10,000 photos from the infamous Hunter Biden laptop, which aimed to bring "truth and transparency" to America's first family, crashed shortly after launching on Thursday.  Garrett Ziegler, the founder of the nonprofit Marco Polo, told Fox News that it took engineers on the site — BidenLaptopMedia.com — "a couple of months" to redact obscene content from thousands of photos spanning from 2008 to 2019, including images exposing Hunter's genitals and multiple nude photos of his deceased brother Beau Biden's wife, Hallie Biden.  "The number one thing we're about ... is truth and transparency," Ziegler said.  "If the American people want to know what their first family is like, they're going to get it.  And we're not going to be taking out photos that paint the Bidens in a good light."  However, reports claimed the website servers continued to crash by Thursday afternoon after thousands of people witnessed the photos.

The Party's Over.  The evidence for Biden's corruption and betrayal of America mounts by the day.  We cannot wait for the situation to ripen further.  Too many of our institutions supporting justice and the rule of law have already been compromised by criminal behavior and subornation from the highest levels.  Every day that action to bring justice is delayed, creates more despair and consternation amongst the American people.  They must not be allowed to lapse into apathy and cynicism.  A clear and powerful case for Impeachment must be mounted immediately.  It will grow and become the basis for an education campaign that cannot be stopped or papered over by our now untrustworthy press and government handmaidens of deceit.  More and more of the foul truth about the Biden crime family and our damaged Justice system will emerge, until the trickle of whistle blowers and damning evidence becomes a rushing torrent that can wash away the stains and ugly crimes of the past three years.

Breadcrumbs From A Buried FBI Source May Lead To A Bigger Biden Scandal.  After a confidential human source claimed then-Vice President Joe Biden agreed to accept money from a foreign national to affect policy decisions, FBI agents used what's called an FD-1023 form to record the allegation.  Now FBI Director Christopher Wray is defying a May 3 congressional subpoena to provide this form.  On Tuesday, in response to Wray's refusal to hand over the documents, Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer announced the House will move to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress.  It isn't that announcement — or even the other explosive ones released over the past year by Comer's Senate colleague, Chuck Grassley — that prove the most telling, however.  Rather, it is the combination of all the details, big and small, that suggests the scandal set to unfold over the coming weeks will be bigger than anyone imagined.

'Missing' Biden family corruption probe witness Gal Luft speaks out, living as fugitive in undisclosed location.  Gal Luft, the "missing" witness in the House Oversight Committee's Biden family corruption investigation, has told The Post he is alive and living as a fugitive in an undisclosed location.  The former Israeli Defense Force colonel vanished from Cyprus last month while on bail awaiting extradition to the US on seven charges.  He denies the allegations, which include five charges relating to the Arms Export Control Act of conspiring to sell Chinese products to the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and Libya, as well as a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and of making a false statement.  Luft claims he was forced to skip bail because he is the victim of a political persecution by the US to protect Joe Biden and his son Hunter, and brother Jim.

James Comer: FBI Confirms Existence of File Allegedly Linking Joe Biden to $5M Bribery Scheme.  The FBI confirmed the existence of an informant file the bureau refuses to provide Congress that allegedly links President Joe Biden to a $5 million bribery scheme, a confirmation the Justice Department previously did not deny, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) revealed Wednesday [5/31/2023].  Comer and FBI Director Christopher Wray conducted a scheduled meeting Wednesday in which the bureau chief confirmed the file's existence.  The file allegedly details an arrangement involving an exchange of money for policy decisions between now-President Biden and a foreign national.

John Kirby Stammers Out a Denial and Leaves Podium after White House Reporter Details Joe Biden Bribe Allegations.  White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby was stunned by a reporter's question at Wednesday's briefing that mentioned a bribery allegation against Joe Biden, along with his involvement in the Biden family's international business dealings and whistleblower charges of interference in investigations, followed with a request to comment on a recent poll showing a majority of Americans believe Joe Biden is corrupt.  Kirby let out a shocked, "Wow!" and then stood in stunned silence for several seconds while a gasp [...] could be heard in the room.  A man off camera volunteered to take the question for Kirby but White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told him no.  After gathering his thoughts, Kirby stammered out a brief denial on Biden's behalf and referred the part about the whistleblower to the FBI before leaving the podium.  The bold questioner was New York Post reporter Steven Nelson.

Biden Walks Away After Peter Doocy Asks Why He Hasn't Done Any Campaign Rallies.  Joe Biden on Wednesday stopped to chat with reporters on the South Lawn as he departed en route to Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Biden how his re-election campaign is going.  Biden recently announced his 2024 reelection bid in a pre-recorded video posted to Twitter at 6 am.  Joe Biden knows the fix is in.  He doesn't have to campaign.

FBI Director Appears To Be Ignoring Tuesday Deadline To Give Congress Secret Document on Biden 'Bribery Scheme'.  Tuesday is the deadline for the FBI director, Christopher Wray, to hand over a document that's said to detail alleged corruption by President Biden while he was serving as vice president, but for weeks Mr. Wray has shown little interest in complying with Republican investigators probing the Biden family's years of murky financial dealings.  The chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, Congressman James Comer, asked for the letter in early May, but Mr. Wray and the FBI have so far declined to turn it over.  Shortly after Mr. Comer threatened to hold Mr. Wray in contempt of Congress on May 25, the director agreed to a phone conversation that will be held Wednesday, after the Tuesday deadline has passed.  It is unclear if this will just be a courtesy call, or if the director could be substantively engaging with House Republicans on the issue of congressional oversight.

A telling text Jim Biden sent to nephew Hunter suggests Joe WAS in on their business plans.  Newly unearthed text messages suggest President Joe Biden may have been involved in his son and brother's business deals with the Chinese, DailyMail.com can reveal.  Two weeks after a 2018 New York Times story exposed Hunter Biden's connections to a corrupt Chinese Communist Party-linked oil firm CEFC, his uncle Jim Biden texted him saying: 'you need a safe harbor' and 'I can work with you[r] father alone!'  The text messages, saved on Hunter's abandoned laptop, are the latest in a growing body of evidence tying the President to Hunter's shady overseas business deals.

America First Legal Obtains More of Biden's Vice Presidential Records from Lawsuit Against National Archives.  Today, America First Legal (AFL) released its fourth tranche of emails received from the National Archives in response to AFL's request and lawsuit for records from Joe Biden's time as Vice President in the Obama Administration and Hunter Biden's corrupt foreign business dealings.  According to the National Archives, this tranche consists of "email messages from December 2009 through June 2010 that includes the company name 'Rosemont Seneca.'" The National Archives initially proposed withholding "142 email messages in whole and 54 email messages in part" under the Presidential Records Act, but after Stuart Delery, Counsel to the President, and Robert Lenhard, former Vice President Biden's representative, weighed in, the National Archives ultimately withheld "148 email messages in whole and 52 email messages in part."  These new emails continue to reveal how the Bidens shared influence and access to the Obama White House with their family and friends.

'It's all about the money' — The Dysfunctional Biden Family Legacy.  A February 2022 article in the Wall Street Journal had the headline:  "In his own words, Joe Biden was 'seduced by real estate."  The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.  Hunter Biden later recalled that his father, Joe Jr., would also drive him and his brother Beau through wealthy neighborhoods after church.  "They would sneak into empty estates that were either abandoned or on the market.  If the front door was locked, the boy's father would hoist them through a second-floor window, and they would run downstairs and let him in.  If a real-estate agent arrived when they were there, Biden, who at this point was a senator, would charm the agent into giving them a tour."  In 1975 Joe Jr. bought a large house originally built by a member of the DuPont family — real American social royalty — for $185,000 when his annual salary as a U.S. senator was $44,000 in real terms.  In 1996 he sold the houses to the vice chairman of the credit-card company MBNA for $1.2 million.

Russian News Network Runs Story Including Pedo Photos Of Hunter Biden Found On His Laptop.  Hunter Biden is called out by Russian media for filming himself in dozens of sex tapes with under age girls while measuring crack cocaine, a disgrace for the President of the United States.  [Video clip]

'The Official Truth': The End of Free Speech That Will End America.  Similarly, majorities of Americans suspect that President Joe Biden has used the powers of his various offices to profit from influence-peddling schemes and that the FBI has intentionally refrained from investigating any possible Biden crimes.  Huge majorities of Americans, in fact, seem not at all surprised to learn that the FBI has been caught abusing its own powers to influence elections, and are strongly convinced that "sweeping reform" is needed.  Likewise, large majorities of Americans have "serious doubts about Biden's mental fitness to be president" and suspect that others behind the scenes are "puppeteers" running the nation.  Few, if any, of these poll results have been widely reported.  In a seemingly-authoritarian disconnect with the American people, corporate news media continue to ignore the public's majority opinion and instead "relentlessly advocate" those viewpoints that Americans "reject."  When journalists fail to investigate facts and deliberately distort stories so that they fit snugly within preconceived worldviews, reporters act as propagandists.

What to do with Joe Biden?  While several aspiring Republican notables are throwing their hats into the ring, the Democrats' standard-bearer is collapsing in the polls.  Having another full term of eligibility, Mr. Biden eschews turning himself into a lame duck and continues to cling to the prospect of his re-election.  Meanwhile, our rudderless nation is drifting onto the rocks of an unpleasant destiny.  All along, Biden's age-related feebleness has cast doubt about his functional abilities.  This has only gotten worse with time.  But now the FBI and the lapdog media are backing away from shielding him from a looming influence-peddling scandal.  And yet, the more marketable Democrat presidential aspirants are holding back...just so they won't appear disrespectful of our current president.  They're also not exactly star quality material when compared to the Republican field.

Biden Rape Accuser Tara Reade Defects To Russia For 'Protection And Safety'.  Tara Reade, a former staffer for then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) who accused Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign of sexually assaulting her, has defected to Russia.  Reade made the announcement during a Russian state press conference while she sat next to Russian spy Maria Butina, who was previously convicted and sentenced to prison in the U.S. for conspiring to act as an agent of Russia inside the U.S.  "I'm still kind of in a daze a bit, but I feel very good," Reade told Sputnik News. "I feel very surrounded by protection and safety.  And I just really so appreciate Maria [Butina] and everyone who's been giving me that at a time when it's been very difficult to know if I'm safe or not."

I suspect "praise" isn't the only thing Zelensky is heaping on Biden.  Ten percent for the Big Guy, perhaps.
Billions in Munitions: Zelensky Heaps Praise on Biden for Aiding Ukraine.  President Volodymyr Zelensky has heaped praise on Joe Biden over his continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia.  Giving a surprise address to students graduating from Johns Hopkins University, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke highly of his allies in the United States government and the Biden administration.  Since Russia's invasion of the country, the Democrat-run government has committed tens of billions of dollars in weapons, ammunition and equipment to the country, with the latest package of so-called military "aid" being announced only last week.

IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley testified for 6 hours about alleged Hunter Biden coverup.  IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley spent about six hours Friday privately testifying to Congress about an alleged coverup in the criminal investigation of first son Hunter Biden.  The Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee granted the panel's Democratic minority equal time to question Shapley about his claims that prosecutors are slow-walking the five-year-old case.  Tax secrecy laws bar Shapley from publicly airing details about the investigation, but disclosures to Congress are legally protected.  Each party's staffers were allowed up to one hour at a time to ask questions.  Neither side immediately publicized key exchanges.

Jill Biden Praises "How Far Women's Sports Have Come" as Biological Males.  This is unbelievable gaslighting.  Joe and Jill Biden on Friday hosted a ceremony for the Louisiana State University Tigers Women's Basketball team to celebrate their 2022-2023 NCAA Championship season.  Dr. Jill told the female athletes how proud she was of how far women's sports have come.  Biological males posing as 'transgenders' are destroying women's sports.  The Biden Regime is also waging a war on women's sports with a proposed change to Title IX which would make it illegal for schools to ban transgender students from sports teams that so-called align with the gender they 'identify with.'

Biden questioned for skipping town as debt ceiling deadline inches closer.  President Joe Biden is out of town again as debt ceiling talks enter their final days.  Biden returned from a trip to Japan last Sunday and spent just four full days in Washington before departing for Camp David on Friday afternoon.  He'll also spend part of this weekend in Delaware as the debt ceiling "X-date" approaches. [...] The White House has been criticized for Biden's high number of vacation days before and often responds by saying that Biden is the president and can fill the duties of the office from anywhere.  But the debt ceiling could be reached as soon as Thursday, and the Biden administration has been calling the problem a crisis for weeks.

The Editor says...
The Democrats say Joe Biden "can fill the duties of the office from anywhere."  Some of the same people complained about the amount of time George W. Bush spent in Crawford, Texas, and the amount of time Ronald Reagan spent at his California ranch.

Joe Biden Falsely Claims To Have Four Granddaughters, Ignoring Hunter's Illegitimate Child.  President Joe Biden falsely stated he has four granddaughters on Friday, leaving off his fifth, 4-year-old Navy Joan Roberts, the illegitimate daughter of Hunter Biden.  The president has repeatedly failed and refused to recognize Navy Joan as part of the Biden family, despite a court-ordered paternity test proving Hunter to be the child's father in 2019.  The latest lapse happened during comments the president made while hosting the 2023 Louisiana State University women's national championship basketball team at the White House.  "The way in which women's sports has come along is just incredible.  And it's not just in sports, it's across the board in every single thing," Biden said.  "It's really neat to see since I've got four granddaughters."  [Tweet]

Biden Has No Idea Who He Is Calling for at Event, as He Ditches Debt Deadline for Vacation.  Joe Biden doesn't seem to [care] about debt negotiations or our economic status.  First, he refused to even talk with Republicans for 97 days.  But since he has been talking, he doesn't want to cut anything, he just wants to keep spending us into the poor house.  He's completely in the thrall of the leftist wing of his party and they don't want him to agree with the Republicans.  Unfortunately for the Democrats, Americans want cuts and they see Joe Biden as the obstacle here. [...] So what is Biden doing in the face of all this?  We've already been put on a "credit negative watch" because of him.  But he's not changing anything about his habits — he's out the door for yet one more weekend vacation on Friday, with time in both Camp David and at his home in Delaware.

Entropy, Joe Biden, and the Progressive Left.  Joe Biden's decline into incompetence is more than a personal journey towards life's end, it is an allegory for the likely collapse of the Progressive Left and the Democrat Party now under its rule.  As Joe Biden's mind closes in on itself and his body struggles with infirmity, the Second Law of Thermodynamics is at work.  The Second Law holds that the more energy systems (think a person or an organization) become self-absorbed and isolated from the larger eco-systems surrounding them, the less productive work they can accomplish.  This is the law of entropy where, as entropy increases, useful work decreases because the energies in closed systems become random and uncoordinated in seeking practical outcomes.  The system just gets more and more chaotic, losing rhyme and reason.  Notice Joe Biden's use of words — his mind works randomly and can't stay on topic.  He even has trouble being coherent when reading what his staff has written for him to say.  When he walks or greets people, he seems out of touch with his surroundings.  This is chaotic randomness working right before our eyes.

More FBI coverups and corruption.  After the Durham report was released the FBI had to admit that they had failed to uphold the law and that the whole Crossfire Hurricane investigation — the persecution of a sitting president and his aides — was a bit of a mistake.  They made "missteps," but assured us that they have corrected their processes.  [Tweet]  Days laters it was revealed that they conducted almost 280,000 illegal searches of Americans' private records, yet again they assured us that they have cleared up any misunderstandings.  Missteps were made, but don't worry, everything is fine now.  [Tweets]  Yet again the FBI is committing a "misstep," refusing to release an unclassified document that purports to show that the FBI has knowledge about a bribery scheme that President Biden engaged in.  The document, which should be available to Congress if not released to the public, has been subpoenaed.

IRS Whistleblower Defies the Biden Administration and the Media.  For years, a Democrat-controlled Congress refused to investigate Biden family influence-peddling, and the press dismissed people raising Hunter's laptop as spreading "Russian disinformation."  The media have worked hard to minimize the blowback after acknowledging the laptop's authenticity and the growing evidence of millions in influence-peddling.  Part of this effort at "scandal implosion" has been to dismiss any criminal charges as relatively minor tax violations unconnected to the president.  Indeed, when the president recently agreed to a rare sit-down interview, the White House chose MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle.  Before asking about his son Hunter's scandal, Ruhle emphasized it was "something personal" with "no ties to you."  Many of us guffawed at the claim given multiple references on the laptop to President Biden, including possibly sharing in the proceeds from influence-peddling with foreign governments.

Here's What The IRS Whistleblower Will Tell Lawmakers About The Hunter Biden Probe Behind Closed Doors.  IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley will appear before the House Ways and Means Committee later Friday morning to submit to questioning from both Democrats and Republicans.  Missing, however, will be any members of the Senate Finance Committee, which refused to conduct a joint interview with the House oversight committee.  While Republican Rep. Jason Smith, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, held the power to authorize Senate representatives to attend the transcribed interview of the whistleblower, Smith inexplicably ignored Shapley's statement that he "would welcome" the participation of designated Senate staffers in the House hearing.  Thus the House hearing will proceed, but not on a bicameral basis.

IRS Whistleblower Accuses Agency of 'Slow-Walking' Hunter Biden Probe.  Gary Shapley, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower, said that the federal agency "slow-walked" its investigation into the finances of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter.  "There were multiple steps that were slow-walked — were just completely not done — at the direction of the Department of Justice," the IRS agent told CBS News in his first public interview on Wednesday night.  "When I took control of this particular investigation, I immediately saw deviations from the normal process.  It was way outside the norm of what I've experienced in the past."  [Tweet with video clip]

FBI says NO to subpoena from Chairman Comer.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has failed to respond to a subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee in the ongoing investigation that has been spearheaded by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., several outlets have reported.  RSBN revealed on Monday [5/22/2023] that the FBI was poised to possibly brief Rep. Comer as the Oversight Committee continues to investigate Joe Biden and the entire Biden family's link to shady business dealings over the past several years.  [Tweet]

The scandal that's hit America and will be bigger than Watergate.  The current reports of executive branch illegality make Watergate look like kindergarten mischief.  It is clear from the Durham report and the work of House Republican hearings that the current scandals in the Biden White House — and senior bureaucracies at the Justice Department, IRS and elsewhere — are much deeper and more cancerous than Watergate ever was. [...] John Mitchell became the first attorney general to be sent to jail.  He was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury. [...] Mitchell is an extremely important parallel to the current disaster, because Attorney General Merrick Garland seems to be doing a lot more obstructing of justice than Mitchell ever dreamed of doing.  Garland's Justice Department reportedly instructed the IRS to disband the unit investigating Hunter Biden's taxes.  He has used the FBI to harass former President Donald Trump and a wide range of Republicans.  And he's turned a blind eye to every report of foreign money going to the Biden family ($3 million in one Chinese transaction, a diamond sent to Hunter Biden, millions of dollars sent by the widow of the Mayor of Moscow, etc.).

IRS Commissioner: DOJ Responsible for Whistleblower Purge from Hunter Biden Tax Probe.  IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told Congress the Justice Department (DOJ) made the decision to purge an IRS whistleblower from the DOJ's probe into Hunter Biden, according to a letter sent to House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO).  Werfel's letter on May 17 responded to Smith's May 16 inquiry about concerns that a high-ranking IRS agent faced retaliation for raising red flags about alleged political interference in the tax probe of Hunter Biden.  Werfel said the decision to remove a whistleblower from the tax investigation was at the DOJ's direction, confirming what a second IRS whistleblower alleged Monday.

Capitol censors reject Hunter Biden movie screening.  The producers of a docudrama about the Hunter Biden scandals claim that their film has been banned in the Capitol for political reasons.  Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, the producers of My Son Hunter, told Secrets that Rep. Lauren Boebert's (R-CO) request that their film be shown in the Capitol Visitor Center was rejected by the Architect of the Capitol's office to block embarrassing the White House.  "The Hunter Biden story is one of the most censored and suppressed stories of the past decade, and it seems the pattern is continuing despite constant emerging evidence showing that the movie My Son Hunter is much more a documentary than it is a drama.  People need to see this movie because they deserve the truth after it was withheld for so long," said McElhinney.  McAleer and McElhinney have produced several documentaries and docudramas on key issues including abortion, fracking, and the environment.  In My Son Hunter, they dramatize the financial troubles and scandals of the first son.

FBI refuses to provide subpoenaed document on alleged Biden 'criminal scheme'.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation failed to turn over a document subpoenaed by House Republicans that allegedly details a bribery scheme from then-Vice President Joe Biden.  The agency refused to provide the document Monday in a private meeting with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.  The unclassified FD-1023 document details criminal allegations of a pay-to-play scheme related to the Biden family's business dealings, according to a whistleblower at the agency who spoke with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.  Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who chairs the Oversight Committee, issued the subpoena to the FBI, which previously failed to provide the document by a May 10 deadline.  Comer said he wants to work with Senate Republicans to hold the FBI's budget "hostage" until the agency gets new leadership or provides the document.

FBI again refuses to comply with subpoena, declines to give House report on Biden bribery allegation.  The FBI again refused to comply Monday with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer's subpoena for a document that allegedly details a pay-to-play scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden.  The bureau's latest refusal to turn over the unclassified FD-1023 document detailing an informant's criminal allegations against Biden, 80, came during a briefing between the Oversight Committee and FBI staff.  Comer (R-Ky.) is expected to reveal the panel's next steps in the quest for the document sometime this week.  Congress has the power to cut funding to federal agencies or use litigation to enforce subpoenas.  The Republican-led House of Representatives also could move to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt or begin impeachment proceedings in an effort to apply pressure.

Second IRS Hunter Biden Whistleblower Comes Forward, Gets Threatened With Criminal Prosecution.  Another IRS whistleblower involving the Hunter Biden investigation has been revealed, and according to a new report, threats of retaliation via criminal prosecution followed.  That revelation comes after the IRS removed the entire investigative team overseeing the Hunter Biden case, which involves allegations of tax fraud and failure to file taxes.  That left many with the impression that a full-scale cover-up was in effect.  The request to remove the team reportedly came directly from the DOJ, which has continued to inexplicably stall any kind of final decision on whether to prosecute the president's degenerate son.

Biden Dismisses Chinese Spying as "Silly Balloon".  The Biden administration tried to cover up China's espionage.  It was only discovered because of a viral video out of Montana.  Once the scandal broke, the Biden administration put on a show of "taking it seriously."  Since then it's been confirmed that it was staged for the benefit of the American public. [...] The diplomatic relationship with China is managed by Bejing saying, "Jump" and Biden sending emissaries to carefully negotiate how high he will be expected to leap.  After several weeks, China finally agrees to state the exact height of the jump as a non-negotiable set of statements.  But contrast this moment of relative honesty from Biden with his previous butch address and posturing about the spy balloon.  It was all lie.  Like everything else.

Biden Again Demonstrates His Abject Unfitness to Be President.  If he didn't bear the title of president of the United States and you met Old Joe Biden in any social setting, you'd smile and nod and not try to make any sense of what he was saying, because it would be abundantly clear that this is a man who is not in full possession of his faculties.  But the poor WhiteHouse.gov transcript wonks have to try to turn Old Joe's dementia-addled ramblings into something remotely approaching sense and accuracy, and he had them working overtime at a G7 Summit press conference on Sunday [5/21/2023].  [Tweet with video clip]  Sundown Joe is frequently incoherent, but this one made his most egregious brain-salad ramblings look like Shakespeare.

Beck and Levin provide a way to bring the Bidens to justice.  Glenn Beck and Mark Levin have compiled a report that catalogues many of the crimes committed by the Biden family.  The two broadcaster/journalists have put together a stunning list of the violations committed by the criminal first family. [...] In addition to Hunter's personal pleasure pursuits, it is also demonstrated that the Bidens repeatedly violated the FARA regulations, requiring agents for foreign governments to register as such.  Multiple violations of this act by Hunter and his associates have gone uninvestigated and, thus, unprosecuted.  The U.S. government did manage to use these laws to go after former Trump adviser Paul Manafort and find him guilty and sentenced him to seventy-three months in prison.  Far greater wrongdoing on the part of Hunter and his associates remains unprosecuted.  Chinese elites have paid approximately $31 million to Hunter, who distributed the funds throughout the family, including payments to "the big guy."  Joe Biden met with at least 14 of Hunter's business associates while vice president.  He continues to insist he never was involved with his son's business dealings, in effect daring us to call him a liar.

Poll: 4 in 10 Say Congress Should Begin Impeachment Proceedings on Biden.  Four in ten likely voters believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings on President Joe Biden, a Rasmussen Reports survey revealed on Thursday.  The survey found 42 percent of likely voters indicating that Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against Biden, while 45 percent said lawmakers should not.  While most Republicans (70 percent) believe Congress should and most Democrats (71 percent) believe Congress should not, independents remain relatively divided.  Forty percent of independents do not believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings on the 80-year-old president, compared to 39 percent who believe lawmakers should do so.

Hunter Biden cried poverty but still flew to his child-support hearing on a private jet for at least $55K.  Hunter Biden cried poverty at his Arkansas child-support hearing earlier this month — despite flying to and from the courthouse aboard a luxury private jet owned by his close friend Kevin Morris.  The 2001 Dassault Falcon 50 — formerly owned by country singer Brad Paisely — is registered to Plato LLC, for which Morris is the principal, California business records show.  The $6 million jet took off from Los Angeles on April 30 just after 7 a.m, according to flight records reviewed by The [New York] Post.  It flew cross-country to Washington DC where it landed at Dulles Airport.

Hunter Biden accused of 'playing games' in baby-mama child support case, lawyer rips claims he's poor.  Hunter Biden is dragging his feet and "playing games" in his child support case — a "hallmark Biden litigation tactic," the mother of his out-of-wedlock daughter claims in new court papers.  President Biden's 53-year-old son has been trying to lower his $20,000-a-month child support payments to former stripper Lunden Roberts — with whom he shares 4-year-old daughter Navy Joan Roberts — a move that Roberts has vowed to fight.  "Mr. Biden does not want to disclose his income and assets, says that he is somewhat financially destitute, while he lives on a mountain overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, has Secret Service protection, and enjoys his time abroad (which he has also lied about in discovery)," Roberts' lawyer Clinton Lancaster wrote in court papers Friday.

FBI refuses to hand over document Republicans claim ties Biden to 'criminal' access scheme with foreign national.  Top Republicans remind FBI Director Chris Wray he must comply with a subpoena for a document allegedly linking Joe Biden to a cash-for-access 'criminal scheme' or else face 'consequences.'  'The FBI's delay in producing a single, unclassified record is unacceptable,' said House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer to Wray in a Friday evening letter marking nine days since the deadline passed.  'The FBI's credibility is on the line, and their continued failure to cooperate will have long lasting consequences,' added Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

The Union Is Not a Suicide Pact.  Just last week, pretend-president Biden told the graduating class at Howard University that the biggest threat to the country is "white supremacy."  The notion is so absurd that it came off like the kind of weak pandering that third-world dictators rhetorically vomit forth when they are eager to keep their citizens fighting one another and distracted from the government's primary role in their suffering.  Given that Biden has a lifetime of racist behavior under his belt, I half expected Democrat presidents Woodrow Wilson and Lyndon Johnson to tap-dance out on stage and say, "America's most notoriously racist presidents approve this message."  Leave it to the real white supremacists from the Democrat party to declare war on "white supremacy" outside the party!  Does that brand of craziness sound like a government confident in its future stability?  Because it sounds to me like the actions of a tin-pot tyrant desperately seeking a scapegoat.

Biden Stokes the Flames of Distrust.  [Scroll down]  Is racial harmony best achieved through developing an understanding of one another or by encouraging hatred and distrust?  This brings me to Joe Biden's commencement speech at Howard University.  He told a predominantly black audience that "white supremacy" is the greatest threat faced by our nation.  I'm not going to analyze whether Joe has any substantiating evidence for that statement — or if it was just a flat-out lie.  I want to talk about the effect that type of language has on the society he is charged to lead.

Schweizer: Oversight Committee Has Subpoenaed Phone Records for Joe Biden Phone Paid by Hunter Biden.  The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed phone records of a phone belonging to President Joe Biden that Hunter Biden's business paid for, according to Peter Schweizer, Government Accountability Institute president in an interview on Tuesday [5/16/2023].  Schweizer said in an interview with 77 WABC's Cats & Cosby that it was discovered on Hunter Biden's laptop that he was paying a phone bill for his father from 2009 to 2017, which encompassed the time Biden was vice president.

IRS Axes 'Entire Investigative Team' Probing Hunter Biden Taxes: Report.  As the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI were left reeling in the wake of John Durham's report on the "sobering" finding that there was no basis for the investigation into Trump's "Russian collusion," the DOJ reportedly wasted no time apparently trying to use the fury of media scrutiny to make another confounding decision.  According to an exclusive report late Monday night from The New York Post, the IRS "removed the 'entire investigative team' from its long-running tax fraud probe of first son Hunter Biden in alleged retaliation against the whistleblower who alleged a coverup."  [Tweet]  In April, an anonymous IRS employee retained counsel after making protected disclosures at the federal agency and made contact with Republican House committee chairmen seeking to make additional protected disclosures to lawmakers about what the whistleblower called "preferential treatment" for Hunter Biden and knowledge of details that "contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee."

Can we please stop using the term 'President Biden'?  One of Biden's chief functions for the left is his role as Straw Man in Chief.  If you attack him, you're not attacking them.  (Leftist) Mission accomplished. [...] [D]on't waste time on Biden.  Focus on one row back.  Biden is about to be history, courtesy of his current masters.  But we will get only more of the same or worse.

Biden's Kampf.  Biden is again running on the lie he morphed into a 'battle for the soul of our nation.'  "When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America.  And we still are."  For Biden it has always been about his battle to secure the soul of America for those to whom he sold it.  For George Soros it was about control to gain influence, access, and special treatment.  After the election Biden formed a transition team that staffed itself with people connected to Soros.  But his money also played a part.  Soros spent over $70 million on activities that backed Biden's candidacy.  Soros bought frequent access to Obama.  That access returned under Biden. [...] Biden selected, on seventeen occasions, people for his transition teams who worked for organizations founded or funded by Soros.

IRS Whistleblower Removed From Hunter Biden Criminal Investigation, at Request of DOJ, Attorneys Say.  The IRS has removed a whistleblower and his team from a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden's taxes and business dealings at the request of the Department of Justice, according to the whistleblower's attorneys.  "Today, the [IRS] Criminal Supervisory Special Agent we represent was informed that he and his entire investigative team are being removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile, controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress," the whistleblower's lawyers said in a May 15 letter addressed to multiple congressional lawmakers, first obtained by Just the News.  "He was informed the change was at the request of the Department of Justice."  Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, has been under federal investigation for alleged tax fraud, lobbying crimes, and money laundering.

IRS removes investigative team from Hunter Biden probe in move whistleblower claims is 'clearly retaliatory'.  The IRS on Monday [5/15/2023] removed the "entire investigative team" from its long-running tax fraud probe of first son Hunter Biden in alleged retaliation against the whistleblower who recently contacted Congress to allege a cover-up in the case, The [New York] Post has learned.  The purge allegedly was done on the orders of the Justice Department, the whistleblower's attorneys informed congressional leaders in a letter.  "Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Supervisory Special Agent we represent was informed that he and his entire investigative team are being removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile, controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress.  He was informed the change was at the request of the Department of Justice," Mark Lytle and Tristan Leavitt wrote.  The whistleblower, who supervised the Hunter Biden probe since early 2020, hasn't publicly identified the first son as the subject of the case that he says is being brushed under the rug, but congressional sources confirmed it.

By The Standards Democrats Applied To Trump, Joe Biden Is A Traitor.  Joe Biden's family's use of his high-level U.S. government positions to rake in millions from product-free "business deals" has been documented since before the Obama administration, perhaps most extensively by journalist Peter Schweizer.  Last week, Republicans in Congress added more evidence to the accruing pile indicating the Biden family has been selling influence with the American government to foreign bidders for decades.  House Republicans called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate evidence at least nine Biden family members functioned as cutouts for some $10 million in foreign payments to "the big guy."  The nest of foreign payments to Biden family members under nearly two dozen shell companies looks like a mafia ledger.  Corporate outlets largely ignored the new evidence that would have led to another impeachment push if Trump were president. [...] Again, apply this to the Biden family's "business deals," and Joe Biden should have been impeached as a traitor the day he took office.  According to Schweizer, many of the Chinese officials who paid Biden family members were connected with high-level Chinese government intelligence. [...] Americans need to know what the Biden family did and may still be doing for Ukrainian officials in exchange for Hunter Biden's well-documented Ukranian sinecure.  How many of those American war billions for Ukraine that we can't trace are going to oligarchs who made payments to Biden family members?

At Least 5 Whistleblowers Come Forward Against Biden Family.  At least five whistleblowers have come forward to allege wrongdoing by the Biden family in connection with business schemes and corresponding coverups.  The whistleblowers are in addition to the multitude of witnesses that Republican members of Congress have interviewed behind closed doors.  The whistleblowers range from an IRS agent to an Obama administration stenographer, encompassing alleged corruption in Ukraine and Mexico, along with the FBI and DOJ.  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who testified before the House's new Select Subcommittee on Political Weaponization in 2023, said whistleblower disclosures indicate the FBI has evidence that Joe Biden is aware of the family business schemes, a statement that directly contradicts the president.

The Latest Development in the Biden Family Corruption Investigation Is Not Good.  We have the China connections, thanks to former associate Tony Bobulinski who gave all the alleged incriminating documents to the FBI, which unsurprising have been tossed into the bureau's Bermuda Triangle located in the evidence room.  The Burisma dealings, where Hunter was paid tens of thousands a month to sit on the board of that Ukrainian energy company in return for access to Obama officials, is also widely documented.  There's a tax evasion investigation, along with how Hunter, a prohibited person, obtained a handgun.  Well, he lied on the latter.  The mountain of evidence could scale Everest, but are we confident that charges will be filed as long as Joe Biden and the Democrats control the Justice Department?  In the meantime, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chair of the House Oversight Committee, revealed that a top witness in his investigation has gone missing.

Key Witness in Biden Bribery Scheme Missing, FBI Won't Offer Assistance.  As RedState previously reported, Rep. James Comer and other Republicans in both the House and Senate are currently in the midst of an investigation into an alleged bribery scheme involving the Biden family.  Specifically, the FBI is in possession of a 1023 form that includes supposed evidence and witness testimony to that effect.  But while the FBI has not denied that they have the form, they have attempted to stonewall, claiming confidentiality concerns.  Now, another roadblock has appeared.  According to Comer, some witnesses have gone missing while others are in jail, and the FBI is refusing to assist in locating them.  That was said on Fox News on Sunday, and Jonathan Turley summarized Comer's remarks.  [Tweet]

The Editor says...
Given what we've learned about the FBI in the last four or five years, I'd be willing to believe that the "missing" witnesses are in the custody of the FBI, which explains why they won't assist in the search for them.  Most likely, if the witnesses are not found, the news media will hint that no such witness exists.

Biden Calls 'White Supremacy' the 'Most Dangerous Terrorist Threat' in Speech at Black College.  Joe Biden is a born political panderer.  It's how he won the Democratic Party nomination, and it played a large role in his victory over Donald Trump.  Telling people what they want to hear is a political skill that most politicians possess.  But there may never have been a politician as adept and skilled as Joe Biden in pandering to voters based on their race, their gender, their sexual identity, or any other aspect of their personhood that can be sliced, diced, and pureed to create a message tailor-made for a particular Democratic constituency.  Biden gave the commencement address to the historically black college of Howard University on Saturday and turned on the pander up to "10" in his bid to win over his audience.

James Comer accuses White House of intimidation regarding Biden family business dealings.  A top Republican accused the White House of "intimidating" players with knowledge of the Biden family's overseas business dealings.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) urged the "FBI work with us" as his panel struggles to get more information out of those individuals who know about the family's dealings with Chinese energy conglomerate CEFC, eastern Europe, and more.  "Nine of the 10 people that we've identified that have very good knowledge with respect to the Bidens — they're one of three things:  they're either currently in court, they're currently in jail, or they're currently missing," Comer told Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.  "Honestly, they fear for their lives.  Not only are the Biden lawyers and the Biden White House intimidating them, the media is trying to intimidate and discredit them," he added.

Howard University's criteria for Biden's honorary degree draws mockery as mental fitness questioned.  President Joe Biden was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Howard University on Saturday for his "analytical intellect" and "popularity on both sides" — claims mocked by conservatives on Twitter and contradicted by recent polls.  Dr. Wayne Frederick, the president of Howard University, introduced Biden with high praise at the school's 155th commencement on Saturday [5/13/2023].  "Admired for your sound analytical intellect and open embrace for all, your popularity on both sides of the aisle of the United States led to your illustrious reputation and outstanding service of 36 years as a Democratic senator from Delaware beginning at a tender age of 29," Frederick said of Biden.

Howard University hands Biden an honorary degree for his 'analytical intellect'.  What's a doctoral degree from Howard University worth?  Well, Joe Biden got one, honorary at least ... based on his 'sound analytical intellect' and 'illustrious reputation.' [...] Which kind of raises questions as to whether a degree from that school is worth anything at all.  Biden can't recall what day of the week it is, let alone analytically analyze anything more critical than lining his family's pockets.  He cannot speak in public without a teleprompter and at times reads even the cues on it.  He dodges the press.  He campaigned from his basement — to keep any unscripted moment out of the public eye.  He wanders off and gets lost at the buffet table.  Our enemies smile and make the most of it.  If this is what passes for 'analytical intellect' at Howard, it would be interesting to find out what they consider 'stupid.'

Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to lead a probe into Hunter Biden 'paying for sex workers' amid fears they were human trafficking victims.  Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to lead a probe into whether sex workers Hunter Biden allegedly paid for were victims of human trafficking.  This comes amid the House Oversight Committee's continuing investigation into President Joe Biden's second son's dealings.  'Congresswoman Greene is very concerned about the possibility that the women being paid for prostitution by the President's son who were foreign nationals were human trafficked,' a committee spokesperson told DailyMail.com.

GOP Rep. Mace: The Amount of Evidence Against Hunter Biden 'Is Ridiculous'.  Friday on FNC's "Hannity," Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) blasted the FBI and the Department of Justice for how it has handled the investigation into possible wrongdoing of the Biden family while attempting to indict former President Donald Trump for misdemeanors.  The South Carolina lawmaker said her track record showed she wasn't in the tank for Trump and asserted the amount of evidence against first son Hunter Biden was "ridiculous."  "I will tell you, this is, as you say, Sean — everything you said was a hundred percent true, and this is just the tip of the iceberg," she said. "

Comer says fresh evidence warrants investigation of Joe Biden 'for public corruption'.  The chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee says his probe of Biden family business dealings has evolved from examining lucrative overseas business payments to determining whether Joe Biden corruptly took policy actions to enrich his family.  "This is an investigation of the president of the United States for public corruption," he told Just the News.  In a wide-ranging interview Thursday on the state of his investigation, Comer, R-Ky., said his review of scores of suspicious activity reports flagging transactions involving Biden family businesses and partners indicated that major banks had serious concerns about money laundering dating back many years.  "What about money laundering?," he asked on the "Just the News No Noise" TV show.  "Multiple banks in those violations implied that there was money laundering going on.  What about racketeering?  Racketeering is when you create shell companies and fake companies that serve no purpose other than to launder money."

Turley calls out Biden family's 'labyrinth of LLCs': Only ones not listed 'are the pets'.  Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley argued on "America's Newsroom" Friday [5/12/2023] that House Republicans' new allegations about the Biden family, including details about several LLCs, "confirm our worst expectations" about the "family business."  New allegations from House Republicans outline several Biden family members including grandkids who, according to bank records, received funds from foreign business dealings.  [Transcript]

Biden Heads to the Beach as Border Crisis Explodes, DHS Forces Officers to Work All Weekend.  Joe Biden is headed to his Rehoboth Beach compound for the weekend as the border crisis explodes.  Title 42 expired Friday at midnight and a migrant child has already died in US custody.  The border crisis is out of control and Joe Biden doesn't have a care in the world.

[During the 2020 election, the] CIA had 'no evidence' Biden laptop was Russian disinformation, says top intel officer.  A former top intelligence officer with oversight of threats ahead of the 2020 election said the Central Intelligence Agency had "no evidence" at the time that Hunter Biden's laptop had anything to do with a Russian disinformation campaign, despite claims from then-candidate Joe Biden's allies.  Just before the election, 51 former national security officials wrote a public letter claiming the Hunter Biden laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  It was signed by former President Obama CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, among others.  However, in an interview with Fox News Digital, former National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Chris Porter said that claims from Biden's supporters "did not reflect" the actual intelligence.

Biden Inc knew their "clients" were CCP intel fronts — and so did the FBI.  Yesterday's presser by James Comer and House Oversight raised a lot of questions about the Biden family's business affairs — and especially what exactly they were peddling for $10 million or more.  No one yet can explain what legitimate products or services got exchanged for that cash, nor has anyone offered any explanation for why legitimate compensation would have to get run through the labyrinth of LLCs and the Biden Inc pattern of structured payments.  Of course, some people just don't want to know — especially our Protection Racket Media:  [Tweet]

Deep State can't cover for scale of Biden corruption.  If the bombshells unleashed at Wednesday morning's House Oversight Committee press conference had been about the corruption of a Republican president via millions of dollars in foreign bribes to his family, the clamor for impeachment would have been deafening.  But Joe Biden has the protection of the Deep State and unscrupulous Democratic lawyers, so accountability will be slower, though no less certain, if Oversight Chairman James Comer continues his dogged pursuit of the money.  Comer (R-Ky.) has delivered an astonishing forensic interim accounting of $10 million in payments from just two of the countries, Romania and China, which enriched the president's family during his vice presidency and in the weeks afterward.  That's not counting further millions from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Romania, Oman, or earlier China deals and "other foreign business deals the Committee is investigating."  The only business the Bidens were engaged in for all that filthy lucre was selling Joe's influence to the highest foreign bidder when he was VP, with no regard for national security, and with his knowledge and active involvement, including meeting at least a dozen of son Hunter Biden's foreign benefactors.

Biden's Chinese financial dealings are a counterintelligence nightmare.  In other words, Hunter Biden knew exactly what sort of people his friends from Beijing were.  During the critical 2017-18 time frame, it was hardly a secret that CEFC was closely allied with the Chinese Communist Party, its military, and its intelligence services.  Even CNN in 2018 admitted that CEFC leadership, above all Ye Jianming, appeared to be unusually close with Chinese intelligence.  Before that, CEFC was run out of the Czech Republic thanks to its shady business acquisitions, plus its efforts to buy off Czech politicians and influencers were so blatant that they got the attention of Prague's counterintelligence service.  CEFC's activities in the Czech Republic represented a classic case of weaponizing a front company to lavish funds in the service of Beijing's interests.

John Brennan's closed-door hearing 'confirmed' Hunter laptop letter was 'all political': Jim Jordan.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News the testimony his panel heard in private from Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan "confirmed" the letter signed by 51 current and former intel officials was not on-the-level.  "[Brennan] sat for a four-hour interview and he further confirmed that this thing was all political," Jordan said on "Jesse Watters Primetime."  Jordan recounted his allegation that then-Biden campaign adviser Antony Blinken was the "impetus" behind the letter, which he said was organized in-part by former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who testified before the Judiciary Committee earlier in May.

How the Biden corruption empire ran under the radar for so long.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer declared Wednesday, "While Vice President Biden was lecturing Romania on anti-corruption policies, in reality he was a walking billboard for his son and family to collect money."  Comer noted that "the money stops flowing from the Romanian national soon after Joe Biden leaves the vice presidency."  Former US Treasury official Phil Stephenson testified in 2017 that the Romanian "fight against corruption itself has been corrupted."  Romania is only the tip of the iceberg of payoffs that the Biden family — including Joe's grandkids — pocketed from shady foreigners.  A House Oversight Committee analysis exposed "the Biden family's pattern of courting business in regions of the world in which the then Vice President had an outsize role and influenced U.S. policy."

Hunter Biden and ex-wife Kathleen Buhle's divorce attorneys were aware of 'Romania deal' payments.  Divorce lawyers for Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle were aware of money hitting Hunter's bank account from a "Romania deal," emails show, appearing to contradict Buhle's previous claims she had her "head buried in the sand" when it came to Hunter's finances.  During a press conference Wednesday [5/10/2023], House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed Buhle was one of several Biden family members, including Hallie Biden, who received foreign money and that Hunter received over $1 million from Romania.  According to 2016 and 2017 emails reviewed by Fox News Digital from Hunter's abandoned laptop, divorce lawyers for Hunter and Buhle were aware of payments from a "Romania deal" and discussed how it should be divided among the two parties.

Feds Started A Dangerous Game With Hunter Biden's Laptop, But GOP Lawmakers Can Finish It.  The interim report of the House Intelligence Committee and Weaponization Subcommittee released Wednesday established extensive coordination between the Biden campaign and those behind the statement signed by 51 former intelligence officials that painted the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation.  More explosive, however, is the fact, first reported on Tuesday by The Federalist, that a Central Intelligence Agency employee solicited a former CIA officer to sign the statement.  Yet there is still much more to unravel to expose the breadth and depth of the info op painting the infamous laptop as Russian disinformation and the government actors involved.  Here are five threads that will lead to the truth.  [#1] Subpoena All 51 Signatories:  As its title stated, the House's report focused on "How Senior Intelligence Community Officials and the Biden Campaign Worked to Mislead American Voters."  While the October 2020 letter signed by the former intelligence officials is only part of the scandal, it's a solid entry point to learning the identity of many of those involved.

The Staggering Flaws of the Biden Family.  Joe Biden is not the captain of our Ship of State; a shadow government pulls his strings.  I cannot view Biden in the context of his record and statements and see him as an able leader. [...] Biden's mental acuity should be a central issue.  If intellectually incompetent, he should not be the leader of the free world. [...] Biden came from humble means, never worked in the private sector, but somehow became wildly wealthy.  Several of Biden's family members essentially work in the family business of apparent influence peddling. [...] When asked how many grandchildren he has, Biden answers, "I don't know."  Widely known is the fact that Hunter Biden had a child with a stripper, and the Biden family refuses to acknowledge little Navy Joan's paternity.  This flaw telegraphs so much more though.  Failing to own up to the truth, neglecting the role of a financial supporter of your own offspring, and canceling a child by denying her existence are actions having vast trust and integrity ramifications.  Why should we trust someone who thinks and lives only for himself?

Biden Family Tried To Hide Over $10 Million In Foreign Payments: House GOP.  Summary: House Republicans laid out evidence of a vast network of Biden family dealings which reek of corruption — including;
  •   The Biden family received, and tried to hide, over $10 million in payments from foreign nationals
  •   A previously undisclosed $1 million in Romanian-linked payments
  •   Ties to Romanian 'influence peddling'
  •   A 'web' of 20 LLCs created while Joe Biden was Vice President with a 'complicated corporate structure'
  •   'At least 15' of the LLCs were formed after Biden became VP in 2009 — several of which were owned or co-owned by Hunter
  •   These LLCs accepted payments ranging from $5,000 to $3 million
  •   The committee wants to know what legitimate business the Biden family was in

Clear Political Intent — FBI Refuses to Turn Over Unclassified Investigative Report Detailing Joe Biden Bribery Scheme.  Congress has specific knowledge of an investigative document inside the FBI known as an FD-1023.  The FD-1023 details the evidence delivered by confidential human sources to investigators.  The specific FD-1023 is a multi-page document outlining the entire bribery scheme used by Joe Biden and his family.  The person who helped detail the FD-1023 documents has informed congress of its existence.  Because this unclassified FD-1023 outlines the details of how Joe Biden used his office to accept bribes from foreign officials, the FBI is refusing to release it.  Instead, the FBI is telling Congress they have no right to see it.  The FBI is claiming that reports from Confidential Human Sources (CHSs) cannot be released, regardless of classification status.  Further, what you will note in the claims of the FBI and DOJ is essentially what we have been talking about on these pages for several years.  Information is intentionally put into institutional silos that keep the information hidden and protected.  The silo use is everywhere in Washington DC.

Biden Family Attempted To Hide More Than $10 Million In Foreign Payments, Republicans Allege.  The Biden family attempted to hide more than $10 million in payments from foreign nationals through a web of privately-held companies, House Oversight and Government Accountability Committee chairman James Comer of Kentucky said Wednesday [5/10/2023] at a press conference.  Since taking control of the House, Republicans have undertaken wide-ranging investigations into the Biden family's business practices.  While Hunter Biden's Ukrainian and Chinese energy deals have been widely reported, the House Oversight Committee has looked at other family members, including the president's brother James and sister Valerie.

Biden family 'got $1 million from Romania' while Joe vowed to clean up corruption.  Republicans are digging in on over $10 million received by Biden family members from foreign actors, including previously undisclosed $1 million in Romanian-linked payments, and a 'web' of 20 companies created while President Joe Biden was vice president and pushing anti-corruption efforts abroad.  On Wednesday [5/10/2023], House Oversight Committee Republicans led by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., released a 'Second Records Memorandum' that expands on information it received from subpoena returns as the committee continues its investigation into the Biden family's business practices.

Shocking new developments emerge in the explosive Biden Romania scandal.  All roads lead to Romania, according to a recent report by the House Oversight Committee that revealed Joe Biden received foreign funds from Romania during his time in office as vice president.  The news has come as a bombshell and added to the scrutiny of the Biden family's alleged corruption.  While Ukraine and China have been the primary focus of the Biden Crime Family allegations, Romania was never considered to be a potential source of foreign funds... but here we are.  We also know, thanks to a 2022 New York Post report, that Hunter Biden met with his father multiple times while he was working for a Romanian real estate tycoon accused of corruption — an effort that netted Joe Biden's second son and associates "millions" of dollars, a source close to the arrangement told The Post.  Experts previously told The Post Hunter Biden's failure to register as a foreign agent was almost certainly a violation of the federal Foreign Agent Registration Act.

Bank Records Show Biden Family Received $10 Million in Payments From China, Foreign Interests: House Oversight.  Banking and other records made public Wednesday by House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) depict a complex money laundering scheme involving millions of dollars, many from foreign countries, given to President Joe Biden and nearly a dozen members of his family.  In a memorandum summarizing findings to date of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, chaired by Comer (R-Ky.), investigators described examining thousands of bank records and legal documents depicting nearly two dozen Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) established by Biden family members to receive payments from private clients, corporations and foreign governments, including China and Romania.

Oversight Committee: Biden Family Business Received over $10 Million from Romania, China for Unknown Work.  The Biden family business over the course of several years received over $10 million from business schemes in Romania and China in return for what appears to be influence peddling, bank documents obtained Wednesday by Breitbart News from the House Oversight Committee show.  In total, Biden family members and business associates designed a web of over 20 companies, many of which were formed during Joe Biden's vice presidency, the committee revealed.  In total, the Biden family, business associates, and companies received over $10 million from foreign nationals' companies, the committee found.

Bidens Used Web of Shell Companies to Conceal Foreign Cash, Bank Records Obtained by House GOP Reveal.  The Biden family and its business associates created a complicated web of more than 20 companies, according to bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee — a system GOP lawmakers say was meant to conceal money received from foreign nationals.  Sixteen of the companies were limited liability companies formed during Joe Biden's tenure as vice president, the committee said in a press conference on Wednesday.  The Biden family, their business associates, and their companies received more than $10 million from foreign nationals' and their related companies, the records show.  These payments occurred both while Biden was in office as vice president and after his time in office ended.

Chaffetz: Joe And Hunter Biden Basically Committed "Treason," White House Press Room "Should Erupt".  ["]This is corruption at the highest level, to not only enrich the Biden family en masse, but also corruption that is an intelligence security risk for the United States of America.  If you look at the money and size, particularly in China, we are talking about people with direct ties to the highest levels of the Chinese government where Hunter Biden is involved and engaged in securing, for instance, one of the biggest cobalt mines in the world.  So Joe Biden goes with Hunter Biden to China in 2013, and less than two weeks after they return from that trip, suddenly Hunter Biden gets all of this money?  Are you kidding me?  What other evidence do we need of treason and those types of things?["]

The explosive new evidence of Biden family's breathtaking corruption.  The sheer magnitude of Biden family corruption uncovered by the House Oversight Committee can only be described as breathtaking.  It is also deeply alarming.  If the fruits of Chairman James Comer's investigation are exactly what they appear to be, Joe Biden may have jeopardized our nation's security by selling out America for cold hard cash.  Documents show that over $10 million in foreign money flowed like a river into more than 20 shell companies and LLCs created for the Bidens' financial benefit, said Comer.  Much of it was then surreptitiously shuffled around various accounts before it landed in the hands of nine members of the president's family.  Those companies have no apparent business purpose other than to serve as a receptacle for hiding cash derived from suspected influence peddling schemes overseas.

NEPO babies and the Biden RICO gang.  [Scroll down]  So drenched in their myopic corruption and ill-gotten gain, their careless damage to America is inestimable.  How do we know?  From their own words and deeds.  There is thenVice-President Biden on video describing how he strong-armed Ukraine and had officials there fired.  There is Hunter's infamous laptop where we learn of a vig to the 'Big Guy' from six and seven figure foreign payments to Hunter for bogus work and American carve-outs.  There is the credible detailed testimony given by Mr. Tony Bobulinski.  There is Biden's inexplicable job-destroying, US oil production shutdowns, forcing Americans to pay obscene and needlessly high prices for gas — to foreign countries.  There is Biden's failed border policy that permits an invasion of global bad actors, terrorist cells, child pornography and prostitution, and drugs.  American cities are being destroyed by these illegal aliens, the homeless in tent camps, resulting inhuman waste and illegal sexual activity on stark public display.

CIA Solicited Signatures For Hunter Biden Laptop Letter, Congressional Testimony Shows.  The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) both solicited signatures for and eventually approved the infamous 2020 letter claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop story was a Russian disinformation plot, recent congressional testimony suggests.  According to a report to be released Wednesday by the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, multiple former U.S. intelligence officials testified under oath about the CIA's involvement in the distribution of the letter, which was eventually signed by more than 50 former senior U.S. intelligence officials.  "One signer of the statement, former CIA analyst David Cariens, disclosed to the Committees that a CIA employee affiliated with the agency's Prepublication Classification Review Board ('PCRB') informed him of the existence of the statement and asked if he would sign it," the House investigative report notes.  "The Committees have requested additional material from the CIA, which has ignored the request to date."

Biden accuser Tara Reade: 'If something happens to me, all roads lead to Joe Biden'.  Tara Reade, who says President Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in the 1990s when she worked in his U.S. Senate office, posted a cryptic message about what should happen if she dies.  "I want to make something clear.  If something happens to me, all roads lead to Joe Biden," Reade tweeted Sunday. "Joe Biden and DNC political machine threats, bullying and intimidation over the last three years will not work.  She also said that she is not suicidal, nor a foreign agent and she only decided to tell the truth and testify under oath in Congress about her experience working for Biden.  The president has denied allegations of the assault since Reade came forward in 2020 about it.

Joe Biden Accuser Tara Reade Declares 'I Am Not Suicidal' After Invite to Testify to Congress.  Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade issued a warning over the weekend, telling her 117.3K followers on Twitter that she is "not suicidal," as she could have the opportunity to testify on her assault claims following an invitation from Republican Reps.  Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL).  In March, both Republicans formally invited Reade to testify regarding her claims that President Joe Biden sexually assaulted her years ago.  Reade claims Biden made unwanted sexual advances toward her while she worked as an intern in his Senate office in the early 1990s.  More specifically, she told New York City blogger Katie Halper that Biden pinned her against a wall and kissed her before going further.

Hunter Biden Associate Told to Start Singing or Face Jail Time.  Rumors of a coming indictment of Hunter Biden are heating up, but one of his business associates is already facing jail time.  Devon Archer founded Rosemont Seneca Partners with Hunter Biden and helped get the president's son a position on the board of Burisma.  The two also worked together to secure payments from Chinese-controlled entities.  Archer was convicted of fraud in 2018 for a scheme involving bonds and the Oglala Sioux tribe.  Since then, Archer has had his conviction vacated and reinstated, and now he's staring at one final appeal on Tuesday.  That means he's running out of time, and friends are urging him to start singing before it's too late.

Arkansas Judge Suggests Hunter Biden's Art Dealer Reveal Prices of Paintings Sold to Anonymous Buyers.  Hunter Biden's art dealer, Georges Bergès, could be subpoenaed to reveal the price of his paintings sold to anonymous buyers, an Arkansas judge suggested in court Monday during a child support hearing between the president's son and Lunden Roberts, the mother of his child.  Hunter Biden, who has refused to be forthcoming about his financials in a paternity case he reopened in 2022 to reduce his child support payments, was slammed by the presiding judge for "sealing and redacting" his financial information, including the income he earned from selling art as a novice painter to anonymous buyers for up to $500,000.

Hunter Biden arranged NYC meeting between VP Biden and Rosemont-connected business associate.  A client of Hunter Biden's now-defunct firm visited the White House multiple times during the Obama administration, including visits with then-Vice President Biden and a top Biden aide, in addition to spending "a lot of time" with Biden during a casual New York City meeting arranged by the younger Biden, according to a series of emails reviewed by Fox News Digital[.]  Nicolas Rohatyn, a Biden donor and the founder and CEO of The Rohatyn Group, met with Biden and visited the White House several times when Biden was vice president and when Hunter's now-defunct Rosemont Seneca Partners (RSP) was overseeing his hedge fund accounts.  Rohatyn's business relationship with Hunter appears to have started in March 2010, when Hunter and Eric Schwerin, RSP's then-president, discussed inviting him to a "Mexico Lunch."  The Mexico State Dinner at the White House was held on May 19, 2010, so it appears the lunch occurred around this time.

How Much More Involved is Antony Blinken in the Biden Laptop Coverup Scandal?  A recent press release from the offices of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Intel Committee Chairman Mike Turner revealed an incredible discovery in the Hunter Biden laptop debacle.  The press release revolved around testimony from Michael Morrell, the former Deputy Director of the CIA. Morrell was also intricately involved in the creation of the debunked "Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails."

Ex-prosecutor approached DOJ in 2018 with witness who claimed Joe Biden involved in 'bribery'.  A respected former federal prosecutor approached the U.S. Justice Department in fall 2018 on behalf of a foreign witness who claimed to have evidence that Joe Biden had "exercised influence to protect" his son's employer in Ukraine in return for money to his family, according to interviews and documents obtained by Just the News.  The agency didn't take up the ex-prosecutor on his offer but instead secretly obtained his phone records a year later in an apparent effort to identify his contacts.  Retired Little Rock, Ark., U.S. Attorney Bud Cummins wrote then-New York U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman on Oct. 4, 2018 that then-Ukraine Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko was willing to travel to the United States to present evidence about the Bidens and Burisma Holdings.  Lutsenko believes "VP Biden (and Sec State Kerry) exercised influence to protect Burisma Holdings in exchange for payments to Hunter Biden, (business partner) Devon Archer, and Joe Biden," Cummins emailed Berman.

Joe Biden's bribery allegations were brought to the DOJ in 2018.  A former federal prosecutor brought forward a bribery allegation involving Joe Biden and an unnamed foreign national back in 2018, a full two years before charges were brought by a whistleblower now speaking to the House Oversight Committee.  Bud Cummins, a former federal prosecutor, made the accusation to US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoff Berman back on October 4, 2018, dating to Biden's term as vice president, according to interviews and documents obtained by Just the News.  He wrote Berman an email claiming to have evidence President Biden 'exercised influence to protect' son Hunter's Ukrainian employers 'in exchange for payments' to both father and son as well as Hunter's friend and business partner Devon Archer.

Bribery Probe May Sink Biden Reelection Bid.  When House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) subpoenaed the FBI for documentation that may link President Biden to a bribery scheme perpetrated when he was Vice President, the White House response was oddly overwrought:  "For going on 5 years now, Republicans in Congress have been lobbing unfounded politically-motivated attacks against @POTUS without offering evidence for their claims."  This was a very strange charge to make concerning a mere subpoena for documents supporting the disclosures of a whistleblower.  Comer's subpoena gives FBI Director Christopher Wray until May 10 to produce the following:  "All FD-1023 forms, including within any open, closed or restricted access case files, created or modified in June 2020, containing the term 'Biden,' including all accompanying attachments and documents to those FD-1023 forms."  This particular form is used by FBI agents to record statements made by informants and the specified date range suggests that Biden had been reported for taking bribes from a foreign national and that the file was "tidied up" right around the time he nailed down the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

Old Joe Biden Says With a Straight Face: 'I've Proven Myself to Be Honorable'.  The least honorable president in American history had a softball interview with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Friday, in which he uttered one of the most outlandish lies of his entire life, which has been filled with his outlandish lies:  "I think I've proven myself to be honorable, as well as effective."  As Matt Margolis noted Sunday, this was in the course of a paean of boasting from Old Joe Biden that included praise of his own wisdom and experience.  But now Joe Biden would have us believe that he is honorable, too?  Come on, man!  This guy lies every time his lips move.  The part about Old Joe being effective, however, was actually true.  If Biden wanted to weaken America (politically, militarily, and economically), erase the Southern border, antagonize our friends as well as our enemies worldwide, and advance the Left's socialist, authoritarian agenda at the expense of the American people, then he has indeed done a bang-up job.

Biden setting stage for pardoning Hunter as he frames potential DOJ charges as 'political witch hunt'.  President Biden is setting the stage for pardoning his son Hunter as his Department of Justice weighs a potential indictment stemming from a years-long federal investigation, Fox News contributor Miranda Devine warned.  Devine's comments come after Biden finally addressed the possibility of his son facing charges during a rare sit-down interview where he dismissed the chance that it would have any impact on his tenure in office.  "That mythology of Joe Biden that's been around for more than four decades, which is that he's a lovely family man... moderate Democrat, lunch pail Joe, working class Joe, the poorest man in Congress, and a wonderful family man full of empathy because of the tragedies in his own life.  That's what he's playing on," Devine said during "Fox & Friends Weekend" Sunday [5/7/2023]. [...] But Devine was quick to argue Biden's response was premeditated, and part of a broader Biden strategy to frame the probe as a "political witch hunt."

Who are the whistleblowers that have come out against the Biden Crime Regime?  [Thread reader]  In 2009 Hunter Biden founded an investment firm called Rosemont Seneca Partners and a man named Eric Scherwin was enlisted as President.  Rosemont Seneca aggressively pursued deals in foreign countries like Russia, China, Ukraine and Romania. [...] Tony Bobulinski was the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, a company formed between the Biden's and China's largest state run energy company CFEC to launder millions to the Biden family, and famously "10% to the Big Guy". [...] Former Obama stenographer Mike McCormick traveled to Ukraine with Joe Biden on Air Force One, 3 days after Hunter joined the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.  While in Ukraine, Joe pushed to boost gas production which directly benefited his son's company with over $400 mil in revenue.  McCormick is now blowing the whistle on the Biden's criminal kickback scheme in Ukraine.

Biden Admin is Coordinating with Hunter Biden's Lawyers.  The overall theme of the Axios post is to emphasize "division" between the Biden administration, whose appointees will make the final decision on whether to take action against the president's son, and Hunter's lawyers.  What it actually reveals is that the White House is coordinating with Hunter's lawyer. [...] Why is this even happening?  Hunter Biden is 53 years old.  53!  He's not a child.  He's a father with kids.  He is capable of handling his legal issues without involving the Biden administration.  The administration is choosing to be involved.  Hunter's lawyer meeting with top White House officials is coordination and while we know how this will play out, it's more obvious than ever that they're hardly even bothering to avoid the appearance of corruption.  Biden can't have his people coordinate strategy with his son's lawyer and then pretend that his administration has no involvement in the case.

Biden Insists Hunter 'Has Done Nothing Wrong' Despite Mounting Evidence Against His Son.  Although the White House refused to comment on the criminal charges being made against Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden insisted that his son "has done nothing wrong" ahead of a possible indictment.  During an interview on MSNBC, Biden defended his son's alleged tax- and gun-related violations as federal prosecutors are close to deciding whether to indict Hunter Biden following a four-year-long investigation.  "My son has done nothing wrong," Biden said.

Slow Joe's Meds Are Not Working.  Joe Biden's idea of engaging directly with the media is submitting himself to the rigors of MSNBC "reporter" Stephanie Ruhle, who is an unusually lightweight and ideologically partisan media figure.  But even she managed to summon up the moxie to ask Biden about his age.  His answer belongs in the museum exhibit for "old man yells at cloud" phenomena — he's just so [...] much smarter than anyone else in the country:  [Tweet]  Ruhle also asks him a softball question about the national mood, and Biden waves off a staffer trying to stop him from answering, but then blurts out that "we can't let Obama" be president again:  [Tweet]  The entire interview is full of barely coherent ramblings.

Media's blind eye to Biden corruption allegations.  Broadly speaking, Americans are divided into three groups over charges that Joe Biden participated in his family's corrupt influence-peddling schemes.  First are those who, like me, are convinced the "big guy" secretly got his share of the foreign millions paid to his son and brothers over many years.  Second, are those who are undecided because they haven't heard of the charges or don't know enough about them.  The third group refuses to consider the charges because they are serious enough to send Biden packing and elect a Republican, possibly the dreaded Donald Trump.  This third group comprises hardcore Democrats and the mainstream media, which are often indistinguishable.  The differences in public opinion were on vivid display last week when two Republicans, Kentucky Rep. James Comer and Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, said a whistleblower told them the FBI has a document that links Joe Biden to a "criminal scheme" involving "money for policy decisions."

Where Is the Missing Biden Witness, Gal Luft?  Last February, Dr. Gal Luft, a retired Israel Defense Forces lieutenant colonel with deep intelligence ties in Washington and Beijing, was arrested as an alleged gun runner.  At the time, he claimed the arrest was to stop him from revealing what he knows about the Biden crime family and FBI corruption.  Now, Dr. Luft has disappeared entirely. [...] In February 2023, Gal Luft found himself detained in Cyprus on arms trafficking charges as he was about to head for Israel.  He claimed that this was politically motivated because had dirt on both the FBI and the Biden family.  He'd tried to inform the DOJ in 2019, during Trump's presidency, but was ignored.  Now, though, with things heating up around Biden, says Luft, he's being silenced.  He contends that Hunter Biden had an FBI mole named "One-Eye."  That mole told Ye [Jianming] and [Patrick] Ho that the DOJ was investigating them.

Grassley and Comer Say They've Found Evidence of Biden Getting PAID OFF for 'Policy Decisions'.  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote to Gestapo chief Merrick Garland and his henchman, FBI top dog Christopher Wray, on Wednesday with some allegations that were positively explosive.  Grassley and Comer say that they've "received legally protected and highly credible unclassified whistleblower disclosures" regarding a "criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions."  Would anyone really be surprised if it were positively determined that Old Joe Biden was paid off by foreigners to set policy in a way they dictated?

Media's long con to bury Hunter Biden's laptop scandal.  It's the biggest con ever perpetuated by the national media.  For all of their hysterics over "disinformation" and "collusion," we know now that they were indisputably the most guilty of both.  Recent reports show how the Washington ruling class, including career intelligence officials, the media and Big Tech, plotted well in advance to suppress and discredit the fully authentic and legitimate Hunter Biden laptop story, solely for the purpose of influencing the 2020 election.  The greatest offense was on behalf of the news media, the constitutionally protected institution charged with holding the powerful to account.  In 2020, they abandoned that mission to do the complete opposite.  Journalist Matt Taibbi laid out in meticulous detail Thursday how the influential left-wing Aspen Institute, with events attended by members of every major news publication, literally coached the media in the months leading up to the election on how to handle materials that would cast the Biden family in a negative light.  No, not just any potential or unnamed political figure, literally the Biden family, specifically with relation to Hunter.

Biden's Delusions About Himself and Hunter Are on Full Display During MSNBC Interview.  [Scroll down]  [A]t this point, I think the hot dog vendor on the street knows more than Joe Biden does — at least the vendor understands basic economics, which Joe doesn't seem to.  Imagine this guy — whose reputation for decades has been that he's not the sharpest tool in the drawer — gets into the office.  Then he shows how awful he is.  Then, on top of all that horrible failure, he brags about how much he knows.  That's' Joe.  He does have "experience" — but he's been wrong on virtually everything for decades.  Honorable and effective?  He lies more than anyone in the office I've ever seen.  Yes, he's effective — if he is trying to be the worst ever and do anything he can to hurt this country.

Confused Old Man Pretending to Be President Announces 'Major Press Conference' When There Isn't One.  Old Joe Biden almost held a "major press conference" on Friday.  Or rather, he announced one, and it was briefly big news, but as it turned out, it was just the dementia talking.  Good thing he didn't declare war on anyone.  How comforting it is that the adults are back in charge, eh?  Biden has held so few press conferences that whenever he announces one, it's a significant event.  David E. Clementson, an assistant professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, noted in a late February article at The Conversation that "it took Biden until late March 2021 to hold his first press conference, more than two months after his inauguration — the longest a new president had gone without holding a press conference in 100 years."

Biden is mocked for claiming he's holding a 'major press conference'.  President Joe Biden teased journalists at the White House Friday telling them that he would answer their questions later that afternoon at a 'major press conference.'  The only problem was there was no press conference on the schedule, and nobody in the White House press corps was aware of one was being planned.  In reality, Biden was referring to a sit-down interview scheduled later in the day with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle, which will air in full at 10 p.m. Friday night.

The curious case of the Biden voters who 'somewhat disapprove' of him.  An article by Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report focuses on a puzzling phenomenon:  ["][A]t this point, the share of voters who say they would vote for Biden over Trump is significantly higher than his job approval rating.["]  To put it simply:  Biden has a base of voters who don't really approve of his job performance.  To me, this is a new phenomenon in American politics.

Why the bombshell Joe Biden bribery allegation matters.  Sen. Charles Grassley's and Rep. James Comer's subpoena to the FBI to release an unclassified document it holds about a whistleblower allegation of a "criminal scheme" involving Joe Biden is nominally about whether the FBI ever bothers to investigate allegations of crime involving Democrats. [...] Bribery, which is what Comer suggested the matter involved, is an explicitly impeachable offense.  Did the bureau act on an actual bribery allegation by a whistleblower?  Or did they kick back and yawn, focusing on pro-life activists, angry parents at school board meetings, Latin Mass enthusiasts, and President Trump's disputes with the National Archives instead?  That's their job.  But the bribery allegation itself is worth looking at.  After all, many Americans want to know how Joe Biden accumulated a fortune worth tens of millions of dollars or perhaps hundreds of millions while in public office.  The phenomenon of public officials getting rich while in office has been going on for a while, but under Joe Biden, the fortunes are getting bigger, and the impunity is more shameless.

Uncovered Recruitment Email Confirms Infamous 'Intel Letter' Was Meant to Interfere in the 2020 Election.  Former Obama-era CIA Director Mike Morell and current Secretary of State Antony Blinken were recently exposed as being behind the infamous "intel letter" that sought to dismiss Hunter Biden's laptop as Russian disinformation.  Now, a new report is providing unassailable evidence of exactly what the motive behind the gambit was.  According to The Washington Examiner, Morell sent a recruitment email to gather signatories for the letter.  Notably, in the email, he admitted that the entire purpose was to give Joe Biden a rebuttal to Donald Trump's attacks during the presidential debates. [...] Morell sent the email with an admission that the entire purpose was to provide a "talking point" for Biden to use.  Sure enough, that's exactly how it played out.  Trump brought up Hunter Biden's laptop at the debate in question, and Biden responded by claiming it was Russian disinformation, a claim that was bolstered by the supposed authority of all the intelligence officials who signed the letter.

Whistleblower's claims against Biden could be biggest US scandal ever.  Every news outlet in the country, every law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, every appropriate congressional committee, and the full weight of the FBI should be aggressively probing the Biden family's financial records.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) say a credible whistleblower alleges that the FBI and Justice Department have a document with a "precise description" of a "criminal scheme" between a foreign national and then-Vice President Joe Biden involving payment of money for policy decisions.  Comer has issued a subpoena for the document, known as an FD-1023 form.  Putting it in the vernacular, Comey said the whistleblower is alleging a "bribery scheme."  It has been obvious for years now that Biden's son Hunter Biden and brother, Jim, have been trading on the president's name for lucrative foreign business dealings.

Prosecutors Near Decision on Hunter Biden Indictment.  Every single conflicting point reconciles, if you accept the Biden program was a one-term disposable effort.  The timing is up, now the removal leverage is deployed with enough time to present the branding needed for the Biden replacement.  Assets like Susan Rice are pulled from the White House.  The Obama embeds position to avoid damage, and the circumstances for Biden's removal are created by the same people who control the collection of the evidence against him.  There isn't going to be a Joe Biden DNC nominating convention in Chicago.  There isn't going to be another presidential race by Biden; it was never the intention from the outset in the 2020 plan to use him.  Biden is in the process of being excommunicated from the party.  His usefulness exhausted, this is the disposal phase.  The only thing left to negotiate are the terms of the exit.

FBI file shows foreigner paid Biden in 'criminal scheme' to trade money for policy, Republicans say.  The FBI has been sitting on a report detailing a scheme involving then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden to accept money in exchange for policy decisions on behalf of a "foreign national," two senior Republicans said Wednesday.  Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, and Rep. James Comer, Kentucky Republican, said their information was "highly credible" and came from whistleblowers who pointed to a confidential human source report that the FBI has had for several years.  They did not say when the alleged dealing occurred nor what country was involved.

Biden Begs Bankers for $1 Billion Campaign Infusion.  Like the sad corporate slave that he is, Biden's handlers recently sent him, hat in hand, to the multinational banker mafia to beg for an additional $1 billion to complement the cool billion he got handed last time around — in exchange for a solemn promise on his part that "nothing will fundamentally change" once elected president. [...] The "nothing will fundamentally change" pledge hasn't exactly worked out — for normal Americans.  Things have changed.  The American middle class has been further decimated.  Way more illegal aliens are permitted to cross the Southern border with no paper while, at least until the Public Health emergency ends May 11, unvaccinated American citizens still have to perform a PCR test to enter their own country.  The list of offenses could go in ad infinitum.  Meanwhile, profits of the kind of multinational corporations like Blackrock that Biden is currently begging for money from have been doing just fine — which is what Biden really meant by "nothing will fundamentally change."  In what future historians will recognize as the greatest period of wealth transfer possibly in history, Blackrock's assets swelled to record highs during the pandemic while hundreds of thousands of American small businesses went under, never to recover.

Biden Implicated In Bribery Scheme, Grassley And Comer Allege In New Subpoena Demand To FBI.  Republicans Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. James Comer subpoenaed the FBI on Wednesday for an unclassified document they say alleges a criminal scheme between now-President Joe Biden and a "foreign national" during his years in the Obama White House.  The record reportedly details the former vice president's arrangement to receive money in exchange for pushing certain policy positions.  The Republicans were only made aware of Biden's potential criminal enterprise because of an unnamed whistleblower.  "The information provided by a whistleblower raises concerns that then-Vice President Biden allegedly engaged in a bribery scheme with a foreign national," Comer announced in a press release on Wednesday.  "The American people need to know if President Biden sold out the United States of America to make money for himself."  As Grassley has repeatedly noted, even though FBI Director Christopher Wray previously promised that whistleblowers like this one would not face punishment, the Biden administration's FBI and Department of Justice have remained unresponsive to congressional requests and inquiries related to the Biden family business.

Sen. Grassley, Rep. Comer Demand FBI Record Alleging 'Criminal Scheme' Involving Then-VP Biden.  Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer sent letters Wednesday to the FBI, calling on the bureau to produce an unclassified record of an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.  The document in question is an FBI-generated FD-1023 form that allegedly shows an arrangement exchanging money for policy decisions.  Comer issued a subpoena Wednesday after "legally protected disclosures" to Grassley's office.  "We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the United States.  What we don't know is what, if anything, the FBI has done to verify these claims or investigate further.  The FBI's recent history of botching politically charged investigations demands close congressional oversight," Grassley said in a statement.

Poll: Donald Trump Leads Joe Biden by 7 Points in Hypothetical Match-Up.  Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden by seven points in a hypothetical general election match-up, according to a Rasmussen poll.  The poll, commissioned by Political Media and first reported by the Post Millenial, shows that 48 percent of likely voters prefer Trump, while 41 percent back Biden. [...] Moreover, the poll finds Trump's net favorability rating registers at plus 20 points, with 59 percent saying he is favorable, "including 37% with a Very Favorable impression," [...] Conversely, Biden's favorability rating is seven points underwater.

The Editor says...
I find it difficult to believe that senile Joe Biden has that much support.

FBI has document alleging pay-to-play scheme involving Joe Biden, lawmakers allege.  House and Senate GOP investigators said Wednesday they have learned the FBI possesses a document alleging a pay-to-play bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and have subpoenaed it in an explosive new twist in their long running corruption probe of the first family.  Senate Budget Committee ranking member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said they learned of the document, known as FD-1023, from a whistleblower.  "We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the United States," Grassley said. "What we don't know is what, if anything, the FBI has done to verify these claims or investigate further.  The FBI's recent history of botching politically charged investigations demands close congressional oversight."

Biden's executive assistant insists she had no idea files she moved from his office contained sensitive information.  Then Vice President Joe Biden's former executive assistant Kathy Chung told the House Oversight Committee that she wasn't aware there were any classified documents among the belongings she packed up.  CNN reported Wednesday on the contents of Chung's interview to the GOP-led committee, with Chung telling lawmakers she did not notice any documents with classified markings as she unpacked boxes to move Biden into his Penn Biden Center office.  Chung testified that she didn't look closely at Biden's belongings, which also included family photos, policy papers and challenge coins, she said.

The Editor says...
The old scapegoat "staffer" trick comes into play again.  Whenever a powerful Democrat is caught doing something illegal, there's always a "staffer" to take the fall.

Merrick Garland Claims Hunter Biden Tax Probe Not Improperly Politicized After IRS Whistleblower Claims.  Attorney General Merrick Garland stood by his claims the Justice Department's probe into Hunter Biden for alleged tax violations has never been improperly politicized within the agency.  Hunter is under investigation by the DOJ for tax fraud, money laundering, and violation of lobbying laws.  Prosecutor David Weiss for months has been weighing if there is sufficient evidence for the grand jury to indict him on a reported four charges: three tax crimes and one gun crime.  As the case appeared to quietly stall, an IRS agent alleged in April the improper politicization of a tax probe into the president's son.  The whistleblower alleged two Biden administration political appointees within the DOJ are working to block charges against Hunter for tax violations — against recommendations.

An Iowa Woman Got 1 Year in Jail Plus Probation for Lying On a 4473; What About Hunter Biden?  Miracle Star Vaughn, a 27-year-old woman from North Liberty, Iowa, was sentenced last week to serve one year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to making false statements during the purchase of several firearms, according to an ATF press release.  Vaughn lied about her drug use on an ATF Form 4473, court documents show. [...] The false statements Vaughn made about her drug use are similar to the false statement Hunter Biden allegedly made on Oct. 12, 2018, when he answered "No" on an ATF Form 4473, when asked "Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?"

Hunter's Collapsing World: Why a Criminal Plea Could Now be the Best Option for the Bidens.  This week, Hunter Biden's defense team traveled to Delaware seeking an update on the federal criminal investigation that has dragged on for almost five years.  The reason seems clear: Time is running out on Hunter and the Biden family.  After years of delaying disclosures and admissions, Hunter could now be pushing to cap off the criminal side of the scandal before more information is released in Arkansas and Washington.  For the White House, even a criminal plea is preferred if they can avoid one particular claim — and they may be succeeding.  For years, the Bidens have worked (with the media's help) to delay any recognition of the influence peddling and corruption that may be revealed on Hunter Biden's laptop.  Even this week, in child support proceedings in Arkansas, Hunter's counsel continued to refuse to admit ownership of the laptop abandoned at The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del., in April 2019.  It won't work any more than his long refusal to acknowledge his fathering of his four-year-old child, Navy.

Truth and consequences: After origins of Biden laptop letter exposed, lawmakers seek penalties.  Congress now has compelling evidence that a letter from 51 security experts during the 2020 election falsely portraying the Hunter Biden laptop as a Russian influence operation was in fact Joe Biden campaign propaganda.  Now armed with the truth, GOP lawmakers are looking to impose consequences for the organizers and the signatories.  Several House and Senate Republicans told Just the News they are looking to impose penalties ranging from possible impeachment of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, whom former CIA Director Mike Morell testified "triggered" the effort, to defunding federal contracts and security clearance for the security and intelligence officials who signed their name to the letter.

GOPers Order Blinken To Turn Over All Communications With Hunter Biden After Emails Show He Lied To Congress.  Following revelations that he allegedly lied under oath to Congress, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is facing calls from Senate Republicans to turn over communication records related to Hunter Biden and his shady business engagements.  On Monday [5/1/2023], Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to Blinken demanding that he turn over any and all records "referring or relating to Hunter Biden, his business dealings, or his family's business dealings" by May 15.  The request comes as part of Senate Republicans' investigation into the Biden family's foreign business ventures.

White House Finally Gets Asked About Biden Disowning His Granddaughter.  The White House finally fielded a question about Joe and Jill Biden's penchant for disowning their seventh grandchild.  That happened again recently, with Biden proudly proclaiming that he has "six" grandchildren despite it being public knowledge that he has seven.  [Tweet]  As RedState has reported, the child's mother, Lunden Roberts, has been battling the child's father, Hunter Biden, in an ongoing paternity suit.  The president's degenerate son is trying to get his child support payments lowered by claiming he's dead broke.  That he's showing up to hearings with one of the most expensive lawyers in the United States isn't lost on anyone paying attention, though, Hunter Biden claims he has no income and that a wealthy friend is funding his lifestyle.  You know, because wealthy people typically pay the legal fees and living expenses (including a car) of other people without receiving anything in return.

Blinken Denies Asking For Hunter Biden Laptop Letter.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken denies soliciting what became a letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation just weeks before the 2020 election.  The topic came up after the GOP-led House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees disclosed portions of a transcribed interview in which former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell talked about putting together the letter following a conversation with Blinken in October 2020.  "With regard to that letter, I didn't — it wasn't my idea, didn't ask for it, didn't solicit it," Blinken said during a Monday interview with Fox News.  "And I think the testimony that the former deputy director of the CIA, Mike Morrell, put forward confirms that."

Biden Is Guilty Of Child Abuse On A Massive Scale, And Nobody Cares.  That was a Washington Post headline from May 2018, one of many such pronouncements in nearly every mainstream news outlet — all decrying these missing children as evidence of the "cruelty" and "inhumanity" of President Donald Trump's border security policies.  "It's just wrong.  It's wrong," Joe Biden said at one point.  "Cruelty is the point.  It's their only point."  But under President Biden's allegedly more humane border security policies, the federal government has lost track of 85,000 children who crossed the border unaccompanied by their parents.  Worse, many of them ended up in the hands of traffickers, not family or friends.

Hunter's Expensive Lawyers Argue That He Is "Too Poor" To Pay Child Support.  Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, is back in the news again as he appeared in an Arkansas court seeking to reduce his monthly child support payments for his four-year-old daughter with ex-stripper Lunden Roberts.  However, his expensive lawyers argued that he is "too poor" to continue to pay the current amount of $20,000 per month.  During the hearing, the judge criticized Biden's legal team for concealing financial details and ordered them to refile papers.  This ongoing legal saga has raised concerns about Hunter's financial situation and the transparency of his affairs, particularly his art sales.  Roberts' attorney argued that Hunter had not provided complete answers, including the identities of art buyers and the values of his art pieces.  Biden's lawyers claimed that the identities of the buyers were confidential to avoid any political influence-peddling, but the judge suggested that a subpoena could be issued to force the gallery to reveal the names of buyers and prices of the art.

Oh, So That's Who Decided Joe Biden Would Run for Re-Election.  There's been much speculation and even more joking about how President Joe Biden seemingly relies on handlers to get him through the rigors of carrying the "leader of the free world" mantle, but new reporting on Monday makes it clear that First Lady Jill Biden is one of the main players when it comes to managing and guiding major strategic decisions that, in the end, are attributed to the president.  Specifically, Politico's latest dispatch on First Family intrigue deals with Biden's prerecorded video announcement last week that the commander in chief would run for re-election in 2024, a decision that came after more than a little speculation that he wasn't up to the schedule of a non-COVID campaign or able to slog through another four-year term as an octogenarian should he win re-election. [...] Remember how the mainstream media characterized our 40th President Ronald Reagan, who was just 69 years old when he took office, and speculation about First Lady Nancy Reagan really running the show?  Now, apparently, it's endearing and sweet when a First Lady has a voice and a presence in high-level decisions.  That role, per Politico's sources, is extensive.

Hunter Biden and his lawyers are ripped into by Arkansas judge for 'sealing and redacting' his financial information.  The judge presiding over Hunter Biden's child support trial on Monday ripped into the First Son for 'sealing and redacting' his financial information.  'The ability to redact is somewhat being abused,' Judge Holly Meyer fumed. 'I'm seeing a lot of things filed, especially by Mr. Biden's counsel, sealing things, redacting things, that are not confidential.'  She suggested that lawyers for the First Son's baby mama should subpoena a downtown Manhattan art gallery to find out exactly how much he has made from selling his art.

Smirking Hunter Biden arrives at Arkansas court to face off with baby mama Lunden Roberts.  Hunter Biden came face to face with his Arkansas baby mama today as his lawyers rejected the notion he was a deadbeat dad and revealed the president's son has contributed $750,000 towards the child's upbringing.  Abbe Lowell, Hunter's hotshot DC lawyer, suggested it was the time the world knew how much his client was shelling out for Navy Joan Roberts, the four-year-old daughter he has never bothered to meet.  'Mr. Biden is paying the plaintiff $20,000 a month,' Lowell told the two-hour hearing in Independence County, Arkansas.  He later put the total figure at $750,000.

Blinken's, Wife's Emails to Hunter Biden Draw Fresh Scrutiny as Lawmakers Examine His Role in Laptop Cover Story.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken's relationship with Hunter Biden is under fresh scrutiny as Republican lawmakers examine his role in trying to discredit the laptop story before the 2020 election.  GOP lawmakers recently revealed that former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell testified that Blinken had reached out to him after the New York Post broke the story, which "triggered" him to spearhead an effort to cast the story as Russian disinformation.

The Crazy Contours of the Crazier 2024 Election.  [Does the Left] not appreciate that Biden is one crooked tax-document dump, one Hunter new-old email release, one burned and flipped former crony whistleblower away from special counsel/impeachment territory?  Do they not understand that the subtext of the current toxic inclusion of Hunter Biden on Air Force One, the shakedown pay for his nose-brush paintings, his new move into the White House, and his cue-card presence at the side of his bewildered dad are all a sort of implied familial blackmail by a prodigal son who believes he got dirty and decadent enriching the Biden clan — his father especially — and yet was never appreciated for his skullduggery?  We are watching a cornered Hunter reclaiming his due as first son.  He seeks exemption from the walls-are-closing in law, and wishes to remind the Bidens at any moment he can take them all down with him.

Democrat apparatchiks try to gaslight voters about Biden.  There's lots of gaslighting going on in America.  The most obvious example, of course, is that we're being told there is no such thing as biological sex.  The facts belie that, but even our children are being told to deny the evidence of their own eyes. [...] Democrats are setting up a "narrative" that will allow them to create imaginary votes for Biden to enable him to win in November 2024.  If Trump is the candidate, the many investigations, lawsuits, and indictments will be used to say that Biden got more votes because nobody other than the small number of MAGA fanatics could possibly vote for someone as compromised as Trump.  Alternatively — and this is where the lies about Biden's physical and mental well-being come into play — if a younger-than-Trump is the candidate, we'll be reminded non-stop that Biden is every bit as vibrant as the Republican opponent, only he also has the experience and insights of his many years in politics and his four years in the White House.  When the fake vote counts come in, that narrative will explain why someone younger couldn't beat this dynamic octogenarian.  They know they're lying, and they don't care that we conservatives know they're lying.  All they need to do is gaslight enough people to explain their win.

Why no one Serious Is Challenging Biden.  You sit back and watch President Joe Biden and it's impossible to believe he's on the ball; that he is all there mentally.  Granted, with Joe it's always difficult to tell if his gaffes are because of his age and the natural mental deterioration that goes with it, or just his general low intelligence — he was stupid long before he was senile. [...] All of which begs the question: If Biden is so far gone and so wildly unpopular, why haven't any serious Democrats stepped up and challenged him for the 2024 nomination? [...] Biden is wildly unpopular, with a super-majority of his own party telling pollsters they don't want him to run.  His reelection kick-off wasn't even an event.  Afraid the President of the United States couldn't attract an enthusiastic enough crowd or mentally focus for a kick-off speech, or bring the energy necessary to make it successful, they opted for a heavily edited video.

Biden's Age Is Not the Problem Here!  Last month, the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll found that only 44 percent of registered voters said Biden is "mentally fit to serve as President of the United States."  He provided fresh evidence last Thursday at a White House event where a child asked him, "What was the last country you traveled to?" Biden scratched his head and stammered until another youngster gave him his cue:  "Ireland!"  Biden smiled and the parents laughed, but not everyone finds such episodes amusing.  Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) served as White House physician to Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump and wants Biden to take a cognitive exam.  Fox News has a copy of the letter he is circulating for signatures.

Sleepy Joe And The Thirty-Hour Work Week.  So much responsibility lies ahead for Sleepy Joe Biden that the "president"'s advisors are already concerned about his 2024 re-election campaign.  Yep.  They are just now having this revelation.  Who [...] puts these people in charge, anyway?  According to this from TownHall, the 80-year-old's advisors are weary that he is mentally and physically up for the job — something he can barely do now.

Hunter Forced to Appear in Arkansas in Fight Over His Child's Name and Support.  On Monday, Hunter Biden will finally make it to Arkansas.  The Natural State is not a Biden family favorite but there is one thing that would ordinarily be an attraction:  Biden's daughter Navy Joan.  In the Biden family, the four-year-old girl remains "she who must not be named" literally.  Not only has President Biden refused to refer to her as a grandchild or even include a Christmas stocking with the other children, her father Hunter is fighting to prevent her from using the Biden name.  Indeed, the only reason that Hunter is coming to the same state with his daughter is to seek to limit his child support.  The viciousness of the Biden family in dealing with this little girl is only matched by that of the media.  Reporters who profess to support women and denounce deadbeat dads have either ignored this story or belittled her mother, Lunden Roberts.  Roberts is widely dismissed as a "former stripper."  That appears how she met Hunter, but it is often used to paint her in the same way that the media gleefully reported Hillary Clinton denouncing women involved with her husband as mere "bimbo eruptions."

Comer Raises Alarm About Biden Team and Possible Intimidation of Witnesses, 'They Fear for Their Lives'.  Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the chair of the House Oversight Committee and the one who has been heading up the investigation into the Biden family financial scandals, had some more concerning bombshells to drop about how the investigation has been going.  He indicated that he thought witnesses were being intimidated.  Comer said in a new Fox News appearance that they knew that Hunter Biden's legal team has spoken to some of the people the Committee was speaking with.  He also said that they knew Hunter Biden's legal team had reached out and communicated with some of the people and institutions that the Committee has subpoenaed.  [Tweet]

Democrats Are The Nigerian Princes Of American Politics.  [Scroll down]  There's perhaps no better example than Joe Biden.  The man is a congenital liar.  Plagiarism has been a problem since he was in college and was actually the reason he withdrew from his first presidential campaign.  Indeed, Biden is a lying machine!  He claimed to have gone to college on a full scholarship, earned three degrees, and graduated in the top of his class.  All lies.  Biden's career of lies only became more consequential and destructive when he ran for president in 2020.  Every campaign is full of hyperbole like "I'm going to cut taxes" or "I'll be the education president."  But with Biden, the lies went far beyond white lies.  He told the American people that his son Hunter's laptop was Russian propaganda and that he never discussed business with his son.  Perhaps most depressingly of all, once he became president, he went on TV and told the country that "White supremacists" are the most dangerous threat to the nation.  All lies.

Hunter Biden's Ex-Mistress Wants to Know Who's Paying His 'Stable of American Super Lawyers'.  Hunter Biden's ex-mistress Lunden Alexa Roberts is asking a court to force the president's son to disclose who is paying for his "stable of American super lawyers," arguing that his high-priced legal team contradicts his claim that he can't afford to pay child support.  Biden has retained "some of the most expensive attorneys on planet Earth," according to a motion filed by Roberts in an Arkansas court on Thursday, including former Arkansas attorney general Dustin McDaniel, prominent Washington fixer Abbe Lowell, and Hollywood celebrity lawyer Kevin Morris.  "If Mr. Biden can afford a Washington DC, Hollywood, Chicago big law, and the best domestic relations attorney on the Texas side of the Texarkana border, he surely must have income for child support purposes," wrote Roberts's attorney Clint Lancaster in the filing.

Is Integrity Dead?  In Joe Biden's inaugural speech, he said repeatedly that he wanted to "unify the country."  Biden continues to say he wants to unify the country, but his actions say otherwise.  If Biden was sincere in wanting to unify the country, he would not have signed 99% of the Executive Orders he has signed since taking office in January 2021.  In Biden's case, it isn't just his actions that don't match his words.  His choice of words and continual belittling of patriotic and God-fearing Americans also demonstrate a complete lack of truth in anything he says or does, thereby, exposing his stated goal to unify America as a complete lie.  It is hard to know if he is just practicing a basic tenet of communism — if you repeat the lie often enough, people will start to believe it — or if he is so narcissistic and demented that he actually believes his own rhetoric.  I don't know about you, but I do not like to be lied to or gaslighted.  I also don't like to do business with unethical and dishonest people.

Biden Will Be Running on His Record This Time.  Joe Biden announced his candidacy in an early-morning video release, because he wasn't capable of doing it live — and we all know it.  That's how horrible of a candidate he is.  Joe certainly isn't the worst the Dems could put forward, but that's a testament to how bad their choices are, not how good Joe is.  Granted, Biden took (and I do mean took) the office from Trump in 2020.  But 2024 will not be 2020.  Joe was hauled into the Oval Office by deception and gaming the system, not by winning the contest of ideas.  The propaganda ministry sold him as a seasoned, kindly statesman, who would return professionalism to the office.  The ministry was assisted by a swamp that leveraged a pandemic for election changes — which have since been found unconstitutional.  I doubt that strategy will work again.

8 House Republicans vote in favor of the Chinese Communist Party.  Just yesterday Breitbart News reported that eight House Republicans joined the Democrats to support Joe Biden's suspension of United States tariffs on suspected Chinese-manufactured solar panels. [...] Biden being soft on China should come not to be a surprise to anyone.  The president of the watchdog Government Accountability Institute, Peter Schweizer, revealed that in 2013 Hunter and Joe flew on Air Force Two to China two weeks before Hunter's firm inked a $1.5 billion deal with the CCP operated Bank of China.  Schweizer exposed numerous lucrative shady deals that benefited the Biden family and Hunter's businesses, where Joe appeared to have a ten percent stake in a company formed in partnership with top CCP officials.  We must also remember that Joe Biden's Washington think tank, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, received more than $54 million from individuals or entities linked to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) from 2014 to 2019.  It would not be beyond the realm of possibility that the attempt to waive tariffs happened with Biden's knowledge that solar panels were made in China but were re-routed to other countries to evade tariffs.

Joe Biden is the Potemkin President, In Office But Not In Power.  Joe Biden's poor personal performance is a feature, rather than a bug of his presidency.  This fact is one of the critical reasons why the current U.S. government can justly be described as a "regime," rather than an "administration," observed National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam in conversation with MAGA-world TV host Kimberly Guilfoyle.  Speaking to Guilfoyle — a former prosecutor and the fiancée of Donald Trump Jr. — Kassam offered his analysis during a discussion of Biden's increasingly "embarrassing" behavior; losing his way on stage and requiring cheat sheets with advance notice of the questions the press plan to put to him.  [Video clip]

Five Big Favors Biden Has Done for His Commie Sugar Daddies in Beijing.  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the master-blaster of the House Oversight Committee, claims as many as 12 members of the Biden crime family have snuggled up to the udder on the Chinese communist cash cow.  Comer claims the committee has found a bumper crop of wire transfers from Chinese pinkos that were sent to a friend of Hunter Biden's named "Walker" and thence on to various Biden bank accounts.  "There's not going to be anybody left for a Christmas picture if the [Department of Justice] did their job and went in there and indicted everyone that has any type of fingerprints involved in this influence-peddling scheme," Comer joked to Fox News' Maria Bartiromo.  "I mean, it's the entire family, and there isn't a single one of those family members that had the ability to do anything to influence foreign policy other than the big guy, Joe Biden."

Biden's Handlers Trot Him Out for 12 Minutes Today Before He Shuffles Away.  Biden's handlers trotted old Joe out for 12 minutes on Friday to present the Commander-in-Chief's trophy to the Air Force Falcons.  Joe Biden spent nearly one hour mingling with children on Thursday.  He was salivating over the children and called little girls "baby."  But he can't even be bothered with Air Force athletes.  Biden shuffled away after spending 12 minutes with the Air Force Falcons.

Despite claiming American children are collectively owned, Biden still won't claim Hunter Biden's love child as his kin.  President Joe Biden came under fire from concerned parents earlier this week after he suggested that "our nation's children are all our children," stressing that there is "no such thing as someone else's child."  While — per the president's suggestion — the 4-year-old child Hunter Biden sired out of wedlock may belong to the nation, apparently she is not welcome in the Biden clan.

What really makes me angry about the Hunter Biden stories.  Hunter Biden has a soul that is as black as a moonless night, and a character as disgusting as a rotting corpse.  He is worse than scum.  [Tweet]  This is a man who has scammed millions from foreign companies, peddled influence for decades, corrupted our government, commanded the loyal service of government law enforcement and our nation's intelligence services to cover for his misdeeds, and he is actually trying to reduce his child support payments to his illegitimate and unacknowledged daughter by claiming he is "unemployed."  [Tweet]  "Unemployed?" Under normal circumstances, a human-trafficking crackhead would be unemployable, but this is a man who sells his paintings for hundreds of thousands of dollars to anonymous buyers who are still purchasing influence from a man who regularly travels with the President of the United States. [...] Currently, Biden is vacationing at the home of a billionaire donor to his father while simultaneously pleading poverty.  His tax obligations were paid for by a different big donor to the president when he was in deep hock to the agency and under legal threat.  This man is a walking scandal-generating train wreck.

Press Notice Biden Is Really Old and Lazy, White House Angrily Responds.  A new report is shedding more light on one of Biden's biggest liabilities as he heads into his coronation as the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee.  According to Axios, the president's age and subsequent laziness have become a campaign issue for voters, and it's something the White House is having a tough time covering up.  That's exacerbated by the fact that their attempts to hide Biden only highlight the issue further. [...] The more they try to cover for Biden, the more they advertise that his mental and physical decline is real.  For context, the report lays out just how rare it is to see Biden in the mornings, evenings, and on weekends.

The Times Says Senility Is A-OK.  Democrats have mostly given up on denying that Joe Biden is suffering from an advanced stage of dementia.  Their strategy, as exemplified by their mouthpiece the New York Times, has shifted to a defense of senility.  Do we need a mentally competent president?  Nah.  This morning's Times email, which is curated by David Leonhardt, the Times's "senior writer" who writes for "The Times's flagship daily newsletter," said this morning:  ["]Strange as it may sound, the American government can function without a healthy president.["]  Hey, Edith Wilson did a great job! [...] Watch for the next great cover-up, as the press pretends not to notice that Biden is in hiding, and will remain in hiding until November 2024.

The Catholic holding a rosary will be the abortion candidate.  Yes, the moderate will take communion at Sunday's mass and then call any restriction on abortion another example of the MAGAs denying women health-care options.  Biden is hoping that the GOP can not get its act together on abortion.  In other words, the Democrats want to run against 1849 abortion bans as happened in Wisconsin.  So the pressure is on Republicans majority legislatures, such as Wisconsin, to come up with 2023 abortion laws that create exceptions for rape or incest but deny abortion after 12 or 15 weeks.  In other words, force Democrats to explain their votes for late-terms abortions.  In the meantime, the moderate, the Catholic with the rosary, will do nothing but talk about abortion.  It's up to the GOP to get ready and fight back because the moderate will call you a scary MAGA type if you support the slightest restrictions on abortions.

Biden caught with crib notes detailing reporter's question prior to calling on her during press conference.  President Biden is no stranger to detailed cheat sheets when speaking to the press, but the president's team seems to have taken things up a notch after he revealed a pre-written question from a reporter during Wednesday's press conference.  As Biden spoke alongside South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in the White House Rose Garden, a photographer captured a small cheat-sheet in the president's hand signaling he had advanced knowledge of a question from Los Angeles Times journalist Courtney Subramanian.  The small paper also included a picture of the reporter along with the pronunciation breakdown of her last name. "Question #1" was handwritten at the top of the sheet, indicating the president should call on her first at the conclusion of his remarks.

Biden cheat sheet shows he had advance knowledge of journalist's question.  A cheat sheet held by President Biden during a Wednesday press conference revealed that the 80-year-old commander in chief had advance knowledge of a question from a journalist.  "How are YOU squaring YOUR domestic priorities — like reshoring semiconductors manufacturing — with alliance-based foreign policy?" read a question from Los Angeles Times reporter Courtney Subramanian.  The revelation came during a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol that discussed growing nuclear threats from North Korea — as the nations celebrate the 70th anniversary of their alliance.  Another cheat sheet showed the names of other Biden administration officials to relay the order remarks would be delivered at the press conference.

'Finish the Job' Sounds More Like A Threat Than A Promise.  Now that Joe Biden has announced his plans to run for reelection, the question that must be weighing on the minds of Democratic Party officials is "Can he possibly win without COVID?"  They must know that without the pandemic, Biden had no chance of defeating Donald Trump in 2020.  When he announced his candidacy exactly four years ago, the economy was booming and optimism was rising.  Trump's approval rating was edging upward.  The only reason he had for running, he said, was because Trump was a racist.  Then COVID happened.  And it let the already enfeebled Biden avoid a grueling national campaign.  It let him pin every death on Trump.  It gave him the chance to promise something bold.  Now, four years later, Biden is far more mentally and physically incapacitated and he can't hide out in his basement.  His reason for being reelected — "to finish the job" — sounds more like a threat than a promise.

Biden's 2024 Announcement Is Full of Lies.  Early on Tuesday morning, President Joe Biden launched his 2024 re-election bid via a three-minute video posted across social media.  Like his gaffe-filled presidential speeches, the campaign clip is riddled with false claims about Biden's political opponents.

Was That a Biden 2024 Campaign Launch or a Drunk Hostage Video?  Joseph Robinette Biden is giving it a go and — despite so much speculation to the contrary — he's dragging Kamala Harris along with him.  It's like being given the A Clockwork Orange treatment and having your eyes propped open while being forced to watch a sequel to a movie you never wanted to see in the first place. [...] The 800 lb Democrat donkey in the room is the fact that Biden is significantly less functional in public than he was in 2020.  [Indeed], he's less functional than he was on St.  Patrick's Day this year.  If he were a regular citizen and spoke to the cops in the voice he uses in the video, he'd be given a field sobriety test, then a ride home when the shocked officers discovered that he was sober.  The first word he says on camera in the video is "freedom," and he somehow misses the "d" completely.  Biden's next turn during his seven-second cameo on camera is when he barfs out the "magger extremists" line, which was also nigh on unintelligible.

Biden Lies About Being Born in Same Hospital as His Grandfather Died.  President Joe Biden on Tuesday lied about his birth by falsely claiming he was born in the same hospital where his grandfather died just two weeks prior.  While speaking at North America's Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton, Biden lied about his birth — one of many lies throughout the years.

Four More Years?  Not If We Can Help It.  Four more years is all Presidentish Joe Biden needs to "finish this job" he started on the nation in 2021.  "I know we can," he concluded in his pre-recorded re-election announcement video on Tuesday.  A pre-recorded announcement?  When someone announces they're running for president, it's a massive public event featuring the biggest and most enthusiastic crowd the candidate can muster.  When it's a sitting president, the pageantry and the crowds are practically built in.  But not for Doddering Joe, whose people had to trickle out a video because they can't trust their man to draw a crowd, not to screw it all up, or wander the wrong direction off the stage at the end. [...] In the video — I still can't believe I'm writing about a pre-recorded re-election announcement — Biden bragged he'd helped "to defend democracy" and "stand up for our personal freedoms."  Defending democracy, it seems, involves using former intelligence community bigwigs to bury the "laptop from hell" story about his own son to rig the 2020 election.  The man who led that effort, Antony Blinken, then got himself a cushy job as Biden's Secretary of State.

Biden His Time?  It is hard to believe Joe Biden can possibly go through with this.  He is no longer capable of doing a live press conference, and couldn't even manage a live re-election announcement.  National Review reminds us that in 2019 Biden apparently told confidantes that he'd be a one-term president, that it was "inconceivable" that he'd run again in 2024.  So what's behind this?  And why so early? [...] If Biden waited much longer, the chance of more potential Democratic challengers would grow every day, along with speculation that Biden wasn't going to go through with it.  Right now his only real challenger (forget Maryanne Williamson) is Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and he is showing surprising strength and agility one week in.  The Rasmussen poll below is from two weeks ago, but shows that half of Democrats are open to a candidate other than Biden, including RFK Jr.

Hunter Biden hides away at Joe Kiani's $50M California vineyard amid his brewing criminal probes.  A billionaire Democrat donor, sheltering Hunter Biden amid the brewing storm of his criminal probe, received multi-million-dollar federal contracts and offered a $93,000 job to the President's niece, records reveal.  Hunter Biden has been spotted hiding away at a $50 million Santa Ynez, California vineyard estate owned by Joe Kiani, a top donor to his father's campaigns — contrary to recent reports he was camping out at the White House ahead of a pivotal meeting between his lawyers and federal prosecutors probing his business dealings.  It is not the first time Kiani, described by Joe Biden in 2018 as 'one of my closest friends', has offered shelter to a troubled Biden family member.

Report Suggests Hunter Biden Is Living at the White House for a Nefarious Reason.  [Scroll down]  Lunden Roberts is seeking to have Hunter Biden jailed because he's ignored court orders on discovery.  She's currently fighting the president's son in court to secure proper financial assistance for their daughter.  For his part, Hunter Biden has sought to have the payments reduced even more because he's a disgusting deadbeat.  While it's not a certainty yet, Hunter Biden hanging around the White House and his father to avoid the wrath of an Arkansas court makes a lot of sense.  no one needing to serve papers is doing to get close to the presidential detail, and local law enforcement officials are likely powerless to do anything to Hunter Biden as long as he's in his father's orbit.  That leaves the judge involved in the case having to decide whether he wants to push the envelope or not.  Even regarding the DOJ investigation, Hunter Biden being at the White House serves as a protection racket.  Not only does it constantly serve as a reminder that he's above the law and not to be messed with, but it ensures that Hunter Biden won't be arrested unannounced in the middle of the night.

Biden Makes Creepy Statement About 'Our Children'.  Speaking during a teachers event in the Rose Garden at the White House Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden claimed America's children don't belong to their parents, but instead to society as a whole.  [Tweet]  The comment received swift backlash, especially from parents leading the parental rights and school choice movements.  [Many more tweets.]

6 Reasons The IRS Whistleblower Will Blow Open DOJ's Biden Family Protection Racket.  An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower hinted to congressional leaders last week that the FBI improperly blocked aspects of the Hunter Biden investigation and that Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys blocked an indictment against the president's son on tax charges.  The carefully worded letter also indicated Attorney General Merrick Garland had testified inaccurately when he told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Trump-appointed Delaware U.S. attorney had the authority to file charges against Hunter Biden in other jurisdictions.  Here are six reasons this whistleblower should terrify those behind the DOJ's Biden family protection racket.  [#1] [...] The whistleblower's attorney, Mark Lytle, reportedly maintains his client can "identify contemporaneous witnesses to corroborate his claims of political interference."  The whistleblower will "be able to talk about these meetings that he attended, that were with both agents and prosecutors ... and how he summarized those meetings and put it in writing and distributed those to folks within the IRS and sometimes other agents," Lytle claims, adding that those contemporaneous memoranda and emails will "end up corroborating his credibility."

Appointment in Chicago — Democrats and Destiny.  Today, we all know the truth.  No amount of censorship or tweaking at Twitter, Facebook, or Google can hide the amazing amount of hard evidence of Biden family corruption and Joe Biden's personal mental disintegration.  From the computer of Hunter Biden and other sources, we know China and Ukraine have both invested in the Biden family.  This cannot be hidden any longer.  Similarly, Biden's own personal decline cannot be hidden.  Despite the strained efforts of the main media.  Biden rarely has a real workday, is unable to take two consecutive office appointments, is almost always on vacation or taking some down-time.  There are two central truths about Biden:
  •   The man who cannot complete a sentence without lying is now the man who cannot complete a sentence.
  •   The man who cannot go a day without lying is now someone who cannot go a day without lying down.
For Joe Biden, the signs of mental decline are clear, even for an idiot.  So are the signs of overmedication.

Biden's sprawling family corruption makes for comic book villainy.  Eyes are the window into a man's soul, which is why President Biden always wears dark sunglasses.  Dark, impenetrable glasses.  The kind favored by daring aviators battling the harshest glare high above the clouds.  And bank robbers.  Mr. Biden has never served in the military.  Or flown a plane.  In fact, he has no known marketable skills, which is why he has devoted his life to a career in politics.  That career choice — along with a schoolteacher's government salary — has made the Biden family millionaires many times over.  Mr. Biden's publicity team casts the aviator glasses as a sign of how hip and cool the 80-year-old is.  But there is nothing hip or cool about a guy who needs to be rescued by the Easter Bunny at an egg roll on the South Lawn of the White House.  Or a guy who can take questions only from children in a foreign country — and still gets stumped.  His publicity team peddles this comic fantasy that the aviator glasses are like some sort of cape that makes Mr. Biden some sort of superhero.  But the comic tale story quickly falls apart after that.

GOP Investigator Suspects Biden Family Dozen Part Of 'Influence Peddling Scheme'.  At least a dozen members of President Joe Biden's family may be taking part in an "influence peddling scheme," a leading Republican investigator said on Sunday [4/23/2023].  House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) shared on Fox News some takeaways from a visit last week to the Treasury Department, where he said members viewed "thousands of pages of documents" concerning the Bidens.  "I can tell you that there were more suspicious activity reports than had been previously reported, and many more Biden family members that were involved in the influence peddling scheme," he told anchor Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures."  So far, Comer says nine Bidens are tied to shady business dealings uncovered by his panel.  But, he predicted, "in the end, that number will be at least 12."

Whistleblower Points To Biden Admin Obstructing Hunter Biden Tax Probe.  Did Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys in California and Washington, D.C., block the filing of criminal tax charges against Hunter Biden?  Accusations levied by an IRS whistleblower on Wednesday suggest the federal prosecutors did just that, contradicting Attorney General Merrick Garland's recent congressional testimony and raising an avalanche of questions concerning the independence of the Delaware U.S. attorney's office overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation.  Given the severity of the claims, the U.S. attorney should speak up immediately.  A cryptic letter sent to a slew of congressional committee chairs on Wednesday revealed an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower's claims of political interference in the criminal investigation of a high-profile, politically connected individual.  While the letter omitted the specific details the whistleblower sought to present to the oversight committees, unnamed sources reportedly confirmed the criminal case concerned Hunter Biden; they also revealed several more scandalous claims.

IRS and FBI Finished Hunter Biden Investigation More Than a Year Ago.  The context for the IRS whistleblower case of political interference in the Hunter Biden investigation gains a significant amount of context with this new revelation.  According to NBC reporting the FBI investigation of Hunter Biden concluded a year ago, and the IRS investigation "completed more than a year ago."  If the IRS and FBI completed their investigation, then where are the charges?  Now the 'whistleblower claims' start to make sense.

All the President's Relatives.  Harken back to 20 January 2021 when the doddering fool who occupies the Bully Pulpit was inaugurated.  He appointed Nicholas McQuaid, a White House lawyer during the Obama presidency, as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division.  Why should we care?  McQuaid was a colleague of Chris Clark, the lawyer Hunter Biden hired in December 2020 to assist with his federal tax problems.  A month later Joe Biden appointed McQuaid to oversee the agency that began its investigation of Hunter's tax situation in 2018.  Does Joe's timing look suspicious?  Do you think McQuaid influenced the Hunter Biden tax investigation?  Why revisit this issue?  Because it has become current.

Antony Blinken and the 'made men' of the Biden administration.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken would really, really prefer to talk about grain in Ukraine this week.  But many people are less interested in what Blinken is doing as secretary of state than in what he did to become secretary of state.  This week, Blinken was implicated in a political coverup that could well have made the difference in the 2020 election.  According to the sworn testimony of former acting CIA Director Michael Morrell, Blinken — then a high-ranking Biden campaign official — was "the impetus" of the false claim that the Hunter Biden laptop story was really Russian disinformation.  Morrell then organized dozens of ex-national security officials to sign the letter claiming that the Hunter laptop story had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

Did a 21-year-old air guardsman expose Biden's violation of the War Powers Act?  Last week, the mainstream media gleefully reported the arrest of a low-ranking, 21-year-old Air National Guardsman from Massachusetts named Jack Teixeira, who apparently, on an internet chat site, divulged state secrets in violation of the Espionage Act and embarrassed the Biden administration. [...] Among the information spilled are revelations of the Biden administration spying on friends and foes alike.  But bigger questions surround this case, hot-potato questions the media won't touch, with the hottest being this: Do the Teixeira revelations expose a violation of the War Powers Act by Biden?  But most disturbing, are claims of United States Special Forces inside the red-hot Ukrainian war zone, months after Biden boasted there will be "no boots on the ground," a boast perhaps as credible as his blathering that "if you take the vax, you won't get COVID."  If United States Special Forces advisors are on the ground, in the midst of a kinetic war, supporting Ukraine's military against Russia, not only do Americans have a right to know, as major wars have been ignited by the slightest of hair triggers, but a larger question must now be examined:  Has Joe Biden violated the War Powers Act?

Ignoring Hunter Revelations, PBS Hypes Biden 2024: No 'Big Scandals'.  The weekly table discussion on PBS NewsHour between Washington Post Associate Editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks spent some time on Friday discussing President Biden's upcoming re-election campaign.  Ignoring all the week's developments surrounding Hunter, Brooks claimed Biden's in a good spot, "There hasn't been any obvious gaffes, big scandals or anything like that."  Guest host Geoff Bennett also thought Biden is well positioned for 2024, "President Biden's allies say the fact that he's facing only token primary opposition from author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. really is a show of strength for him."

Harriet Hageman Blasts Spy Letter Discrediting Hunter Biden Laptop Story: 'Coverup Was Starting'.  Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) told Breitbart News Saturday that the 2020 spy letter allegedly organized by the Biden campaign to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story was the beginning of the coverup.  "When this came out in October [of 2020], anybody with a lick of sense out in the rest of the United States knew number one, that the letter from the 51 so-called intelligence officials was wrong.  We knew it," Hageman said.  On Thursday, news broke that former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell testified to Republican investigators that current Secretary of State Antony Blinken — formerly a Biden campaign official — had contacted Morell regarding the New York Post's Hunter laptop story, which "set in motion the events that led to the issuance of a public statement" by 51 former intelligence officials who discredited the story as Russian disinformation.

Hunter Biden laptop letter was the real disinformation all along.  The dishonor of our intelligence community, and most of the media, is now complete.  It turns out the "51 intel experts" letter implying Hunter Biden's 100% authentic laptop was a Russian fake, and the ensuing efforts to kill Post reporting on it, were the actual disinfo operation.  Veteran spook and former acting CIA Director Mike Morrell masterminded it, as he swore under oath, to "help Vice President Biden ... because I wanted him to win the election" — at the behest of campaign flunky (now Secretary of State) Antony Blinken.  And Morell plainly also did it in hopes a victorious Biden would hand him the top CIA job.  Not only was there no intricate Russian plot, there was never any evidence suggesting one — only a Biden campaign conspiracy to bury the truth under a tissue of lies.

Spy letter about Hunter Biden shows how Dems are undermining democracy.  In the closing address at last month's Summit for Democracy, Secretary of State Antony Blinken piously proclaimed, "As President Biden has said, democracy doesn't happen by accident.  "It requires constant effort."  Or in the case of the 2020 election, it required deceiving American voters.  The House Judiciary Committee revealed that Blinken, then a top Biden adviser, orchestrated the letter from 51 top intelligence officials claiming that Hunter Biden's laptop was nothing but a Russian disinformation campaign.  Blinken contacted former acting CIA chief Mike Morell, who swayed scores of other former top officials — including three ex-CIA chiefs — to sign that letter to debunk the biggest threat to the Biden presidential campaign.

The Biden administration's attack on free speech.  There are two things to remember.  First, America is not at war with Russia.  Congress has not declared war against Russia, nor has the Biden administration pretended that it has.  Russia may be a geopolitical enemy, but it's not a wartime enemy.  Second, as Tucker and Glenn Greenwald discussed, violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act have routinely been treated as minor problems, with fines as the primary punishment.  For the government to go after penny-ante black socialist organizations that are saying exactly what others who oppose the war have been saying represents an escalation against speech unseen in modern America.  It has the smell of a totalitarian political regime cracking down on speech that offends it.  This is especially true when you consider the leeway the administration gives to Chinese control over speech, via TikTok.  China, after all, is another geopolitical opponent.  It's also revolting when you consider the information coming out about the Biden family's profiting from China, Ukraine, and other countries at America's expense.

Two Top Republicans Say Blinken Should Be Impeached Over Biden Laptop Role, Good Luck Making That Happen.  Former CIA Director Mike Morell has told the House Judiciary Committee that it was Secretary of State Antony (with no "h") Blinken who, while acting as a senior campaign adviser for Joe Biden, enlisted him to organize the letter from former intelligence officials labeling the material from Hunter Biden's laptop Russian dezinformatsiya.  According to an exclusive in the New York Post, Morell had no intention of writing a letter or soliciting others to either write or sign a letter plainly lying about Hunter Biden's laptop until Blinken put the thought in his minds. [...] This is a significant revelation from several standpoints.  First and foremost, it shows that the Biden campaign did not believe Hunter's laptop was a Russian plant.  Second, it shows the people who signed the letter were bad-faith actors who knew the Russian disinformation story was bogus but set about to deceive the American people for political purposes.  As an aside, the lack of qualms by any of the signers indicates that they were used to lying to America to push their own agenda; this is something the next GOP president should keep in mind.  Most concerning is that the prime mover behind the story, Antony Blinken, was made Secretary of State.

House Judiciary Committee Releases Evidence of U.S. Intelligence Community Conducting Domestic Political Disinformation Campaign.  The House Judiciary Committee has released evidence, gained from a transcribed interview with former Acting CIA Director Mike Morell, showing a coordinated plan by former and current Intelligence Community officials (both parties) to work with the political campaign of Joe Biden in order to influence the 2020 election outcome.  Within the transcribed interview, Mike Morell admits to receiving a phone call from current Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, with a request to create disinformation and protect Joe Biden from scrutiny over the Hunter Biden laptop revelations.  Morell then coordinated with 50 intelligence officials to fabricate a claim that Russians had created the Biden laptop story as a disinformation campaign.  The reality was that Morell organized the U.S. intelligence community to create disinformation on behalf of Joe Biden.

Blinken engaged in the worst sort of lying politics.  As most people know by now, an IRS supervisor has told lawmakers he has information that the Biden administration is improperly handling the criminal investigation into President Biden's son Hunter and this IRS supervisor is seeking whistleblower protection, probably from Chairman Jason Smith's Ways and Means Committee since it's a tax matter, or so we think.  The whistleblower also claims to have information that would contradict sworn testimony by "a senior political appointee" who allegedly provided "preferential treatment" for Hunter Biden.  Now, many people believe that senior official is Attorney General Merrick Garland, who it has been alleged has told Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys in different parts of the country not to cooperate with the U.S. attorney in Delaware, David Weiss.  As we know, the Delaware grand jury has been going on for five years, presumably investigating an illegal gun rap and some kind of tax evasion offenses.  This stuff should've been settled in 10 minutes.

Two key Republicans call for Secretary of State Blinken to resign over Hunter Biden revelations.  Two high-profile Republicans who have probed the Biden family scandal are calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign or face impeachment over allegations he helped trigger an intelligence community letter during the 2020 election that falsely portrayed Hunter Biden's laptop contents as Russian disinformation.  The rebukes of Blinken by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) came after the release Thursday night of testimony from former CIA chief Michael Morell that Blinken had spurred him to organize the now-infamous October 2020 letter to benefit the Biden campaign.  Morell testified he agreed to do so because Blinken reached out to him and he wanted to influence the election in Joe Biden's favor.  "This, in my opinion, probably disqualifies him to serve as the Secretary of State," Biggs told Just the News in a wide-ranging interview Friday on the John Solomon Reports podcast.  "And I know people keep saying, 'Andy, you want to impeach everybody?' Well, you know, Tony Blinken probably should be impeached, just like [Homeland Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas should be impeached.

50 ways to protect our Joe?  Remember that letter that hit the front pages about Russia disinformation and the Hunter Biden laptop?  It was signed by 50 intelligence experts and now we are learning that it was a bit fishy.  Could it be that the whole thing was set up to find 50 to protect the presidential candidate before the second debate? [...] The issue here is that a letter was signed giving credibility to Biden's message that the whole thing was disinformation.  That smells bad and every one of the 50 should be brought before the Congress to explain their signature.

State Department Dodges Questions on Blinken Discrediting Hunter Biden Laptop Story Ahead of 2020.  The State Department refused to comment on whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken disputed Republicans' assertions that as a senior adviser to the 2020 Biden presidential campaign he was involved in recruiting former intelligence officials in an effort to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the election.  When asked specifically if Blinken disputed the accuracy of the assertions and if he planned to comply with Republican lawmakers' request for more information, State Department Deputy Press Secretary Vedant Patel responded, "That is not a State Department issue, so I don't have a comment for you on that."

Prosecutors Consider Four Charges Against Hunter Biden.  According to two sources familiar with the matter, federal prosecutors have been contemplating filing charges against Hunter Biden, including three tax-related crimes and one charge linked to a gun purchase.  The proposed charges consist of two misdemeanors for not filing taxes and one felony charge of tax evasion, which pertains to a business expenditure and covers a single year of taxes.  Additionally, a potential felony charge is being considered for the gun-related offense.

Hunter Biden Lawyer Freaks out About the Whistleblower, Says Too Much in the Process.  As RedState reported, a whistleblower from within the IRS criminal division came forward on Thursday to allege that the investigation into Hunter Biden's probable criminality was being obstructed for political reasons.  The person in question didn't just bring idle claims either.  According to the whistleblower's lawyer, they not only have proof of scandalous misconduct, but they also have documented evidence that AG Merrick Garland committed perjury in furtherance of a cover-up.  Ironically, instead of shutting up, Hunter Biden's lawyer is now freaking out over the matter.  On Friday, he asserted that the whistleblower likely committed crimes in coming forward despite the fact that whistleblowers are supposed to be given governmental protection.

IRS Commissioner Dumbfounded by Hunter Biden Whistleblower Accusations, Has No Answer for Senator in Closed-Door Meeting.  IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel was dumbfounded in a Thursday closed-door Senate Finance Committee meeting about IRS whistleblower complaints that contend two Biden administration political appointees within the Justice Department have blocked charges against Hunter Biden for tax violations, a source familiar with the meeting told Breitbart News.  Commissioner Werfel, who was placed as the head of the IRS by President Joe Biden, had no answer for Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) when she questioned him about the whistleblower's bombshell allegations.

Hunter Biden's baby mama Lunden Roberts demands the president's son be thrown in Arkansas jail for refusing to hand over his financial records.  Hunter Biden's baby mamma has urged an Arkansas judge to sling the President's son in jail for repeatedly failing to hand over his financial records, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.  Lawyers for Lunden Roberts say former flame Hunter, 53, has not provided 'a single item or word of discovery' in their ongoing child support lawsuit.  In a Friday filing they insist the recovering drug addict should be locked up at the Cleburne County Detention Center and stay there until he complies with a court order to hand over the docs.

More evidence that Biden will not be allowed to run for re-election in 2024.  Now that we live in a political system run by the shadowy figures, we have to look to indirect indicators of what is really going on among our rulers.  The people who decided that since Bernie Sanders would lose to Donald Trump in 2020, they would install dementia-afflicted three-time presidential loser Joe Biden as the Democrats' nominee, and manipulate election law to ensure that he was elected, signal to their media lackeys what their priorities are. [...] There is strong evidence that a decision has been made to ensure Biden does not run in 2024.  Up until now, a vow of omertà (silence) has been the guiding principle for handling news of Hunter Biden's criminality and the implication of his father in the scandals.  The disgraceful dismissal and censorship of news of his laptop is still a vivid memory.  But yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran an exclusive story about an IRS whistleblower who said that their probe is being mishandled.  This is potentially explosive news.  But instead of receiving the Laptop from Hell treatment, the exclusive story was widely picked up by corporate media.

White House Deflects Allegations of Hunter Biden Tax Probe Interference, Says DOJ Is Independent.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday deflected allegations that the Biden administration interfered in an ongoing probe into Hunter Biden's potential tax violations.  "The president has always been clear during the campaign, during his presidency that the Department of Justice should have independence; they should not be politicized," Jean-Pierre said during a White House press briefing.  "And they should be able to do their job independently, essentially."  "The president respects the rule of law and the independence of the Department of Justice," she added.  Hunter is under investigation by the DOJ for tax fraud, money laundering, and violation of lobbying laws.  For months, Trump-appointed U.S. prosecutor David Weiss has been weighing if there is sufficient evidence for the grand jury to indict him.  But no charges have been forthcoming.

IRS whistleblower is 'not a political person,' has documents to support Hunter Biden allegations: attorney.  The lawyer for the IRS whistleblower alleging the Biden administration is mishandling the federal investigation into Hunter Biden told Fox News on Thursday that his client is "not a political person" and does not have a "political agenda," but does have documents to support his allegations that he hopes to bring to both congressional Democrats and Republicans.  Mark Lytle, the whistleblower's attorney, sat down for an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier on "Special Report" on Thursday evening, explaining his client's allegations.  "My client wants to come forward.  He is not a political person, he is not a social media person, he is not coming here with a political agenda," Lytle said, adding that he has "been at the IRS for more than 10 years" as a special agent, who is "trusted with international investigations."

These new facts make the Biden family the GOAT of corruption.  The Wall Street Journal reported that a career IRS Criminal Supervisory Agent has alleged preferential treatment given to Hunter Biden in tax investigations.  The whistleblower also alleges that he or she has information that contradicts the testimony of "a senior Biden political appointee."  The timing of the letter itself was notable.  For years, the Democratically controlled committees blocked any investigation into allegations of corruption and influence peddling by the Biden family.  Before the takeover by the Republicans in the House, this whistleblower would have had little reason to seek protection from a Committee with demonstrably little interest in such allegations.  In fairness to the Democrats, both parties have used their power to shield presidents or political allies.  However, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has now uncovered an array of new facts that are shedding light on what could be one of the largest influence peddling efforts in history.  For a city where influence peddling is a virtual cottage industry, that is saying a lot.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is the 'senior political appointee' at center of IRS whistleblower's bombshell claim.  Attorney General Merrick Garland is the 'senior' unnamed Biden administration official in the center of a new bombshell IRS whistleblower claim, a source familiar tells DailMail.com.  According to a letter Wednesday from attorney Mark Lytle, a man serving as a supervising agent on a 'high-profile' criminal tax probe has come forward seeking whistleblower protections while claiming politics are 'improperly infecting decisions' in an investigation.  The investigation referred to is reportedly examining matters related to President Biden's son Hunter Biden.

TikTok Lobbyists Visited White House at Least 40 Times in Past Year.  Executives at high-powered firms hired by TikTok for lobbying and strategic consulting visited the White House at least 40 times in the past year, according to official White House visitor records.  The Chinese social media platform and its parent company, ByteDance, are mounting a massive public relations blitz as lawmakers are seeking to ban the app due to national security, espionage, and data privacy concerns.  ByteDance and TikTok have spent $13 million on federal lobbying sincex 2019 and hired heavyweight firms such as influential Democratic public relations shop SKDK.  Those hired guns have had the ear of the White House, the records show.

Will an IRS whistleblower bring down Hunter Biden?  There appears to be a crack in the wall of secrecy that has been erected around Biden Incorporated.  If last night's report turns out to be true, a whistleblower from the IRS has approached members of Congress expressing a desire to come forward and reveal allegations of misconduct and preferential treatment involving Hunter Biden.  They claim that they also have evidence of false testimony given under oath to Congress by "a senior political appointee."  The specifics haven't been released yet (assuming they ever will be), but the claims reportedly relate to a multimillion-dollar loan that the First Son took out last year to pay delinquent federal taxes assessed to "income earned overseas."  The story was both credible and startling enough that even CNN was covering the allegations this morning.

The left ignores the real Biden Delaware drama to satisfy their bias.  New York Times opinionista Michelle Goldberg complained bitterly this week that she had trekked all the way to Wilmington, Del., at the brutal hour of 7 a.m. to watch the Dominion-vs.-Fox News defamation trial, only for the parties to settle before the show began.  "Deeply disappointing" was her reaction.  But here's a thought.  All the disappointed media operatives huddled at Wilmington's Superior Court, like Goldberg and CNN's crestfallen Oliver Darcy, could make themselves useful in the president's hometown.  They could investigate a story that is bigger than Watergate but which they have shamefully avoided or downplayed for almost three years:  Biden family corruption and the associated coverup, including by the FBI and Big Tech.  After all, the House Oversight and Judiciary committees have given them plenty of ammo.

If Marjorie Taylor Greene is accurate, what she says about Biden is mind-blowing.  Hunter Biden's hard drive, which he's now conceded is legitimate, proved that Hunter was an exceptionally debauched character.  Drugs and prostitutes dominated his life for a long time, and his own family didn't trust him around teenage girls.  That's why it's easy to believe Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's as-yet unsubstantiated claim that the Biden family was benefitting from human trafficking both in the U.S. and Eastern Europe — including Russia and Ukraine.  Just because she says it doesn't mean it's true, so the real shock is that we live in a world in which it seems possible, even likely.  It took a strong stomach to watch the videos and view the photographs on Hunter's hard drive.  They revealed a compulsively exhibitionistic man who couldn't stop recording himself smoking crack, sniffing cocaine, and cavorting with prostitutes, some of whom looked as if they fell into the statutory rape category.  Moreover, the laptop revealed that, when Hunter requested money from his Dad (the current Oval Office occupant) to fund this debauchery, Dad paid up.  What the laptop also revealed, despite Biden's strenuous denials, is that Joe was involved in Hunter's many business dealings.  We know this because Hunter's staffers, business partners, and prospects were all welcomed into Joe's vice-presidential office.

Biden's Susceptibility to Blackmail has Unleashed Domestic and International Chaos.  It has often been speculated what would happen to this nation if a decadently compromised president who willingly succumbed to extortion from both domestic and foreign interests were elected.  That possibility is no longer in the realm of speculation.  For the past 27 months the United States has experienced this devastating eventuality, as no president in this nation's history has been as susceptible to domestic and international blackmail as Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.  Nonetheless, in their unbridled hubris, the Democrats' puppet masters turned to Joe Biden whom they could portray as a "moderate" in order to defeat Donald Trump.  While Trump was in office this same cabal vociferously proclaimed that "A president openly susceptible to blackmail cannot serve."  In a stunning example of hypocrisy, they chose the most susceptible president in American history.  However, they failed to understand that the Communist Chinese and Marxist penchant for using political blackmail to achieve their objectives would determine the fate of the country during his presidency.  The hubris of the American ruling class and venality on the part of Joe Biden has placed the United States in the position of being humiliated and extorted by the Chinese Communists, who have bribed his son, family and ultimately him.

IRS whistleblower claims he has PROOF the Biden administration has thwarted the criminal investigation into Hunter.  A man serving as a supervising agent on a 'high-profile' criminal tax probe has come forward seeking whistleblower protections while claiming politics are 'improperly infecting decisions' in the investigation.  And in the latest Biden family matter to draw scrutiny in Congress, the matter has been identified as being about the president's son, Hunter Biden.  A lawyer representing the unidentified whistleblower wrote senators as well as inspectors general for the Justice Departments and the Treasury Department on Wednesday.

Oversight Committee Has Evidence of Biden Family Connections to Human Trafficking of Prositututes from US, Russia, Ukraine.  Prior to the 2020 election, The Gateway Pundit released sordid details from the Hunter Biden laptop.  The mainstream media and regime lapdogs refused to report on the criminal conduct of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and the Biden Crime Family, in order to protect them days before the 2020 election.  The Gateway Pundit reported in October 2020 on Hunter Biden's Russian orgies, his many nights with Russian hookers, his father wiring him money for his prostitutes, and his fears of being blackmailed by the Putin regime.  Now there is more evidence that it was not just Hunter Biden who was linked to the Russian prostitutues.  According to Marjorie Taylor Greene, the House Oversight Committee has evidence the entire Biden Crime Family was involved in human trafficking that involves prostitutes from Russia, Ukraine and the US.

Two-Tiered Justice: IRS Supervisor Says Political Intervention Taking Place to Protect Hunter Biden.  An IRS supervisory special agent with information about intervention, mishandling and 'political interference' in the ongoing criminal probe into Hunter Biden is seeking whistleblower protections to share the information with Congress.  Apparently, the deep state "theys" are protecting Hunter Biden and the IRS agent has had enough.

House GOP Now Says Probe Extends to Nine Biden Family Members' Web of Money and Influence.  With GOP House members saying their probe of the Biden family's financial dealings has now spread to nine family members, it appears that troubled son Hunter's entanglements may only be the beginning of the investigation.  The question now is whether the House Oversight Committee will expose anything that rises to a level that would interest Department of Justice criminal investigators, or if their probe will just shine light on a world of access, favors, and self-dealing that while unsavory is probably not illegal.  The committee's chairman, Representative James Comer, disclosed that "six additional members" of the president's family "may have benefited" from deals that could pose a "national security threat."  He added:  "The Biden family enterprise is centered on Joe Biden's political career and connections."

Guess Who's Behind the 51 Intel Officials Letter Dismissing Hunter Biden's Laptop?  The laptop has since been confirmed to be legitimate, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed that there was no foreign disinformation campaign involved.  But new information from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and congressional investigators, with the help of two Obama-era CIA officials, has revealed a new twist in the story.  The investigation has uncovered evidence linking the letter dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation during the 2020 election to Joe Biden's presidential campaign. [...] Jordan revealed to Just the News that a report on government weaponization is set to be released later this month, detailing the individuals involved in the letter and the evidence linking them to the Biden campaign.  Jordan suggested that the letter may have been a significant interference in the presidential election and was motivated by political considerations.  Jordan declined to provide more details as further witness interviews are being conducted this week.  "It was all done with politics, and it looks like there was some real connections with the Biden campaign," Jordan said during an interview late last week on the John Solomon Reports podcast.

Jim Jordan Reveals He Has Evidence Connecting the Biden Campaign to the Bogus Letter Which Called Hunter's Laptop Russian Disinformation.  Jim Hoft previously reported 51 former intelligence officials in October 2020 signed and published a letter that baselessly decried the contents of Hunter's 'laptop from hell' had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  The deep state stooges claimed the laptop looked like Russian disinformation without citing any actual evidence to back up the claim.  Rather, the officials based their fallacious statements on their so-called experience.  Reporters led by Natasha Bertrand, who wrote the original Politico article citing the intelligence officials, knew the officials' claims were completely false yet they chose to gaslight the public anyway.

Republicans Raise Alarm About Biden Family After Treasury Visit.  More of President Joe Biden's family members are drawing the interest of Republican investigators on Capitol Hill who say they are dead set on rooting out any corruption surrounding the White House.  House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and other GOP members announced on Monday that they paid a visit to the Treasury Department following a breakthrough agreement allowing access to suspicious activity reports (SARs), which financial institutions can use to flag possible criminal behavior, for the Biden family and their associates' business transactions.

Rep. Comer Claims Six More Members Of Biden Family May Have Benefited from Hunter's Business Dealings.  Representative James Comer (R-KY) has claimed that six additional members of the Biden family may have benefited from Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings.  This is in addition to previously reported allegations that Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine and China may have been influenced by his father Joe Biden's political position.  "Thousands of pages of financial records related to the Biden family, their companies, and associates' business schemes were made available to members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which confirm the importance of this investigation," Comer said in a statement Monday afternoon [4/17/2023].

19 Times Democrats And DOJ Deliberately Politicized Law Enforcement.  [#8]  After acquiring Twitter, CEO Elon Musk gave a group of independent journalists exclusive access to the company's internal communications.  The ensuing "Twitter Files" exposed how the federal government co-opts social media platforms to manipulate public opinion through censorship campaigns.  Part 6 of the "Twitter Files" detailed how Twitter was a conduit for the FBI to influence voters ahead of the 2020 election.  The two were reportedly in "constant and pervasive" contact.  The agency partnered with Twitter to suppress right-leaning content throughout the election cycle.  That suppression still continues under Musk's leadership.  Part 7 of the series, published by California-based Substack reporter Michael Shellenberger, illustrated how the FBI launched an operation to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop stories, which implicated then-candidate Biden in global influence-peddling schemes.  The FBI even arranged security clearances for senior employees at Twitter and paid the company $3.4 million in taxpayer dollars.

If Ronald Reagan had done this, would the press have been so disinterested?
Joe Biden Calls a Lid First Thing This Morning, Hasn't Been Seen in Days.  Biden returned from a 4-day trip to Ireland very late Friday night/early Saturday morning and he hasn't been seen since.  Joe Biden's crackhead son Hunter and grifter sister Valerie joined the president in Ireland.  Hunter Biden had to intervene several times to help his old man answer questions.  Biden has nothing on his public schedule all day after a disastrous trip to Ireland and the media refuses to ask questions.

Can We Do Anything About America's Decline?  Biden is on schedule to run up a $2 trillion annual deficit, adhering to the Bush, Obama, and Trump legacy of unfettered spending.  In Biden's case, he insanely printed over $4 trillion at a time when labor participation rates were already in decline, COVID-suppressed demand was returning, and transportation and production interruptions were reducing supply.  He raised taxes, increased regulations, cut projected increases in gas and oil production, and canceled energy projects.  The result was the highest inflation in 40 years, near-record energy costs, soaring interest rates, the largest modern percentage of debt to GDP at 130 percent, the greatest debt in our history at $33 trillion, and stagnant GDP.

Sen. Johnson sounds alarm on 'jaw-dropping' Biden family bank records: 'Revealing'.  Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is sounding the alarm over the Biden family's "revealing" bank records, arguing that the media "completely ignored" his 2020 report on the "grifting" family.

Biden Is Even Worse than Obama.  Rather than stabilizing things as the moderate Democrat he pretended to be, at every crossroads Biden has made decisions that make the country weaker, more hated, more fragile, and less unified.  Unimaginably, Joe Biden is a worse president than Barack Obama, a complete phony and a disaster in every way possible, as is the deep state that controls much of his agenda.

Bank records show millions in transactions between Hunter Biden, China firms: Sen. Johnson.  Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson says the financial institution Cathay Bank has given Senate Republicans records showing millions of dollars going from Chinese companies to President Biden's son Hunter Biden.  Republicans and others started raising concerns during President Biden's successful 2020 White House campaign, if not earlier, that Hunter Biden used the family name and influence while his father was vice president to make millions in overseas business deals, which also could have compromised U.S. national security.  Johnson told The Washington Times the records show the Biden family involved with the now-defunct CEFC China Energy, which had connections to the Chinese Communist Party.  The firm reportedly gave $1 million to Hudson West III, which was a joint venture owned by Hunter Biden and Gongwen Dong, a business associate of CEFC's founder and chairman, Ye Jianming, according to the bank records.

Ex-Obama Staffer Blows the Whistle on Biden 'Kickback Scheme' With Bombshell Interviews.  It's a pretty brave thing when someone stands up against the tide of the narrative and calls out those in power.  An ex-Obama staffer, Mike McCormick, is doing just that when it comes to Joe Biden.  McCormick is blowing the whistle on Biden and he's now revealing some of the things he observed.  McCormick was a stenographer for the White House for 15 years, and worked with Biden for six years, from 2011 to 2017.  So when we talk about the White House transcript, he was responsible for recording what was said by officials like then-Vice President Joe Biden.  McCormick gave an interview about it to "Fox and Friends."

Will [the] Latest Revelations Of Corruption Get Biden Impeached?  American voters are a thick-skinned lot, and know pretty much that many politicians are scoundrels.  But Biden is a different breed.  His family has, for years, received mysterious piles of money — we're talking millions of dollars here — from questionable overseas sources, including Chinese Communist-linked executives, Russians with ties to Vladimir Putin and huge sums from Ukraine and its giant Burisma energy company.  The latest revelation is just stunning.  Turns out that Hunter, with no real experience at all in the energy business, was asked to join Ukraine-based Burisma's board of directors on April 18, 2014 — the same month that President Barack Obama made Biden his "point man" on Ukraine, then in the midst of a growing conflict with Russia.  A mere three days after Hunter joined Burisma's board, Vice President Biden high-tailed it to Ukraine on an "official" trip to push "medium- and long-term strategies to boost conventional gas production, and also to begin to take advantage of the unconventional gas reserves that are in Ukraine."  Did it work?  You bet.

"Joe Biden Is A Criminal" Says Ex-Obama Whistleblower Alleging Family "Kickback Scheme".  A former staffer who worked in the Obama administration is blowing the whistle on the Bidens - and has accused President Biden of being involved in a "kickback scheme" directly related to his son Hunter's overseas business dealings.  Mike McCormick, a stenographer in the White House for 15 years who worked with Biden from 2011 to 2017, told Fox & Friends First that the FBI has completely ignored him despite his willingness to testify under oath before the grand jury investigating Hunter.  "In February, I went to the FBI and filed one of their tips on their website.  If you do that, and you're lying to them, you go to jail.  I'm not lying.  I'm telling the truth, and I'm not going to jail," McCormick said on Thursday [4/13/2023].

The Editor says...
If you had courtroom-quality dirt on the Bidens, or the Clintons, or any Democrat in the U.S. Senate, would you take that evidence to the FBI?  Does anyone trust the FBI that much?

The 'Biden Crime Family' Was All-in on Gain-of-Function Research.  Remember when Hunter Biden tagged along on Joe's trip to China in 2013? Photographers captured the moment when Hunter followed his dad and daughter Finnegan down the stairs of Air Force Two.  The Obama White House produced a fawning video about it.  It was a trip that would pay millions in dividends for what some people call "The Biden Crime Family."  On that Asian tour, Vice President Biden held a four-and-a-half hour-long meeting with Chinese President Xi that was mostly off the record.  He also visited Japan and South Korea.  The trip was in December 2013.  Hunter's visage wasn't featured in the vast majority of the coverage.  But they needed only one look to ask, "What was Hunter doing on this trip?"  It turns out, he was off doing deals, trading on his dad's name, and making millions for the family.

Something Is Wrong with Joe Biden.  Even a gelded press corps, such as the sort that currently populates the White House, can only take so much abject humiliation before it goes from being perversely enjoyable to downright degrading.  President Joe Biden, you see, has been avoiding the press.  Sure, he's been spotted intermittently speaking in very controlled settings with the press in the last few months.  Even when Biden takes shouted, off-the-cuff questions from the press, it is rarely that they ask him such contentious questions the way they did of former President Donald J. Trump — their great orange whale. [...] Biden's interactions with the press are carefully choreographed and scripted.  And the majority of the White House Press Pool is fine with it because, of course, they are on his political team.  So, for that group to not only begin publicly castigating the White House press secretary but to openly mock the White House's press interaction — including Biden himself — is a big step.  It should tell you that something is amiss in the Biden Administration.

Ex-Obama staffer blows whistle on Biden 'kickback scheme' after Hunter joined Burisma: 'Malfeasance in office'.  A former Obama administration staffer is blowing the whistle on the Biden family's business dealings, accusing President Biden of being involved in a "kickback scheme" in connection with his son Hunter's overseas business dealings while he was vice president.  Mike McCormick, a stenographer for the White House for 15 years, told "Fox & Friends First" the FBI has been ignoring his alarms on the matter despite his willingness to testify under oath before the federal grand jury investigating Hunter.  "In February, I went to the FBI and filed one of their tips on their website.  If you do that, and you're lying to them, you go to jail.  I'm not lying.  I'm telling the truth, and I'm not going to jail," McCormick said Thursday.  "Joe Biden is a criminal.  He was conducting malfeasance in office to enrich his family.  Jake Sullivan is a conspirator in that, and there's more... Obama officials involved in it, I believe."

Biden White House Is So Polluted With Sleaze It Should Be a Superfund Site.  There used to be a lot of talk in America about "respecting the office of the presidency" even if one found the current officeholder objectionable.  For most of my adult life, I've tried to do just that.  Then the questionable COVID-19 election gave us a president whose pudding brain is being run by a bunch of far-left psychos who don't respect the office at all.  Joe Biden's handlers have turned the office of the presidency into a cesspool of graft that makes Richard Nixon look like a soloist in a boys' choir by comparison.  It truly seems as if the mission statement of the Biden administration is to corrupt everyone in the Executive Branch on its way to destroying trust in our institutions and eventually the Republic itself.  The worst aspect of this Constitution-shredding presidency has been the way it transformed the Federal Bureau of Investigation from being a domestic security agency to a taxpayer-funded organized crime goon squad.  What little faith conservatives had in government has been shattered by that, and it's not going to be coming back.

Hunter Biden Is Facing A Legal Crisis.  The legal quicksand is getting deeper for Hunter Biden and members of his family.  President Joe Biden's son already has questionable ties to at least one Chinese company, the U.S. House Oversight Committee believes.  The leadership of this Republican-led panel thinks bank records that show potentially incriminating activities about Hunter, his uncle, and his sister-in-law are only the tip of the iceberg concerning alleged corruption and influence peddling by the president and his family.

Biden Removed President Trump's Executive Privilege in Order to Raid Mar-a-Lago to Cover-Up His Own Illegal Possession of Classified Docs.  Right after the illegal raid on Mar-a-Lago, Attorney Mike Davis went on Fox News.  He pointed out that the raid was unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.  President Trump had the Presidential Records Act that allowed him to take whatever documents he wanted, classified or not, with him to Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House.  There must have been a major reason why Biden and AG Garland would raid the President's iconic home to take documents from President Trump.  It was suggested that Biden wanted to steal President Trump's documents that showed the criminal acts by the Clintons, Obamas, Bidens and the corrupt DOJ and FBI.  The documents were related to the Russia collusion lie made up against President Trump.  Now we know there is more to this story.  This week more evidence came out that Biden was involved with the raid on Mar-a-Lago.

Chinese Bank Voluntarily Gives Republicans Damaging New Financial Records On Hunter Biden.  China sent a warning to Joe Biden on Tuesday after the Chinese-American bank, Cathay Bank, provided Senate Republicans with records revealing millions of dollars transferred from Chinese firms to Hunter Biden and James Biden.  "In my mind, it's the Chinese government telling Joe Biden, 'We got the goods on you, buddy, and we're willing to dish it up,'" Sen. Johnson told The Washington Times. [...] Cathay Bank is a Chinese-American bank headquartered in Los Angeles, California voluntary gave the records to the two Senators.  The bank has branches throughout California, Washington state, and other locations in the United States.  The bank was founded in 1962 to serve the Chinese-American community and has since expanded to provide financial services to customers of various backgrounds.  Cathay Bank has offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Taipei, among other locations, and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

Biden Confuses Where His Office Is, Has Huge Security Breach During Visit to Northern Ireland.  We keep seeing Joe Biden deteriorating right in front of us.  He wasn't a shining light to start with, even years ago, but he just keeps getting worse.  That became readily apparent in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.  Confusion and disaster seem to follow him wherever he goes, and it permeates the operations of all his people as well.  Biden is visiting the country to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement — a peace deal that the U.S. was instrumental in helping to broker.  Biden brought along his son, Hunter, who has been under investigation for years regarding Biden family foreign business dealings.  [Tweet]  Is that a vacation and are they reimbursing the government for that?  Or is Hunter "doing business" there in Northern Ireland, with a lift from Joe?  He also met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.  While he said that he would "listen," his people naturally pushed all the reporters out of the room, yet again, so they could avoid more gaffes.  [Tweet]

Ex-White House stenographer says FBI ignored Biden's role in son Hunter's business dealings.  Then-Vice President Joe Biden visited Ukraine on a mission to bolster the country's energy industry days after his son Hunter joined the board of natural gas company Burisma in 2014 — which a former White House stenographer claims implicates the now-80-year-old in a foreign influence-peddling "kickback scheme."  Mike McCormick says he was with current national security adviser Jake Sullivan — then a Biden aide — in the press cabin of Air Force Two en route to Kyiv on April 21, 2014, as he outlined how the world's wealthiest country would help the deeply corrupt post-Soviet state build its gas industry.  Giving a rundown of Biden's priorities for the trip, Sullivan — described as a "senior administration official" — said the then-vice president would "discuss with [Ukrainian officials] medium- and long-term strategies to boost conventional gas production, and also to begin to take advantage of the unconventional gas reserves that are in Ukraine."

DOJ Openly Ignores Hunter Biden's Ties to [an] International Arms Trafficker.  The Department of Justice has consistently turned a blind eye to compelling evidence of Biden family corruption, even as it continues to cook up charges against former president Donald Trump in a blatant case of election interference.  RealClearInvestigation's Paul Sperry has found in Justice Dept. documents that presidential son Hunter Biden's Chinese business partner, Chi Ping Ho, not only "doled out international bribes, but trafficked arms, including grenade launchers and anti-tank missiles."  As Sperry recounts, the Ho-Hunter connection was buried in court documents.  But the DOJ refrained from prosecuting either Hunter Biden or his brother James Biden as unregistered foreign agents[.]

Biden's White House was up to its neck in the Mar-a-Lago raid.  America First Legal ("AFL") filed a FOIA request with the Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") for the National Archives and Records Administration ("NARA") to find out more information about the raid on Mar-a-Lago last year.  Rather unexpectedly, the OIG responded honestly to the request, turning over records that revealed the White House helping to set up the FBI for the raid.  As a preliminary matter, Trump had an absolute right to possess any records he wanted, if he gained possession of them (as he did) while he was still president.  It is black-letter law (that is, unquestioned, uncontested, absolute law) in America that the President of the United States is the last, best word when it comes to document classification: [...]

Nets Skip News Hunter's Associates Visited Obama/Biden White House Over 80 Times.  Fox News Digital reported on another bombshell in the Hunter Biden scandal which added to the mounting evidence that despite what President Joe Biden claims, it appears he did in fact know about his delinquent drug addict son Hunter's business dealings.  In Fox's report, "Four business partners, a vice president, and two assistants at Hunter Biden's now-defunct firm visited the White House more than 80 times when his father was vice president in the Obama administration."  Despite this news, all three evening news broadcasts ignored this bombshell revelation.  Instead, the "big three" network news broadcasts ABC's World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News were preoccupied with stories on rising sea levels in the Gulf of Mexico (ABC), the rising cost of postage stamps (CBS), and another segment on Artificial Intelligence (NBC).

Joe Biden, the Puppet.  President Biden's policies are detrimental to the United States' strategic interests and outright violations of federal law and the Constitution.  Joe Biden is a puppet of the Chinese and Ukraine.  Hunter Biden, the princeling, was "raking in millions from the Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian oligarchs for no credible business purpose other than gaining access to Joe Biden [The Big Guy]."  The World Economic Forum (WEF), the Deep State, the Radical (Marxist) Left, self-interested and corrupt politicians, the ruling elite, the leftist media complex, big tech, and multinational corporations manipulate Biden.  In so doing, "These actors have robbed the public treasury of billions of dollars in broad daylight.  These actors seek and are driven by retaining and gaining more power and money."  A conspiracy with mutual interests through deception and disinformation is destabilizing our country in a move toward a totalitarian state.  Under the guise of Democratic socialism.  Democratic socialism is a rebranding of the New World Order or Globalism, Marxism, Fascism, Nazism, and Communism.

Karine Jean-Pierre Absurdly Claims Joe Biden Takes More Questions Than Any Other President.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday absurdly claimed Joe Biden has taken more questions than any other US president.  "Why can't the president take questions from the press?" a reporter asked KJP.  "Right now, we just don't have anything on the books for a press conference at this moment; the president always loves to take your questions, shouted questions," KJP said.  [Tweet]  The White House reporters weren't buying this so Karine Jean-Pierre doubled down.  "So I'll say this, it is also unprecedented that a president takes as many shouted questions as this president has."  Lefty White House reporters groaned as Karine Jean-Pierre knowingly lied about Biden.  Joe Biden virtually never takes questions shouted at him.

White House Easter Egg Roll 2023: Joe Biden Followed by Dr. Jill and Marine Holding Easter Bunny's Hand.  Joe and Jill Biden on Monday participated in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.  Biden spoke to the media without being interrupted by the Easter Bunny.  Biden told NBC's Al Roker he plans on running for re-election in 2024.  At one point Joe Biden was followed by Dr. Jill and a US Marine holding the Easter Bunny's hand.  Jill Biden had to tell her invalid husband where to go.  Embarrassing.  [Tweet with video clip]

Biden Lays an Egg When Asked About Running in 2024.  Amidst all the fuss over the 2024 GOP primary, it's worth remembering that Democrats are currently stuck in limbo, with Joe Biden refusing to make a decision on a re-election run.  He was challenged again on that front over the weekend while attending Easter festivities, and he laid an egg.  Understand that I mean that literally.  He actually talked about squeezing eggs outside of what I would assume would be his backside.  This is either the weirdest or most senile man to ever occupy the White House.  [Tweet]

Fiddling America Away.  The last few weeks, the world had been writing off the United States as either crazy or irrelevant as it watches America cannibalize itself.  Friends tremble at our sudden decline.  Enemies rejoice.  Neutrals make the necessary adjustments to join the ascendant non-American side.  The symptoms of our decline abroad appear everywhere.  The more Joe Biden brags about the crippling oil sanctions on Russia, friends like India and allies like Japan ignore them.  And why not, when Biden has no idea how long the war in Ukraine will last, or how much wherewithal the United States can, should, or will give Kyiv, or how its on-to-Red-Square blank check will finally end?  Big Biden talks about more solar and wind farms, and green new deals won't fill the gas tanks in Munich or heat the homes of Kyoto, or lower the price of imported oil in the United Kingdom.  Claiming the Afghanistan mess was a success fools no one.

Joe Biden is the human trafficking president.  Just 50 days into his presidency, human trafficking and smuggling at the southern border have already gotten worse thanks to President Biden.  Reuters reported Wednesday that the Mexican government has assessed "that gangs are diversifying methods of smuggling and winning clients as they eye U.S. measures that will 'incentivize migration.'"  The trafficking of migrants to the United States from Mexico and Central America hoping to win asylum isn't new.  The Trump administration went to great lengths to discourage it by getting those governments to disperse migrant caravans and forcing asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico until their cases could be adjudicated.

Biden disgracefully tries to memory-hole his Afghanistan debacle.  President Joe Biden's low approval ratings and reelection numbers have long been the subject of commentaries and even jokes.  But things weren't always this way.  His administration lost the electorate's confidence at a specific moment.  It was August 2021, and it was because of his disastrous handling of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.  Biden had gone on television earlier, on July 8, 2021, to boast that he had finally achieved the right conditions for withdrawal.  He reassured the public that it would go smoothly.  The Taliban would not rapidly overwhelm Afghan army forces and cause trouble for the retreating Americans.

A dose of their own medicine.  The most recent and obvious example of the "new normal" is the persecution of a former president by an out-of-control liberal District Attorney in Manhattan.  But the weaponization of law enforcement and the courts runs much deeper, as we saw with the FBI's obstruction of the law and successful efforts to influence the outcome of the 2020 elections using Big Tech as their vehicle of choice.  Other examples abound. [...] Kurt [Schlichter] mentions the prosecution of Donald Trump as sufficient motivation to go after Biden Incorporated and bring some charges against the presumably guilty parties, likely starting with the President's wayward crackhead son.  And I couldn't agree more.  But you can drag out all of the evidence in the world, starting with banking records and the contents of the Laptop From Hell and it won't make any difference if the Justice Department simply uses "prosecutorial discretion" and refuses to move the case forward.

Leftism and the Minions of Satan.  Like the snake in the Garden of Eden, Biden, lies about his past; employs twisted biblical doctrine and imagery to get his way; and if that doesn't work, slings verbal abuse at his adversaries.  For example, in Biden's Hitleresque speech on January 1, 2022, titled "Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation," he alludes to 1 John 1:5-6 when claiming to be the guardian of truth and light against MAGA darkness.  Evidence proves the opposite.  Look no farther than Biden administration's Transgender Day of Visibility comments on March 31, 2023, claiming that transgenders, in their delusional and mutilated selves, are image-bearers of God.  In reality, God made man and woman unique with different qualities to complement each other.  But Biden and his ilk want to substitute God's truth with transgender idolatry, where a boy with XY chromosomes can destroy healthy body parts, take massive amounts of hormones, and become a fake girl, and vice versa.  When their Frankenstein experiments go wrong, they scapegoat Christians for the failure of their evil actions, call for vengeance against anyone holding biblical worldviews, and declare the Bible hate speech and Christians the biggest threat to the nation.

House Oversight Committee subpoenas banks, Biden family associates in probe of finances.  The House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas to banks asking for Biden family associates' financial records.  Fox News has confirmed that the Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bank of America, Cathay Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and HSBC USA N.A., as well as former Hunter Biden business associate Mervyn Yan, asking for financial records.  Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, complained that Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., was trying to hide information regarding the investigation from Democrats on the committee.

United States Gov't Seeks to Garnish Accounts of Hunter's Pal After Failing to Pay $43,954,416.  The United States government is seeking to garnish funds from Devon Archer's accounts after he failed to pay $43,954,416.75 upon being convicted of fraud in 2022.  Archer, who is a Biden family business associate and Hunter's "best friend in business," remains in legal trouble for failing to pay a $43,954,416.75 judgment to the victims he deceived.  In February 2022, the convicted fraudster was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for defrauding a Native American tribal entity.

Republicans lay the groundwork for 2025 indictments.  Republican James Comer leads the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Biden family.  Everyone in Washington knew for decades that Biden was on the take.  Soon, all of America will know too.  As Comer said, "Investigating Hunter, the Biden family is about like tracking a bleeding bear through a snowstorm.  I mean, there's evidence everywhere."  The tracking has begun.  On March 16, Comer announced, "Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability issued a memorandum revealing new evidence resulting from the investigation into the Biden family's influence peddling and business schemes.  Subpoenaed financial records show that from 2015 to 2017, Biden family members — Hunter Biden, James Biden, Hallie Biden, and an unknown Biden — and their companies collectively received $1.3 million in payments from accounts related to Rob Walker, a Biden family associate.  "Notably, on March 1, 2017, less than two months after Vice President Joe Biden left public office, State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, wired $3 million to Rob Walker's company.  The next day, the company wired $1,065,000 to a company associated with James Gilliar, another Biden family associate.  Afterwards, the Biden family received approximately $1,065,000 in payments over a three-month period in different bank accounts.  From the bank records, it appears that the Biden family received approximately one-third of the money obtained from the China wire."  $3 million?  They sold us out to Red China for a lousy $3 million?

Joe Biden visited Ukraine as VP [...] just three days after son Hunter joined gas firm Burisma's board.  Joe Biden pushed for Ukraine to frack gas during his 2014 vice presidential visit — just days after his son Hunter joined the board of a firm set to profit from it.  The first son joined the board of allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas firm Burisma on April 18, 2014, the company announced in a press release at the time.  Three days later, Joe was aboard Air Force 2 for an official visit to the East European country. [...] Biden's push for greater energy production was politically significant — making Ukraine more economically independent from Russia.  But the move also led to millions of dollars for the company his son was then working for.

America's Geriatric Megalomaniacs.  [Joe] Biden is not nor has he ever been moved by ideology or love of country.  He is a self-obsessed blowhard who is currently, and without hesitation, promoting extremist left-wing ideology and society-destroying Cultural Marxism.  He unquestioningly believes by doing so he will achieve his delusional all-encompassing objective of being an historically transformative president.  Over the years he adopted starkly opposite positions when he thought those policies would garner the esteem he desperately craves.  He was an overt racist and segregationist, a zealot for tough on crime legislation, an opponent of gay rights, a staunch supporter of a balanced budget amendment, a hawk promoting military interventions in numerous international conflicts, and an avowed opponent of unconstrained abortion rights.  This same warped mindset underlines Biden's justification for the selling of his political office for personal gain.  For over 40 years he callously used and abused his family in his schemes and betrayed his country when, as Vice-President, he expanded his influence-peddling business globally into Ukraine, China, Russia and Kazakhstan among other nations, receiving $31 million from China alone.  Throughout Biden's political career, in virtually every speech or answer to a question, he seamlessly lies about his life history, legislative matters, and his political opponents.  Incessant compulsive lying and obfuscation have been just another means to achieve his ends.

What Would a Real Manchurian Candidate Do Differently than Joe Biden?  Policies pursued by the Biden regime continue to be de facto gifts to the Chinese Communist Party because those actions have been undermining US national security, foreign policy, the economy, and society in general since January 2021.  Could this all be by design?  Is Joe Biden a real-life "Manchurian Candidate" acting in service of his masters in Beijing?  While this is a seemingly far-fetched notion, would Biden's actions be any different if he was in fact a bona fide Manchurian candidate controlled by the CCP? [...] The policy actions of the Biden regime from its beginning have been directly beneficial to the geopolitical goals of communist China, which involve replacing the US as the world's economic and military superpower.  Anything that undermines the US — which is what many of Biden's policies have done — advances China's goals and objectives.

So Joe Biden did indeed leave classified documents lying around for anyone at the Penn-Biden Center to read them.  Obviously, anyone could get their hands on these documents who wanted them, and if Joe Biden was "saving" them, from among all the classified documents he came into contact with, they might well have been important.  The testimony from [Kathy] Chung, who was Joe Biden's assistant hired at the recommendation of Hunter Biden, suggests that the documents pertained to Ukraine, Iran and the U.K.  Why the secrets from these places would have been important to Joe is something of a mystery, but it's pretty obvious he had no business keeping them at a China-funded entity, and apparently there were quite a lot of them — which have been found not just there but in multiple places.  At the House oversight committee, Rep. James Comer noted that he was particularly concerned about one classified document that Hunter handed over to Burisma, the Ukrainian energy conglomerate.  Why the heck would this dirty, corrupt foreign entity be entitled to have such documents when ordinary Americans could be jailed for just looking at one?  Why have classified information at all when all it's doing is serving as gravy for Joe Biden's personal enrichment?

The Final Battle Is Upon Us: Sic Semper Tyrannis.  The Biden family sold out our country — not to the highest bidder, but to all of them.  Under Trump, we prospered; we were safe and we were happy.  But communism can't spread when We the People are smiling, so Biden pulled the Bat-chute and brought it all to a screeching halt.  Joe Biden ran up a $52 million tab with China.  And when Xi Jinping tells Joe to jump?  Mark my words: Joe Biden doesn't make decisions; he waits for orders from his Chinese daddy.  Not too long ago, China ordered Joe to allow a spy balloon to cruise over our nation.  Biden knows where his eggrolls are buttered and obeyed like the obsequient lickspittle he is.  I have a sneaking suspicion that Beijing told Joe Biden and his band of bolshies to do what it takes to remove Trump from the 2024 election.  Who has more to lose than China?  And today's spectacle in New York City is just the beginning.  There are three more bogus investigations to come.

Dems Are Stuck With Biden, Let's Hope the Rest of Us Aren't.  The potential replacements for Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket are some of the most pathetic mediocrities in the history of American politics.  Choosing between the likes of Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, and Stacey Abrams is like being presented with a variety of uncomfortable chronic fungal infections and being forced to pick one.  The Democrats may not be able to manufacture enough magical mail-in ballots in the dead of night to get any of them over the top.  One thing is certain: it definitely won't be a trade-up if Biden opts out of running again.  Waiting in the wings is a gaggle of Democrats who are just as dull-witted as he is, but who can't blame it on age.

Destroying the Rule of Law.  Today we have a president, who is a former vice-president, who has a son who is as corrupt as the days are long.  A son who is guilty of a felony gun charge.  A son who is linked to influence peddling with our number one geo-political foe, and it appears we have a president who has financially benefited from said illicit dealings.  However, when a computer surfaced with damning evidence it was dismissed as "Russian disinformation" by members of the U.S. intelligence community.  Now, that same son is seeking legal action against the computer store owner who was in possession of the laptop that he originally said wasn't his.

Who is pulling the puppet strings in Washington, DC?  Last week a hot mike caught one of Biden's handlers giving him instructions on what to do and where to go during a recent visit to North Carolina.  This wasn't the usual host making small talk with the guest.  This seemed like a caregiver giving detailed instructions to his patient, which an individual of sound mental and cognitive health would not need.  [Tweet]  Biden has on several occasions demonstrated proof of his decline.  He frequently flubs his lines despite reading from a teleprompter.  He forgets the names of his colleagues and gets lost on the White House lawn.  He even struggles to wear his cardigan, falls asleep at global conferences, trips multiple times while ascending the stairs of Air Force One, and falls off a stationary bike.  Obviously, Biden isn't running the country.  His schedule shows he does very little in the White House.  Biden is rarely subjected to any impromptu questions from the press.  He frequently makes claims that the White House has to walk back.  He frequently escapes to Delaware, perhaps to hide from the public.

Is the FBI Planning to Intimidate Hunter Biden Whistleblowers?  I found disgraced FBI agent Timothy Thibault's girlfriend's Twitter account.  She has tweeted prolifically in defense of the former special agent.  While most are innocuous, a few of her posts raise some serious red flags.  Her tweets contain specific and non-public information where she suggests that the FBI is planning to respond to the whistleblowers that have come forward to congressional Republicans to expose the anti-Trump bias at the bureau and the censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop during the 2020 election.  Her Twitter gives reason to believe that the FBI may be conspiring with Thibault to attempt to discredit and intimidate the whistleblowers, including by revealing their identities[.]  As you may recall, Timothy Thibault was one of the FBI agents who was in charge of the investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop, which the bureau originally obtained in 2019.  Last July, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley announced that FBI whistleblowers had come forward to his office alleging that Thibault deliberately suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop investigation before the 2020 election.  The whistleblowers also alleged a widespread effort within the FBI led by Thibault to downplay or discredit negative information about Hunter Biden.

James Comer: Four Biden Family Business Associates [are] Cooperating with [the] Investigation into Joe Biden.  Four Biden family business associates are cooperating with the House investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said Monday.  Comer is investigating Joe Biden and the Biden family for nine violations, including money laundering and wire fraud.  The probe has encompassed subpoenaing bank records and demanding cooperation from family business associates.  "We are in communication with four former Biden family business associates," Comer told Fox Business.  "They are cooperating with our investigation."  "And I will tell you it's very concerning," he said about the information the whistleblowers revealed to the committee.

Indict One — And All?  what crime did Trump not do that others did with either impunity or without being arrested?  Here is a sample [...]
  [#8]   Trump did not boast publicly, as did Joe Biden, that he used U.S. foreign aid monies as leverage to have the Ukrainian government fire a prosecutor who may have been looking into the Biden family's efforts to sell influence to corrupt Ukrainian interests.
  [#9]   Trump did not, as the Bidens did, set up a family consortium to leverage monies from Ukraine, Russia, and China, on their shared expectations that he might soon run for and be elected president and become compromised.  Trump is not mentioned, as is Joe Biden, in family business communications as a recipient of a 10 percent commission on such payoffs.
  [#10]   Trump did not, unlike Joe Biden, remove presidential papers — without any authority to declassify them — and leave them scattered and unsecured in a garage and various residences and offices.

White House Admits They Are Limiting Old Joe's Foreign Travel.  White House insiders admit in a recent report at the Telegraph that Joe Biden is too old to travel."  This comes after years of his bumbling, stumbling, lost thoughts and blank stares.  Joe Biden will skip the Coronation of King Charles in April.  The White House is limiting his international travel.

The Editor says...
Apparently he's also too old to work more than four days a week, or more than six hours a day.

If 'no one Is Above The Law,' Democrats And Their Partisan Pawns Would Be Arraigned, Not Trump.  A president avoiding paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes seems like the kind of thing federal agencies, including the recently financially invigorated Internal Revenue Service, should explore.  Yet Biden, who hasn't explained millions of dollars of his recorded income, and First Lady Jill Biden together reportedly dodged about $517,000 in Medicare and Obamacare taxes between 2017 and 2020 without scrutiny.  [Also,] The president's son isn't just a walking liability for the Biden family name, he's a glaring national security threat with a long, infamous history of using illicit drugs, engaging in possibly criminal sexual escapades with foreign women, and selling access to his dad under the guise of doing business with foreign oligarchs from places like China.  Besides all this and his reckless handling of a lost gun in 2018 — which, against normal protocol, the Secret Service reportedly helped him cover up — Hunter likely lied on federal forms about his drug use to purchase that gun, a felony, with barely a whisper of punishment.

Joe Biden: 'Transgender Americans Shape our Nation's Soul'.  Transgender Americans "shape our nation's soul," according to President Joe Biden, who made the assertion Thursday [3/30/2023] as part of a White House Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility.  The proclamation came mere days after a transgender shooter allegedly murdered six individuals at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee.  A proclamation from the Biden White House celebrates the "Transgender Day of Visibility," deeming transgender individuals the "bravest people" the president apparently knows.  They are people who "have too often had to put their jobs, relationships, and lives on the line just to be their true selves," the proclamation reads, deeming gender confused individuals as those who "shape" America's soul.

The Editor says...
[#1] Individuals have souls.  Our nation does not have a soul.  [#2] Transvestites and homosexual activists have no trouble with "visibility" and don't need the help of the White House in that regard.  [#3] Transvestites pretend to be something they're not.  It's not an act of bravery.  That's the opposite of a person trying to be his or her "true self."  [#4] Joe Biden is a chronic liar, and in this case, he didn't even include a little truth to make it believable.

Hunter Biden was asked to use his FBI contacts to help his Chinese business partner arrested for bribery and money laundering.  Hunter Biden was asked to use contacts in the FBI to help his Chinese business partner who was arrested for bribery and money laundering, emails reveal.  The news comes as a whistleblower claims Hunter used a top former or current FBI official code-named 'One Eye' to funnel secret bureau information to his Chinese business partners.  Patrick Ho — convicted of bribery and money laundering in 2018 — was secretary general of CEFC, the Chinese oil giant Hunter partnered with, and which sent the Biden family more than $5 million.

Iran Has Attacked U.S. Troops 83 Times Since Biden Became President.  Iran and its proxy forces have launched 83 attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since President Joe Biden took office, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers on Tuesday [3/28/2023].  In response to those attacks, the U.S. military has launched four major operations against Iranian-backed groups, Austin said during a tense exchange with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.  "So, what kind of a signal do we think this sends to Iran when they can attack us 83 times since Joe Biden has become president and we only respond [with] four [operations]," Cotton asked Austin rhetorically.  "Maybe it's because they know that we will not retaliate until they kill an American, which emboldens them to keep launching these attacks, which kill Americans."

More Proof Joe Biden Worked with Hunter.  Everybody on the planet understands that Joe Biden worked directly with Hunter Biden on business deals.  Without Joe, Hunter's "business" did not exist.  Still, Biden the Elder continues to lie about knowing anything about Hunter's business dealings.  The notion of Joe Biden knowing nothing of Hunter's business dealings defies common sense.  But we do have Biden's "word as a Biden". [...] Joe Biden isn't the brightest bulb in the box.  He made mistakes, and I believe his bank records or LLC tax returns will be his undoing.  In other words, proof will come soon, after a forensic audit of Biden's wealth and how he got it.  So America waits it out.  And while some may remain skeptical given how the crooked DOJ has handled things, I predict things will heat up as the campaign season approaches.

Biden's Empty Suit Presidency Is Resetting The World Order, And Not In A Good Way.  If Americans are concerned about our enemies getting bolder in their bid to disrupt the U.S.-led world order, they should thank President Joe Biden.  Last week, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping traveled to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  During the meeting, the leaders outlined plans to enhance bilateral ties on issues such as trade, energy, and military cooperation.  Xi and Putin furthermore agreed to support one another's "fundamental interests," specifically on matters concerning "sovereignty, territorial integrity, security and development."

Biden Makes Best Case Yet for Presidential Age Limit.  Biden's penchant for inappropriate behavior is well documented, especially since 2009. Always looking for new depths of demented cringe to plumb, Biden managed to outdo not only himself, but his former boss.  After the Ft. Hood shooting (the one where we weren't supposed to mention the shooter's religion) in 2009, Barack Obama infamously smiled and gave a shout out to someone in the crowd he was addressing before he got around to all of the murder and stuff. [...] There has been discussion lately about mental competency tests for members of Congress over a certain age.  It's not a horrible idea.  When my paternal grandfather was in his 70s, he told me that he thought all people his age should have to take a behind-the-wheel driving test to get their licenses renewed (he could still drive just fine, by the way).  Yes, we're all living longer and functioning better than ever before.  Most of us, anyway.  Joe Biden's mental decline has been on painful display for two years now.  And the idiot Democrats want him to run again.  I get that — their bench is filled with varying degrees of pathetic.  If his wife weren't also a horrid human being, she wouldn't want him to run again.  Her elder abuse tyranny will continue, however, because she doesn't want to give up being First Lady.

Report: Rob Walker, Who Paid Biden Family Over $1M, Visited WH 16 Times During Biden Vice-Presidency.  As RedState reported, banking records obtained by the House Oversight Committee regarding Biden family associates revealed that John Robinson "Rob" Walker, a business associate of Hunter Biden's whose wife served as Jill Biden's assistant, made payouts to Hunter, Jim, and Hallie Biden, as well as an as yet "unnamed" Biden, totaling over $1 million between 2015 and 2017.  Those payouts came after Walker received $3 million from State Energy HK Limited, a firm affiliated with Chinese Communist Party-backed energy company CEFC China Energy.

Biden in Jocular Mood, Jokes About Ice Cream Before Statement on Nashville Shooting.  An extraordinarily strange scene unfolded at the White House on Monday after the news broke that a woman claiming to be a man had murdered six people at Covenant School, a Christian school in Nashville.  Old Joe Biden came out to address the Small Business Administration's Women's Business Summit, knowing that the shooting had taken place and that there were fatalities, and likewise knowing that the world was waiting and watching, expecting him to make a statement about what had happened.  Instead of striking a somber note, however, asking for prayers and expressing condolences, Old Joe was positively insouciant, yukking it up with some children in the audience, kidding around about ice cream, and generally showing himself to be in splendid high spirits.  Was he buoyed at the prospect of another chance to push his agenda of disarming sane and law-abiding Americans?

Ron Johnson: 'Bank from China' Voluntarily Provided Biden Family Records While U.S. Banks Won't.  A bank founded by Chinese-Americans that facilitated many Biden family transactions voluntarily provided Republican investigators with Biden family bank records, a stark difference from the current practices of U.S. banks, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) revealed Sunday.  Cathay Bank, which has offices in the U.S. and communist China, voluntarily provided Johnson's investigation with 200 bank records from 2017 and 2018 showing how the Biden family moved money through a complicated web of entities.  The specific records revealed transactions between Hunter Biden-linked business entities and Chinese energy firm CEFC, whose top company lieutenant was the "spy chief of China," according to Hunter Biden.

Joe Biden Swan-Dives off the Deep End With Incoherent, Offensive Speech.  Joe Biden spoke on Monday, and as is often the case, he really shouldn't have.  The President of the United States took the podium just hours after a school shooting took place in Nashville.  While there, he delivered scintillating remarks on what kind of ice cream he eats, and that was the most coherent part of his remarks.

Biden [is] Mercilessly Mocked for Tweet Claiming Republicans Would Cut Border Funding.  Joe Biden is as frustrating a president as you could dream up in a lab as he constantly gives his self-satisfied Joker grin while spewing things that are often incomprehensible and just as often simply flat-out false.  Sunday was no different as he — or should I say some of his staffers who think they're being sharp-witted — blasted out a tweet that was so ludicrous that the Bumbler in Chief was quickly ratioed into next month.  (Ratioed means that the tweet received far more negative comments than it did positive ones.)  If there's anything that sums up Biden's failed administration, it's his maladministration at the southern border, where millions of illegals have slipped through unfettered under his watch, hundreds upon hundreds are dying, and the deadly drug fentanyl is smuggled into our county in unprecedented quantities.  Yet here's Joe:  [Tweet]

National Archives just torpedoed Joe Biden's 'I know nothing' defense.  For years, President Biden has maintained a Sgt. Schultz defense ("I know nothing, nothing!") to counter allegations that his family has profiteered on influence peddling with foreign countries and companies.  Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, Biden maintains that he "knows nothing, nothing" about son Hunter Biden's business deals.  He recently doubled down on this defense by even denying that family members received money from foreign sources.  He repeated his denial even after the release of financial transfer reports from his own administration showing millions transferred from China.  Now, emails have emerged that show that Biden personally helped draft responses to the controversial deals in 2015 when he was vice president.  It also appears that Biden officials like former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield knew of his role even as the president continued to deny any involvement.

Why Is This Man Shouting?  President Biden addressed the Canadian House of Commons in Ottawa yesterday.  The White House has posted the transcript [elsew]here.  In his remarks Biden retailed the same impoverishing ignorance and stupid shibboleths that he has sold in the United States many times over.  He doesn't know shibboleths from Shinola.  [Video clips]

Biden is Preparing Americans To Lose the Second Cold War.  Vladimir Putin's approval rating is 82%.  Joe Biden's is 42%.  Xi Jinping's is anyone's guess, but the Chinese near-unanimously trust their government.  More than half of Russians trust their government.  Less than a third of Americans trust theirs.  These statistics are not random but speak to America's imminent loss in this, the Second Cold War.  The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine, and Russians are as proud as ever to be Russian.  Meanwhile, American pride is sinking.  It has given Ukraine $76.9 billion to fight the second iteration of Russia's "Evil Empire" in a war increasingly seen as the opening proxy war in Cold War II.  Why aren't Americans rallying around the flag?  Pride, approval, and support for their respective flags in China and Russia, but not the same in America, is not an accident.  All governments influence the memories they want their people and foreigners to have of them.

Someone doesn't know what "global" means.
Jill Biden Tells Governor General of Canada: "It's Been Really Warm Because of Global Warming in the United States".  Joe and Jill Biden on Thursday traveled to Ottawa, Canada to participate in a greet with Mary Simon, the Governor General of Canada and her husband, Whit Fraser.  Dr. Jill opened her big fat mouth in the beginning of the meeting and mumbled something stupid about global warming.  "Well, it's been really warm because of global warming in the United States," Dr. Jill said.

Think Tank Executive Provided 'Explosive' Info to FBI About Hunter Biden's Chinese Deals, Lawyer Claims.  An Israeli think tank executive claims he told the FBI in 2019 that members of the Biden family warned a Chinese energy executive about a coming federal investigation, allowing him to flee the country before being placed under arrest.  Gal Luft, the co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, a Washington-based foreign policy think tank, provided the "explosive" details to the FBI and Justice Department in March 2019, according to his lawyer.  Sources close to Luft told the Jewish News Service members of the Biden family "tipped...off" their Chinese partner, China Energy Fund Committee chairman Ye Jianming, that he was the target of an FBI probe.  The details emerge as House Republicans have homed in on the Biden family's dealings with CEFC China, and amid an ongoing Justice Department probe of the troubled first son.  Republicans released a report last week that a close friend of the Biden family, Rob Walker, wired millions of dollars from a CEFC-linked company in 2017 to Hunter Biden, his uncle Jim Biden, and his sister-in-law, Hallie Biden.

Comer in Shadows.  Reporters Jonathan Swan and Luke Broadwater profile House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer for readers who get their news from the New York Times.  Comer's investigation of the Biden family business is therefore belittled as a look into "sinister-sounding allegations against Mr. Biden and his family."  Were those "sinister-sounding allegations" formerly known as "Russian disinformation"?  Maybe this is a step up.  "Sinister-sounding allegations" must be something like George Smathers's legendary disparagement of his opponent as "a shameless extrovert" — something designed to fool the ignorant rubes.  Indeed, that is the gist of the Times profile.  The profile features a photo of Comer in shadows with the New York Post cover regarding Hunter Biden's laptop blown up on a poster in the back.  Comer screens readers from a full viewing of the cover.  The photo is an apt metaphor for the Times's treatment of Comer and his investigation of the Biden family business.

Hidin' Biden: See How Few Interviews Biden Has Given Compared With Past Presidents.  Despite appearances, Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba isn't the only member of the White House press corps who is frustrated with a lack of access to the Biden administration.  Colleagues scolded Ateba for derailing the White House press briefing on Monday with a rant about not being called on to ask questions.  But just days earlier, the briefing room erupted with complaints about President Joe Biden's pattern of avoiding the news media.  The New York Post explained that Thursday's "reporter revolt" came amid "mounting tension with the White House press corps over a recent dearth of meaningful access."  During Biden's first two years in office, he "has given about half as many press conferences as his recent predecessors."  Biden also "lags in interviews," per the Post, having granted less than a quarter as many as Donald Trump did at the same point in his presidency.

Hunter Biden used FBI mole named 'One-Eye' to tip him off to China probes: tipster.  Hunter Biden had an FBI mole named "One-Eye" who tipped off his Chinese business partners that they were under investigation, according to an Israeli energy expert arrested in Cyprus last month on gunrunning charges.  The House Oversight Committee is investigating the explosive claims by Dr. Gal Luft, a former Israel Defense Forces lieutenant colonel with deep intelligence ties in Washington and Beijing, who says he was arrested to stop him from revealing what he knows about the Biden family and FBI corruption — details he told the Department of Justice in 2019, which he says it ignored.  Luft, 56, first made the claims on Feb. 18 on Twitter, after being detained at a Cyprus airport as he prepared to board a plane to Israel.

Report: FBI Mole Known as 'One-Eye' Would Tip Off Hunter About Any China Probes.  At The New York Post, Miranda Devine wrote about an FBI mole known as "One-Eye" who would inform Hunter Biden about any China probes: [...] [Dr. Gal] Luft claimed that he tried to reach out to the DOJ about the Chinese energy company CEFC paying Hunter $100,000 and James Biden, Joe's brother, $65,000 "in exchange for their FBI connections and use of the Biden name to promote China's Belt and Road Initiative around the world."  Luft came across the scheme from his friendships "with Hunter's Chinese business partners, Patrick Ho and Ye Jianming, chairman of CEFC."

Shocking New Video Reveals Joe Biden's Groping, Grooming and Dangerous Predatory Behavior with Children, Women and Young Boys.  For years The Gateway Pundit has reported on the dozens of times Joe Biden has been caught on camera in public grabbing, groping, sniffing, and rubbing women children and little boys. [...] On Wednesday, [A Twitter account] linked to a recent video of child abuse expert Anthony Zenkus describing the behaviors of a child predator.  His talk is interspersed with clips of Joe Biden groping, grooming, petting, grabbing, holding women, children and little boys.  The mainstream media refuses to report on this obvious predatory behavior of Joe Biden.  They would rather see children scarred for life than report honestly about pervert Joe Biden.  Remember that the next time they try to lecture you.  The fake news will NEVER report on this.  They've ignored this for years to protect Joe Biden and Democrats.

Joe Biden: Guilty Of Foul Deeds.  Last week, the other shoe dropped on the Biden crime family.  James Comer, chairman of the committee investigating the most disturbing scandal in the history of the White House, finally received the records from a bank — one of 12 — that the Bidens have used to stash their payoffs from China's Communist dictatorship.  Comer had previously been stonewalled for two years by the corrupt and incompetent Biden Treasury head, Janet Yellen.  This first Biden bank record to be surrendered showed three members of the Biden family, including Beau Biden's widow Hallie and one person identified only as "Biden," received payments amounting to $1 million from a Chinese Communist State energy company.  What were the payments for?  Forget asking the Bidens, who have a long history of silence and denial on such material questions.  When asked, Joe Biden denied he ever discussed Hunter Biden's Chinese business affairs with him, even though he flew with Hunter on Air Force Two to China and met with his business associates.

Comer demands WH 'correct' Biden's 'dishonest' denial that kin got money tied to China.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Tuesday demanded the White House "correct" a "misleading and dishonest" statement by President Biden regarding more than $1 million his relatives got from a company with ties to China's Communist Party.  Comer (R-Ky.) revealed last week that fewer than two months after Biden left office as Barack Obama's vice president, State Energy HK Limited, a firm affiliated with Chinese Communist Party-backed energy company CEFC China Energy, wired $3 million to Biden family associate Rob Walker.  The dough was subsequently distributed to at least three members of the Biden clan and two Biden family associates, according to bank records obtained by the Oversight Committee.

Biden Tries to Recite Poem Multiple Times, Fails Miserably in Embarrassing Spectacle.  Amidst all the consternation from all sides over the possible indictment of Donald Trump, it's worth remembering that the United States is still being run by a man riddled with senility.  That we are all worse off for it is assumed at this point, though it's not hard to detail how.  Apparently, Bruce Springsteen was at the White House on Tuesday because that's what the current administration has devolved into.  Yeah, Biden doesn't have the time to visit East Palestine or generally do his job in any real way, but he's got time for Bruce Springsteen and the cast of "Ted Lasso."  Is it any wonder things are as bad as they are?

Joe Biden Lies a Lot Even for a Democrat.  We're still reeling as a nation from the fact that the man who currently occupies the Oval Office has the mental capacity of a diminished gnat.  If we're being honest with each other — and we always are here — Joe Biden was never the sharpest tool in the shed.  A lot of what we've been witnessing since Jan. 20, 2021, gets attributed to his age but Biden has always been a no-filter loon whose grip on reality is tenuous on his best days.  And he's always been a liar.  Over the years, many — even conservatives — have called what Biden does "embellishment."  No, he's a liar.  The younger people who were duped into voting for him don't know that his 1988 presidential run was derailed because it was found that he was a big-time plagiarist in college.  That's a sign of fundamental dishonesty, something that Biden has exhibited throughout his long, overrated career in Washington.

Most underreported story: Evidence of the Biden family's $ millions from China now documented with bank records.  It comes as no surprise that the propaganda arm of the Democrats called the "mainstream media" has no interest in informing the American people of the gravity of the evidence piling up that Joe Biden has been bought off by the Chinese Communist Party.  Thanks to the efforts of James Comer, we already have bank records of $1 million flowing to Biden family members through a cutout named Rob Walker, shortly after Biden left office as VP.  There is no indication of any particular services performed for this treasure, nor is there any expertise among the recipients, who include the current POTUS's son Hunter, his brother James, Hunter's mistress-at-the time Hallie Biden (who is also his brother's widow and Biden's daughter-in-law) and an entity simply named "Biden."  Rep. Comer, appearing on Maria Bartiromo's Sunday Morning Futures program on Fox News, said that this is "only the beginning."  There are "as many as 11 other deals" that are being examined by his committee.

"That's Not True": President Biden Moves Toward The Evil Twin Family Defense.  President Joe Biden has repeatedly denied that his family received money from China.  He has also denied any knowledge of his son's foreign dealings despite direct evidence to the contrary, including a recorded message from the President to Hunter referencing the deals.  The White House has simply refused to address the recording or photographs contradicting the President.  Now, there is confirmation that millions were sent from China and then money from a third-party account was distributed to at least three, and possibly four, Biden family members.  However, when confronted with the evidence on the way to Marine One, the President again declared "that's not true."  Given that these are suspicious activity reports (SARs) from Biden's own Treasury Department, it is unclear now what the President is suggesting beyond the possibility of an evil twin Biden family that is besmirching his good name.

Guilty.  Last week another shoe dropped on the Biden crime family.  James Comer, chairman of the committee investigating the most disturbing scandal in the history of the White House finally received the records from a bank — one of twelve — that the Bidens have used to stash their payoffs from China's Communist dictatorship.  Comer had previously been stone-walled for two years by the corrupt and incompetent Biden Treasury head, Janet Yellen.  This first Biden bank record to be surrendered showed that three members of the Biden family including Beau Biden's widow Hallie and one person identified only as "Biden" received payments amounting to $1 million from a Chinese Communist State energy company.  What were the payments for?  Forget asking the Bidens who have a long history of silence and denial on such material questions.

A Failed Presidency In 20 Seconds.  Yesterday Joe Biden made the mistake of listening to a question from a reporter at the White House, and briefly trying to answer.  I understand that the reporter was from another country; I don't suppose a liberal American "reporter" would be so bold as to question Slow Joe on the subject of his China connections:  [Video clip]  First, even in this very brief clip, Biden's mental and physical incapacity are on display.  He may only be 80 years old, but he is an old 80.  Second, Biden answers "It's not true."  But it is true.  A single Chinese entity paid Biden's family well over $1 million.  That has been documented.  And for what?  Hunter's sober judgment?  Brother James's financial acumen?  Hallie's good looks?  Obviously, the only reason why foreign companies and governments have showered money on the Biden family is Joe's perceived power.  And his influence has been real.  When the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma desperately wanted a meeting with a high-level State Department official, it invoked the fact that the vice-president's son was on its board of directors, and it got the meeting.  Why else do you think the pathetic, drug-addled Hunter, who knew nothing about natural gas and didn't speak Ukrainian, was worth $1 million a year to a Ukrainian natural gas company?  Joe Biden has been a corrupt politician for a long time, probably decades.

Establishment Media Continue Defending Biden Family Business Scandal.  The establishment media have continued to defend the Biden family business schemes from House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer's (R-KY) probe, calling the findings "debunked," "phony," and "wild."  Comer's investigation, launched in November, has begun to yield results.  This week, Comer revealed the Biden family business received a $3 million wire transfer and subsequent payments from a Chinese energy company between 2015 and 2017 upon receiving Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) from the Treasury and subpoenaed records from Bank of America.  The $3 million payment was in turn split between four Biden family members — Hunter, James, Hallie, and an unidentified "Biden" — from State Energy HK Limited.  The family members received $1.3 million collectively.

Is it because he's a chronic liar, or because he's venal and corrupt?
Biden skewered as 'world's worst Catholic' who cheapens Irish and Catholic identity.  As the Irish diaspora around the world prepared to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, a writer at The Telegraph scorched President Biden for being the "worst" public representative of Irish Catholicism's legacy.  Pennsylvania-born Biden has professed his Catholic roots and Irish heritage multiple times.  Shortly after his inauguration in 2021, the White House invited a professional bagpiper for St. Patrick's Day, much like many Irish-American events that mix general Celtic traditions, to which Biden replied, "They really know how to make an Irishman feel special at the White House."  He has also made the internet cringe with statements like "I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid."  [Tweet]

The coming Trump arrest is a very dangerous power play.  The economy was booming, China was being constrained, illegal immigration was diminishing, peace was blossoming in the Middle East, and there were no new wars or concentration camps.  Something needed to be done.  Enter COVID.  Democrats use COVID to shut down the economy, close schools, censor speech, and institute mail-in balloting that, in many states, was illegal according to their own constitutions.  Most significantly, they use the self-inflicted death of a felon with major heart disease who'd taken fatal levels of illegal drugs as an excuse to launch the BLM revolution.  And it was a revolution, designed to overthrow the government through hysterical racial division and attacks on America's infrastructure: cities burned, and activists targeted the White House, law enforcement, and the federal judiciary.  The election results are ludicrous.  A hugely successful president who managed rallies with tens of thousands of people despite COVID and who had caused significant numbers of minorities to cross to his side lost to a corrupt, demented, racist, and very stupid puppet who campaigned from his basement, in an election riddled with manifest problems, everything from mail-in voting (with all the evidence and envelopes immediately and illegally destroyed), to counting stoppages in the middle of the night.

CNN: China funneling the Bidens money is A-OK!  The narrative about that huge flow of money from China to Joe Biden's family has coalesced: "what's the big deal?"  It's perfectly normal for our biggest adversary to secretly send money to the Vice President and then President's family.  I mean, if you could help support the Bidens with a bit of extra cash, wouldn't you?  [Tweet]  Besides, the money involved came from a Chinese energy company, and we all know that Hunter Biden has extensive knowledge of energy companies, given his experience helping Burisma.  The very same Burisma that was under investigation in Ukraine, until Joe Biden forced the Ukraine government to fire the prosecutor investigating it.  [Tweet]

James Comer shows that the Biden family business is corruption.  Bravo to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) for revealing just how much of a family business Biden, Inc. is.  Bank records newly obtained by his House Oversight Committee show that Hunter Biden associate Rob Walker transferred north of $1.3 million in 2017 not only to usual suspects Hunter and presidential little brother Jim but also to daughter-in-law Hallie (son Beau's widow; Hunter's brief fling) — plus an unknown simply tagged as "Biden."  The family that gets paid together stays together, it seems.  Most of that big chunk of change came from a $3 million transfer from an affiliate of Chinese energy outfit CEFC to Walker.  CEFC, now defunct, was one of China's biggest private companies and a main target of Hunter Biden's operations back in 2017, with the First Son angling for a ultra-high-paid board seat and equity stakes for him and Jim and an unnamed "big guy" widely thought to be Joe.

The Editor says...
The Big Guy is "thought to be Joe" [Biden], says the New York Post Editorial Board, cautiously.  Obviously it's Joe Biden.  Who in the Biden organization is bigger than Joe?  Who among them has more influence to peddle?

Corruption does the talking for Joe Biden.  "He can run but he can't hide," legendary boxer Joe Louis once said about an opponent.  These days, the same thing might be said about the president of the United States.  At a crucial moment of his tenure, Joe Biden is repeatedly refusing to take questions.  The odd ducking and weaving have even the normally docile White House press corps in an uproar.  Why won't he answer us, they demand to know.  The question answers itself — Biden won't face the media because he's got something to hide.  But as with Joe Louis' opponents, running won't work.  For despite Biden's efforts, day by day, drip by drip, his dirty secret is coming into view.

Government Tyrants Play with Fire.  If there were not a two-tier "justice" system that exists only to protect Deep State friends and demolish Uniparty enemies, Joe Biden's notorious reputation over the last half-century as a bought-and-paid-for stooge of foreign governments and domestic crime syndicates — with a family of drug users and reprobates who profit solely from his politically-protected name — would have at least kept him far from the White House, if not serving time in prison. [...] Taking bribes from Chinese communists?  No problem.  Laundering money through Ukraine?  No big deal.  Fabricating an international conspiracy framing Donald Trump as a Russian spy?  What's the harm?  Selling America out to her enemies in Iran, China, and anywhere else politicians and their corporate patrons can make a buck?  By all means!

It looks like Joe Biden committed tax fraud.  It's undisputed that the Biden family was taking money from foreign governments.  The clearest example is Hunter, who received about $11 million from entities associated with the Chinese and Ukrainian governments, according to NBC News.  He failed to pay income tax on at least some of this money.  It's also undisputed that the emails in Hunter's notorious laptop referenced "the big guy" at least 41 times in connection with foreign money, and that "the big guy" is his father Joe.  It's undisputed that at least one such email refers to "10% for the big guy." [...] That said, it's hard to prove the crime of political bribery.  That's because it requires more than (1) the payment of money to a politician and (2) action by the politician that benefits the payor.  If that were all it took, the heads of the teachers' unions would have been sent to jail long ago.  It takes a third element:  It takes proof that the action taken by the politician was in consideration of the money paid to him.

Comer demands Rob Walker, Biden biz associate behind China cash, detail Joe's role.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Friday demanded that Biden family business associate Rob Walker submit to questioning about his role in distributing more than $1 million from China to at least three of President Biden's relatives.  Subpoenaed bank records indicate Walker, an ex-Clinton administration official, distributed Chinese funds in early 2017 to President Biden's brother James Biden, son Hunter Biden and daughter-in-law Hallie Biden — with $70,000 going to an unidentified Biden whose first name was not specified.  "The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating President Biden's involvement in his family's business practices [and] has identified you as a critical witness in this matter," Comer (R-Ky.) wrote to Walker.

Businessman Suspected of Kicking Back Chinese Cash to Bidens Asked to Testify by House Oversight.  House Oversight Committee James Comer (R., Ky.) on Friday sent a letter to Biden family associate Rob Walker asking him to participate in a transcribed interview with Committee staff, one day after subpoenaed bank records revealed Walker doled out more than a $1 million to Biden family members after receiving a $3 million payout from a Chinese energy company.  "Rob Walker is a key witness in our investigation of President Biden's involvement in his family's business schemes," Comer said in a statement on Friday.  "After receiving a $3 million dollar payout from a Chinese energy company two months after Vice President Biden left office, Rob Walker then sent over a million dollars in incremental payments to Biden family accounts and a similar amount to another Biden family associate."

Hunter Biden Admits to Biden Family's China Deals for $Millions After Years of Denial.  Hunter Biden on Thursday admitted and then justified the Biden family's multi-million dollar business with Chinese entities close to the Chinese Communist Party after years of denial. [...] Hunter's statement is a public relations attempt to push back on House Oversight Committee James Comer's (R-KY) confirmation that the Biden family business received a $3 million wire transfer from a Chinese energy company and subsequent payments afterPresident Joe Biden left the vice presidency in 2017.  Comer has also found evidence that shows the Biden family business received $179,836.86 while Joe Biden was in the White House.

The Bidens and Biden associates who received Chinese cash.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed on Thursday that on March 1, 2017 — less than two months after Joe Biden left office as Barack Obama's vice president — State Energy HK Limited, a firm affiliated with Chinese Communist Party-backed energy company CEFC China Energy, wired $3 million to Biden family associate Rob Walker.  The windfall was subsequently divvied up over a period of about three months to at least three members of the Biden clan, and two Biden family associates.

The Bidens and Biden associates who received Chinese cash.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed on Thursday that on March 1, 2017 — less than two months after Joe Biden left office as Barack Obama's vice president — State Energy HK Limited, a firm affiliated with Chinese Communist Party-backed energy company CEFC China Energy, wired $3 million to Biden family associate Rob Walker.  The windfall was subsequently divvied up over a period of about three months to at least three members of the Biden clan, and two Biden family associates.

Hunter Biden Accuses Delaware Computer Repairman Of 'Invading' His Privacy In Countersuit.  Hunter Biden has countersued a Delaware-based computer repairman, alleging that John Paul Mac Isaac violated his privacy by accessing and disseminating data held in Biden's laptop.  Biden's attorneys filed the suit in response to a lawsuit Mac Isaac filed against Biden in late January, according to ABC News.  Mac Isaac sued Biden for defamation, claiming that the son of the U.S. president unfairly and illegally targeted Mac Isaac and damaged his reputation for years with repeated claims that a laptop Biden left at Mac Isaac's repair store could have been stolen or hacked.  Biden's 42-page suit, filed on Friday, describes how the laptop became the center of a series of stories beginning in October 2020 about Biden's life and overseas business dealings in countries such as Ukraine and China.  The laptop is now a key component of House Republicans' investigations into President Joe Biden.

In other words, Hunter admits the laptop is authentic, and it was his -- until he forfeited it.
Hunter Biden Sues Delaware Laptop Repairman over Leaked Files.  Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit Friday against the computer repairman, John Paul Mac Isaac, who turned over files on a laptop Hunter left at his shop to the New York Post ahead of the 2020 presidential election.  Hunter Biden "had more than a reasonable expectation of privacy that any data that he created or maintained," reads the lawsuit filed with a Delaware federal court Friday morning.  The president's son was under the impression it "would not be accessed, copied, disseminated, or posted on the Internet for others to use against him or his family or for the public to view."  Lawyers representing Hunter Biden have challenged Mac Isaac's assertion that his failure to retrieve the laptop after 90 days granted the Delaware repairman its ownership.

The Editor says...
Does anyone thing that was the last laptop Hunter Biden ever owned?  Of course not.  I wonder what's on his new laptop today.

Biden pours cold water on bank transactions showing son Hunter and daughter-in-law Hallie got cut of $1 million in Chinese cash.  President Joe Biden on Friday pushed back on a Republican report that members of his family received more than $1 million in payments from China, saying it wasn't 'true.'  'That's not true,' Biden said when asked about it as he left the White House to spend the weekend at his home in Wilmington, Del.  He was responding to a report House Republicans released on Thursday that showed the president's Hunter Biden, Beau Biden's widow Hallie and other relatives of the president's family received more than $1 million in 2017 from an associate who had entered into a business deal with a Chinese energy company.

Wonder why most of the media aren't trusted?  Because most of the media continue to show how much they are in the tank for Joe Biden.  This week, Republicans have shown millions of dollars in transfers to the Biden family from China, and yet it doesn't make the nightly news. [...] Hunter got paid millions from a corrupt company in Ukraine for a no-show job, and the media and other Democrats didn't care.  Joe bragged about extorting Ukraine with a billion dollars in taxpayer money if they didn't fire a prosecutor investigating the company that paid Hunter millions — and the media and other Democrats didn't care.  Not only did the media and other Democrats not care about the pure corruption and kickbacks from Ukraine, but Trump was also impeached for even asking about it.  The wife of a Moscow mayor pays Hunter $3 million, and the media and other Democrats don't care.  The Hunter laptop story shows that Hunter used some of his money to pay Dad's bills and that some deals involved giving 10% to the big guy.  Not only do the media, the Justice Department, and other Democrats not care about the story, but they and social media intentionally buried the story so the public wouldn't see it before the election.

Joe Biden Can Be Impeached for Bribery.  News Thursday of payments from a Chinese Communist Party-linked company to members of President Joe Biden's family amounts to a potential case for bribery, an impeachable offense under the Constitution.  The House Oversight Committee revealed that in 2017, China's State Energy HK Limited sent $3 million to a company controlled by family associate Robert Walker, who in turn distributed funds to members of Biden's family: his surviving son, Hunter; his brother, James; his daughter-in-law, Hallie; and an unknown "Biden."  State Energy HK Limited was linked to CEFC China Energy, whose chairman, Ye Jianming, did business with Hunter Biden.  CEFC was also involved in an abandoned joint venture with the Biden family in which someone referred to as the "big guy," and presumed to be then-former Vice President Biden, was to have a 10% stake.

Hallie Biden, Beau's Widow and Hunter's Ex, and an Unnamed Biden Received Money From Chinese Energy Company.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told The New York Post that Hallie Biden, Beau's widow and Hunter's former flame, is a family member who received money from a China energy company in 2017: [...] The records do not name the other Biden family members.  So right now, we know Hunter Biden, James Biden, and Hallie Biden got Chinese cash.  The unknown Biden received $70,000 between March and May 2017.  Hunter's "Owasco P.C." account got $500,000 and James's "JBBSR INC" account got $360,000 during that timeframe.  A source told Fox News the "First Clearing LLC" that received $100,000 belongs to Hunter as well.  James and Hunter received $4.8 million from CEFC Chica Energy in 2017 and 2018.  Hunter and Hallie hooked up in 2016 a year after Beau's death and while Hunter was still married.  They split in 2019.

ESG Will Bankrupt You — Financially and Morally.  The biggest little bank you had never heard of was a key bank to the small and medium-sized businesses in the tech industry.  Remember, the FDIC guarantees up to $250,000 per account.  But, in a jaw-dropping move, Biden bailed out all accounts in a change not contemplated by the FDIC act.  Is this to be the new FDIC standard?  Where did Biden get such authority, and is this yet another abuse of his presidential powers?  Where's Congress in all of this?  Given Biden's extra-lawful money grabs, why have a Congress at all?  Early information about the bank's demise gives a definite and suspected reason.  Long-term bonds, issued at low yields, secured many of the bank's assets.  When liquidated early to cover cash calls, SVB suffered huge losses.  Why did SVB need cash?  Because the government spent trillions it did not have making the money supply massively inflated, thus creating runaway inflation.

Biden Family Got Over $1M in Chinese Wire Payments.  The House Oversight Committee is digging into the Biden family business.  Its latest revelations raise some interesting questions.  The Oversight Committee stated that, "Bank records we've obtained reveal Rob Walker, a Biden family associate, used his company to transfer money from a Chinese energy company to Hunter Biden, James Biden, Hallie Biden, and an unknown Biden." [...] And then there's Hailie Biden, Beau Biden's widow who took up with Hunter.  While Hunter and James Biden were in business, wiring money to Hailie suggests an attempt to disguise money going to Hunter or an attempt to bypass him, or a larger business relationship involving the Biden family.  Hence the missing 4th Biden.

House Oversight Receives Bank Records Showing Biden Family [was] Paid by Chinese Energy Company.  The House Oversight Committee released records today outlining how the Biden family was paid by a Chinese energy company.  The bank records indicate payments to Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden; Joe Biden's brother, James Biden; Joe Biden's daughter-in-law, Hallie Biden, and an unknown "Biden;" likely the principal, "big guy", Joe Biden himself.

Biden's Lie of the Day.  President Biden is a pathological liar.  His account of the epiphany that led him to support gay marriage is only the most recent example, though it was classic and blatant.  Indeed, it was so blatant as to be laughable.  I have a high level of confidence that Biden lies every time he speaks in public.  Take yesterday's Remarks on Lowering Prescription Drugs Costs in Las Vegas — please.  It is difficult to choose one statement from these remarks as Biden's lie of the day.  His dad banging on the headboard of his bed when he lost his health insurance strikes me as one among many, but I can't prove it.

Elections Have Consequences; Stolen Elections Have Catastrophes.  "Put the adults back in charge," they whined.  "Donald Trump will break the world," they lied.  Well, they manipulated election rules to certify suspicious vote totals that preposterously portrayed senile Joe Biden as the most popularly elected president in history; censored and locked up anyone who complained; and covered up their crimes with J6 show trials drenched in untruths meant to hide from history the Uniparty's underhanded machinations in outright stealing a presidential election.  The whole mess was so banana-republic-yucky that Biden was inaugurated behind barbed wire and a show of military force befitting the small junta who attended the successful coup's celebration.  And as a result of the Uniparty's installation of Dementia Joe as White House marionette, the American people have been plagued with crime, inflation, political persecution, COVID tyranny, deadly battlefield retreat, open borders, staggering drug deaths, proxy wars, bankruptcies, bank runs, endless new regulations, a plummeting standard of living, economic panic, and social volatility.

Comer says '6 or 7 Biden family members' may have been involved in overseas business schemes.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer believes that more than half a dozen members of the Biden clan may have been involved in various worldwide business schemes that profited off their family name.  Comer, whose committee is investigating the Biden family's business dealings, shared the insight in a Wednesday night [3/15/2023] interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.  "At the end of this I think we're gonna see there are probably six or seven Biden family members that were involved in various business schemes around the world," Comer (R-Ky.) told Ingraham, referring to his panel's far-reaching probe.  Comer didn't mention any names in the interview and declined to reveal the identity of the unnamed Biden family member who got proceeds from a $3 million wire to Hunter Biden associate John "Rob" Walker just weeks after Joe Biden left the vice presidency in 2017.

Judicial Watch Continues to Push for Testimony on Secret University of Delaware Deal with Joe Biden to Hide Senate Records.  Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a reply brief on behalf of the Daily Caller News Foundation and itself in the Supreme Court of Delaware asking for limited discovery, including, at a minimum, deposing a university representative.  In July 2020 Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation filed a Delaware Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit after the university denied their April 2020 requests for all of Biden's Senate records and for records about the preservation and any proposed release of the records, including communications with Biden or his representatives.

Biden 2020 campaign had 'surreptitious involvement' in Russian disinfo hoax surrounding Post's Hunter laptop story: FEC complaint.  Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign had "surreptitious involvement" in organizing a letter written by 51 former intelligence officials that falsely claimed the New York Post's story about Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday [3/15/2023].  The complaint, from lawyers for former President Donald Trump, asks the FEC to record the infamous "Dirty 51" letter as an "in-kind contribution" to Biden's campaign because it allegedly was used to influence the outcome of the election.  The Oct. 19, 2020, letter was signed by 51 ex-spooks, including five former or acting CIA directors — John Brennan, Leon Panetta, Mike Hayden, John McLoughlin and Mike Morell — as well as James Clapper, the one-time director of national intelligence.

There's No Liar Like A Biden.  How do we know when Joe Biden is lying?  When he says he gives us his word as a Biden.  But that's not the only time he spins a whopper.  He says something untrue quite regularly, the most recent instance a tall tale about his "epiphany" regarding gay marriage.  When asked about his "evolution on marriage equality" during an interview on Monday night's "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, Biden radically revised his personal history so that he would appear to have been woke for more than a half century.  Our president (how did such a thing ever happen?) said he "hadn't thought much about" same-sex marriage until his "senior in high school." [...] This "epiphany" is similar to Biden's claims about his grand contributions to the civil rights movement.  He's said a number of times that he was an activist, even as a teen.  He's even told stories about participating in marches and being arrested multiple times at civil rights protests, once in South Africa where he was trying to visit Nelson Mandela in prison.

Speaker McCarthy: Administration 'Fighting Every Step of the Way' Against Biden Family Business Investigations.  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told Breitbart News last week that Democrat President Joe Biden's administration has been "fighting" against transparency "every step of the way" with GOP investigators probing the president's family business dealings.  McCarthy's interview, taped on Wednesday [3/15/2023] in the ceremonial U.S. House Speaker's office, came before the Treasury Department finally, after weeks, relented and agreed to provide the many Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) on Biden family members' bank transactions.

Second-Worst President in History Asks the Worst President to Deliver His Eulogy.  In his characteristically clumsy fashion, Old Joe Biden has revealed that former President Jimmy Carter has bestowed upon him a singular honor:  "He asked me to do his eulogy — excuse me, I shouldn't say that," Biden said at a fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, California on Tuesday.  When that day arrives, no matter how poorly Old Joe delivers what is certain to be a farrago of lies, half-truths, historical revisionism, and self-serving distortion, there will be a certain fitting aspect to the entire occasion:  the previous holder of the title of Worst President in American History will be eulogized by the current holder of the title.

Oversight Committee Chairman Has an Update About Its Biden Family Probe.  Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said the Treasury Department agreed to hand over suspicious activity reports for the Biden family and their business partners.  "After two months of dragging their feet, the Treasury Department is finally providing us with access to the suspicious activity reports for the Biden family and their associates' business transactions," said Comer, who requested the information in January.  "It should never have taken us threatening to hold a hearing and conduct a transcribed interview with an official under the penalty of perjury for Treasury to finally accommodate part of our request."  The Kentucky Republican has been pressuring Treasury to comply for weeks, again contacting the department last month about the "lack of accommodations," and calling on a Treasury Department official earlier this month to appear for a transcribed interview to explain why the requested information was not provided.

James Comer Reveals New Biden Family Member Has Emerged in Probe.  It appears that the Biden family's shady business dealings overseas involve more than just Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.  According to Fox News, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, (R-Ky) has revealed that a new family member (who is so-far unnamed) is somehow involved.  Comer is spearheading an investigation into the Biden family for alleged "influence peddling," and says that a new family member outside of Hunter and Joe has been implicated.  However, he is currently declining to identify which family member it is.  The discovery comes after a mysterious $3 million dollar payment was sent to three Biden family members.  The reason for this mysterious payment has not been revealed either, but the findings certainly raise suspicions.

Speculation mounts over ID of 'new' Biden family member who got cut of $3M wire.  It's Washington's newest guessing game:  Who is the unnamed Biden family member who got proceeds from a $3 million wire to Hunter Biden associate John "Rob" Walker weeks after Joe Biden left the vice presidency in 2017?  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) first revealed Monday that bank records obtained via subpoena implicate a "new Biden family member" in the panel's probe of the first son's alleged influence-peddling scheme.  Comer is expected to reveal the person's name at some point but has not yet announced specific plans to do so, leaving the door open to speculation about who else could have been on the receiving end.

Biden: Worse than Jimmy Carter.  There are striking parallels — and contrasts — between Jimmy Carter's leadership during the 1970s Oil Crisis and Joe Biden's initiatives during the current "Climate" Crisis.  The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) instigated the 1973 crisis in U.S. gasoline prices that sparked inflation, and Jimmy Carter responded by supporting conservation and alternative energy plans (as well as a shift to "plentiful coal").  In contrast, Joe Biden seeded current fuel price inflation with wasteful overspending and attacks on oil production, and embraces yet more inefficient spending on renewable manufacturing projects that accelerate pollution and increase American vulnerability to China and Russia. [...] Liberal media seek to compare Biden's policies to Carter's, presenting the current energy crisis as one in which Joe Biden is similarly the victim of conditions beyond his control.

James Comer: Treasury Reports Show Biden Family Made Millions from Chinese Company After 2016.  The Biden family business received a $3 million wire transfer from a Chinese energy company and subsequent payments after President Joe Biden left the vice presidency in 2017, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) announced upon receiving suspicious activity reports from the Treasury this week.  U.S. banks have flagged over 150 SARs from Hunter and James Biden that included "large" amounts of money flagged for further review.  According to a 2020 Senate report, SARs "often contain evidence of potential criminal activities, such as money laundering and fraud."

Biden Says Opposing the Mutilation of Children Is 'Close to Sinful'.  Old Joe Biden appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show Monday night, where the guest host Kal Penn [...] asked him about same-sex marriage and boys who want to become girls and girls boys.  In response, Biden struck a moral tone, suggesting that support for same-sex marriage and the genital mutilation of children in pursuit of delusions and fantasies was simply the decent position to take, and [indeed], Lunchbucket Joe didn't see why it had to be any more complicated than that.  As we have all come to expect by now, Biden lied when he told a story that he has told before about his alleged "epiphany" on same-sex marriage.

Investigators score big win as Treasury turns over secret bank records flagging Hunter Biden deals.  The Biden Treasury Department ended weeks of foot dragging Tuesday by agreeing to provide congressional investigators with access to secret bank records that flagged suspicious overseas financial transactions involving Hunter Biden and the first family.  House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer announced the deal to let his investigators access the so-called Suspicious Activity Reports in a secure reading room.  "After two months of dragging their feet, the Treasury Department is finally providing us with access to the suspicious activity reports for the Biden family and their associates' business transactions," Comer said Tuesday morning.

U.S. Treasury to Release Biden Family's Suspicious Bank Reports to House Oversight Committee.  The Treasury Department will comply and release suspicious activity reports (SARs) generated by the Biden family and their associates' business transactions to the House Oversight Committee, Breitbart News has learned.  The Treasury's compliance to disclose the SARs is a massive development in the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Biden family business to determine if President Joe Biden is compromised by communist China.  The committee is investigating the Biden family business for nine violations, including wire fraud and money laundering.

Treasury gives House GOP access to Biden family suspicious activity reports.  The Treasury Department has agreed to let House Oversight Committee members review suspicious activity reports pertaining to President Biden's family, panel Chairman James Comer announced Tuesday [3/14/2023].  The records submitted by banks to the US government may contain new bombshells on the first family's murky foreign income and the millions reaped by first son Hunter Biden and first brother James Biden in countries where their powerful relative held sway.  "After two months of dragging their feet, the Treasury Department is finally providing us with access to the suspicious activity reports for the Biden family and their associates' business transactions," Comer (R-Ky.) said.

Congress Caught Off-Guard by Biden's $5 Trillion Tax Increase Proposal.  Joe Biden's $6.8 trillion annual budget proposal, which included a proposed increase of $5 trillion in taxes in order to fund it all, surprised many in Congress due to drastically overshooting what he was expected to ask for.  As reported by The Hill, the unexpected proposal only creates greater risks for Democrats in the 2024 elections, as Biden presumably prepares for a re-election bid and his party seeks to defend 23 seats in the U.S. Senate, including many red-state seats.  The new proposal, some say, would only exacerbate ongoing economic woes, including inflation and high tax rates, putting an even greater strain on the average American household's finances.  However, Biden has vowed that he would not raise taxes on anyone making more [sic] than $400,000 a year.  Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) described the Biden administration's proposal as "jaw-dropping," declaring it to be "exactly the wrong approach to solving our fiscal problems."

The Editor says...
Everything Biden does is "exactly the wrong approach" to any problem.  It must be intentional.  Nobody is that stupid.

Tom Cotton: Biden Administration Won't Commit to Not Bailing Out Chinese SVB Investors.  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said in a tweet Monday that the Biden administration refused to commit to not bailing out Chinese companies that invested in Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) with American taxpayer money.  "It's well known that SVB funneled American money into Chinese companies," Cotton tweeted.  "I pressed the Biden administration today to commit not to bailout Chinese companies with money from Arkansas's taxpayers, but they refused.  Which tells you that's exactly what President Biden plans to do," he said.

Are Taxpayers Funding Natalie Biden's Spring Break Trip to San Diego?  Biden's granddaughter flew on Air Force One and is traveling with the president to and from San Diego, official events, and a DNC fundraiser, and Karine Jean-Pierre doesn't know whether Natalie's cross-country spring break trip is being paid for by taxpayers who've been crushed by inflation and are having to slim down their own vacation plans?  There's been much ado about incumbent presidents of both parties using Air Force One for campaign trips, or, as Biden is doing on Monday, pairing official travel with a partisan reception to defray unofficial travel costs.  Campaigns are supposed to reimburse taxpayers for unofficial travel aboard Air Force One, but the formula used by the Treasury Department to determine whether or how much of a trip is "official" and how much needs to be reimbursed is not public.  What's more, reporters who travel aboard Air Force One while covering the president pay for their travel.

House Oversight Committee has 'documents that show just exactly how the Biden family was getting money from the Chinese Communist Party'.  Documentary proof of an American president getting paid off by our greatest strategic rival, if not enemy, is no small matter.  James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, said some pretty important things yesterday, appearing on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News Channel.  Despite being stonewalled by Janet Yellen over release of Suspicious Activity Reports from banks about Hunter Biden's transactions, he has gotten evidence about Biden family receipt of money from the CCP.  What encourages me about his revelation is that there now are key forces within the Democrat establishment (which includes the legacy media) that see Joe Biden as a problem to be removed.  His worsening dementia is becoming impossible to hide, and his (really Dr. Jill's?) determination to run for re-election seems likely to doom not only the presidential prospects of the party, but its congressional prospects as well.  A wipeout, especially if either Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis were to occupy the Oval Office with congressional majorities, could lead to doom for the party if it results in exposure of its mendacity.  Both men play for keeps with their opponents.

James Comer says docs show 'Biden family was getting money from CCP'.  House Oversight Committee chair James Comer claimed Sunday on Fox News that he has evidence proving that President Joe Biden's family has profited from the Chinese Communist Party.  [Video clip]

Ted Cruz Says Biden 'Certainly' Isn't Running the White House After New Budget Proposal.  Ted Cruz acknowledged what the majority of us have long known: Biden is a puppet leader.  Cruz criticizes the projected $6.8 trillion budget of the Biden administration on social media, claiming he no longer runs the White House.  Cruz, R-Texas, asserted that President Biden's budget for the 2024 fiscal year indicated that "socialists are in charge" and that he had failed to fulfill his vow to unite the two major parties.  The budget, as stated by Cruz, boosts taxes and increases expenditure to record levels for the socialist economic, education, climate, and healthcare agenda.

I've heard this before.
Some Walls Might Be Closing in on the Biden Crime Family.  We here on the right have long known that the Biden family has business ties all over the place that are rather unsavory.  Honestly, most people on the left do, too; they just don't care.  That's why various forms of leftmedia were scrambling before the 2020 election to pretend Hunter Biden's laptop was a nothingburger story.  Their overreaction was the only reaction we needed to know we were correct.  There is no bombshell news, but it looks like some progress has been made in exposing the depths of the Biden business depravity, especially when it comes to the commies in the country with which we will soon be fighting a war.

Poll: One-Third of Democrats Believe Joe Biden Has 'Conflict of Interest' with China.  One-third of Democrats believe President Biden has a "conflict of interest" with China potentially affecting his administration's response to China's "aggressive actions against the U.S.," a Convention of States Action/Trafalgar Group survey released this week found.  The survey asked respondents, "Due to the Biden family's business relationships with China, do you believe President Biden has a conflict of interest when responding to China's aggressive actions against the U.S.?"  Across the board, 57.2 percent said "yes," Biden has a conflict of interest.  33.5 percent do not believe he does, and 9.3 percent said they are not sure.

Dem. Rep. Dan Goldman Has an Added Interest in Sinking Oversight Investigations Into Biden.  For those who watched Thursday's [3/9/2023] Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing regarding the Twitter Files, the arrogant, dismissive, (and hilariously ignorant) attitude on display by the subcommittee's Democrat members was hard to stomach.  While most hearings are dog and pony shows to some degree, the Dems' seek-and-destroy mission aimed at undermining the credibility of witnesses Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger and muddying the waters was blatant.  As a former Democrat (of the "classical liberal" variety) the disdain for journalistic ethics and best practices and utter indifference to the gross governmental overreach revealed by the Twitter Files demonstrated by the Democrats who questioned (or, rather, bellowed at and over) Taibbi and Shellenberger made my blood boil.  There were no liberal ideals on display Thursday — at least not by the Democrats.  And the irony that their ire was directed at two decidedly-non-Republican witnesses simply because they've dared question the authoritarian methodology embraced by the "progressive" ruling class was thick.

Recent First Ladies and Their Academic Degrees.  I am frankly amazed at the intellectual ineptitude revealed by our recent Democrat First Ladies' degree-awarded ventures in academic exposition and by the media adulation they have received for their efforts.  Having recently published an analysis of Jill Biden's doctoral dissertation, pointing out its utter inadequacy, I find it comes as no surprise that former First Lady Michelle Obama considers it a work of substantial merit and heaps accolades on Biden as "a brilliant woman who has distinguished herself in her profession."

It's Not Hard to See the Future of America Under this Manchurian President.  President Biden is not only compromised but exemplifies the ultimate Manchurian President.  I also see him as a traitor to our nation — plain and simple.  His actions and deeds, controlled by those we do not yet see, are purposefully destroying our democracy, legal system, freedoms, independence, and republic. [...][ It's evident that Biden is but a simple puppet, a marionette.  The question is, who exactly are the puppeteer(s) pulling his strings?  I also believe Biden, like his son, is compromised by the Chinese and the Russians.  Just look at the actions he's taken since January 2021. [...] Whomever his puppeteers are, they are undoubtedly far left, not favorable towards America, view our Constitution with disdain, and look to change America forever.  They pull the strings of their marionette named Biden, the Manchurian President, from behind the red Marxist and fascist curtains.  The strings are pulled to purposefully change America from a champion of liberty, opportunity, freedom, and democracy to an autocracy, dictatorship, and tyrannical system.

J6 lies are part of a much bigger pattern.  The scandalous information on Hunter Biden's laptop was authentic and revealed President Joe Biden's compromised positions with Ukraine and China; we're now funding a war in Ukraine to the tune of almost $200 billion, and just this week, China has threatened "confrontation and conflict."  Democrats got the Hunter Biden laptop censored because it threatened Joe Biden's presidential campaign.

TikTok Hires Firm With Biden Connections Amid Increasing Scrutiny in Washington - Reports.  Social media app TikTok hired a prominent consulting firm with connections to US President Biden as it faces increasing scrutiny in Washington, Politico reported.  The firm, called SKDK, deals with both public affairs and political consulting and was hired in the last few months to provide communications support for TikTok, which has been fielding criticism from US senators focused on restricting or banning the app from use in the United States, the report said, citing two people, including one with direct knowledge of the hire.  Seen as a well-connected Democratic firm in Washington who has represented heavy-hitting companies such as Starbucks and Amazon, SKDK has many former employees in senior and mid-level positions in the Biden administration, according to the report.

Cruz: Biden Enriched Cartels Whose Revenue Increased 26x Since 2018, We Need to Pressure Mexico, Not Invade It.  On Tuesday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Jesse Watters Primetime," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that President Joe Biden "is the best thing that ever happened to the Mexican drug cartels" and cited the massive surge in cartel revenue since 2018 and argued that the solution to cartel violence isn't to invade Mexico or go to war with it, but rather, to pressure the country to act against cartel violence.  Cruz said, "Well, listen, those who kill American citizens must be held accountable.  And, at the first instance, this wouldn't happen if we had responsible presidential leadership.  Joe Biden created the chaos at the border.  Joe Biden stopped building the wall.  He reinstated catch and release.  He pulled out of Remain in Mexico.  And what Joe Biden has done is he's turned these vicious narcoterrorists into multibillionaires. [...]"

Treasury official ordered to appear for Hunter Biden interview under penalty of perjury.  A top House Republican investigator is demanding that a Treasury Department official appear for a transcribed interview related to the department's refusal to hand over suspicious activity reports on Hunter Biden.  Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, had set a hearing for this Friday for Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Jonathan Davidson to testify, but the GOP investigator revealed that Davidson refused to appear, so Comer is now demanding that Davidson testify before his committee next Tuesday under penalty of perjury.  "Treasury Department officials have repeatedly said that they are cooperating with the committee's request but all we've seen is obstruction," Comer said Tuesday evening.  "We've offered multiple good faith accommodations, but Treasury continues to provide excuses and employ delay tactics.  We are done with the excuses and calling on Assistant Secretary Jonathan Davidson to answer questions under the penalty of perjury next week."

House Oversight delays hearing on Biden family business dealings.  The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has postponed a hearing into the Biden family's business dealings.  The hearing, titled "The Biden Family Investigation: The Department of the Treasury," was supposed to be held on Friday at 9 a.m., but committee staff told the Washington Examiner it was delayed because the requested witness refused to attend that day.  "Treasury Department officials have repeatedly said that they are cooperating with the Committee's request but all we've seen is obstruction," Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a statement released the day before.  "We've offered multiple good faith accommodations, but Treasury continues to provide excuses and employ delay tactics.  We are done with the excuses and calling on Assistant Secretary Jonathan Davidson to answer questions under the penalty of perjury next week."

A Shockingly Low Percentage of Americans Think Old Joe Biden Is Really Running Things.  In previous administrations throughout the history of the United States, the question didn't even come up.  Harry Truman had a sign on his desk proclaiming "The Buck Stops Here," and no one doubted that it did.  When Secretary of State William Seward wrote to President Abraham Lincoln politely offering to take over the heavy lifting of actually being the commander-in-chief, Lincoln just as politely replied that he would handle things, and he did.  Nobody ever wondered if Theodore Roosevelt or Dwight D. Eisenhower were really in charge.  But questions have swirled around Old Joe Biden's cognitive abilities and thus his ability to discharge the duties of the office he ostensibly holds ever since he began pretending to be president.  And now a new poll has shown that a majority of Americans don't really think Old Joe is running things at all.  In other words, a majority of Americans are able to see what's right in front of their faces.

Treasury Official Set to Testify on Biden Family's 'Suspicious' Wire Transfers Previously Worked for Joe Biden.  Treasury Department official Jonathan Davidson, who is set to testify this week about the agency withholding the Biden family's "suspicious" bank records, worked as the Biden-Harris Transition's Economic Nominations Confirmation team lead in 2020 and was nominated to the position at the Treasury by President Joe Biden, raising questions of whether his testimony will be tainted with political bias.  On Friday [3/10/2023], Davidson is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) and answer questions about why the Treasury has refused to provide the committee with James and Hunter Biden's 150 suspicious activity reports (SARs) generated by U.S. banks.  SARs often contain evidence of potential criminal activities, such as money laundering and fraud.  The disclosure would greatly help Comer investigate the Biden family, along with Eric Schwerin, for nine violations, including wire fraud and money laundering.

Biden makes unproven claim that he was a civil rights activist during Selma speech.  President Biden on Sunday remarked that he was involved in the civil rights movement during a speech in Selma, Alabama — a claim that remains unproven.  The president visited the historic city to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march, a pivotal moment of the 1960s civil rights movement.  "I was a student up north in the civil rights movement," Biden said to the crowd.  "I remember feeling how guilty I was, [that] I wasn't here.  How could we all be up there, and you going through what you went through," he continued.

Biden's Offensive Pandering, Lying, and Confusion in Selma.  Joe Biden was in Selma, Alabama on Sunday to commemorate "Bloody Sunday."  Biden was there to commemorate the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when police beat peaceful protesters marching for voting rights.  But if you read media descriptions, like this from the New York Times, you would think we were barely away from those times.  [Tweet] [...] That's truly shameless.  Exactly who is being denied the vote?  And it's Democrats who have lied and been divisive under Joe Biden acting as though somehow Republicans are denying people the right to vote, which is all about trying to manipulate the voters.  Joe Biden was at that again during his remarks in Selma.  First, he of course had to lie again about his involvement in the civil rights movement to pander to his audience.  [Tweet]

Biden Lies Again: 'I Was A Student Up North In the Civil Rights Movement'.  Old Joe Biden swung by Selma, Ala., on Sunday to commemorate the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the March 7, 1965, civil rights march in Selma that state troopers attacked with tear gas and clubs, leading to serious injuries to seventeen marchers.  As is his longstanding habit, Biden seized the opportunity to embroider on his life story in order to demonstrate that he was not only on the side of the good guys, but had been all along.  "I was a student up north in the civil rights movement," Biden informed his audience in Selma.  "I remember feeling how guilty I was I wudden here.  How could we all be up there?  And you goin' through what you were goin' through, lookin' at those — I can still picture..."  Here the available video mercifully ends, but Joe had made his point:  he has been a civil rights campaigner for longer than most of you folks have been alive, see?  There's just one catch:  he hasn't.  [Tweet]

What price Biden?  President Biden is something of a wrecking ball.  All his past life has been but a preparation for the damage he is doing.  It can't be much of an overstatement to observe that everything he "knows" is wrong.  If we ask What price Biden?, it is to seek a reckoning of the cost.  The cost in financial terms must be the least of it, but it is nevertheless unthinkably enormous.  Today's New York Post editorial places a number on the financial cost to New York City of Biden's erasure of our southern border:  ["]Nearly Five.  Million.  Dollars.  Per Day.["]

Biden Administration Approved 192 U.S. Trade Licenses Worth $23 Billion to Support Blacklisted Chinese Companies.  He's not called China Joe for nothing.  This is quite a considerable amount of U.S. tech products delivered to blacklisted Chinese companies.  It would be interesting to trace the multinational kickbacks to the Biden administration. [...] Beijing knows they can purchase U.S. political outcomes.

US approved 192 licenses for exports to blacklisted Chinese firms early 2022.  The Biden administration approved 192 licenses worth over $23 billion to ship U.S. goods and technology to Chinese companies on a U.S. trade blacklist in the first quarter of last year, according to a document released by a U.S. congressional committee on Friday [3/3/2023].  The 192 licenses granted were out of 242 license applications decided between January and March 2022, a chart showed, and 115 of those approved contained controlled technology.  Nineteen, or 8 percent of the total number of applications, were denied, and 31 were returned without action.

Just how unjust is our system of justice?  China is our most dangerous adversary, not Russia.  Biden is a controlled asset of the CCP.  That should be obvious to everyone by now.  The American president is doing China's bidding but he owes those Ukrainian oligarchs a great deal for all the millions they funneled to the Biden family.  We American citizens are toast unless the squishy Republicans develop a spine.

Biden Slammed over 'White Boy' Remark During Event Marking Black History Month: 'Most Racist President... Since LBJ'.  President Joe Biden faced a wave of backlash over what was deemed a "racist" comment of his implying that white men are unintelligent, after stating, "I may be a white boy, but I'm not stupid," at a reception honoring African Americans throughout the country's history.  During a White House reception marking Black History Month on Monday, President Biden stated that "black history matters" after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reportedly rejected a high school Advance Placement course for African American studies following his "Stop Woke Act," which aims to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the state's public schools.

Russian billionaires who dodged US sanctions shopped US land with Hunter Biden, dined with then-VP Joe.  Two Russian billionaires who have managed to dodge US sanctions over Moscow's year-old invasion of Ukraine went property shopping with Hunter Biden, dined with then-Vice President Joe Biden, and discussed "favors" they might swap, sources tell The [New York] Post.  New details of Joe and Hunter Biden's association with Yelena Baturina and Vladimir Yevtushenkov flesh out tantalizing clues from the first son's abandoned laptop.  The sources spoke with The Post this week after the duo was yet again spared a fresh batch of sanctions announced by the Treasury Department Friday.  "I think it's very fishy," said one source who had firsthand knowledge of the business relationship between Hunter Biden and Yevtushenkov — who is sanctioned by the UK and Australia but not by the US.

Old Joe Biden Has Never Told a Weirder Story Than This One.  Old Joe Biden has been in politics for over half a century, and before the onset of his dementia, he could be a fluid and occasionally effective public speaker, although he was never as charming or compelling as he clearly believed himself to be.  But as he has aged, the doddering corruptocrat who pretends to be president of the United States has lost whatever ability he ever had to move an audience.  Now, more often than not, he tries for an emotional effect and only manages to come off as weird, as with his bizarre habit of whispering points he wants to give particular emphasis.  But Old Joe has never been weirder than he was on Tuesday in Virginia Beach, where he was supposed to be reading off the teleprompter an address about affordable healthcare, but took the opportunity to embark on a bizarre ramble about a nurse he had when he suffered two brain aneurysms in 1988.

Biden's roller coaster of catastrophes.  In a remarkable interview last Friday, ABC News anchor David Muir pulled back the curtain to reveal a President Joe Biden who seemed disconnected with the political reality swirling around him and his White House.  Here was a commander in chief unable to remember whether he had spoken with the mayor of a small Ohio town experiencing one of the worst chemical accidents in recent memory, a catastrophic train derailment that had dominated the news for three weeks.  Muir simply asked the president if he had talked with the mayor of East Palestine.  Biden responded:  "I can't recall that I.  I don't think I've talked to the mayor.  I talked to everyone else there multiple times.  Talked to both the senators, both governors.  And I've talked to everyone there to talk to.  And we've made it clear that everything is available."  That was the best this president could summon for a group of his fellow Americans, frightened and worried they may lose everything they've dreamed of and worked for?

The Oaf of Office:
Insane: Joe Biden Laughs Discussing Mother Whose Sons Died From Fentanyl.  Sometimes I write an article and the topic is so insane that I'm not even sure what to say.  In this case, I'm going to do my best, but understand that it's difficult to put words down when you watch something that is this bad.  Joe Biden appeared in Maryland on Wednesday evening to speak to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference (whatever that is).  And while the typical political bluster about "assault weapons" and such was on full display, there was one moment that is destined to go viral, and not for a good reason.  While speaking, Biden decided to laugh at/about a mother whose sons died after taking fake Percocets laced with fentanyl.  Rebecca Kiessling had recently appeared before Congress to testify on the dangers of the deadly drug and the epidemic of deaths occurring because of it.  For her trouble, she got this display from the President of the United States.  [Video clip]

Why Did The IRS Let Biden Off The Hook For His Sketchy Tax Filings?  Republicans Should Investigate.  Apparently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) doesn't listen to my advice.  Last summer, as Congress prepared to ram through a spending spree that included funding for nearly 87,000 IRS employees, I noted that if Democrats were interested in tracking down wealthy tax cheats, they should instead demand that the tax agency audit the current occupant of the White House to study his own dodgy tax history.  Now come claims from the White House that the IRS examined President Biden's taxes yet raised no red flags.  That apparent development was enough to prompt an analyst at a liberal think tank to say Congress should investigate what he views as the IRS's abdication of its duties regarding Biden's returns.  But the question remains whether Republicans will get off their proverbial tails and actually do something about it.

Hunter Biden's Ukraine BioLab Partner Was Partners With Ghislaine Maxwell.  Hunter Biden was instrumental in funding and assisting a company responsible for Ukraine biolabs.  The Metabiota company, headed by a Ghislaine Maxwell partner named Alan Wolfe, was in charge of setting up biolabs in Ukraine.  The biolabs have sparked concern that dangerous materials could be used to fuel bioterrorism in Ukraine and around the world.  Hunter Biden's firm Rosemont Seneca invested a staggering $500,000 in Metabiota, a company that set up Ukrainian biolabs.  Hunter Biden acted as an unofficial lobbyist and fundraiser for Metabiota, reportedly finding millions of dollars for the company that engaged in pathogen experiments in the period when Hunter Biden's father Joe was the vice president and the globalist West built up a belligerent stance against Russia.  Hunter even linked Metabiota up with the company Burisma, which Hunter was on the board of, for work related to Ukraine biolabs.  Metabiota became a U.S.  Department of Defense contractor during the Obama-Biden administration.

Jim Jordan Wants to Know Why DOJ Hasn't Appointed a Special Counsel for Hunter Biden.  While U.S.  Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed special counsels to probe the handling of classified documents by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, he has not appointed one to handle investigations of Hunter Biden — and that has House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) curious.  So, to get some answers with his power as chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee, Jordan sent a letter to AG Garland on Tuesday looking to get his hands on some documents to better understand the situation and conduct oversight of Biden's Department of Justice.  "The Department's investigation of Hunter Biden, son of President Biden, raises the appearance of a conflict of interest that would necessitate special counsel protections and authorities," Chairman Jordan notes in his letter to Garland. "However, to date, you have declined to appoint a special counsel in this matter, despite appointing special counsels in other investigations."  As noted, there's a special counsel to investigate Joe Biden's sticky fingers when it came to classified documents from his time as vice president and a U.S. senator — so why not a special counsel to investigate his son?

Just Call it What it Is.  Biden's attacks on the Constitution have been unrelenting since he was propped up behind the Resolute Desk.  It started on Inauguration Day with a stack of seventeen executive orders crushing an economic revival, creating division by race and class, and destroying meritocracy by elevating identity over competency with a rogue's gallery of department heads anointed by skin color, transgenderism, sexual proclivity, and radical beliefs.  The hidden hands of the administration that rock the cradle see the Constitution as an out-of-touch recipe for a federal republic, with checks and balances easily bent or broken in the face of a stiff political wind.  A recent example is the pending agreement with the World Health Organization to relinquish America's pandemic sovereignty, a document having the force of a treaty but duplicitously constructed as a provisional agreement to circumvent the required approval of the Senate.

Joe Biden's brother Jim touted his connections.  Joe Biden's brother touted his family connections in a letter to the Qatari royal family asking for work, DailyMail.com can reveal.  Jim Biden, the President's younger brother, wrote a groveling letter to a Qatari prince in charge of the Arab nation's $170 billion investment fund in August 2017, asking for a meeting.  In the letter, obtained by DailyMail.com from Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop, Jim told a Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) director: 'My family could provide a wealth of introductions and business opportunities at the highest levels.'

Russian Sanctions Have Proved as Useless as COVID Vaccines.  In teasing an imminent re-election announcement from President Braindead, pretend medical doctor Jill Biden recently bragged that her husband had "brought us out of the chaos."  Brought us out of the chaos?  Both inflation and illegal immigration are out of control, Americans' financial security is in tatters, forced "vaccinations" did nothing to curb COVID, and we're closer to WWIII than ever before.  If this is Slow Joe's idea of "smooth sailing," then nuclear Armageddon is nothing but "a bit of a rough patch."  Just what do Jill and her Marxist mavens smoke that so twists their noggins into thinking that the nation is in better shape since they took control of D.C.  behind barbed-wire fences, sandbag barricades, and military troops?

Whistleblower Signals He Will Reveal Explosive Information On The Biden Crime Family.  The investigation into the Biden Crime Family's foreign business deals might be about to explode.  A former associate of Hunter Biden claims he has damning information on the Bidens' sordid foreign business deals.  The Washington Free Beacon revealed Monday [2/27/2023] that Gal Luft, the co-director of the Washington-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, says he provided details about Hunter Biden, his uncle, Jim Biden, and his father Joe Biden to the Trump Justice Department back in March 2019.  Luft was an adviser to CEFC China Energy, a business conglomerate with extremely close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.  CEFC Energy paid Hunter $6 million in 2017 alone to secure energy deals in the United States according to the Washington Free Beacon.  Once Joe Biden assumed power, there was every reason to keep details on his and his family's corruption hidden from the public.  According to Luft, the Regime had him arrested on bogus weapon trafficking charges last month in an effort to silence him.

Whistleblower threatening to "name names" in Biden Inc..  Gal Luft is a think tank executive who used to represent a Chinese energy corporation that basically served as a front for the Chinese Communist Party and reportedly paid Hunter Biden millions of dollars.  Luft is in a bit of trouble after being arrested in Cyprus earlier this month on charges that he illegally sold weapons to China and Lybia.  But he claims that he provided information about the Bidens' business dealings to the FBI in 2019 and now the Biden administration is trying to punish him.  So now his attorney is saying that Luft will start "naming names" soon.

Joe Biden Starts Shouting Out of No Where During Black History Month Reception.  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Monday hosted a reception celebrating Black History Month in the East Room.  Biden said white people are stupid.  "I may be a white boy, but I'm not stupid," Biden said to cheers.  "I know where the power is.  You think I'm joking!"  Joe Biden also began shouting out of nowhere.  "We just have to remember who we are!  We are the United States of America!" Biden shouted.  Why is he shouting like this?  [Video clip]

The Editor says...
This is the kind of behavior one would expect to see in a psychiatric hospital, not in the White House.

Whistleblower Says He Gave DOJ Information on Biden Family Foreign Business Deals.  An Israeli think tank executive who served alongside Hunter Biden as an adviser to a Chinese energy conglomerate widely suspected of serving as a front for the Chinese Communist Party now says he provided the FBI with [...] information about the Biden family's foreign business dealings.  Gal Luft, the co-director of the Washington-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, says he provided information about Hunter Biden, his father, and his uncle, Jim Biden, to the Justice Department in March 2019.  Luft served as an adviser to CEFC China Energy, a conglomerate that "aligned itself so closely with the Chinese government that it was often hard to distinguish between the two," according to CNN.  The group, which donated at least $350,000 to Luft's think tank, paid Hunter Biden at least $6 million in 2017 to procure energy investment deals in the United States.

Biden will be playing defense on student loans this week at the Supreme Court.  President Joe Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan will finally get its day at the Supreme Court on Tuesday.  But some experts predict that by the time arguments end, the administration may wish it had been somewhere else.  Biden's proposal, which would forgive up to $20,000 for some borrowers, is almost certain to be in for a rough ride before a court with a 6-3 conservative majority and an increasingly skeptical view of agencies acting without clear approval from Congress.  "The case against him on the merits is very strong," said Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University.

Aussie Reporter Loses It on Air Covering Biden's Mental Health.  An Australian news anchor struggled to keep a straight face while covering the results of Joe Biden's recent physical, which gave him a clean bill of health.  "President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous 80-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief," White House Physician Kevin O'Connor claimed.  Well, Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi found O'Connor's assessment so absurd she couldn't contain her laughter as she contrasted O'Connor's finding with clips of Biden's verbal stumbles, gaffes, and other embarrassing hits.  [Video clip]

Biden Hosts Black-only Staff Event for Black History Month.  President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a special event for black federal employees in observance of Black History Month, according to a tweet by the White House posted on Sunday.  [Tweet]  It is unclear why members of other racial groups were not invited to an event observing Black History Month, a national event, or why they were not given the same chance for face time with the president and vice president.

The Editor says...
Fake news alert!  I don't think it is at all "unclear why members of other racial groups were not invited."  In fact, it's obvious.  Blacks are the most rabid segregationists in America today, and Joe Biden (or whoever makes his decisions) is pandering to them.

Joe and Jill Went Up the Hill.  Much has already been said about the devastating policies and tenure of Joe Biden.  Simply put, he is unarguably the worst president the U.S.  has ever suffered, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama notwithstanding.  Here I will focus on the other half of the Biden tandem, a woman of scholarly pretensions without foundation, the ineffable Dr. Jill.  The adulation Jill Biden has received for so flimsy a dubious accomplishment as a paper doctorate in a derelict field like Education Studies is utterly misplaced, whether it is the mentally impregnable Whoopi Goldberg thinking that Jill Biden was a medical doctor and should be considered for Surgeon General or a sports announcer for an NFL game, as Megyn Kelly notes, ingratiatingly remarking that "Dr. Jill Biden" was in attendance.

What if Joe Biden Doesn't Run in 2024?  It somewhat slipped under the radar, but a few days ago (February 22nd), Politico tossed out a puff piece by no fewer than six writers musing on what would happen should Joe Biden not run for re-election in 2024.  The article simultaneously makes a few points and misses even more.  Before getting into the story's heart, some richly deserved roasting of its delivery.  There's media bias, and then there's this story, making one wonder exactly who the authors are covering, as it can't possibly be the Biden we all know and ... uh, know. [...] While all indications are Biden will be propped up long enough to run for re-election — I mean, how else will Jill Biden be fawned over for wearing dresses patterned after online pre-teen roleplaying games? — the article does lay out how, should Biden choose not to run (no mention made of the real possibility he will be unable to), others are quietly drawing up campaign maps.

To Learn Who Rules Over You.  I was reminded of the flap over Jill Biden's doctorate while watching NFL football some weeks ago as a commentator pointed out that "Dr. Jill Biden" — not Mrs. Biden, note, or even the First Lady — was in attendance.  It must be at her own insistence that she is given the public designation, and anyone who fails to applaud risks angry censure by the bien pensants.  The subject of "Dr. Jill" originally erupted even before her husband took office, when an opinion piece by the essayist Joseph Epstein called on her in December, 2020 to "drop the doc."  Epstein's "Is There a Doctor in the White House?  Not if you Need an M.D," appearing in the Wall Street Journal, was not particularly critical of Jill Biden personally; he merely pointed out that it seemed "fraudulent," perhaps even "a touch comic," to call oneself "Dr." when one's doctorate was not in any medical field (Biden's is in Education) and at a time when the PhD "has been diminished by the erosion of seriousness and the relaxation of standards in university education generally." As it happens, there are few living writers more erudite than Epstein, a man who could run intellectual circles around Dr. Biden with one foot tied behind his back.

The World Bank becomes Joe Biden's global greenie slush fund.  The greenie policies that forced Sri Lanka into bankruptcy and toppled its government last year has a lot of fans at the World Bank, who'd like to see that "model" replicated worldwide.  They've since staged a palace coup, effectively ousting the Bank's first-rate president, David Malpass, who will exit his term a year early in June, in favor of a "great reset" wokester fanatic, Ajay Banga, who once ran MasterCard, Inc.  and intends to make the multilateral bank, which traditionally funds infrastructure projects, into a greenie conversion outfit, forcing the third world to scrap the whole economic growth idea, and just "go green" instead.  That can be their 'progress' instead building their nations' wealth.  Naturally, this smells like the "Inflation Reduction Act" which was of course, a disguised pork program for greenie new deal boondoggles.  And sure enough, Biden's men were behind this ouster hoping to replicate the strategy.

Biden Can't Remember If He's Talked to East Palestine Mayor Amid Toxic Train Derailment.  President Joe Biden's mental health is declining; that's no secret.  However, it is alarming when he can't make it through an interview without stumbling over his words or being unable to recall whether he's already talked to someone.  During an interview with ABC on the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Biden said that he has "talked to everyone that there is to talk to" but can't remember who he has spoken to.  Host David Muir asked Biden if he plans to travel to Ohio and has talked to the mayor.  "I can't recall whether I've — I don't think I've talked to the mayor.  I've talked to everyone else there multiple times.  I've talked to both the senators, both governors, I've talked to everyone there is to talk to, and we've made it clear that everything is available," Biden said in response.

Biden Makes Bizarre Comment About East Palestine, Says Things He Shouldn't in Interview.  Sometimes, I listen to Joe Biden, and all I can think is: he is one weird dude.  He was asked on Friday if he would be visiting the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and his response was bizarre.  He said he did a "whole video," and he couldn't remember that it was a "Zoom" video.  [Tweet]  "Zoom.  All I can hear every time I think of Zoom is that song of my generation, 'Who's Zoomin' Who?'" Biden babbled.  Yikes.  At this point, he's just not a serious person; he seems completely out of it.

Workarounds to working.  [Scroll down] Living off of family money, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, government grants, friends, subsidized homelessness, becoming a perpetual student, and/or working off the books all come together to allow an unprecedented number of people to fail to contribute to the continuing success and financing of our country.  There is a monthly government statistic called U-6 and another metric called Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate.  These two stats, added to the official Unemployment rate, reveal another estimated 12 million unemployed or underemployed individuals over and above the official stats.  Another important metric is people who could work but choose not to do so.  Yes, the government keeps that number as well.  When you combine all these numbers, you approach 100 million people who don't work for a variety of reasons.  That number has risen by about 35 million in the last ten years.

Amtrak Joe Couldn't Be Bothered To Visit A Train Wreck.  Afreight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, three weeks ago.  Residents were ordered to evacuate and the cargo of toxic chemicals from five tanker cars was eventually released and set on fire.  So far, Joe Biden hasn't visited the scene, as is tradition for presidents when large-scale disasters strike.  Instead, Biden officials have blamed Donald Trump, who hasn't been president in more than two years, for the wreck.  But even some media outlets are admitting it wasn't his fault.  Official word from the White House accuses "congressional Republicans and former Trump administration officials" for selling out "to rail industry lobbyists when they dismantled the Obama-Biden rail safety protections as well as EPA powers to rapidly contain spills."  The administration believes Trump, who beat Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (who is utterly useless) to the site, and GOP lawmakers, owe "East Palestine an apology."

Hunter Biden's latest rebrand is just smoke and errors.  Hunter has long been a reclamation project for the media and the Biden team.  Despite ample evidence that he and his family may have engaged in one of the largest influence-peddling operations in history, the media have struggled to find a redeeming image for someone who's committed his life to a toxic mix of nepotism, narcissism and narcotics.  First there was "Hunter: the wrongly accused international businessman."  This blanket denial of wrongdoing was maintained by his father and dutifully repeated by the media.  Hunter Biden did "nothing wrong," and reporters pressing questions of corruption were immediately attacked.  Then came "Hunter Biden: victim of Russian disinformation."  Before the 2020 election, the media repeated the false claim that the Hunter laptop was likely "Russian disinformation."  Despite the denial of American intelligence and self-verifying emails on the laptop, the media accepted without question the dubious claims of former intelligence figures pushed by longtime Democratic operatives.  Then it was "Hunter Biden: heroic recovering addict."

House committee asks former Serbian official for interview, documents on Hunter Biden.  The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which is investigating the Biden family's business dealings, has asked a former Serbian official for an interview and documents related to Hunter Biden.  The Republican-led committee sent a five-page letter Tuesday to Vuk Jeremić, who served as Serbia's foreign minister and president of the U.N. General Assembly from 2012 to 2013.  "The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating President Biden's connections to certain international and domestic business transactions and practices, including his family and associates who peddled influence to generate millions of dollars for the Biden family," chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., wrote in the letter.

Republicans demand interview with Serbian UN official over his 'business relationship' with Hunter Biden.  Republicans investigating the Biden family's alleged influence peddling have demanded an interview with a former Serbian politician with ties to Hunter and the Chinese Communist Party.  Vuk Jeremic, the ex-President of the United Nations General Assembly, allegedly introduced the President's son to an energy firms with links to the Chinese communist party in 2015.  At the time, Hunter Biden was being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to act as 'consultant' to help 'open doors' by introducing businessmen with links to Beijing to political leaders around the world, Republican Congressman James Comer claims.

The Toxic Racialist Obsessions of Joe Biden.  Joe Biden ran on "unity," which is critical in a multiracial America.  He vowed to heal the divisions supposedly sown by Donald Trump.  Instead, he is proving to be the most polarizing president in modern memory.  Often his racialist rhetoric and condescension have proven demeaning to both blacks and whites.  In a volatile multiracial democracy that demands tolerance and restraint, a highly unpopular Biden, for cheap political advantage, continually proves incendiary and reckless.

The collapse of civilization on the altar of equity and diversity.  Talent and merit has nothing to do with race, but the left does not accept that fact.  It is the left that is truly racist; Joe Biden has long been one of the worst racists in Congress.  Watch his attempted humiliation of Clarence Thomas at his confirmation hearing to see just how racist Biden is.  Thomas is a towering intellect with an IQ twice that of poor old Joe's.  But like most people who are both stupid and arrogant, they never recognize brilliance in others.  They only know they resent such people but they don't know why.

Will Biden's Ukraine Trip Inspire Even More Of His Lies?  The current occupant of the Oval Office is a career, serial fabulist.  He lies not to connect to his audience, as his media apologists have tried to argue, but to serve his narcissism and to gain political advantage.  Biden is pathological.  It's reasonable to believe he has a "mental disease," and is a "psychopathic personality of some type."  Biden's long history of lies has gone largely uncovered by a media that quickly became fixated on Rep. George Santos and his prevarications.  But that's to be expected.  With little exception, today's media has no interest in the truth.  Its primary objective is to help the Democratic Party establish permanent and unchallengeable political power.

CNN Reporter Alex Marquardt Says No Air Sirens Or Explosions Went Off In Kyiv Until Biden Showed Up.  CNN senior national security correspondent Alex Marquardt said Monday that no explosions or air sirens were heard in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, until President Joe Biden made a surprise visit.  Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv for about five hours on Monday and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion.  The White House had previously denied that the president made any plans to visit Ukraine ahead of his scheduled trip to Warsaw, Poland.  "I've been here for the past five days," Marquardt said.  "I have not heard any explosions, I have not heard any air sirens until about a half an hour ago, right when President Biden was in the center of Kyiv."

Make it Go Away.  This partial list of challenges to the President's transparency reveals his attempts to explain not just mistakes but displays terrible judgment:
  •   Balloongate — In a single 10-day period, the American people witnessed an unchallenged, week-long aerial invasion of the United States.  Biden's administration explained it in multiple, sometimes contradictory ways, with the commander in chief blaming the advice he received from the Joint Chiefs.  And when the next three airborne intruders were discovered, they were rapidly shot down.
  •   Ukraine — I must have missed the President explaining the specific objectives we seek.  To most Americans who support backing Ukraine, it appears like the President is playing a game of chicken.  We seem to give the Ukrainians enough support to defend themselves at a horrific cost of lives.  But we won't give them the decisive weapons they need to push Russia out. [...]
  •   Hunter Biden — Here's a story that students of journalism will be studying for the next hundred years.  The administration closed ranks and stated unequivocally that the laptop was Russian disinformation.  Before the election, Biden's campaign got 50 current and former intelligence chiefs to claim the same.  The facts are, as the NY Times confirmed only last year, that the laptop is genuine.  Yet the FBI declined to open an investigation that may involve evidence of multiple federal crimes, perhaps even the President's involvement.
  •   Classified Documents Fiasco — Used to pillory Trump, an actual former President with rights to possess classified records and to declassify them at his purview (while in office) as juxtaposed by senator and then Vice President Biden, who has no rights to possess any classified documents much less an ability to retain any by law.  A world of difference, folks.  However, we must overlay one other terrifying proposition.  If Hunter is in the pocket of China as it looks to all the world, how can anyone know if the 'Big Man' is not involved?  The scope of the Hunter problem could take on an entirely different dimension.
  •   The Border — No one can deny that the border was closed before Biden took office.  By presidential directive, he thrust open the border for more than five million illegals so far to stake their claim to a New America.  The question never asked of the President is why? [...]
  •   Energy — You heard the President say that oil will only be around for another ten years. [...] Biden's entire strategy is built on quicksand.  Knowing that 'Green Energy" is more expensive and less reliable than the status quo, he plans to subsidize all 'Green Energy' and undermine fossil fuels and Americans through higher taxes. [...]
  •   Inflation — Let no one believe otherwise.  Inflation is a weapon used against the middle class, and inflation did not sneak up on us.  Biden knew — he was warned that adding $3 trillion in debt was massively inflationary, and he did it anyway to fulfill his promises to his climate masters. [...]
  •   COVID, before, during, and afterward — COVID was well on its way to being under control when Biden took office.  The economy was already opening up, especially in Red states, but Biden had little desire to understand how COVID came to be.  That was important to understand, assign responsibility, learn, and not be as vulnerable the next time.  I see little focus on finding and fixing these failings in his administration.  Why?

Biden decides to give the WHO authority over U.S. sovereignty.  The World Health Organization, a subsidiary of the United Nations run by a team of bureaucrats in Geneva, soon could have the power to dictate lockdowns, vaccination mandates, social distancing and much more in the United States.  Even surveillance of citizens.  A new report from the Epoch Times explains Joe Biden is getting ready to sign the U.S. up to a "legally binding" deal that would give international politicians authority to make decisions for America during a pandemic.  And he's maneuvering so it won't require approval by the U.S Senate.

Biden Makes 'Surprise' Visit to Ukraine, Immediately Sets Off Multiple Controversies.  Americans woke up on Monday morning to the news of a surprise visit to Ukraine, by the President of the United States.  Press outlets swooned as Joe Biden was seen walking around the streets of Kyiv with Volodymyr Zelensky, the latter donning his signature olive drab.  There were even air raid sirens blaring in the background to really make the scene pop.  [Tweet]  I'm sort of in the middle on Ukraine aid, believing that some investment in diminishing Russia's military by proxy is a net positive (but I want less overall and a lot more accountability).  What I'm affirmatively against, though, is being gaslit, and this entire visit is pure gaslighting.  There is no Secret Service protocol that allows the president to be left strolling out in the open during an actual air raid.  Those sirens were clearly turned on with no actual threat in the area in order to make Biden look tough and courageous.

Biden lands in Kyiv and gives Zelensky $500 million more in new weapons.  President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv on Monday morning on a surprise days before the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and declared that Vladimir Putin had failed in his 'war of conquest.'  His visit was shrouded in secrecy.  He arrived after the hours-long train journey from Poland with a stripped down press pool of just one reporter and a photographer.  Air raid sirens blared across the besieged Ukrainian capital although there were no reports of Russian missile or air strikes.

The Editor says...
The air raid sirens were part of the show:  a cheap manipulation of the news media, and an attempt to make Biden's mission bold and dangerous.

Former WH doctor for Trump, Obama blasts 'alarming' Biden health report: 'The cover-up needs to end'.  Texas GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, is calling for an end to the "cover-up" of President Biden's health after the president's physical earlier this week claimed that he is healthy and fit to serve as commander in chief.  "The majority of Americans can see that Biden's mental health is in total decline, yet there is no transparency from the White House on what's going on, if anything, to address this issue and his inability to do his job," Jackson told Fox News Digital.  "Yesterday's written physical exam report released by Biden's physician, Kevin O'Connor, further confirms that this administration is still adamant about concealing the truth."

Hunter Biden's Art Dealer Stonewalls GOP Probe into Art Sales to Anonymous Buyers.  Hunter Biden's art dealer, Georges Bergès, refused on Thursday to provide the House Oversight Committee requested disclosures into his art sales to anonymous buyers.  Hunter, an attorney and former lobbyist who is under investigation for tax fraud, has reportedly sold about 12 paintings to anonymous buyers during his father's term as President of the United States.  The price tags of artwork are reported to be $500,000 each.

The Editor says...
"Anonymous buyers" is a poor choice of words.  Hunter Biden knows who they are, and unless the buyers paid cash, Hunter Biden's bank knows who they are, too.  If you or I tried to launder money in this manner, the IRS would be well aware of it.

America Is Becoming a Corrupt Country.  Politico journalist Ben Schreckinger's new book, The Bidens: Inside the First Family's Fifty-Year Rise to Power, is a pretty good introduction to the world of grifting at the heart of the Biden family's economic well-being.  No serious person believes that Hunter Biden got money from Russia, China, Ukraine, and other foreign countries because he was good at business.  Hunter Biden got a lot of money (including a 3-carat diamond from a Chinese billionaire) because he seemed a good bet to influence his father, then-Vice President and now-President Joe Biden.

Democrats Have No Good Option for 2024.  [D]espite the impending made-for-TV tumult in the GOP primary, the fact remains that the party has a number of possible or likely candidates who are either well-qualified or broadly popular with a substantial slice of the national electorate.  The same is simply not true for the Democratic Party.  And as the octogenarian President Joe Biden shows all signs of imminently launching his reelection campaign, even the mainstream press is starting to fret.  The New York Times, the closest thing to Democratic Party Pravda, has over the past year run a series of urgent articles sounding the alarm on Biden's unprecedented presidential age and declining cognitive abilities.

Hunter laptop deniers try to rewrite history as House Republicans investigate.  Now that everyone acknowledges that Hunter Biden's laptop is authentic, just as it was when first reported by the New York Post in October 2020, some pretty aggressive rewriting of history is going on.  Republicans now control the House of Representatives and have made it plain that they'll examine the saga of the laptop, the contents of which connect Hunter's father, now-President Biden, to his family's lucrative business of selling access to him.  Because of this new congressional scrutiny, some who conspired to falsely cast the laptop story as "Russian disinformation" are scrambling to alter the record.  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was one of the biggest names — and the first listed — in an open letter issued on Oct. 19, 2020, that was intended to protect then-candidate Joe Biden from political damage in the wake of the laptop bombshell just over two weeks before the last presidential election.  First reported by Politico, the letter expressed the view of 51 identified "former senior intelligence officials" (and nine anonymous others they said could not be named publicly) that the laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

Biden installed: What could possibly go wrong?  Despite the convictions of Democrats and Trump haters, evidence that the 2020 election was rigged seems to have met the "beyond a reasonable doubt" burden.  Beyond Molly Ball's Time Magazine bragging confession, there are the ballot box-stuffing mules, and the accounts of numerous cyber experts that demonstrated how some voting machines could be (and seemingly were) programmed to cheat.  Biden was not legitimately elected, he was fraudulently installed.  So terrified of Donald Trump are the denizens of the swamp that they were willing to sell out the country, the Constitution, and the American people, and put into the oval office a man so corrupt and so compromised, that the nation might never recover from this catastrophic theft of an American presidential election.  Biden has effectively ruined America in two short years.  We are no longer energy independent but are being starved of domestic energy.  Businesses, especially restaurants, that survived the ridiculous Covid lockdowns now face unaffordable gas bills.  Gas prices are twice what they were under Trump — and now these fools want to ban gas stoves!  Punishingly absurd.

Biden tells press 'give me a break,' stomps off when pressed on family's China business.  President Biden stormed out of a press availability Thursday afternoon when asked if his ability to deal with China was "compromised" by his family's business interests — complaining journalists were not being "polite" and telling them to "give me a break" before walking away.  Republicans say Biden can't properly confront China on issues ranging from fentanyl and COVID-19 origins to a surveillance balloon that traversed US airspace this month because of his family's financial links to Chinese state entities.  "Is your ability to deal with China compromised by your family's business relationships in China, President Biden?" a reporter for The [New York] Post asked following a seven-minute address on the Chinese balloon and the subsequent shoot-down of three yet-to-be-identified objects.  At least four other reporters shouted questions at the president, who had not faced the press for nearly six days, but Biden chose to answer only The Post's query.

Biden is a 'healthy' and 'vigorous' 80-year-old who can 'successfully execute' his duties, his doctor says.  President Joe Biden is a 'healthy' and 'vigorous' 80-year-old who is fit for office, his doctor said after his annual physical on Thursday [2/16/2023] at Walter Reed.  White House physician Colonel Kevin O'Connor provided an update on his health amid concerns over his age as he prepares to announce a 2024 run for president.  The results were largely unchanged from last time, aside from a lesion on his chest that has been sent for cancer screening, and there was no cognitive test despite calls from Republicans.

Democrats privately know Joe Biden is too old to run again, but they can't say it out loud.  There are two new stories out about Joe Biden's age today and both of them make clear that Democrats are privately very nervous about lining up behind an 80-year-old man who would be 86 by the time he finished a second term.  CNN reports discussion of Biden's age is "omnipresent." [...] The rest of the CNN story does its best to make the argument that worries about Biden's age are mostly coming from outside the camp.  According to CNN, the people who spend time with him are consistently impressed: [...] The other story out today about Biden's age paints a different picture.  Writing for Politico, Jonathan Martin said he spoke to lots of high-level Democrats who remain worried about Biden's age but who are afraid to speak up because the leading alternative, Kamala Harris, is not considered an option.

New Democrat Talking Point in Response to the Joe Biden 'Age Question' Defies Belief.  As President Joe Biden nears the time when he is expected to make a formal announcement about running for reelection (rumor has it that he'll do it sometime in March or April), fresh excuses are pouring in from his Democratic supporters as to why his age shouldn't be an issue despite all the available evidence showing it very much is an issue.  The latest example comes courtesy of CNN, which did a surprisingly thorough piece on the "age questions" that Biden has been hit with since even before he declared his presidential candidacy in 2019.  According to the report, among the strategies the Biden team is set to employ after Biden makes it official are similar to some of the ones used in 2020, which is to use young 20- and 30-something Democrats to vouch for Biden's supposed vitality and fitness to lead while promising that he is ushering in a "new generation of leaders" or whatever: [...]

The CBO Exposes Biden's $5.45 Trillion Lie.  While spending the country into ruin, President Joe Biden likes to portray himself as a fiscal conservative who has cut the deficit in half in the past two years.  But a new report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office shows just how big a lie this is — a 5 1/2 trillion dollar lie, to be exact.  During his State of the Union speech last week, Biden not only claimed that "my administration has cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion — the largest deficit reduction in American history," he also claimed that he's a miser compared to Donald Trump.  "Under the previous administration, the American deficit went up four years in a row. ... Nearly 25% of the entire national debt that took over 200 years to accumulate was added by just one administration alone — the last one," he said.

The Editor says...
This is another indication that Barack H. Obama is conducting his third term in office, with Joe Biden serving as Obama's puppet.  When Obama was president, he routinely blamed every unfortunate circumstance on George W. Bush for years after Bush was out of the loop.  Now Biden/Obama is doing the same thing, blaming Donald Trump.

Why is Biden so Oddly Silent about the Ohio Train Diaster?  The environmental disaster taking place in Ohio from a Norfolk Southern derailed train should outrage both sides of the political aisle.  After the smoke clears, investigations will take place and most likely will show that there is plenty of blame to be shared, including all levels of government and both political parties.  But at the moment, the complete lack of any significant response by the Biden administration is appalling and begs the question why an administration that is hostile to the free market and supports extreme measures to fight climate change is missing in action?  Could it be that some of the largest shareholders of the responsible railroad, Norfolk Southern Corporation, are tied to PACs and affiliates that helped fund the 2020 election of the Biden administration?  If true, then isn't it reasonable to conclude that by such donations, these shareholders, through their PACs and affiliates, support the Biden administration?

Biden, 80, to Get Physical Ahead of Possible 2024 Reelection Fight.  Joe Biden will complete a full physical exam Thursday as the oldest-ever U.S. president readies for a possible 2024 reelection fight.  No official announcement has yet been made as to whether he will run again.  AFP reports the White House has promised to make the results public via the president's doctor just as it did during a previous medical checkup in 2021.

The Editor says...
Here's my prediction:  The doctor will either whitewash Biden's frail and senile condition, or will disqualify him at the request of the party bosses.

Biden Planning a Second Presidential Basement Campaign.  The kindest advice I gave the Democrats was that they should have taken a loss in 2022.  Hand the House and the Senate to Republicans and clear the deck for a new generation of leadership.  Biden would have been forced to follow Pelosi into retirement after a long grueling struggle with congressional Republicans.  Democrats would have had a good shot at winning in 2024 with a younger candidate who wasn't at the wheel during these miserable years.  Instead, Biden was locked in for a second term.  Most of the critics fell silent and endorsed his reelection campaign.  The potential competitors, primarily Newsom, have gotten out of the way.  They've won the battle and lost the war.  And having caught the car, they have no idea what to do now.

Oversight Committee Chair: Treasury Must Provide Bank Records Related to James Biden's Saudi Deal.  House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) told Breitbart News that the U.S. Treasury must provide bank records related to court documents that show James Biden's secretly negotiated a $140 million settlement deal in 2012 between a U.S. company and the Saudi Arabian government due to his relationship with then-Vice President Joe Biden.  "Evidence continues to mount that the Biden family used Joe Biden's name to secure deals around the world to enrich themselves," Comer said Wednesday in relation to the court documents.  "The Treasury Department must provide the suspicious activity reports generated for the Biden family and their associates to inform our investigation about the Biden family's business schemes and Joe Biden's involvement," he said.  "If Joe Biden is compromised by his family's deals, this is a national security threat."

Hunter Biden's link to disgraced ex-FBI official Charles McGonigal.  The FBI's reputation problems have accelerated with the arrest on corruption charges of Charles McGonigal, the former chief of counterintelligence for the FBI's New York field office, one of the most powerful spy-hunters in the country — who also happened to be connected to Hunter Biden.  In twin indictments last month, McGonigal was charged with taking secret cash payments from a former Albanian intelligence officer, holding secret meetings with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, and attempting to remove top Kremlin oligarch Oleg Deripaska from a US sanctions list.  The Albanians cited by prosecutors tie this scandal to Hunter Biden and the Chinese energy company CEFC that paid him and uncle Jim millions of dollars in a deal which Joe Biden was slated to join after his vice presidency ended.

'Of course, the name didn't hurt' when Jim Biden was hired to negotiate $140M deal with Saudis.  Jim Biden, the younger brother of Joe, was hired to negotiate a secret deal with the Saudi government on behalf of a U.S. construction company because of his family connection with the then-vice president.  That's not a rumor, that's documented in bombshell affidavits.  The more that comes out about Biden, Inc., the more corrupt the Biden family business dealings look.  Jim Biden trades on the family name as Hunter Biden does.  Jim Biden was selected to negotiate a $140 million settlement in a secret deal between Hill International and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012.  Joe Biden was vice-president and Jim was chosen because Saudi Arabia "would not dare stiff the brother of the Vice-President who would be instrumental to the deal."  That tidbit is found in an affidavit.

Funk & Wagnall's, 1964
Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language,
1964 International Edition, Volume One, page 548.


Affidavit Reveals Joe Biden's Brother Was Hired to Negotiate Secret Saudi Deal Because of the Then-Vice President.  Just how deep do the corrupt dealings of the Biden family go?  That's a question once again being asked after a new report from The Daily Mail that is being labeled as a "bombshell."  According to an affidavit, which stems from a dispute between three legal firms and a US construction company, Joe Biden's brother, Jim Biden, was selected to negotiate a secret deal with the Saudi government because of his relationship with the then-vice president.  At the time, Joe Biden was leading delegations to the Middle Eastern nation, and the belief was that the Saudis "would not dare stiff the brother of the Vice-President who would be instrumental to the deal."  Further, per Thomas Sullivan, the former US Treasury official who provided the affidavit, Jim Biden's wife said that the two brothers "told each other everything," again discrediting the notion that Joe Biden was completely aloof about the business dealings of his family members.

Since everyone had classified docs, prosecutors are going after Trump for obstruction.  The Biden Justice Department has a dilemma.  Up until January 9, 2023, when CBS News reported that President Joe Biden had a classified documents scandal of his own, you could have bet the ranch that DOJ was poised to indict former President Donald Trump for illegally retaining national-security intelligence at his Mar-a-Lago estate.  Prosecutors were getting their ducks in a row, taking the kind of steps that are only taken when the government is very serious about filing charges: appointing a special counsel, forcing former executive officials to testify before the grand jury despite potential privilege claims, aggressively litigating in the district and appellate courts to prevent Trump's legal team from inhibiting their probe.  The discovery that Biden was also hoarding classified documents complicated matters immensely — not least for Biden himself, who had ripped Trump for his irresponsibility before checking his own glass house.  Or, I should say, glass houses ... and an office ... and who knows where else.

Hunter Biden's Strategy To Defy Congress Invites His Criminal Prosecution.  Hunter Biden could use better lawyers.  Or at least a better legal strategy. [...] It's hard to make sense of Hunter Biden's senseless new strategy to tell congress to stuff it.  But it is part of a paradigm of brazen intimidation designed to delay, deflect, and shift blame.  Shrinks will tell you that it's a classic manipulative method employed by narcissistic people caught committing acts of wrongdoing.  They are allergic to assuming responsibility, so they lie and gaslight to avoid accountability.  Recently, Hunter's newly constituted team of high-priced attorneys threatened his critics in the media with defamation.  That idea deflated faster than an exploding Chinese balloon.  It was a frivolous tactic that no one took seriously.  After all, Hunter managed to sully his own reputation.  Big time.  He recorded images of himself smoking crack, snorting lines of coke, posing naked, performing sex acts with prostitutes, and cooking up all manner of greedy schemes to profit off his dad.  It's all there on his laptop, which eventually went viral.  Suffice it to say that Hunter has no good name to damage.  It cannot be tarnished or soiled further.  Under the law, he is slander-proof.  Moreover, truth is a complete defense to defamation.

Joe Biden Falsely Claims Food Prices Are 'Continuing to Come Down'.  President Joe Biden falsely claimed food prices are coming down after Tuesday's inflation report revealed prices at the grocery store actually increased in January.  Delivering a Tuesday afternoon keynote address at the National Association of Counties, Biden falsely claimed inflation, including food prices, is coming down. [...] Over the past 12 months, grocery prices have gone up 10.1 percent, the numbers reflecting the month of January show.

Secret China Donations to University of Delaware Soared After the Opening of the Biden Institute.  A second university has been found to have received more than $6.7 million in anonymous donations from China, including direct funding from the Chinese government, after Joe Biden set up a program there in his name, according to a Government Accountability Institute analysis.  The revelation comes following reporting that anonymous China-linked funds flowing to the University of Pennsylvania almost tripled after the inauguration of the Penn-Biden Center, which illegally housed classified documents.

Karine Jean-Pierre Fails Miserably to Explain Biden's Absence Amid Multiple Shoot-Downs.  Following multiple shoot-downs of unidentified flying objects over the last week, reporters were itching to gather more information during Tuesday's White House press briefing.  That vigor for transparency was quickly quelled by the world's worst press secretary, though.  Karine Jean-Pierre took to the podium to once again provide absolutely nothing of value for the six-figure salary she collects from taxpayers.  When pressed on why Joe Biden has still not addressed the nation about even the initial Chinese spy balloon that was downed, this was the result.  [Tweet]  The question wasn't whether he is receiving briefings.  I would hope that Biden is receiving briefings.  That would be the bare minimum given he's ostensibly the President of the United States.  That still doesn't explain why Biden can't manage to give a few brief remarks on the situation.

Biden's Classified Documents Scandal Keeps Getting Bigger.  Newly disclosed emails from the National Archives indicate that Joe Biden's classified documents scandal is even bigger than we initially thought.  The emails reference Joe Biden's attorneys handing over documents in Boston, "confirming a little-known detail in the chronology of Biden's classified documents scandal," according to the New York Post.  On November 7, 2022, National Archives general counsel Gary Stern wrote to Biden attorneys Patrick Moore and Bob Bauer, "Please ensure that the boxes in your office in Boston remain secure in a locked space and are not accessed by anyone."  This was sent five days after Biden's attorneys found classified documents in Joe's office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.

Intel Officials' Fresh Laptop Baloney.  Two and a half years after more than 50 intelligence community pooh-bahs emerged to slime the New York Post's pre-election report on Hunter Biden's laptop, the fact-checkers have arrived on the scene.  With Biden safely ensconced in the White House — and with the facts about the laptop plainly obvious — the Washington Post has swooped in to tsk-tsk Politico for over-dramatizing its October 2020 headline:  "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say."  Now that we all know the laptop is authentic, the Post wants us to distinguish between "disinformation" and "information" campaigns — foreign efforts to interfere with our elections through the dissemination of accurate information.

Outrage as James Clapper, other Hunter Biden laptop skeptics suddenly speak out against media: 'What a fraud'.  It's now an infamous headline among conservatives and a sore spot for Politico.  But at the time, the Oct. 19, 2020, story by Natasha Bertrand had its intended bombshell effect with this headline: "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say."  Now former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says Politico "deliberately distorted" the letter he and more than 50 others — many of them open Joe Biden supporters — signed.  Critics are wondering why the players in the story are speaking out more than two years later — just as House Republicans are investigating the matter — and why they didn't cry foul at their own words being twisted at the time.  "If James Clapper knew Politico and Natasha Bertrand were lying about what their letter said, why didn't he say so then?" journalist Glenn Greenwald asked on Monday.  "Reality: the CIA/IC people lying wanted the media to spread this.  Only now that someone has to take the hit is Clapper saying Politico lied."

James Clapper now claims he didn't call Hunter Biden laptop 'Russian disinfo'.  A key signer of the open letter that wrongly suggested The Post's bombshell reporting on Hunter Biden's emails was part of a "Russian information operation" has accused Politico of distorting "what we said" — more than two years after the fact.  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tried Monday to tamp down the growing controversy over the letter that he and 50 other ex-spooks signed after The Post first revealed the existence of the first son's infamous laptop in October 2020.  Their public statement, now the subject of investigations by the Republican-led House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, was first reported by Politico and later seized on by then-candidate Joe Biden.

National Archives Looked Into Even More Biden Locations, Grabbed More Docs (But We Weren't Told).  According to emails revealed under a FOIA request, the National Archives looked into even more locations than we have been told for Biden documents.  The email communication exchange starting Nov. 7, 2022 (the day before the election) — between National Archives lawyer Gary Stern and Biden attorneys Bob Bauer and Patrick Moore — reveal that they were looking to recover documents.  The email says they would like to "come back" to the DC Penn-Biden Center office to assess the remaining boxes.  This was five days after Patrick Moore reportedly found classified documents in Joe Biden's Penn Biden office.  Look at how nice and sweet they are — compared to the treatment we saw with President Donald Trump.

Bombshells, Landmines, and Nemesis.  Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) mocks the Hunter Biden laptop scandal of a "half-fake" laptop.  Yet such puerile flippancy only confirmed her own trademark arrogance and ignorance.  Is she claiming the laptop was, was not, or is just sorta not genuine?  Hunter's lawyers are suing to stop the dissemination of his "half-property"?  Hunter, who never in the past has denied ownership of the laptop, has now confirmed it really was his.  A revisionist Hunter should have first conferred with his dad, since, on the presidential debate stage in 2020, Joe Biden swore to the American people the laptop was a product of Russian disinformation.  He cited as support "50 former intelligence officials" who signed a statement claiming as much — all organized to deceive the pre-election electorate by former CIA Directors James Clapper and John Brennan.  Both previously were best known for admitting to lying under oath to Congress.  Any fair examination of the laptop's contents would conclude that Joe Biden received percentage payments from the various quid pro quo enterprises for the merchandising of his name and status as a senator and then vice president. [...] If Hunter's trove of business assessments are found to have drawn on his father's classified files — and there are already allegations that they did — then such use of his father's illegally transferred federal documents for familial profit would end the Biden presidency.

Grassley Details How a 'Triad' of Media, FBI, and Dems Tried to Thwart Investigation into the Biden Family's Corrupt Business Dealings.  In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee's first hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) detailed how a "triad" of partisan media, FBI, and Democrats used disinformation from a Russian agent to smear their investigation into Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings.  In addition to Grassley, the committee on Thursday heard from Senator Ron Johnson (R- Wis.), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former FBI agent Thomas Baker, Professor Jonathan Turley, and former FBI agent Nicole Parker. [...] Grassley said other whistleblower disclosures to his office have "made clear that the FBI has within its possession very significant, impactful, and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by Hunter and James Biden."  The whistleblowers also allegedly told the the senators that "Joe Biden was aware of Hunter Biden's business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them."  Grassley said they are "still not sure what's been done with this information, but the FBI's track record doesn't create much faith that the information is going to be followed up on."

Biden's Right: His Word Means Nothing.  Installed (p)Resident Joe Biden loves to make promises secured by the supposed worth of his family name.  "I give you my word as a Biden," he said back in March of 2020, "When I'm president, I will lead with science, listen to the experts and heed their advice, and always tell you the truth." [...] My goodness, if only Biden's family name possessed more value than that of Benedict Arnold's, we would be blessed with a man in the White House committed to truth, unity, spiritual guidance, and American success.  Yet Biden's name is synonymous with none of those things, is it?  Instead, the Biden family name has really stood for only two things:  buffoonery and corruption.  For fifty years, Joe Biden has managed to hold onto some slice of power in D.C. as a senator, vice president, and Oval Office stooge not because he is renowned for his erudition or virtue but rather because his doltish behavior and venal character make him ideal for others to control.  Perhaps no other Washington relic has accomplished so little for the American people over such a prolonged government career or managed to harness those defects for lucrative advancement more successfully than China Joe.

Hunter Biden just made Republicans' investigation a lot easier.  Hunter Biden's legal team has been at the center of news coverage this month after it appeared to confirm the authenticity of his laptop in a letter (only to try to backtrack 24 hours later).  It was a curious and gratuitous move for Biden and his counsel Abbe Lowell as they called for criminal investigations into his critics, suggested lawsuits against media, and even argued that the tax-exempt status of some groups be rescinded by the IRS.  Now, however, the team is moving in a far more precarious direction.  They seem to be adopting the strategy of Steve Bannon that resulted in his conviction for contempt of Congress.  Lowell categorically refused to turn over material to Congress this week, leaving his client open to a subpoena and possible prosecution.  The move may have thrilled hardcore Democrats, but it is the Republicans who should be most ecstatic with Hunter's initial position.  Lowell has declared the oversight investigation in the Biden family's alleged influence peddling as illegitimate and has refused to turn over records related to its investigation.

[The] Secret Service [is being] accused of a 'cover-up'.  The Secret Service has been accused of a 'cover-up' over its alleged involvement in a police investigation when Hunter Biden's lover dumped his gun in a trash can near a school in 2018.  Judicial Watch, a justice watchdog nonprofit, announced on Friday that it received 487 pages of Secret Service (USSS) records over the incident, and says the documents cast further doubt over the agency's claims that it was not involved.  Hunter's lover and brother's widow, Hallie Biden, left his .38 handgun at the top of a trash can at Jansens supermarket in Wilmington, Delaware in October 2018, sparking a police probe.

Closing In on the Classified Cover-up.  At the center of the Biden document cover-up is the question of who blocked the National Archives and Records Administration from informing the U.S. public about the classified records found in the president's office in early November.  The archives' general counsel told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability that he couldn't divulge that information, but GOP House leadership concluded that only Attorney General Merrick Garland or Biden himself could have given those orders.  But there's a third powerful name in play, this one from outside of the government:  David Rubenstein.  Co-founder of the Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm the Carlyle Group, Rubenstein is one of the archives' most generous patrons.

Joe Biden Tried to Sunset Social Security, All Other Federal Programs as a Senator.  Joe Biden introduced legislation that would sunset all federal programs, including social security, every four years when he was a freshman United States senator in 1975.  On Tuesday night at the State of the Union, Biden stated that "some Republicans" wish to "sunset" social security and Medicare, leading to significant pushback from GOP lawmakers on the House floor while millions watched. [...] But Biden made an even more aggressive proposal when he represented Delaware in the United States Senate, seeking "to sunset all federal programs, including social security and Medicare," every four years, Fox News reported, when he introduced S. 2067 on July 19, 1975.  Biden's central argument for reviewing all programs was the rapid increase of the federal budget.

Who Owns Joe Biden?  Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec delved into President Joe Biden's links to foreign regimes on Tuesday by discussing the millions in donations he has received to the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware.  According to an analysis by the Washington Free Beacon, which conducted a review of US Department of Education records, the institute has received $23,610,996 from Saudi Arabia, $6,704,250 from China, $2,513,646 from Oman, and $1,673,847 from Turkey[.]  "Who owns President Biden?" Posobiec asked. "China, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Turkey gave millions to the University of Delaware, after the creation of the Biden Institute, the University of Delaware is one of those institutions of higher education that is known for absolutely nothing, really."

Biden Just Admitted He's Responsible For Today's Energy Crisis.  At about the mid-point of President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech, he went off script.  If you missed the importance of it, so did we, until we read about it on PJ Media.  Because it confirms exactly what we've been saying was the real cause of high gas prices — namely, Biden's war on energy.  According to the official transcript of the speech, Biden was supposed to say:  ["]You may have noticed that Big Oil just reported record profits.  Last year, they made $200 billion in the midst of a global energy crisis.  It's outrageous.  They invested too little of that profit to increase domestic production and keep gas prices down.  Instead, they used those record profits to buy back their own stock, rewarding their CEOs and shareholders.  Corporations ought to do the right thing.["] [...] Here's what he actually said during his speech:  ["]Have you noticed — Big Oil just reported its profits.  Record profits.  Last year, they made $200 billion in the midst of a global energy crisis.  I think it's outrageous.  Why?  They invested too little of that profit to increase domestic production. And when I talked to a couple of them, they say, 'We were afraid you were going to shut down all the oil wells and all the oil refineries anyway, so why should we invest in them?'  I said, 'We're going to need oil for at least another decade, and that's going to exceed ...' — (laughter) — and beyond that.  We're going to need it.  Production.["]  Biden's White House handlers can't be happy that he ad-libbed that anecdote.  Because by doing so he pointed the finger of blame for high energy prices directly at himself.

Chuck Grassley: Whistleblowers Say FBI Has Evidence Joe Biden Involved in Family Business Schemes.  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who testified Thursday before the House's new Select Subcommittee on Political Weaponization, said whistleblower disclosures indicate the FBI has evidence that President Joe Biden is aware of the family business schemes, a statement that directly contradicts the president.  Joe Biden and his staff have claimed seven times that he's had no part in the family business schemes.  "I've never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.  Here's what I know — I know Trump deserves to be investigated,"Biden claimed in 2019.  But Sen. Grassley, speaking before the first "Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government" hearing, told House members that whistleblower disclosures "make clear the FBI has within its possession very significant, impactful, and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by Hunter and James Biden."  "These disclosures also allege that Joe Biden was aware of Hunter Biden's business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them," Grassley added.

Biden's silence on the classified documents is deafening.  When will this scavenger hunt end?  That's what Americans across this country are asking themselves as more classified material is found improperly stored by President Biden.  If the Biden administration had its way, you wouldn't even know about it. [...] I am also concerned about who had access to Biden's unsecured documents given the Biden family's financial connections to foreign actors and influence-peddling schemes.  Oversight Republicans have been following the Biden family and associates' money trail — consisting of international transactions worth millions of dollars — and seeking to provide answers to the American people.  Everyone deserves to know whether the president's connections to his family's shady business deals occurred at the expense of American interests.

Biden downs more balloons — that monitor the border.  This story hasn't drawn many headlines (for obvious reasons), but it's the latest in a series of very clear signals that not only is the Biden administration not making any effort to close the southern border, but it is actively working to make the job of the Border Patrol harder.  The CBP had been operating a dozen blimps with cameras to monitor some of the more remote regions of the border.  For the most part, they don't actively help in capturing illegal aliens who enter the country, but they do allow Customs and Border Patrol to monitor and count the number of "gotaways" that make it into the interior of the country.  Last year, however, eight of the balloons were eliminated.  And now the final four are being taken offline.

Biden Finally Finds a Balloon He Wants To Take Down: Surveillance Blimps at the Southern Border.  After refusing for days last week to shoot down China's spy balloon, the Biden administration finally found airships they are happy to take down: surveillance blimps that monitor the southern border.  The Biden administration is taking the blimps, which allow agents to detect illegal migrant activity over long periods of time, out of commission due to funding cuts, Fox News reported.  While there were 12 surveillance balloons in operation last year, only four remain.  Customs and Border Protection agents told Fox that the removal of the blimps, known in the agency as their "Eyes in the Sky," will drastically hinder their ability to track illegal immigrants who evade detention at the border.  As of January, there were 1.2 million "gotaways" since Biden took office.

They Weren't Duped': Sen. Ron Johnson Shreds Federal Agencies, Media For Being 'Vital Partners' Of The Left.  Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson shredded federal agencies and the corporate media for working with Democratic operatives to promote "left-wing ideology" in the past several years.  Johnson criticized agencies for allegedly covering for left-wing politicians while simultaneously targeting former President Donald Trump and other conservatives in the years following the 2016 presidential election.  He accused the media of complying with the FBI in investigating the now-discredited allegations that Russia colluded with the 2016 Trump campaign and covering up the Hunter Biden laptop story.  "It is important to recognize corrupt individuals within federal agencies that I am talking about are not acting alone.  They operate as vital partners of the left-wing political movement and includes most members of the mainstream media, Big Tech, social media giants, global institutions and foundations, Democrat Party operatives and elected officials.  As the Twitter Files reveal, these actors worked in concert to defeat their political opponents and promote left-wing ideology and government control over our lives."

Hunter Biden Denies Oversight Committee's Request for Bank, Communications Records, Citing No 'Oversight Basis'.  Hunter Biden's very expensive and high-powered legal team denied House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer's (R-KY) letter demanding the president's son disclose troves of documents and communications relevant to the investigation into the Biden family for wire fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering, among six other potential violations.  Attorney Abbe Lowell, who represents high-profile individuals engulfed in political scandals, such as Bill Clinton and Jared Kushner, told Comer that his demands lacked "legitimate legislative and oversight basis" to request such relevant information.  On Wednesday evening [2/8/2023], Comer asked Hunter and James Biden, along with the family's business partner Eric Schwerin, disclose a host of both classified and unclassified documents, records, and communications between business associates and family members, including President Joe Biden.

10 Brand New Hunter Biden Breaking Stories the Nets Are Burying.  On Wednesday, Congress begins their first public hearings on President Joe Biden's family, including his son Hunter and his ties (revealed in his infamous laptop) to foreign companies.  These hearings give the broadcast networks a new opportunity to actually cover these new developments, especially the ones linked to Joe "Big Guy" Biden.  At NewsBusters we've been documenting how the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) news networks have been censoring the revelations from Hunter's laptop on their evening, morning and Sunday roundtable shows.  It's not just the salacious stories being ignored (drug use, illegal gun possession, hookers, nude photos) that would've been widely covered if it was a Republican President's son.  There are the more pertinent cases that put a lie to President Biden's 2019 claim:  "I've never spoken to my son [Hunter] about his overseas business dealings!"

The Democratic litany of Hunter Biden's laptop lies.  So many lies were told at the House Oversight's first committee hearing Wednesday into the corruption scandal involving Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop and the subsequent cover up by the FBI with social-media firms to rig the 2020 election in favor of Joe Biden.  Or, as Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez tried to rebrand it: "Hunter Biden's half-fake laptop."  It's a sign of desperation that more than two years after The Post published the first bombshell story from the laptop, Dems can't get their stories straight on what the laptop really is.  Is it Hunter's property, his "personal data" that was stolen from him, as his lawyers claimed last week in letters demanding the Department of Justice investigate John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the Delaware computer repair shop where Hunter abandoned his laptop while a crack addict in April 2019?  Or is it the "so-called laptop," as Hunter's lawyers claimed in a backflip clarification the next day?

The President Who Wasn't There.  Joe Biden very well may be the worst president in generations... worse than Jimmy Carter, and I can already hear the sound of a thousand readers uttering simultaneously, "And that's saying something!"  I’m not saying it's not a close call, but one of the reasons we even remember how awful Carter was is that he had a notable presence.  He made decisions.  They were all wrong, but they were all his, and America knew that. [...] Joe Biden is the un-present President... the confused Commander-in-Chief... the lost leader.  It is hard to really even be mad at him.  Biden doesn't seem to be making choices, good or bad.  He doesn't give off an aura of authority, and we don't see enough of him to think he's just a really dumb leader making really dumb decisions.  This President simply isn't there.  He is nowhere he needs to be when he needs to be there, it seems.  He spends a disturbing amount of time in his Delaware home.  At this point, it may be close to at least half his time spent at his personal compound.  That's just what we know about.  My uninformed suspicion is that Mr. Biden spends quite a bit of unreported time at his personal compound.

Hunter Biden, victim.  Did I say DNC spin-writers are good?  They're grrrrrrrrrrreat!  Look at how their spin on Hunter Biden's laptop and its evidence of multiple felonies.  In their fantasy, Hunter is not the betrayer of the nation but a victim of property theft and invasion of privacy.  New York magazine was among the first to peddle this fiction to its readers in a September 12, 2022, story by Andrew Rice and Olivia Nuzzi.  They wrote, "Now imagine that you are both the son of a man running for president and a lawyer and lobbyist accustomed to mixing with powerful people and doing business overseas premised on your proximity to those powerful people, and that you are in the throes of a divorce and a midlife catastrophe brought on by the early death of your older brother and that, in your distortion field of grief, on a hell-bent drug-and-alcohol binge, you have been making even more horrible choices, taking up with your brother's widow and, while in considerable financial debt, hiring prostitutes and zoning out with camgirls and staying awake for days at a time on crack cocaine and generally hurting everyone in your life who is trying to help you with your cruel and idiotic behavior."  That poor man. [...] How dare the media — well, just the New York Post — report on his felonies. [...] Maybe he should not have taken bribes.  Maybe he should not put stuff on his laptop that foreign countries could use as blackmail.  Maybe he should not abandon his laptop at a computer repair shop.  Making a big deal about his corruption and seedy lifestyle is so unfair.

Biden Blithely Admits One of Documents FBI Seized From His Home Is From 1974 in Troubling PBS Interview.  Joe Biden just did an interview with PBS's Judy Woodruff after not having done an interview in quite some time. [...] I'm not sure why his attorneys let him do an interview and answer questions on this subject.  Or maybe they told him not to speak about it, but Joe just can't keep his mouth shut.  But this is typical of Biden — trying to blame other people for his actions.  So he wants us to believe it's the fault of the folks that cleaned out his offices and didn't look through his papers?  They shouldn't have to root through his papers for classified documents, they're not supposed to be there anyway.  What were such documents doing among his papers, to begin with?  And in his home?  And in his office?  He's the common element.  It's just not a credible claim.  How does he have a document from 1974 from when he was in the Senate, where they require people to view things in a SCIF, and they cannot legally remove any classified documents?  He just put himself on the hook now with that.

Hunter Biden Exclusive: Burisma Asked Hunter to End Ukraine Investigation on Company — Then Joe Biden Threatened Ukraine and Had Investigator Fired.  Who can forget Joe Biden's presentation in front of the Council on Foreign Relations event after the 2016 Election?  In his own words, with cameras rolling, Joe Biden described how he threatened the Ukrainian President and said that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if Ukraine didn't immediately fire the prosecutor investigating Burmisa Holdings.  Joe's son Hunter was on the Board of Burisma making tens of thousands a month for doing nothing but "fixing things".  Biden said:  ["]I said, 'You're not getting the billion dollars.  I said you're not getting the billion.  I'm going to be leaving here, I think it was about six hours.  I looked at them and said: We're leaving in six hours.  If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money. [... "]

General Flynn: Vice President Biden Visited Ukraine 12-13 Times in His Last Year as VP — All Of These Trips Need to be Investigated!.  Earlier on Wednesday The Gateway Pundit's Jim and Joe Hoft interviewed General Michael Flynn on the Hunter Biden laptop.  During our conversation, General Flynn pointed out that Joe Biden visited Ukraine 12 or 13 times his last year as vice president.  Why?  And why did Obama allow this?  Obama is as much at fault as Joe Biden.  [Tweet]  General Flynn is calling on Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan to investigate every single one of these trips.

Republicans tear into Biden's 'lies' as he repeats misleading claims he has created more jobs than any other president.  Joe Biden used Tuesday night's State of the Union to tout his economic accomplishments, express his optimism for the future and urge Republicans to work with him.  However, it became an unusually chaotic night as many Republicans loudly voiced their anger at some of Biden's claims, particularly over his administration's handling of the fentanyl crisis, with cries of 'liar!', 'it's all your fault' and 'secure the border'.  Biden attempted to hit back and continued to call for bipartisanship, but the message that is set to underpin his likely reelection announcement was repeatedly attacked.

Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union is his campaign manifesto and he's just taken a big gamble.  Joe Biden is running for president again and his second State of the Union address was his campaign manifesto headlined by the notion of "finish the job" as his rallying cry.  Most Americans today, however, want Biden to finish up his job and move over for someone else.  Clearly, this president has no intention of backing down from an all-out effort to stay in office even as polls show a majority of Democrats want him to stick to one term.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Says Biden 'Surrendered His Presidency' to Woke Left in GOP State of the Union Response.  In her Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union address Tuesday, newly elected Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the Biden administration has been hijacked by the woke left, fostering an absurd political environment in which "the choice is between normal or crazy."  Sanders, who previously served as press secretary to former president Trump, began her speech by drawing a generational juxtaposition with Biden, noting that, at 40, she's the youngest sitting governor, while Biden is the oldest ever sitting president.  "I'm the first woman to lead my state.  And he's the first man to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that can't even tell you what woman is," she said.  She went on to argue that Biden has been captured by the progressive wing of the Democratic party and its radical platform, "whether he believes it or not."

Putting lipstick on a pig:
Biden Touts Delayed Downing of Chinese Spy Balloon as Sign of American Resolve.  During his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden cast the recent downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon as a signal of American resolve, despite the fact that the balloon was not shot down until a week after it entered U.S. airspace and days after it was allowed to hover over sensitive military facilities in Montana.  America is currently "in the strongest position in decades to compete with China or anyone else in the world," Biden said before a joint session of Congress.  "But make no mistake: as we made clear last week, if China's threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country.  And we did.  And let's be clear: winning the competition with China should unite all of us.  We face serious challenges across the world.  Not anymore," he added.  The balloon was shot down on Saturday off the Carolina coast, one week after it was allowed to enter U.S. airspace over the Aleutian Islands and traverse over much of the Northwest U.S., including some time spent hovering over Montana's Malmstrom Air Force Base, a sensitive military facility that houses nuclear-missile silos.

The unbearable lightness of Joe Biden.  The shark grins.  The sarcastic "Come on, Man" at any dared query regarding the most recent, massively horrible, Biden-originated turn of human events.  The Vegas, tinsel-town Mafiaesque little woman.  The reflexive, haughty denial of any errors.  Father of a daughter of the vacant, abused stare and a son of the pathetic "Look at me, I'm a mess" unpunished crimes and demeanors.  The flat-out ignorance of, e.g., political history, political philosophy, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and his own employees' names.  The repeated lies about who he is, what he's done, where he's been, and whom he's done it to.  The fraudulent Catholicism.  The self-enriching money trails all over the planet.  The military and geopolitical cowardice.  The tiresome 60s once dead-and-buried white adolescent radicalism.  The suck-up-to-ObamaWorld ice cream cones and wobbly bike rides. [...] Of course, there's more, but how can we stand it for much longer?

The Biden Family Problems are Converging.  The Biden family (as in crime family) legal problems are beginning to converge in an interesting way.  It may be the formation of a perfect political storm.  Objective observers (which excludes the MSM) recognize that the Biden clan has had some shady financial dealings.  With recent events, the evidence is becoming undeniable.  As criminals often do, one of the co-conspirators may need to turn on the other to cover his tail.  In this case, Hunter Biden may be the one protecting himself at his partner's expense — with Joe Biden being the partner left holding the bag.  I like those movies where a criminal mastermind pulls off an impossible heist and leaves no evidence behind.  A Hunter Biden caper doesn't look anything like that.  He traveled the world selling influence and information (some of which may have been classified) provided by his father.  His primary clients appear to be Ukraine and China.  That would be the very Ukraine that President Asterisk made generous military gifts to, and the China that he refuses to hold accountable for anything.

Report: Hunter Weighs Launching Legal Defense Fund to Afford High-Powered Lawyers Costing $100K/Month.  Hunter Biden is reportedly weighing the creation of a legal defense fund to cover the charges of his high-powered attorneys, which experts estimate to cost at least $100,000 per month.  It is unknown who would run the fund and what types of "parameters or confidentiality rules would be adopted" to avoid compromising Hunter's father, the Washington Post reported.  It is unclear if foreign money would be accepted by the fund or who would be interested in defending Hunter from both the Justice Department and congressional probes.

House Oversight Chair James Comer is building a killer case against Joe Biden.  When they hear James Comer speak with his lilting south-central Kentucky accent and courteous style, it would be an easy mistake for Democrats and targets of his newly fanged House Oversight Committee to underestimate the former Monroe County cattle farmer.  But Comer is a killer — and corruption is his prey.  Everything has changed in Washington since the Republicans won back the House, and Comer, as chairman of the Oversight Committee, is champing at the bit to hold the Biden administration accountable.  That includes getting to the bottom of the Biden family corruption as revealed in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop, and elsewhere, using the awesome power of Congress.  "This is not about Hunter Biden," Comer said last week in a broad-ranging interview with The [New York] Post.  "It's about Joe Biden."  He aims to "prove Joe benefited financially and prove he made decisions against the best interests of the United States."

Joe Biden Lawyers Likely Conduct[ed] Cleansing Operation Of Hunter-Related Material When [They] Stumbled On Classified Docs.  I don't think that when the lawyers originally discovered that there were classified documents at the UPenn satellite office in Washington, DC, I don't think they were actually looking for classified documents.  I think they were looking for things regarding Hunter Biden's business dealings, Joe Biden's dealings with foreign governments on behalf of Hunter Biden, that were in his vice presidential papers that were kept at UPenn.  I think they were looking for other things because they knew that Republicans were going to be taking over the Congress and would have subpoena power, and Republicans could subpoena UPenn to turn over all those documents and all those records.  If the records are not physically at UPenn, Republicans in the House can't [subpeona UPenn). They'd have to subpoena Biden, which raises all sorts of issues.

That's how the rep makes his money.  What else could he say?
Art dealer representing Hunter Biden calls him 'one of the most consequential artists in this century'.  The art dealer representing Hunter Biden said the president's son had the potential to be one of the most influential painters of the modern era, but declined to say whether he'd cooperate with a congressional investigation into sales of the art.  Georges Bergès, who has been overseeing the sale of Biden's paintings, said the 53-year-old would 'become one of the most consequential artists in this century.'  His comments came as the New York Post pressed him on whether he would comply with requests from the House Oversight Committee, which asked to see the names of individuals who purchased Biden's artwork and the price they paid for it.

The Unclassified Docs Biden's Lawyers Were Searching May Be The Key To The Real Scandal.  Maybe the classified documents are a distraction.  Maybe the classified documents were not sought, but found inadvertently when looking for unclassified documents regarding Biden family foreign dealings and the funneling of foreign money to The Big Guy.  With it clear that Republican-led House committees were going to be issuing subpoenas, Team Biden needed to make sure the Biden Center at U. Penn (in D.C.) was not in a position to produce those boxes in response to a subpoena.  What better way to solve the problem than to move the boxes.  But knowing there was potentially damaging documents in there, you needed lawyers with a duty of loyalty to their client (Joe) to do the work.  They needed not only to move things, but to know what damaging material might already have been seen by others.

Who is running our government?  Classified documents, everywhere, and by everyone: Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Mike Pence... and the list keeps growing.  Now there are questions about Barack Obama, who took 30,000,000 documents to his Presidential library (it's doubtful he even knows what he has) and who has ignored the National Archive's requests for their return.  This is just more evidence of what the American people have learned really exists: The Deep State.  The Deep State successfully ousted Trump with constant leaks and political chicanery against a sitting president, all to foment distrust and dishonor, and to make his life and office a living Hades.  Pelosi's Congress was no slouch either and impeached him a second time, even after he left office (with the first impeachment over a phone call!).  Then came the most stunning election upset in history, after Joe Biden stayed in his basement for the entire election campaign while the media campaigned for him.  Biden brought nothing to the election — no soaring rhetoric, no catchphrases, no crowds, yet somehow not only unseated Trump but also garnered the most votes in American history.  Now, though, it appears that Biden, having unseated Trump, must go too.  This would be hilarious if it weren't so serious insofar as it indicates that an actual cabal controls our government.

Hunter Biden Alcoa email promising Russian oligarch info raises fresh concern about Joe's access.  A Hunter Biden email sent to an American aluminum company and promising information on Russian oligarchs is raising fresh concerns about the first son's access to classified documents recently discovered in his father's Wilmington, Del., home as lawmakers prepare to investigate allegations of influence peddling.  Documents dating back to 2011 on his notorious "laptop from hell" showed Hunter offered to sell intelligence on Russian oligarchs to the US aluminum firm Alcoa Inc. for $55,000, according to The Post's exclusive October 2021 report.  As his father served as former President Barack Obama's second-in-command, Hunter Biden offered to provide a "statistical analysis of political and corporate risks, elite networks associated with Oleg Deripaska, the Russian CEO of Basic Element company and United company RUSAL," which had just signed a metal supply agreement with Alcoa.

The Stench of Fascism Is Suffocating our Democracy.  ... but nobody wants to talk about it.  We sanitize our language so that classified documents strewn over unsecured garages and centers of Chinese influence are talked about as though it's a matter of carelessness and not design.  The indisputable brute fact is this:  our commander-in-chief and his family have made themselves wealthy by taking bribes from foreign powers, chief among them our mortal enemy Communist China.  Nobody seems to be asking, but how exactly were the inexplicable decisions to turn Afghanistan over to China and the Taliban made, and what American interest was served by this?  In classic fascist fashion, the Biden administration has suborned the intelligence community and the Department of Justice to censor and harass its political opponents.  These include school parents and Capitol trespassers whom it libels and imprisons as "domestic terrorists" and (unarmed) "insurrectionists."  In typical fascist moves, it has suborned corporate America into spying on its political opponents with the goal of cancelling them and silencing their opinions.  Just this week AT&T shut down the fastest growing and fourth largest cable news network, Newsmax TV, depriving 13 million viewers of access to its reporting.  This attack on the First Amendment came on the heels of Twitter's exposure of the way the FBI had put its platform on the federal payroll and dictated its censorship of tweets that could have changed the results of the last presidential election.  The same fascistic arrangement was made with other tech social media giants like Facebook.

The ever-shifting excuses about Hunter Biden's laptop.  Just look at this long list of Hunter's defenses, one crumbling after the other, [...]
  •   It's not my computer.  That was Hunter's original defense, and he still hasn't completely abandoned it.
  •   I'm not sure if it's my computer.  That was his backup defense.
  •   I have no idea if I left any computer at that repair shop.  Who knows?  I'm not admitting that's my signature on the shop's release form.  It could be a forgery. [...]
  •   What about the chain of custody for that computer's hard drive?  It's very fishy.  The information could well be fake. [...]
  •   The [New York] Post story about the computer is worthless because they got it from unreliable sources.  Years later, CBS News confirmed that the computer's contents were authentic.
  •   This stuff about Hunter's computer has all the earmarks of a classic Russian disinformation campaign.  So said 51 former US intelligence agents, many of them high-ranking and still closely connected to the intel community.  Even today, they won't admit they were wrong. [...]
  •   It definitely is Russian disinformation.  That was Joe Biden's public statement when the Post broke the story. [...]
  •   Okay, it really is Hunter's computer.  That's what his lawyers finally seemed to say only to be called out and retract it.  The lawyers managed to tie themselves in knots thanks to their scorched-earth PR campaign in anticipation of Hunter's indictment.  One of their stratagems is to threaten media outlets with lawsuits if they disclose anything on the laptop, claiming that information is private and belongs to Hunter.  Unfortunately for Hunter's team, that very threat seemed to acknowledge, for the first time, that the computer really was Hunter's.  "Oops.  Not so fast," said the lawyers.  "We admit nothing.  We're not saying the computer belonged to Hunter.  We're just saying that any information on it is his personal information and you don't have any right to share it." [...]
Does the sleazy information on Hunter's computer really matter?  Only if it reveals something important about how the Biden family grifting operation worked and especially how Joe Biden contributed to it.  What role did he play as vice president (and perhaps earlier as senator)?  What did he know about Hunter's contacts with foreign businesses?  How did Joe's actions in office contribute to the lucrative arrangements made by Hunter and Joe's brothers?  How were the profits shared?  Remember, Joe has denied all knowledge of Hunter's business affairs and, of course, denied profiting from them.

Hunter Biden: More Depraved Than You Knew.  I thought my opinion of the Biden family, and Hunter Biden in particular, couldn't possibly go lower.  But I was wrong.  From a New York Post link, I learned about Marco Polo, a group that I don't necessarily endorse — I don't know enough about them — but that has devoted a lot of time to studying the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop. [...] Hunter Biden's daily preoccupations are (or were, until recently) crack cocaine and prostitutes.  His most frequent communications were with crack dealers and pimps, lining up and paying for prostitutes.  It goes on and on, day after day.  Is there a drug dealer or a pimp on the East Coast, or in California, who is not on close personal terms with Hunter Biden?  The amount of money Hunter ran through was extraordinary.  Where did he get it?  Not through any legal and gainful employment, certainly.  It is reasonable to assume that Hunter's share of the Biden crime family's loot went for crack and prostitutes.  Follow the link for details:  it went on day after day.  Frankly, it is surprising that Hunter is still alive.

Biden took out $250K line of credit against Delaware beach home amid Hunter probe, classified docs scandal.  President Biden secured a $250,000 line of credit against his Rehobeth Beach, Delaware, home as his son, Hunter Biden, faces an investigation into his tax affairs and amid his own classified documents scandal, records obtained by Fox News Digital shows.  Biden acquired the six-figure home equity variable rate line of credit from M&T Bank on Dec. 5, 2022, Sussex County filings show.  Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, initially purchased the residence in 2017 for $2.74 million, according to county records.  It is unclear why Biden quietly secured the line of credit, which allows him to borrow up to a quarter of a million dollars against his home's equity, and the White House did not respond to a Fox News Digital inquiry on the matter.

Top Republicans say they aren't swayed by tactics of Biden's son's lawyers.  Republican lawmakers indicated to DailyMail.com on Thursday that they're unperturbed by the aggressive new strategy rolled out by Hunter Biden's legal team to combat a litany of inquiries into his foreign business dealings.  It comes after his attorney, Abbe Lowell, wrote to the Justice Department calling for investigations into Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon, as well as former computer repair store owner John Paul Mac Isaac.'  Lowell accuses them of having 'violated various Delaware laws in accessing, copying, manipulating, and/or disseminating Mr. Biden's personal computer data' with the regards to the laptop hard drive at the center of a firestorm of controversy for President Joe Biden's family.

50 ways for experts to lose their expertise.  It turns out that everyone was lying, including those 50 experts who called the laptop Russian misinformation.  Can't wait to see one of the 50 explain it to Representative Jim Jordan now that Hunter Biden admitted the laptop is his.  Wouldn't you love to see the Trump-Biden second debate now that we know that it was his laptop?  As you may remember, President Trump kept bringing up Hunter and Biden the experts.  In other words, the whole Russia-Trump story, from collusion to the laptop to Hamilton 68, was fake.

'Desperate' Hunter Biden trying to shirk blame for laptop crimes, lawyer says.  First son Hunter Biden wants to duck responsibility for his own wrongdoing by sicking Delaware and federal law enforcement on the computer repair shop owner who blew the whistle on the infamous "laptop from hell," a lawyer for John Paul Mac Isaac told The Post Thursday.  Mac Isaac, who owned The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del., was accused by Hunter's lawyer of "unlawfully" accessing the now-52-year-old's personal data after the laptop was abandoned at his store in 2019.  The Biden scion's attorney, Abbe Lowell, fired off a pair of letters on Wednesday urging prosecutors to probe Mac Isaac and others, including former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, for spreading the laptop's sordid contents publicly — only to continue to deny the laptop belonged to Hunter a day later.

Can You Believe the Chutzpah of This Guy?  Hunter Biden has begun an aggressive counterattack against his accusers by asking the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Trump allies who he claims illegally accessed the computer he abandoned and left at a Delaware repair shop.  Biden's lawyers are also suing Fox News host Tucker Carlson for making "false and defamatory claims" that Biden's son had access to classified documents stored at his father's home.  This salvo from Hunter Biden represents a new White House strategy that will play out during all the investigations into the president, his son, and Democrats as Republicans ramp up a long list of investigations now that they have control of the House.

Hunter Biden's Utterly Ridiculous Prosecution Demands.  Hunter Biden's decision to write letters to the Department of Justice, the Delaware attorney general, and the Internal Revenue Service demanding investigations and prosecutions of his critics — such as Tucker Carlson, Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon and others — is being touted as "aggressive."  To me, it looks stupid.  Probably the easiest way to ensure that a criminal investigation is perceived as a partisan vendetta is for it to begin after the president's son publicly demands it.  Almost everyone Hunter Biden's lawyers wrote to either has close ties to the Biden family or owe their jobs to Joe Biden's nominating them to the position, and they ultimately answer to the president.  By publicly demanding that federal and state prosecutors unleash the hounds, Hunter Biden has ensured that anyone who does prosecute his foes looks like they're obeying the commands of the president's spoiled, screw-up son.

Hunter Biden Finally Admits Infamous Laptop Is HIS.  Hunter Biden is going on the offense with his lawyers now asking the Justice Department to investigate former President Donald Trump's allies, who peddled his laptop's hard drive to media outlets in the run-up to the 2020 election.  The first son's lawyer Abbe Lowell asked the DOJ to probe former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, campaign lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani's lawyer and the owner of the Wilmington computer repair shop, John Paul Mac Isaac, who obtained the laptop in April 2019.  Using passages from Mac Isaac's book, American Injustice: My Battle to Expose the Truth, Lowell notes that Mac Isaac sent a copy of the laptop data to Giuliani's lawyer Robert Costello who turned it over to the ex-mayor, who at the time was pushing discredited theories about the younger Biden.

When Joe Biden Declared War On Half the Country.  On September 1, 2022, in a nationally televised address, the nominal president of the United States, Joe Biden, declared war on half the country.  In a dark, threatening speech before an ominous red-and-black background and flanked by two Marines in full dress uniform, Biden declared that "Donald Trump and the MAGA [Make America Great Again] Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic."  For the first time in American history, a president declared that his primary political opposition was outside the bounds of acceptable political discourse.  The message couldn't have been clearer:  The establishment Left, entrenched in power in the United States but deeply afraid of losing that power, was intent on criminalizing political opposition.  Dissent from Biden's agenda and you could end up with the thought police breaking down your door at four a.m.  Probably more out of historical illiteracy than historical awareness, Biden's handlers chose the 83rd anniversary of Hitler's invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II for Biden's profoundly disturbing and un-American speech.

Biden Ramps Up Another Far-Left Obsession by Claiming Climate Change Worse Than 'Nuclear Weapons'.  We've been covering lately how President Joe Biden and his administration are particularly obsessed with abortion, but on Tuesday afternoon the president reminded how he's equally overly focused on another Democratic talking point, which would be climate change.  Biden addressed the issue during a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in New York City.  Not only did he warn about climate change when it comes to emphasize we have "a real big problem," he claimed that it's even worse than nuclear weapons.  "If we don't stay under 1.5 degrees Celsius incr- — we're going to have a real problem," he said, stumbling over his words.  "It's the single-most existential threat to humanity we've ever faced, including nuclear weapons."  On its face, it's a pretty stunning statement.

Fix is in: FBI bungling case against Biden over top-secret documents.  The FBI issued the "all clear" on its latest search of one of President Biden's residences.  The announcement came with the first day of special counsel Robert Hur on the job at the Justice Department.  Hur may find that the Biden legal team feels that "all clear" extends beyond the latest search.  It could be challenging to make a criminal case after how the investigation has been handled.  At every stage, the FBI has adopted an approach that would compromise or complicate any criminal charge.  The FBI left the home untouched for over three months after classified documents were found in Biden's former office in DC.  While it was recently learned that the FBI did go to that office a couple weeks later, they reportedly elected to have personal counsel for the president conduct searches on the residences.  Biden then spent weeks traveling to these residences after the FBI waited to search the premises.

DOJ is at Biden's Delaware beach home.  So why ignore the treasure trove of documents down the road?  The FBI search of President Joe Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday, continues the search for classified material in various homes and work spaces used by the president and his family in the past decade.  What is surprising about Wednesday's search is not the fact that a sitting president has now been subject to two FBI searches of his residences, but the fact that this search has come roughly three months after the first discovery of documents in a closet in Washington.  Despite that rather lackadaisical record, Biden's personal counsel Bob Bauer still stated on Wednesday, with no sense of irony, that this has been a "timely DOJ process."  It is "timely" if you use glacial measurements.

Let's see the list of his previous buyers.
So Hunter Biden's 'masterpieces' aren't quite selling like hotcakes for top dollar.  Is the Biden money-making machine gig up?  Sure looks like it, given the situation with artistic genius, Hunter Biden. [...] Leaving aside the issue of a legal defense fund and taking one step back, it appears that the art world wasn't exactly fooled by the hype and publicity about Hunter Biden's amazing and newly discovered art talent, with newbie paintings supposedly being ready to sell for $500,000 a pop and he never did become the hottest thing around at the galleries.  After all, that was the plan, wasn't it?  The celebs showed up at his gallery opening, and the $500,000 sales estimates for his blow-pipe paintings suggested on paper at least that Hunter had some extraordinary talent, and collectors were just itching to get their hands on his glorious oeuvres.  For a new artist to start selling paintings at $500,000, it would have to be someone from whom the demand was extraordinarily strong.

Hunter Biden Paintings [are] Worth Less Than His Mounting Legal Bills.  Hunter Biden is in financial turmoil after his paintings sold for less than the six-figure price tags estimated by his gallerist, who previously spent time in jail for making terrorist threats.  The underwhelming sales have led Biden to consider launching a legal defense fund to help pay his mounting attorney bills stemming from a federal tax crime investigation and congressional inquiries into his foreign business dealings, the Washington Post reported.  Biden has sold around a dozen paintings "for a fraction of the $500,000 price tag once estimated" by his Manhattan gallerist Georges Berges, according to the Post.  The congressional investigations into Biden have also spooked some prospective buyers, a source told the newspaper.

Biden Hands China-linked "Green" Energy Company Another $1.6 Million.  The Energy Department of Joe Biden last week announced the awarding of $1.6 million to the Chinese-backed green energy company LanzaTech — which notably also has ties to top Democratic politicians.  "The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels for America's transportation and manufacturing needs," the department boasted in a Thursday press release.  According to the Washington Free Beacon, the recipient of almost $2 million of these funds, carbon-capture company LanzaTech, signed a partnership in 2021 with Sinopec Capital, which is the clean energy-focused subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned oil conglomerate.  In addition to the Sinopec connection, LanzaTech has raised millions of dollars from CITIC Capital, a subsidiary of the biggest state-run conglomerate in China.

The Bidens "Fixed" Crimes by Corrupt Actors for a Fee.  The Biden crime family made millions off the family name in pay-for-play schemes for several decades.  The Bidens likely committed several crimes including espionage.  The Gateway Pundit reported this week on several likely criminal actions documented on Hunter Biden's laptop computer.

Cover-up:
National Archives was blocked from revealing Biden classified docs find: Comer.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has said the National Archives and Records Administration was prevented from notifying the public about the initial discovery of classified documents from President Biden's former DC think tank office.  Comer (R-Ky.) told Fox News' "Hannity" Tuesday night that Archives general counsel Gary Stern said in a closed-door interview he could not tell lawmakers who ordered the Archives not to put out a press release announcing the Nov. 2 find at the Penn Biden Center.  "There are only two people that could have given those orders, and that's either the Department of Justice with [Attorney General] Merrick Garland or the White House with Joe Biden," Comer said.  "So it shows right there that this Department of Justice and this White House is interfering with this," he added.

[An] FBI Search [is] Underway at Biden's Delaware Beach Home.  On Wednesday morning [2/1/2023], Joe Biden's attorney Bob Bauer revealed that the FBI is in the process of searching the president's vacation house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  Agents are reportedly hunting for additional classified documents.  "Today, with the President's full support and cooperation, the DOJ is conducting a planned search of his home in Rehoboth, Delaware," Bauer said in a statement.  "Under DOJ's standard procedures, in the interests of operational security and integrity, it sought to do this work without advance public notice, and we agreed to cooperate."  Bauer added, "The search today is a further step in a thorough and timely DOJ process we will continue to fully support and facilitate.  We will have further information at the conclusion of today's search."

[The] FBI [is] searching Biden's beach home in Rehoboth for more classified documents.  Federal agents are searching Joe Biden's Rehoboth beach house for classified documents, the president's attorney said on Wednesday [2/1/2023], as the crisis takes yet another troubling turn for the administration.  Biden is cooperating with the search of his six-bedroom, 4,800 square foot home in the Delaware beach town, his attorney Bob Bauer said.  'Today, with the President's full support and cooperation, the DOJ is conducting a planned search of his home in Rehoboth, Delaware.  Under DOJ's standard procedures, in the interests of operational security and integrity, it sought to do this work without advance public notice, and we agreed to cooperate,' Bauer said in a statement.

What Is the Penn Biden Center?  My ignorance is instructive.  You see, I'm somewhat of a connoisseur of think tanks.  Some people are connoisseurs of the arts, food, fine wine, and even good cigars.  But I, dear reader, have an odd expertise in think tanks.  I've worked at, written for, and even written about think tanks.  I've given lectures at and even lectures about think tanks in grad schools, describing these distinctive entities, left and right and center. [...] Given my over three decades of think tank experience, I hereby assert, definitively, with no embarrassment, that I had never heard of the Penn Biden Center until it exploded into the news.  And I'm certain that that's more a product of the Penn Biden Center than anything lacking in my studious cranium. [...] So, I ventured to the website of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy & Global Engagement.  Alas, I remain even more in the dark.  I found a few articles and what seem like press releases.  I found no reports or policy papers, which is odd because such is the main product of a think tank.  I did, however, find Joe Biden — everywhere.  Biden's grinning mug is splashed all over the thing.  When you first open the website, you see Biden. [...] The first is a photo of, quite appropriately, old Scranton Joe and China's Xi taking a friendly stroll together at some bridge near Beijing.  I say appropriately because, as readers know, the only thing maybe worth knowing about the Penn Biden Center is its possible shady connections with Xi and China.

Biden Continues Playing Politics with COVID Emergency — House Votes to End it, Senate will Ignore.  On the literal eve of a House vote to end the COVID emergency through legislation, the White House announced they would end the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration on May 11th.  The managers of Biden knew they would face a bipartisan vote to end the power of the dictatorial fiat known as the COVID emergency, so they quickly rushed to give Democrats in congress cover for voting against the legislative end.  In the end this is all a matter of pure politics and posturing for narrative control, because the Democrat controlled Senate is not going to take up the House bills.

The Editor says...
May 11 is three months from now.  The Biden puppeteers like to boast about following the science, so what scientific facts make it impossible to end the so-called emergency today?

Why US establishment politicians are sending tanks, jets, weapons, equipment, and $100+ billion to Ukraine.  [Thread reader]  It has nothing to do with Ukrainian citizens, and everything to do with Deep State assets/secrets in Ukraine.  Let's go back to when and where it all began.  Flashback to 2005.  Then Senator Obama and Senator Lugar visited former Soviet biological and chemical facilities in Ukraine, and established the US Deep State roots in Ukraine.  To "counter bioweapons". [...] Obama opened the floodgates for the Deep State[, c]reated biological weapons programs with the Ukrainian government, and established connections for US oligarchs to build biolab companies in the lawless land of Ukraine.  Companies like Biden's Metabiota. [...] Now with complete control of the Ukrainian government, then the Bidens began their dirty work.  Biden visited Ukraine 13+ times, securing US funding for Ukrainian oligarchs.  Then used his power to fire a State prosecutor who figured out Biden's kick-back/laundering scheme.  So the reason why all of our tax dollars are in Ukraine, is because Ukraine is a Deep State proxy, controlled by the ruling families of the DNC/Soros.  They are trying to protect their assets/secrets in Ukraine.  Most consequential of which is their biological activity.

Biden's China Spy Scandal is even worse than his classified documents scandal.  Baimadajie Angwang, 33, an ethnic Tibetan and naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested in 2020 for acting as an agent of Beijing, for wire fraud, making false statements, and obstructing an official proceeding.  Prosecutors charge that Angwang reported on Chinese citizens, cultivated intelligence sources, and connected Chinese officials with senior contacts in the New York Police Department.  The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of New York recently filed a motion asking federal Judge Eric R. Komitee, a Trump nominee, to dismiss the indictment due to "additional information."  The Eastern District did not reveal the information or explain its relevance to the case.  The move illuminates official Biden policy toward Chinese espionage in the United States.

Philly jury gives President 'Devout Catholic' a black eye.  It's hard to find a sweeter and more appropriate verdict than one that was handed down from Philadelphia of all places, in the wanton federal prosecution of pro-life activist Mark Houck. [...] The whole prosecution was utter garbage, with many pro-life advocates noting that the act was done to intimidate.  Who's doing the intimidating?  Joe Biden's White House, of course, which would be the same Joe Biden who hails himself as a "devout Catholic."  The same Joe Biden on whose watch churches and crisis pregnancy centers are being firebombed and vandalized with no consequences to the thugs.  His hypocrisy is pretty big in this one, given the damage done with a vindictive prosecution so flawed even a Philly jury wouldn't go along.  They must have thought they had it in the bag, and they didn't.  Meanwhile, President Devout Catholic, as if to take the public's mind off this outrageous abuse of government power on his watch, was last seen claiming the pope was on his side in his federal funding for abortions.

'Devout Catholic' Joe Biden Remains Woefully Ignorant on Key Church Teaching.  President Joe Biden, despite supposedly being a "devout Catholic," keeps finding himself in the news over his obsession, and the obsession of his administration, on abortion.  On Tuesday [1/31/2023], we covered how his administration may be looking to declare a public health emergency declaration, this time on abortion.  Earlier in the week, on Monday, Biden had also been confronted by a reporter about such a pro-abortion stance, which led to the president giving a rather head-scratching answer about his Catholic faith.

Zelensky Sent Out Government Decree to Destroy All Information on Hunter Biden's Metabiota Company on Same Day as Russian Invasion.  Ukrainian President Zelensky ordered government officials to destroy all information on Hunter Biden's Metabiota Company on the same day Russia invaded the country.  Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022.  Zelensky sent out this document on February 24, 2022.  DC Draino reported on this development today.  [Tweet]

Democrats' Trojan horse is taking on a life of its own.  A silly older man sniffing women was sold to the American people as the safe alternative to President Donald Trump.  Joe Biden's assignment was to wear a suit, read words on a teleprompter, and quip.  Biden was the Democrat left's version of the Trojan horse.  Get the 78-year-old inside the White House pretending to be a gift to the American people, and then let the real puppet masters emerge and change the nation's demographics, destroy the economy, and transform every social norm.  For two years, Biden did precisely what the Democrat socialists wanted him to do:  run to podiums, mumble, and then wander away.  Smile, wave, and lie. [...] So the Trojan horse flawlessly performed the task it was designed to perform.  But now comes the glitch:  lo and behold, the fake leader of the free world wants to stay.  Somehow, in all the confusion of corruption and millions of dollars flowing from China into the Biden coffers, Joe didn't read the memo that the charade is finished after one term.

The Joe and Hunter Biden scandal convergence.  Two Biden scandals are merging into one.  The convergence point is President Joe Biden's house in Wilmington, Delaware.  The public learned in the last few weeks that Biden stored a number of classified documents there, both in his garage, famously next to his vintage Corvette, and in his personal library.  How many documents?  Biden will not say.

Hunter Biden allies talking about creating legal defense fund: report.  Allies of Hunter Biden have held initial discussions about starting a legal defense fund to aid the first son as Republicans ramp up congressional investigations into his business relationships and the federal probe into his taxes continues, according to a report on Tuesday.  A collection of attorneys have been representing Hunter, 52, in recent years and new ones are being added as his team pursues fresh legal strategies — but the Biden scion has struggled to pay them all due to dwindling financial resources, the Washington Post reported.  It's unclear exactly how much the first son owes in legal fees because some of the work has been treated as pro bono.

Republicans demand more scrutiny of President's son over documents debacle.  Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas wants the FBI to search Hunter Biden's homes — after classified documents were discovered inside President Biden's Wilmington residence where documents indicate Hunter kept a home office.  Cruz, who has already called for a search of the thousands of boxes of Biden papers donated to the University of Delaware, pointed to a Hunter Biden email that purports to show a level of expertise in Ukraine and claimed it raised the 'inference' that the president's son may have had 'direct access' to classified info.  The former presidential candidate referenced the same Hunter Biden 2014 email to his former business partner that showed fluency with internal politics of Ukraine that Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson flagged as 'suspicious.'

There's more evidence that Hunter might have been selling state secrets.  Late last night, Miranda Devine wrote an essay that's ostensibly about a poll showing that Americans think that Biden was wrong to brush off the news about his squirreling classified documents as "nothing."  In fact, most Americans, including Democrats, think what happened is "something."  But buried in Devine's article was well-grounded speculation more interesting than poll results:  She believes there's inferential evidence that Hunter Biden was openly selling national security information to foreign governments and corporations.

Third Hunter Biden Email from Laptop with Classified Information Uncovered — Classified WH Conference Call Shared with Hunter's Ukrainian Business Partners.  The Biden crime family made millions in Ukraine performing nefarious and criminal activities including espionage.  TGP reported on Thursday that the Bidens were using classified information to the benefit of the Hunter Biden family business.  Miranda Devine from the New York Post provided one email that appeared to include classified material from the US government.  [Tweet]  On Sunday night TGP reported a second email that showed Hunter Biden was sharing classified information with individuals at Burisma in Ukraine which is espionage.

Did Biden Inc.  Leverage Classified Documents For Profit?  Leaving Washington with classified documents must be a tradition for outgoing presidents and vice presidents.  Sensitive government papers have now been found in the private homes and offices of Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Mike Pence.  Maybe every president going back for decades has taken documents he shouldn't have.  But only one has a crooked son who could have easily accessed those documents and used them to enrich himself and his corrupt family.  The public sure seems to believe that is the case.  Six in 10 American voters are convinced it is likely that Biden's son Hunter used information from the unsecured classified documents found in the current president's Delaware home to sweeten "his foreign business deals."

Biden repeats his false Amtrak story for the eighth time.  Joe Biden repeated an untrue story for at least the eighth time on Monday claiming an Amtrak conductor congratulated him for racking up one million miles on the train commuting between Wilmington, Delaware and Washington, D.C.  The president has told this fabricated story since at least his 2020 presidential campaign.

Biden claims he had Amtrak train key, rode home 15% of time with engineers.  President Biden claimed Monday that he had an Amtrak train key when he was a senator and would ride "about 15% of the time" with engineers on trips home to Delaware.  The 80-year-old president shared the memory in Baltimore while touting $4 billion from his $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law that will be used to build a pair of train tunnels in the city to replace a passage from 1873.  "I can say it now since there's different leadership.  I used to about 15% of the time ride with the engineers, for real.  And I'm the only guy that I'm aware of — when I stopped riding Amtrak — that had a key to get in the back," Biden said.

Biden: The 'Great American Road Trip Is Going to Be Fully Electrified'.  President Joe Biden on Monday promoted electric vehicles again as part of his administration's push for green energy, smiling gleefully in an EV with a mask hanging underneath his chin.  "On my watch, the great American road trip is going to be fully electrified.  And now, through a tax credit, you can get up to $7,500 on a new electric vehicle," Biden said alongside an accompanying image, showing the president smiling in a Hummer EV.  The image shows Biden with a mask under his chin and an individual in the passenger seat who remained masked up.

The Editor says...
It is a safe bet that the "individual in the passenger seat" was a federal agent, and he was steering the car, not Mr. Biden.  It's almost as if Biden has the mind of a three-year-old.

Hunter Biden Alcoa email promising Russian oligarch info raises fresh concern about Joe's access.  A Hunter Biden email sent to an American aluminum company and promising information on Russian oligarchs is raising fresh concerns about the first son's access to classified documents recently discovered in his father's Wilmington, Del., home as lawmakers prepare to investigate allegations of influence peddling.  Documents dating back to 2011 on his notorious "laptop from hell" showed Hunter offered to sell intelligence on Russian oligarchs to the US aluminum firm Alcoa Inc. for $55,000, according to The [New York] Post's exclusive October 2021 report.  As his father served as former President Barack Obama's second-in-command, Hunter Biden offered to provide a "statistical analysis of political and corporate risks, elite networks associated with Oleg Deripaska, the Russian CEO of Basic Element company and United company RUSAL," which had just signed a metal supply agreement with Alcoa.

None Dare Call It Treason; None Dare Call Them Traitors — Part one.  Biden claims he has no knowledge regarding the docs, their content (his memory's shot anyway, but I think he would remember this) or how they may have got to where they were "discovered."  Like many others, I have wondered why his own people (his lawyers, apparently) didn't just send the things into the shredder and... Case Closed — ha ha — in accordance with Dems' ethics.  After all, if no one was missing them for years, just disappear them.  So we all wonder if this is a Deep State coup of sorts:  Were the docs planted and "found"?  Biden was already highly unlikely to be electable by late 2023, so running was injurious to the Dems:  He's a staggering, misspeaking, pathologically lying moron who barely keeps his place on a teleprompter now.  Equating his Corvette's security to Classified documents' requirements was sheer idiocy.

None Dare Call It Treason; None Dare Call Them Traitors — Part Two.  Consider:  Joe Biden left $85 Billion in military equipment in Afghanistan when he ordered a completely ill-planned evacuation of that country, and an abandonment to the Taliban.  There is no discounting the human tragedy involved, first and foremost:  The U.S. servicemembers' deaths, the abandonment of American citizens (and rumored deaths in that category, too), and the stab-in-the-back to our Afghan allies.  But he also left aircraft, attack helicopters, artillery, air-to-ground munitions, military vehicles, weapons, thousands of HUMVEES, machine guns, communications equipment, and other materials.  But now comes a fresh consideration of that withdrawal in the light of the documents scandal - and you'll only hear it here:  What "trade secrets," what associated Top Secret information, how many Classified field manuals and systems' training guides associated with advanced weaponry and munitions, were abandoned and left to the Taliban - and to the Chinese, who were said to be "reverse engineering" our equipment?

The state of our union under Biden: A weaker, less secure, more divided America.  Next week, President Joe Biden will address Congress on the state of the union, as the Constitution dictates.  He ought to take an honest look at the country and the many problems it faces — problems his administration has either created or worsened.  Over the next week, the Washington Examiner will report on a few of the important problems plaguing the country and how they are affecting the public every day.  The most glaring crisis our country faces today is at the southern border, where hundreds of thousands of immigrants are crossing into the country illegally every month, overwhelming immigration officials and border towns.  Just last week, border agents confirmed that more than 1.2 million immigrants evaded immigration enforcement completely.  Who knows how many of these immigrants were on the terror watch list, as at least 70,000 apprehended immigrants have been, or were part of the drug cartels flooding our cities with fentanyl.  The reason the border crisis angers the public so deeply — indeed, it is almost always listed as a top concern for voters — is that it makes clear how little respect Biden's administration has for America's sovereignty.

Comer sounds alarm on Biden's mishandling of classified documents: 'Nothing' he's done is 'normal'.  James Comer:  ["]Nothing that Joe Biden's done with respect to mishandling these classified documents is normal.  Take into consideration that he's also being investigated for influence peddling with our adversaries around the world, and it's even more concerning.  Look, more information comes out every day where his son, especially, as well as his two brothers, have had shady business dealings with our adversaries around the world, and part of what they would do when they would make a pitch to these shady characters in these foreign countries is prove to them that they actually had direct access to their brother and that they had direct access to people at the highest levels of our federal government.  So when we learned that Joe Biden had classified documents from all over the place and that Hunter Biden especially lived in his house where he had those classified documents, we became extra concerned, and that's why this it this investigation is of the utmost importance for the United States Congress as well as the American people.["]

New Details Raise Questions.  According to a story published on Saturday, the scope of Joe Biden's classified documents scandal may be bigger than previously thought.  Sources close to the investigation say in addition to classified documents, the FBI also seized notebooks from Biden's Wilmington, Del., home, which were reportedly written by Biden while he was vice president.  "The notebooks were seized because Biden's notes on some of the pages relate to his official business as vice president, including details of his diplomatic engagements during the Obama administration, and may refer to classified information, this same person said, adding that the notebooks do not have classified markings on them, but some of the handwritten notes inside them could be considered as such given their sensitive content," NBC News reported.  "Other pages in the notebooks, while they may not contain potentially classified information, could still be considered government property under the Presidential Records Act because they pertain to official business Biden conducted as vice president, according to the person familiar with the investigation."

Forget classified docs, show us the real haul of Biden's records in Delaware.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has repeatedly assured the public that President Biden is committed in the classified document scandal to move forward in "a very transparent way."  Putting aside the refusal to share any information beyond a desire to be fully transparent, Biden has one major test awaiting him on his pledge: his senatorial records.  There has been much discussion of a classified document being found in his personal library in Wilmington, but there is a huge library of Biden documents sitting in the University of Delaware.  The university is sitting on Biden documents due to a cynical 2012 arrangement made by Biden when he was vice president and contemplating a run for the presidency.  The president effectively locked away his records by giving them to the university, which has claimed for a decade that it is still working to organize and catalog the documents.  He has refused to allow the public or the press to see the documents.  With the recent reports that Biden may have included classified information in notebooks found at his residence, the status of the University of Delaware documents is becoming more and more untenable for the White House.

Fox News is helping the Democrats' Biden document narrative.  When it comes to the Biden document scandal, Fox News, as the opposition media, should not be banging the same gong that the leftist media outlets are striking with fervor.  And yet it is.  That's not good news.  President Biden's days as a politician are numbered, not because some confidential documents were 'discovered' in suspicious circumstances, but due to the "Big Picture."  If you want to understand what is going on, start with the result the leftist globalists desire and work back to the event at hand.  Right now, they want Biden out because he no longer serves their goals.  For the four years after 2016, Democrats failed to promote anyone who could beat Trump.  By 2020, they had no qualified (meaning 'able to win') candidates in the wings.  They were stuck nominating and sheltering Biden solely to defeat Trump, boosting him in the primaries and through to his victory.  Other acts towards Trump's permanent defeat were the Russia hoax, the two sham "impeachments," the January 6 committee, and the Mar-a-Lago raid.  Biden, though, is imperfect, and Democrats must move Biden out.

Megyn Kelly Takes on Jill Biden Calling Herself 'Dr' and The Left Loses Their Mind.  As we reported earlier, Jill Biden was at the NFC Championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers.  But she wasn't with Joe Biden.  She was sitting with Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL.  Joe Biden went to their home in Wilmington on Sunday afternoon after spending most of the weekend in Camp David as I reported, raising questions as to why was he only going there for the evening when presumably he's just heading back to the White House on Monday.  I'm surprised that she's back given that she was booed the last time that she was there.  That may explain why Joe Biden wouldn't show up because he may get a greeting that he isn't going to appreciate.  But once again as we've seen in the case of Jill Biden, there's now a requirement for the media to constantly refer to her as "Dr." Jill Biden.

Biden cover-up is in full swing.  On President Biden's first day in office, then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki vowed that the administration would "bring transparency and truth back to government."  What a useless promise.  The Biden administration has turned out to be one of the most opaque, secretive and nontransparent in decades, creating the overt appearance of impropriety.  After Republicans won control the House of Representatives and promised to investigate Mr. Biden's son Hunter's overseas business dealings, among others, the White House told incoming House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan to pound sand. [...] Now that the 118th Congress is up and running, the Biden administration has continued its stonewalling.  Mr. Comer sent a request to the Treasury Department to provide information on Biden family financial transactions that may have been marked suspicious, with a deadline for responses last week.

WH Goes 'Outer Limits' on Jobs, Border, and That Strange Change to Biden's Schedule.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got into some trouble on Friday, when she was grilled by Fox's Peter Doocy about the false claim the Biden team made that Joe Biden "self-reported" he had classified documents.  As we noted, not only didn't Joe Biden self-report, his team hid from the American public right before the midterm election what he had done.  The only reason we know about the classified documents is because Biden got nailed by the good reporting of CBS.  Even then, Biden didn't fully fess up to how many finds they had at that point.  But Jean-Pierre had more trouble, as well, in that press conference.  She's supposed to be the one helping to explain the things that Biden says.  But when neither she nor Biden can get things straight, there's an issue.  How many jobs is Biden claiming he's created?  Eleven, according to Jean-Pierre.

Joe Biden Is Curiously Serving Two Masters, Which Has Me Wondering.  It is clear that Joe Biden is being ratted out in the classified document scandal, but by whom? [...] Joe Biden has been in politics for 50 years.  He's never had a real job.  The only core conviction he has is the self-aggrandizement that comes from being able to have people suck up to him due to the power and vast resources at his disposal.  He's dumber than a doorknob.  Yet, with 50 years of experience, he is on automatic pilot when it comes to self-preservation.  He simply does what he is told and reads his teleprompter without really knowing what he is reading.  Thus, I don't buy Tucker's analysis because the "powers that be" controlling him already have a pretty good gig.  Why would they want to dump him?

'Dr.' Jill's Latest Actions Confirm All Is Not Well in the Biden White House.  [R]ecent instances where "Dr." Jill stepped in to run interference for Joe Biden in the midst of his classified documents scandal have put a finer point on Jill Biden's sometimes domineering hold over Joe, at a time when the POTUS, who has faced questions throughout his presidency about his mental fitness to lead, hasn't officially declared that he's running for reelection — though rumors are swirling that he'll do just that sometime in February.  They occurred Thursday during an AAPI Lunar New Year event at the White House.  We touched on what happened at the time, but I wanted to revisit the issue because the symbolism was just eye-opening.  As Biden leaves the event, a reporter shouts a question at him; that's one of the only ways they have left to reach the president, since he holds so few solo press conferences.  He looks around, confused, but Jill Biden steps in and shoos the reporter away, while guiding Joe Biden away from actually having to interact with a member of the media:  [Video clip]

A home office?  To conduct what business?
Hunter Biden reportedly converted dad's Delaware residence containing classified docs into home office.  Hunter Biden allegedly transformed his father's Wilmington, Delaware home, where classified documents have been found, into a home office that was central to his overseas business dealings, according to experts and leaked cellphone texts.  This comes as allegations swirl that Hunter Biden used classified materials to profit off business deals involving energy and Ukraine, according to Fox Business.  He reportedly emailed his partner in 2014 before Vice President Joe Biden flew to Ukraine.  The president's son reportedly listed the Wilmington home as his address in the wake of his 2017 divorce from ex-wife Kathleen Buhle.  Hunter Biden went so far as to claim that he owned the lakefront mansion on a July 2018 background check form as part of a rental application, the New York Post reported.  He also used that home's address as his billing address for a personal credit card and an Apple account in 2018 and 2019.  At least 12 classified documents have been found at that residence, dating back to President Biden's time in the Senate.

Biden Family Values: They like to live large.  Joe Biden likes to advertise himself as ordinary 'Scranton Joe' who's a family man and "devout" Catholic to the public.  A look at news rolling out about Biden's extended family in the wake of recent scandals suggests a different story.  Far from being Lunchbucket Joe, House Biden is more like Venezuela's Maduro family, or Chavez family, or Cuba's Castro oligarchs. [...] All we have to do is look at the latest story from the Daily Mail about how Joe used his "pull" to get his ne'er-do-well niece Caroline a fancy new job she'd never have otherwise gotten as a convicted criminal on probation for a $100,000 credit card theft. [...] How [...] she managed to avoid prison for that is as mysterious as how Hunter Biden got into Yale.  That kind of stuff happens When You're A Biden, which almost sounds like a Broadway song.  What other Scranton Joe family has a "big guy" who can get every relative, down to nieces and nephews, out of any jam they get themselves into.  It wasn't just her.  Hunter Biden was time and time again spared charges and jail time over his tax evasion, his falsification of his gun permit application, evidence of bribery and influence peddling, and his numerous drug incidents.  He lived a wild and free-spending life at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood as recently as 2018, around the time when he was occasionally driving old dad's Corvette from the Biden family garage where the misplaced classified documents were held.  He seemed to have gotten a sweet deal in his string of homes around the Venice, California area.

Karine Jean-Pierre Refuses to Say Why Biden is Leaving Camp David to Go to Delaware Just for One Night on Sunday (Video).  Joe Biden on Friday is departing the White House and traveling to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland.  Biden is leaving Camp David to go to Delaware just for one night on Sunday.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday refused to say why Biden was going to Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday night.  "Is there a specific reason the president is leaving Camp David to go to Delaware just for that one night on Sunday night?" a reporter asked Karine Jean-Pierre.  "I don't have anything to preview about what he's gonna be doing." Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Report: Director Of George Soros Organization Has Visited Biden White House Over A Dozen Times.  The Biden administration is apparently even more friendly to left wing billionaire George Soros than the Obama administration was.  A director at the Soros Open Society Foundation has visited the Biden White House over a dozen times.  What do you suppose was discussed?

Treasury Withholds Biden Family Suspicious Bank Records, James Comer Threatens Subpoena.  The Treasury Department on Wednesday denied the House Oversight Committee's request to disclose 150 suspicious reports flagged by U.S. banks concerning Biden family business transactions, causing the committee's chairman to threaten a subpoena.  U.S. banks have flagged over 150 suspicious financial transactions from Hunter and James Biden, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), House Oversight Committee chair, told Breitbart News.  The wire transfers included "large" amounts of money tripped for further review by American banks.

Here's How Cotton Plans to See Seized Classified Docs.  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said he and other Republicans will block presidential nominees until members of the Intelligence Committee are shown the classified material found at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence as well as President Biden's home and office.  The threat from Cotton, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, comes after lawmakers left a closed-door briefing Wednesday frustrated that the National Intelligence Director, Avril Haines, refused to show them copies of the documents or discuss the contents due to special counsel investigations by Jack Smith and Robert Hur.  "Whether it's blocking nominees or withholding budgetary funds, Congress will impose pain on the administration until they provide these documents.  And that is coming from both parties," Cotton told reporters.

Keywords: Slow walking, stonewalling, obstruction of Congress.
Biden Treasury Department Uses Comical Excuse to Block House Request for Hunter's Bank RecordsAlmost as bad as the Biden administration's manipulation of federal agencies to do the bidding of the Biden Family Business is the blatant way they do it.  Comical?  Yes, in a way.  Unacceptable, for which there should be consequences?  You betcha.  Will it ever happen?  I seriously doubt it.  In Team Biden's latest example of a "conflict of interest," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has "delayed" (blocked, at least temporarily) a House Republican request for information on Biden family financial transactions that may have been marked as suspicious, reports The Hill, saying it must first determine whether the disclosure of the records is consistent with "longstanding Executive Branch interests."

Lots of good things happen to China under the Biden administration.  I wonder why.
Interior Department Blocks Minnesota Twin Metals Mining Project In Big Win For Beijing.  The Biden administration blocked plans for a major nickel and cobalt mine in northern Minnesota Thursday while the U.S. remains reliant on overseas supply chains for its critical minerals.  The "Twin Metals Project" would have tapped the Duluth Complex within the Superior National Forest, where 95 percent of the nation's nickel reserves and 88 percent of American cobalt reserves remain underground.  Now, pending litigation over leases, the Department of the Interior has blocked the nearly $3 billion mine over concerns about the safety of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness inside the national forest.

Treasury Department Slaps Down GOP Request For Hunter Biden Records.  The Treasury Department will not yet comply with congressional requests for Hunter Biden's banking records, the agency said Wednesday.  House Oversight and Accountability Committee chairman James Comer of Kentucky requested Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) detailing Hunter Biden's financial transactions in a Jan. 11 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.  The reports are taken by banks in accordance with federal law when deposits or withdrawals exceed $10,000 or may indicate criminal activity.  Comer previously said he believes banks have taken out more than 150 reports on Hunter Biden and "other Biden family members."  Assistant Treasury Secretary for Legislative Affairs Jonathan Davidson told Comer on Wednesday that he failed to identify a purpose for the request.

Reported pick as next White House chief of staff met with Hunter Biden repeatedly.  Jeff Zients largely dodged public scrutiny as the Biden White House's COVID-19 response coordinator as COVID adviser Anthony Fauci and the president himself drew attention for false and misleading statements, declaring COVID's natural origin settled and vaccines foolproof against the virus, respectively.  With his expected return to the highest echelon of the White House as chief of staff, Zients is now taking fire from all ideological directions for his meetings with Hunter Biden, scapegoating of people who resist COVID vaccination and history with healthcare companies accused of billing fraud. "Quite possible this is the day Ron DeSantis became president," tweeted Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser, whose organization wrote a blistering profile of Zients after his hasty exit as COVID czar last year for The American Prospect.

Team Biden [is] stonewalling Senate Committee on seeing secret docs Biden purloined, and even Dems [are] outraged.  Let's cut to the chase:  Did Joe Biden remove classified documents from the National Archives that would incriminate him in the influence peddling racket he and his family were running?  That's the most important question about them, and that's probably why the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) is being stonewalled in their demand to see them.  All members of the SSCI have high level security clearances and are considered able to see them.

The Real Differences Between the Biden and Trump Document Trove.  Former President Donald Trump for now certainly seems to have had more documents labeled "classified" at Mar-a-Lago in Florida than did President Joe Biden at his various homes in Delaware.  Yet otherwise, the comparisons between the two cases, contrary to popular punditry, hardly favor Biden.  First, a stranger would face a far greater challenge entering a post-presidential Mar-a-Lago than a pre-presidential Biden home, office, or garage — or who knows where?  Secret service agents and private security were stationed at Mar-a-Lago.  Prior to the 2020 presidential election they were not at citizen Biden's various troves for most of 2017-2020, much less prior to 2009.

NY Post's Devine joins Tucker to discuss [bad] Hunter Biden email: 'Reads like a classified document'.  The New York Post's Miranda Devine has uncovered a new 2014 email from Hunter Biden's laptop whose contents suggest he was given or simply had access to classified documents during his father's tenure as vice president.  [Video clip] [...] "On April 13, 2014, Hunter Biden sent an email to his business partner in Burisma, Devon Archer.  Now, he sent this a week before his father, the vice president, flew to Ukraine to meet with Ukraine's prime minister.  In the email, Hunter Biden composed a detailed memo with nearly two dozen data points about the political and strategic situation on the ground in Ukraine," Carlson reported.  "What's so immediately striking and Miranda Devine pointed this out, having read the entire laptop, is that this email bears no resemblance to anything else we have that Hunter Biden has ever written.  In fact, it sounded like something produced by the State Department," he added.  Indeed, it appeared to contain points and observations that only someone with access to classified intelligence would have known.

'Incredibly suspicious' Hunter Biden email may be based on classified info: GOP senator.  A Hunter Biden email about Ukraine from 2014 looks 'suspiciously' like it could have come from classified information, a leading GOP senator has claimed.  Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the April 12, 2014 message to one of the first son's business partners resembles documents that the State Department gives members of the Senate when they travel overseas.  "It reads like one of those scene-setters — highly detailed information in terms of Ukraine," Johnson told Fox News Tuesday.  The email from Hunter to Devon Archer includes a granular 22-point memo the Biden scion described as "thoughts after doing some research."

Multiple Ukraine Officials Removed or Resigned as Widespread Corruption and Embarrassing Financial Graft Discovered.  While Volodymyr Zelenskyy was on tour banging his tin cup for NATO donations, apparently his top government officials were skimming the books and building an extravagant life on the backs of the U.S. taxpayers.  Slava Ukraini!  However, on a brutally obvious note, I mean the wife of Zelenskyy went Christmas shopping in Paris and spent over €40,000 in a few hours on ritzy Avenue Montaigne.  Where did people think she got that money?  In an effort to stop the embarrassing revelations of internal corruption from weakening support for the inbound flows of cash from corrupt U.S. officials, the government of Zelenskyy has begun getting rid of the officials who were stealing the war money.  But hey, don't worry, remember, President Zelenskyy decreed rules making it illegal for any political opposition to exist; so, there's nothing to worry about — just a seating rotation of the same corrupt group.

House Oversight Chairman James Comer Launches Investigation Into Hunter Biden's Art-Selling Scheme.  House Oversight Chairman James Comer on Wednesday announced an investigation into Hunter Biden's art-selling scheme.  Rep. Comer sent a letter to Hunter Biden's art dealer, Georges Berges, seeking information on anonymous purchasers of Hunter Biden's garbage artwork.  "The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating President Joe Biden and his family's foreign and domestic influence peddling schemes," wrote Chairman Comer.  "For over a decade, the Biden family has profited from Joe Biden's positions as a public official.  Your arrangement with Hunter Biden raises serious ethics concerns and calls into question whether the Biden family is again selling access and influence.  Despite being a novice artist, Hunter Biden received exorbitant amounts of money selling his artwork, the buyers' identities remain unknown, and you appear to be the sole record keeper of these lucrative transactions."

National Archives Skips Deadline to Disclose Biden Classified Scandal Docs.  The National Archives has missed the House Oversight Committee's deadline to comply with requested documents related to President Joe Biden's classified document scandal, according to the committee's spokesperson.  On January 10, the committee demanded the National Archives hand over records detailing the interactions between Biden's attorneys and the Justice Department on or before January 24.  "The National Archives has not produced the requested documents to the Committee at this time," the committee spokesperson told reporters Tuesday. "Chairman Comer's request still stands and anticipates moving forward with a transcribed interview with NARA's general counsel soon."

Why Hunter Biden Lied About Paying $50k Monthly Rent.  Amid the brouhaha over President Joe Biden's improper retention of classified documents and concerns that his son, Hunter Biden, had access to them, a 2018 form on which Hunter Biden claims to have spent nearly $50,000 a month on rent surfaced from the presidential son's abandoned laptop.  On it, Hunter Biden lists his father's Wilmington house as his address, raising questions about whether he was using rent payments to pass money to his father.  The money, $49,910, was actually a reference to rental payment for a Washington, D.C., office space used by Hunter Biden.  But the story of the document is more absurd, involving Biden family favor trading, scorned relatives, and an ultimately failed effort to get Hunter Biden's troubled cousin a new probation officer.

How Joe Biden went from 'one of the poorest' in Congress to a millionaire.  When Joe Biden was a US senator, he referred to himself as "one of the poorest members" of Congress.  But his fortunes rose precipitously following his years as vice president, thanks to a flurry of cash from book deals and speeches — as well as regular kickbacks from his brother and younger son, according to text messages from Hunter Biden's laptop and a congressional probe.  In 2016, his last year as vice president, "middle-class Joe" reported between $291,000 and about $1 million in assets and income outside his vice presidential salary of $230,700. He also claimed between $780,000 and about $1.6 million in liabilities, according to his 2016 personal financial disclosure form.  But Biden's fortunes rapidly changed between 2017 and 2020, with help from both his son Hunter and his brother James, according to a congressional report.

Tucker Carlson Reveals Email that Raises Questions About Hunter Biden's Access to Classified Docs.  Tucker Carlson and New York Post columnist Miranda Devine are raising new questions in the wake of now five different tranches of classified documents being found in Joe Biden's home and at the Penn-Biden Center. [...] As Tucker noted, the government has had this email for years, but what have they done about it?  Nothing that we can see.  Carlson said they contacted the White House and asked if Hunter Biden had ever received classified information or a classified briefing.  They did not respond to him.  Devine also noted something else that hasn't been getting the notice that it deserves — the fact that DOJ not only retrieved the classified documents, but they also took for "further review" personally handwritten notes from the vice presidential years.  Why would they take away notes?  Well, there's one big glaring reason — it would show that Joe Biden was commenting on the classified documents he took away and what he said about them — a further indication that this wasn't a "surprise" that he had them and it might also reveal why he took them, as well as if the reason went beyond mere negligence into the cover-up realm.

Penn Biden Center Held Event Encouraging Closer U.S.-China Ties.  The Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank where classified documents were found in November, hosted an event encouraging deeper U.S.-China ties.  The event took place as the University of Pennsylvania received tens of millions of dollars from Chinese entities, much of which was donated anonymously.  The Penn Biden Center was the repository of a stash of classified U.S. documents until President Joe Biden's personal attorneys found the papers in the president's office on November 2.  In June, the center hosted a two-day event for Congressional staffers that encouraged closer cooperation with China on issues such as clean energy and academia, a source familiar with the event told The Washington Free Beacon.  The event had no security posted, only staff to help attendees with information about the event.  The event was run by the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies[.]

Biden Document Discovery Doesn't Add Up.  The question hanging in the air, however, relates to the discovery that started this whole process: Why would lawyers be "packing up" Biden's office in the Penn Biden Center in the first place?  Not unlike other politicians, Joe Biden has done a terrific job of turning political success into a financial windfall.  But someone who considered himself "middle-class Joe" for decades should realize the wastefulness of having lawyers perform a task that a trusted intern or aid could perform.  As many big-time East Coast lawyers now routinely charge $1,000 an hour, it's an awfully expensive packing crew — unless the intent wasn't truly to "pack" but rather to purge.  The timing here is suspicious as well.  Apparently, this moving crew was at Biden's University of Pennsylvania office a week before midterm elections that were widely anticipated to turn control of the House over to the Republicans.

The Immaculate Possession: Biden Defense is Fast Becoming Unsustainable.  President Biden seems to attract classified documents the way some people think motor homes attract tornadoes.  They just inexplicably happen.  After Biden publicly declared that he has "no regrets" in the discovery of unlawfully stored classified material in various locations, he assured citizens that the special counsel investigation would soon peter out when they find that "there is no there there."  Well, there turns out to be more there and the "there" is yet another find in a private residence of Joe Biden.  A search of Biden's home in Wilmington on Friday found six new clearly marked classified documents, bringing the total to roughly 30 classified documents.  The latest search came almost three months after the first discovery in a closet in a D.C. office.  Yet, the president and White House still maintain that all of these documents are merely the result of "inadvertent mishandling" and that Biden has no knowledge of their storage over the prior roughly six years.  There is a point when "inadvertence" becomes so incredible as to be miraculous.

Joe Biden sure does a lot of favors for China.  I wonder why.
Report: Biden Would Veto GOP Bill to Ban Sale of Oil to China From U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.  Joe Biden's near hatred — although we can probably safely delete "near" — of fossil fuels has been an albatross around the necks of the American people since Day One of the intentionally worst presidency in the history of the United States.  No joke, Jack — and Biden's war on (U.S.) oil continues.  Now, according to ever-smug Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Biden will veto a House bill to ban the sale of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China if the measure passes the Democrat-controlled Senate, as reported by Just the News.

None Of Biden's Excuses For Having Classified Documents Make Any Sense.  With every new cache of classified documents discovered in Joe Biden's possession, the president's excuses become more farfetched.  Biden's defenders like to stress that the president has "cooperated" with investigators.  No harm, no foul.  Ana Navarro of "The View" argues "it's very important to understand the difference between cooperation and obstruction."  Neal Katyal snarks that it's "amazing how you don't need a search warrant when a President is actually willing to invite investigators inside."  Not really.  Biden's lawyers almost surely asked for an FBI search of the president's property after they knew special counsel Robert Hur would be compelled to obtain a warrant and conduct a search.  Don't take my word for it.  Buried in today's New York Times piece on the matter, we learn that, "[e]veryone involved understood and agreed that the discovery of those six pages meant that the government would have to conduct its own search of the work and storage areas in the house..."  There was no political or legal upside in resisting the inevitable.  Which brings us to another pervasive defense of the president, which asserts that Biden had "immediately" handed over documents found in his "think tank," just as protocol dictates.  No harm, no foul.  This claim is also preposterous.

As Biden's Blank Checks to Ukraine Continue, How Long Will It Take the U.S. to Replenish the Munitions We've Given Away?  In total, the United States has committed more than $24.9 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, according to the Defense Department on January 6.  And with no end in sight and U.S. military stockpiles running dangerously low, the question is:  How long it will take to replenish those stockpiles?  As Daily Caller reported on Sunday, even at emergency production rates, it will take years before the U.S. is able to restock supplies of critical munitions sent to Ukraine, according to a recent analysis conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington, D.C. based think tank.

Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base.  The U.S. defense industrial base is not adequately prepared for the international security environment that now exists.  In a major regional conflict — such as a war with China in the Taiwan Strait — the U.S. use of munitions would likely exceed the current stockpiles of the U.S. Department of Defense.  According to the results of a series of CSIS war games, the United States would likely run out of some munitions — such as long-range, precision-guided munitions — in less than one week in a Taiwan Strait conflict.  The war in Ukraine has also exposed serious deficiencies in the U.S. defense industrial base and serves as a stark reminder that a protracted conflict is likely to be an industrial war that requires a defense industry able to manufacture enough munitions, weapons systems, and matériel to replace depleted stockpiles.

Report: Joe Biden's Attorneys Misled DOJ About Classified Docs Stored at Residence.  President Joe Biden's personal attorneys reportedly misled the Department of Justice (DOJ) in November about classified documents being stored at his Wilmington residence.  Shortly after documents at the Penn Biden Center were unearthed on November 2, the White House and DOJ reportedly agreed to hide the scandal from the American people.  It's unclear why Biden's personal attorneys were initially searching for his illegally stashed documents.  The White House has failed to provide the initial reason or cause for the search.

Joe Biden's 'Souvenirs'.  So, is Biden a kleptomaniac (the American people deserve to know if their president is a crook)?  Were the documents misplaced by careless staffers?  If so, why didn't Biden choose more trustworthy aides, administration hands who knew which documents were hot and needed to be stored in a secure space?  Or, is it possible that Biden been covering the tracks of his decades of corruption?  It's clear that Biden and his "family business" are corrupt.  No one thinks that there's been no influence-peddling in connection with son Hunter's financial arrangements with his foreign associates.  The same with Biden's younger brother James.  We know this because of the stone wall set up by federal authorities and the media.  If there's nothing to hide, why has so much hiding been going on?  We feel we're on solid ground to say that the "Big Guy" who was to get a cut from the feedbag filled by Hunter's multi-million-dollar global business deals is Joe Biden.  Hunter's former business partner Tony Bobulinski says he is.  Apparently another former business partner, James Gilliar, has said the same.  If he's not, then let's have a probe that clears the air and identifies just who the Big Guy is.

President Deep State?  Kennedy's assassination and Nixon's forced resignation occurred a half-century ago, and plenty of people have disputed the American government's official telling of those events since they first occurred.  Only now, however, is one of the most popular hosts in the small world of news commentary dedicating his time (and reputation) to throwing down the gauntlet against America's Deep State.  Why?  Well, that relatively new and disparaging epithet — Deep State — tells a big part of the tale by reflecting an "awakening" American cynicism and a sizable collapse in Americans' trust in their own government. [...] If Americans increasingly doubt the legitimacy of the very institutions that claim to have increasingly absolute power over every detail of their lives, then Tucker Carlson is urging them to question just how long the federal government's criminal enterprise has been operating.  It didn't just start with the suspicious election outcomes in '20 and '22, did it? [...] The government's illegitimate exercise of power goes to the heart of the question: who really runs America?

Is the Justice Department Pursuing Biden Just to Get Trump?  If the Justice Department can pick and choose the president, then we don't really have a "democracy" at all but an oligarchy with a Praetorian guard.  Of course, many suspect this has been the case for some time.  We all saw how Trump was sandbagged with a bogus criminal probe into Russian "collusion," and the witch-hunt is ongoing.  It's worth considering whether the Justice Department, by going after Biden, is creating a pretense of fairness to justify indicting Trump.  This would be a truly egregious interference in the democratic process.  Some factions of the Left and Right might be happy with an outcome where both Trump and Biden go down.  But if anyone is going to get shafted, it's probably Trump.

Biden Family: The Delaware Sopranos.  Watching HBO's "the Sopranos" can really help you understand the Biden family.  Between Hunter Biden's laptop scandal, and the Bidens' various shady private-equity schemes with foreign fraudsters, it's not too hard to make the analogy.  President Joe Biden is clearly the head of a family.  He has repeatedly exploited his public offices to make money.  His son, Hunter Biden, is like the ambitious-but-dull son who wants to inherit the family business but always screws up.  Some of what the Bidens have done is clearly inappropriate.  Even more of what they have done is an abuse of public office.  Most of what they have done is simply secret.  The best example of Bidens' manipulation of the system for profit surrounds the Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania.  The center has given the Bidens remarkable access to Chinese Communist Party money.  According to reports in the New York Post, the university, "raked in a total of $54.6 million from 2014 through June 2019 in donations from China, including $23.1 million in anonymous gifts starting in 2016."

Discovery Of More Biden Docs Proves Mar-A-Lago Raid Was Just Another Russia-Collusion Hoax.  The FBI recovered an additional cache of classified documents from President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, following a 12-hour search conducted by federal agents on Friday.  While this development adds to the scandal surrounding the current president, it does much more:  It highlights the ridiculous plot launched to destroy Donald Trump that culminated in the raid of his Mar-a-Lago home.  "Six items" were recovered on Friday from Biden's Delaware home, which consisted of "documents with classification markings and surrounding materials," the president's lawyer said in a statement released after the search.  While the "crafty legalese" deployed by the attorney left unclear how many classified documents were contained within the "six items" recovered, Biden's lawyer confirmed that the documents dated back to the Delaware Democrat's time as both vice president and senator, so spanning from 2017 to as far back as 1973.

There's no hiding Biden's fright over classified document scandal.  Joe Biden is panicking.  An astonishing fifth trove of classified documents was discovered in the president's Delaware mansion Friday, not by his own lawyers this time, but during a more thorough, 13-hour search by the Department of Justice while he holed up in his beach house in Rehoboth, which ought to be next on the DOJ search list.  Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland has had the audacity to appoint a special counsel to investigate Biden.  His long-term trusted factotum Ron Klain is bailing out.  And someone at the White House is throwing his trusted longtime executive assistant Kathy Chung under the bus.  The Washington Post quoted an anonymous insider last week saying that Chung "has confided to associates that she is distressed that she might have inadvertently been involved in moving or storing classified material at the center, planting the seeds of the current uproar."

Ya think?
Are Democrats Trying To Take Biden Out Before 2024?  Joe Biden ran for president three times before he finally won the White House.  And 2020 was simply the perfect time for him to give it another go.  As he neared 80, Biden had slowed down considerably from his rambunctious days as a senator and vice president.  But with the emergence of COVID, Biden barely hit the campaign trail, running his operation out of the basement of his Delaware mansion.  And let's be frank: many Americans had tired of President Donald Trump's act.  Many independents who decided to give the outsider a shot in 2016 broke hard for Biden in 2020.  But Biden's usefulness may have expired.  While the president has declared he plans to run again in 2024, at least one lawmaker thinks Democrats are planning to jettison him for a better candidate.

The Corleone family had olive oil as a front business, the Bidens have politics.  The fictional Corleone family of The Godfather books and movies had a front business, Genco Olive Oil.  The Biden family has politics as its legitimate front, specifically Joe Biden's career in Washington as a senator, vice president, and now president.  Hunter Biden, notoriously served on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy firm, even though the president's troubled son had no experience in energy.  Hunter doesn't speak Ukranian.  But as vice president, Joe was President Obama's point man for Ukraine.  China is America's chief geopolitical foe, but Hunter had extensive business dealings with Chinese firms, and that means also the Chinese government, as the ChiComms have their fingers in every large business there.  And in one proposed Chinese deal discovered on the Hunter Biden laptop, there would be "10 held by H for the big guy."  According to Tony Bobulinski, a former Hunter business associate, "the big guy" is "Middle Class Joe," the 46th president — Joe would collect 10 percent.  In that same deal another 10 percent would go to Jim Biden, one of the president's brothers.

The Bidens are known for influence peddling.  Jonathan Turley:  ["]Of course he's worried about it, the laptop that they found from Hunter is basically a step-by-step description of one of the biggest influence-peddling schemes in history.  I mean, the fact is that influence-peddling has been a Biden family business for a long time.  They have been rather notorious and open about it.  I mean, the Fords are known for cars and the Coors are known for beer, and the Bidens are known for influence-peddling, and it's an entire family affair.  And what's interesting about this is how raw and open it is.["]

Biden, top aides covered up secret document discoveries from public: report.  President Biden and at least four of his top lawyers and advisers tried to keep their fellow Americans from learning of the mishandling of classified documents from Biden's time as vice president, according to a bombshell report Friday.  The New York Times reported that initial discussions on the Nov. 2 discovery — six days before the midterm elections — of sensitive papers in Biden's former office closet at the Penn Biden Center in Washington were limited to Biden himself, as well as Bob Bauer, the president's top personal lawyer; Anita Dunn, Biden's senior adviser and Bauer's wife; Stuart Delery, the White House counsel; and Richard Sauber, the White House special counsel hired to oversee Biden's response to House Republican investigations into a range of controversies.  According to the outlet, rather than coming clean at once — an idea the report says "does not seem to have been seriously considered" — the group opted to quietly notify the National Archives, responsible for keeping presidential and vice presidential records.

Why was Biden allowed to visit the crime scene before the search for evidence was complete in the classified documents scandal?  Make no mistake: mishandling classified documents is a crime, even when unintentional under the standard of "gross negligence." That makes Biden's lakeside Wilmington, DE mansion (that once belonged to a DuPont family branch) a crime scene.  And the latest news that an unspecified number of classified documents (not necessarily only 6 despite widespread reports) were discovered Friday means that it was an active crime scene last weekend when Joe and "Dr. Jill" were allowed unsupervised access to their home there.  I am not a law enforcement expert, but elementary logic suggests that allowing a potential suspect access to a crime scene before an investigation is complete risks all kind of mischief, including destruction of evidence.  At best, this constitutes gross negligence on the part of the Department of Justice investigators.

It hasn't already?
It Looks Like Biden's Classified Documents Scandal Is About To Explode.  Joe Biden takes classified documents very seriously, so he says, but even after the search for classified documents has allegedly ended a couple of times now, it's not yet over.  In the wake of more documents being discovered at Biden's home in Wilmington, Del., the Department of Justice is now considering expanding its search for classified documents Biden may have absconded with, according to a report from CBS News.  "Justice Department officials are also considering the possibility of conducting other consensual searches at locations linked to Mr. Biden, said the source familiar with the investigation," the report says.

Questions Abound After It's Revealed Biden Special Counsel Hasn't Even Started Yet.  As RedState reported, Joe Biden's latest scandal took another major turn on Saturday [1/21/2023] after a DOJ-led search of his Delaware home revealed even more illegally possessed classified documents.  But while things have undoubtedly escalated, it's now being reported that Robert Hur, the special counsel appointed to investigate the president, hasn't even taken over the investigation yet.  Instead, the search was overseen by U.S. Attorney John Lausch.  I'm honestly at a loss as to how this could be.  [Tweet]  According to Merrick Garland, the decision to appoint Hur was not made rashly, and the plan was already in motion by the time the official announcement was made on January 12th, 2023.  Yet, here we are, with more documents being found, including some from Biden's time in the US Senate, and the special counsel is completely missing in action.  How much sense does that make?  What was the point of bringing Hur on board if he wasn't ready to take charge of what was obviously a very fluid, ongoing situation?

The NYT Reveals How the WH Thought They Could Cover Up Biden Docs Debacle.  President Joe Biden and top White House officials tried to keep the U.S. from learning about Biden's mishandling of classified documents, thinking they could get away with it.  According to a report from the New York Times, Biden's lawyers found the first batch of documents on November 2 at the Penn Biden Center, Biden's Washington, D.C., think tank.  The NYT said that rather than coming clean, an idea that did "not seem to have been seriously considered," the group quietly contacted the National Archives, which is responsible for keeping presidential and vice presidential records.  The NARA then referred it to the Department of Justice two days later.  "The decision ... to keep the discovery of classified documents secret from the public and even most of the White House staff for 68 days was driven by what turned out to be a futile hope that the incident could be quietly disposed of without broader implications for Mr. Biden or his presidency," the NYT reported.

Huh. So Ron Klain is on the way out.  Why now?  There hasn't been any formal announcement of this news yet and we may not see one until after the State of the Union address.  But enough sources are reporting that Ron Klain, Joe Biden's Chief of Staff will be leaving his position in a matter of weeks.  In a more "normal" administration this might not be a terribly significant development.  Jobs at the White House can involve very long days without a break and can be quite stressful.  People regularly resign from such positions to make room for up-and-coming prospects.  And presidential chiefs-of-staff often depart before the two-year mark.  But this isn't just "any normal administration."  It's long been suspected by many of us that Ron Klain has actually been the person running the country for the most part while attempting to mask the President's obvious cognitive decline.  Klain signs off on every speech that Biden gives and is believed to have the last say in terms of what makes it into Joe's teleprompter.

FBI "discovers" even more classified docs at Biden home.  Before we get to the obvious conspiracy theory material, let's get past the basics of the story.  While this is starting to sound like a broken record, six more classified documents were reportedly discovered at Joe Biden's mansion in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday.  The latest episode of this soap opera includes a couple of twists, however.  The FBI conducted the search, rather than Biden's own lawyers and other flunkies.  The search of the residence took 13 hours.  The other twist involves the dates on the documents.  Some of them were once again from Biden's time as Vice President, but some of them were from his time in the Senate.  That means that Biden had been illegally hanging on to the papers since at least 2009 if not before.  So he's been keeping them in an unsecured location for at least a dozen years.

Justice Department conducts search of Biden's Wilmington home and finds more classified materials.  FBI investigators on Friday found additional classified material while conducting a search of President Joe Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home.  Bob Bauer, the president's personal attorney, said in a statement that during the search, which took place over nearly 13 hours Friday, "DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President's service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President.  DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years."  Those six items are in addition to materials previously found at Biden's Wilmington residence and in his private office.

The 'six documents' hoax in latest discovery of classified docs destroys the narrative of 'transparency' and 'good faith'.  Many media outlets — and even the GOP House Judiciary Committee — are reporting that "6 documents" were found Friday in the latest search of Joe Biden's Wilmington, DE mansion. [Tweet] But a careful reading of the statement of Biden's personal attorney Bob Bauer, on which this conclusion is based, reveals it to be at best a misunderstanding and at worst a hoax. [...] "Six items consisting of documents with classification markings" is deceptively vague, and I would argue misleading language.  What exactly are the "items"?  Are they Bankers Boxes full of hundreds of documents?  They could be.  We don't know, and so far, the DOJ has said nothing to the public to enlighten us.  This is the opposite of the "transparency" upon which the kid glove treatment afforded to Biden, compared to the dawn FBI raid imposed upon Trump with his attorneys kept away from the searchers, is based.

Hypocrisy 101: Joe Biden scuppered Jimmy Carter's CIA nominee over mishandling of classified documents.  Joe Biden assured us that he takes the handling of U.S. secrets "very seriously,' and sure enough another trove of illegally stored classified documents rolled out from one of the Biden residences.  That's flamin' hot hypocrisy in itself, but it gets worse when we learn of Joe's pious history around such documents.  Fox News discovered that Biden during his senator days, was quick to scupper Jimmy Carter's 1977 nomination of Ted Sorenson as director of the CIA, on the grounds that Sorenson mishandled classified documents he had access to for the purpose of writing a biography of his former mentor, President John F. Kennedy.  Biden, of course, didn't really care about the classified documents, even then.

More classified material found in Biden's Delaware home from his tenure as vice president and senator.  A few hours ago, NBC News reported that six additional items, including documents with classified markings, were discovered at Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday, January 20.  The White House had previously claimed on January 14 that the search for all classified documents was complete.  For a change, it wasn't Biden's lawyers but the Department of Justice conducting the search.  [Tweet]  NBC News used 'sources' to claim that the White House, not the Justice Department, initiated the search.  This is how Democrat mouthpieces operate; when they want to peddle blatant falsehoods, they merely use anonymous sources as a crutch.

Hunter Biden's daughter urged by prof to cash in on family name in China.  A professor at the University of Pennsylvania once pointedly urged Hunter Biden's daughter to attend a lavish all-expenses paid conference in China, advising that her family name would open doors for her in the country, according to messages found on Hunter's abandoned laptop.  The university is under scrutiny after classified documents were discovered at the school's Penn Biden Center in Washington D.C. shortly before the midterm elections.  The discovery was concealed by the Biden White House for months afterwards.  Some of the documents related to countries Hunter Biden did business in — like Ukraine.  Frank Plantan Jr., a "lecturer emeritus" at the university, assured Naomi Biden that China's Boao Forum — which he described as an "Asian Davos" — would be easy.

Report: Thousands of Classified Docs May Have Been Discovered During 13 Hour Search.  On Friday, more classified documents were found at President Joe Biden's home in Delaware after a 13 hour search.  Initially, news outlets widely reported that only six classified documents were found in the home.  "Six more Classified Documents were discovered at Joe Biden's Wilmington home during a search conducted by The Department of Justice," tweeted Alx on Twitter.

FBI May Search More Locations 'Tied to Biden' for Classified Docs.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation may look at other locations tied to President Joe Biden for classified documents, CBS News is reporting.  This comes after the Department of Justice located six documents with classified markings at Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday.

Classified docs scandal is unboxing the Biden family business.  Don't expect boasts of "We're No. 1" from the White House or Wilmington, but that doesn't diminish the singular, ah, achievement.  Both Bidens have earned their brushes with infamy.  Courtesy of Fox News, here's a headline for the ages: "Biden, Hunter make presidential history as first father-son duo under separate investigations."  The president paid his dues with his serially reckless handling of classified information, with the added bonus that the gentle probe of him inadvertently draws a comparison to how roughly Donald Trump is being treated by the same Department of Justice.  When it came to the supposedly secret documents Biden had scattered around like so much birdseed, the feds couldn't even be bothered to search for more, leaving the job to his lawyers for over a month.

Big Rat Jumps Ship — Chief of Staff Ron Klain Leaving White House.  When George Bush won the White House, Karl Rove received the attention of the media for his historic victory.  Karl Rove became a household name, wrote books and went on tour.  When Barack Obama won the White House, David Plouffe and David Axelrod received the attention of the media for their historic victory.  Plouffe and Axelrod wrote books and went on tour talking about the campaign strategy.  When Donald Trump won the White House, Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway received the attention of the media for the historic victory; both went on tour etc.  When Joe Biden won the White House with the largest vote total in the history of all previous U.S. elections, who was credited?  Who was praised and who was identified as the human strategist capable of such a victory?  Amid the fraud what was the 2020 election, well, it's the absence of any victorious attribution that becomes another 'big tell'.

DOJ Finding Senate Docs in Search of Biden's Home Blows the Scandal Wide Open.  As RedState reported, the slow news cycle was blown up on Saturday after it was announced that a DOJ search of Joe Biden's home had found six more classified documents.  That comes after the White House had asserted that the search had been completed[.]  Biden's lawyers immediately tried to get out in front of the revelation, releasing a statement claiming cooperation with the DOJ.  But while the administration continues to talk about transparency, one bombshell detail from the search has left the president's lies fully exposed.  Namely, the fact that documents were found that were taken during Biden's years in the Senate.  [Tweet]  To say that's a massive development is an understatement.  From the beginning of this entire scandal, Biden and his surrogates, including a very combative Karine Jean-Pierre, have continually asserted that this was all one big accident.  As they tell it, some classified briefings and such simply got swept into boxes while Biden's vice presidential office was being packed up.  Those documents were then somehow unknowingly split up and transported to multiple locations, being moved multiple times in the process.

House Republican Whip Open to Impeaching Biden Under One Condition.  House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) says he is open to the possibility of impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as millions of illegal aliens cross the border.  During a Breitbart interview, Emmer pointed out that there has been an absence of oversight of the current government.  Further, there is a "double standard" when it comes to holding Biden and former President Donald Trump accountable for "breaches of public trust, and maybe more."  Biden and Mayorkas "haven't taken steps to secure" the southern border.  "It shouldn't have been lost on anybody that Joe Biden doesn't make one visit to the southern border until a new Republican majority is literally taking over in the House in Washington, D.C.  Then, he mysteriously suddenly finds religion and goes down to the border," he said.

New York Times Throws Joe Biden Under the Bus.  The New York Times has long ago abandoned any pretense of being an actual news source and has settled into its role as the foremost propaganda arm of the hard Left, capitalizing upon the fact that there is still a considerable number of people in the U.S. and around the world who still think that the Times can be trusted to report events impartially and accurately.  In reality, the only thing the Times is good for is revealing what the political and media elites are thinking, and a Friday opinion piece dropped a bombshell, in the Times' muted, bloodless Voice-of-the-Ages manner:  the Leftist establishment is through with Old Joe Biden.  Watch for him to be replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024, and he could be gone even sooner.

The Manic Methods of Mad Democrats.  Joe Biden, his lawyers, and the Justice Department likely knew that Biden had violated national security laws surrounding classified documents.  Yet they suppressed that information until the 2022 midterms were over.  The same is true of the pre-midterm news blackout of the massive fraud of mega-Democratic donor Sam Bankman-Fried.  In close Senate races, where Democrats often referenced the Mar-a-Lago, it might well have mattered if they were confronted with Biden's Garage-gate scandal, and the Madoff-like albatross of the obnoxious Bankman-Fried and his enabling family.  The list of 2022 pre-election gambits is endless.  Biden offered amnesties for both student-loan debt payments and federal marijuana convictions.  But perhaps the most flagrant Biden pre-midterm contortion was his sudden interest in flooding markets with oil and gas, hitherto reduced in supply within the United States due to his own green handlers.

Gaetz suggests Biden's documents scandal is an inside job.  There already had been comments made that the scandal over Joe Biden's decision to keep classified government documents from years ago, during his time as vice president, in unsecured storage areas at a vacant office and at his Delaware home was an inside job.  That would be scheming on the part of Democrats to create an obvious reason for him to end his career with this term, to not seek another four years in the White House.  Now a report from Trending Politics explains that Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has openly suggested that is the case.  "There's an element to this that feels like the Democrats are taking out Joe Biden," he explained this week.  "I don't know that that's the case, but I don't know that it's not."

Anita Dunn was behind the decision to keep the classified documents story from the press.  So Joe Biden is finally, officially in trouble for something.  While many in the media are eager to point out that Biden's classified document scandal isn't as bad in some ways as Trump's classified document scandal, some realists have admitted that they're similar enough that there's probably not a lot to be gained here.  And one reason that's true is that while Biden's people did quickly call the National Archives to, in effect, turn themselves in once the documents were found, they sat on the findings as far as the public was concerned.  If you've watched any of the White House press briefings this week then you already know this has been something the White House press corps has repeatedly brought up.  Why did you wait to inform the public until after the election?  Why wasn't the White House as forthcoming with Americans as it was with the bureaucrats?

Chinese Business Deal Email from Louisiana Lawyer: 'I Have Requested Him to be Available for a Call with Joe Biden and Hunter'.  President Joe Biden in 2017 was named in a family business deal email to broker a $25 million Chinese investment into the American energy sector, the Daily Mail revealed Friday [1/20/2023].  As Breitbart News reported in 2021, the Biden family was attempting to benefit from a deal that sold American natural gas assets to Chinese energy company CEFC, which was arranged by Hunter and James Biden.  CEFC is the same Chinese energy company with which Joe Biden also stood to gain ten percent "held by H for the big guy."  In an email dated October 27, 2017, Louisiana-based lawyer Robert Fenet emailed the Biden family to set up a meeting with Cherniere, a Texas energy company that had a prior relationship with Joe Biden.

Biden classified files were sent to another D.C. location before they were stored at think tank.  The long and winding document trail that leads classified documents from Joe Biden's vice presidential office to the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C. and now back into the hands of the government, includes yet another stopover:  a temporary facility in the nation's capital, a source tells DailyMail.com.  The documents were moved in the summer of 2017 after spending about six months at a government transition office near the White House once Biden left the vice presidency.  The space, in DC's Chinatown neighborhood, was overseen by the Penn Biden Center while its prized location near the Capitol was being readied.  The office had its formal opening, attended by Biden, in 2018.

Biden heads for Rehoboth Beach for the weekend — not Wilmington home.  President Biden is trying to distance himself from the scandal brewing over classified documents found at his Wilmington, Del. home — so he's going to his Rehoboth Beach house instead.  The 80-year-old president will spend yet another weekend in his home state, but this time he's opting for the wealthy beach community located about 90 miles away from his main house in Delaware's largest city.  Since taking office in January 2021, Biden has made 52 trips to Wilmington, spending all or part of 164 days at his residence there, according to a tally by The [New York] Post.  By contrast, Biden has largely confined his Rehoboth Beach visits to the summer months — this weekend's trip will be his first since late October, and that visit was his first since late August.

DOJ Throws WH Under the Bus Over Their Refusal to Answer Questions on Classified Docs Scandal.  It looks like the Justice Department might have just thrown Joe Biden and the White House under the bus big time.  Fox's Harris Faulkner was speaking about the matter on the "Faulkner Focus" on Thursday.  She ran video of an interview with former federal prosecutor Brett Tolman, who said a "crime had occurred" and there was no requirement that there be any "intent" to do anything bad with the documents.  Faulkner noted that the White House has continued to dodge questions about the scandal.

Tucker Carlson details facts around his claim Deep State ousted Nixon for suggesting CIA killed Kennedy.  Tucker Carlson has made a career out of shouting the quiet part out loud on television, but in 2023, it seems the controversial Fox News host has turned Truth up to eleven and resolved to report on-air what just a few years ago would have been considered journalistic suicide. [...] With Thursday's monologue, Carlson wasn't trying to set his career on fire on national television, he was showing that history is repeating and rhyming right before our very eyes with the convenient discovery of classified documents in Joe Biden's possession.  The Deep State is done with Biden, Carlson believes and is orchestrating his removal from the White House. [...] "So, that's how things actually work in Washington," Carlson said.  "Let's stop lying about it."  And while there may be some "perverse justice" in watching the machine "shaft" Joe Biden, said Carlson, "the rest of us do deserve a better system, an actual democracy."  "When people nobody voted for run everything," Carlson noted, "you are not living in a free country."

Frank Biden Peddled White House Influence During Joe Biden's Presidency.  President Joe Biden's younger brother Frank Biden peddled White House influence during Joe Biden's presidency, according to a CNN report that indicates the Biden family business remains operational even since Joe Biden was elected.  On at least two separate occasions, Frank Biden publicly cited Joe Biden as a means by which he has influence, despite holding no government position or relation to the White House other than by having the same last name as the president and being his sibling.

More revelations about Biden's mishandling of classified and top-secret documents.  Biden's attorney Pat Moore discovered the classified material at Biden's think tank and notified the White House Counsel's Office, which in turn contacted the National Archives.  By mid-November, a senior official at the DOJ's national security division wrote to Bob Bauer, Biden's personal attorney, requesting his cooperation with the DOJ's inquiry.  The DOJ official requested that Biden's legal team secure the documents already recovered from Biden's think tank but refrain from further reviewing the documents or other classified documents discovered elsewhere.  The DOJ official then requested that Bauer give the DOJ formal consent to review the materials discovered at Biden's think tank and that he provide a list of other locations where relevant materials might be stored.  This is quite amazing.  Despite the discovery of top secret documents which could lead to a national security threat, the DOJ displayed no urgency.  They worked as subordinates to Biden's lawyers, meekly making requests and waiting for answers when it was their duty to take lead to immediately recover any other documents possibly left at other locations and review the material working closely with the National Archives.

The dog ate my classified documents.  Cavalier treatment of 'secrets' of whatever kind is not something to be trifled with and that makes the recent discoveries of Biden's documents worthy of further investigation.  Congress has an obligation to get to the bottom of it and not let the administration or the Democrats trivialize the infraction.  There are no 'apples and oranges' when it comes to America's secrets.  Both are the same 'fruit' from the same 'tree.'

What's Really Going On With The Phony Trump/Biden Document Scandal.  Anyone remotely familiar with the current system knows it has grown from this important national interest into something wholly different.  Way too much information is classified.  This is important because classification runs directly contrary to another important government priority: transparency.  The American people have a right to know how their government operates.  Classification can be used to hide all sorts of information.  At a time when the decline of trust in national institutions has plummeted to record lows, this is not a trivial matter.  Transparency builds trust. [...] Given the endemic overclassification of documents, the president and vice president are drowning in classified materials.  As the person in charge of papers for the vice president for four years, I have seen firsthand the sheer overwhelming volume at issue.  Everything these days is classified.  Most of it is boring and its release would not endanger anything.

Biden Admin. Reportedly Colluded With Department Of Justice In Attempt To Hide Document Scandal.  The news cycle regarding the discovery of classified documents at the personal residences of Joe Biden continues to move at a breakneck pace.  The administration has struggled to keep up with a flurry of requests and inquiries from the Department of Justice and the media.  As Biden faces a Special Counsel investigation that will result in intensified scrutiny on his administration, a report released on Thursday indicates that the Biden administration attempted to collude with the Department of Justice to hide the scandal from the American public.  The report, released by the Washington Post, says that the Biden administration and the Department of Justice believed that they had an "understanding" about keeping the matter quiet and out of the eyes of the American public.

Antony Blinken Says He Doesn't Know Why Government Records Were Taken to Penn Biden Center.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday he had no idea why government documents were taken to the Penn Biden Center, despite serving there as managing director for two years.  At a press conference, Blinken was asked if he was "aware of any reason why classified documents would have been packed and brought there while you were there, and whether you would be available for an interview if the special counsel requests."  Blinken responded, "The short answer is no."

When the time comes, I predict Joe Biden's lawyers will claim he's not competent to stand trial.
"I Have No Regrets" — Joe Biden on Hiding Stolen Classified Documents in His Garage.  A defiant Joe Biden said he has "no regrets" when asked about the stolen classified documents found in his garage next to his Corvette.  Biden was visibly irritated by the reporter because she was doing her job by asking questions about the classified documents stored in his garage.  "What quite frankly bugs me is we have a serious problem here and the American people don't quite understand why you don't ask me questions about that," Biden said.  "I have no regrets.  I'm following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do.  It's exactly what we're doing.  There's no there, there," Biden said.

From student loans to masks, why does Biden want to keep us in a perpetual 'emergency'?  We've made it to 2023, nearly three years since the pandemic hit the United States in full force.  The virus is less deadly, we have effective vaccines and life is pretty much back to normal for most of us.  If you're President Joe Biden, however, the COVID-19 "emergency" is still front and center.  Don't get me wrong.  I don't think Biden actually believes we are still in a state of emergency.  He admitted as much in September when he declared the pandemic was "over."  Yet the president and his administration have enjoyed the extra powers that have accompanied the national emergency declaration.  And they are working hard to cling to this authority, which has granted the executive branch broader control over our lives.

Sen. Ted Cruz: Here's What DOJ Is Really Worried About in the Biden Classified-Documents Case.  Revelations that Joe Biden kept classified documents in multiple locations probably won't be much of a problem for Biden, but it's a big problem for Biden's Department of Justice, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) argued on Wednesday.  Cruz told Fox News's Sean Hannity the White House "is not really concerned" about Biden's legal exposure in possessing and mishandling classified material, given the fact that Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed as special counsel a man who is expected to go easy on Biden:  [Video clip]

Biden classified document investigation: Secret Service ready to provide Delaware visitors, source says.  The U.S. Secret Service is prepared to offer names of individuals who visited President Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home if requested by Congress, Fox News has learned.  The White House continues to insist that there exists no formal visitor log for the personal residence where two troves of classified documents were found.  While the White House has not kept a formal list, the Secret Service does collect information on guests with regular access to the home.  Retention of the names of those vetted by the Secret Service depends on a variety of factors, including proximity to the president and the nature of the background check.

The Unclassified Docs Biden's Lawyers Were Searching May Be The Key To The Real Scandal.  We previously posted about Jim Jordan's question, "What prompted them to look for Joe Biden's classified documents?" [...] Possible scenario:  Maybe the classified documents are a distraction.  Maybe the classified documents were not sought, but found inadvertently when looking for unclassified documents regarding Biden family foreign dealings and the funneling of foreign money to The Big Guy.  With it clear that Republican-led House committees were going to be issuing subpoenas, Team Biden needed to make sure the Biden Center at U. Penn (in D.C.) was not in a position to produce those boxes in response to a subpoena.  What better way to solve the problem than to move the boxes.  But knowing there was potentially damaging documents in there, you needed lawyers with a duty of loyalty to their client (Joe) to do the work.  They needed not only to move things, but to know what damaging material might already have been seen by others.  Once the lawyers stumbled upon classified documents in those boxes, they knew they had a problem.  So they contacted friendlies at the FBI/DOJ. They had to convince the friendlies that they were diligently searching, hence the search of the residence, where more classified docs were found.  The classified documents may be the tail that's now wagging the unclassified Biden family corruption dog.  Possible, but likely?  Yes, unless there is some other reason lawyers were acting as movers.

Two Special Counsel Theories — One DoJ Conclusion.  Attorney General Merrick Garland has now appointed two special counsels to investigate two presidents (one former, one current) for mishandling classified documents while out of office.  Donald Trump is accused of keeping classified documents after leaving office.  We now know that Joe Biden did keep classified documents after stepping down as Vice President — and before being inaugurated President.  The pundit class is convinced that the appointments have nothing to do with justice or equal application of the law.  We know the first appointment is to prosecute Donald Trump for something — anything.  As for Joe Biden, there are two predominant theories for the second special counsel appointment — and frankly, both could be correct.  I personally subscribe to theory 1.  Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate Joe Biden's document indiscretion, as a means to obstruct the imminent congressional investigation.  Any attempt by the Republican-led House to subpoena information, or interview Justice Department officials will be met with: "I cannot comment about an ongoing investigation."  The Dems will claim that any attempt by the Republicans to investigate is jeopardizing the DoJ investigation.  That will continue until around November 6, 2024 — or maybe until Maricopa gets its ballots counted sometime in December.  It worked for the "Russian collusion" hoax.  There's no reason to think it won't work again.

A classified document found in a garage is no accident, it is a crime.  People are missing the point and the media are purposely distorting the facts about the discovery of classified documents in Joe Biden's possession.  The unsecured classified documents found in Biden's garage is not only a crime scene, it is evidence of espionage.  Every pundit on the television continually demonstrates having little clue about the law or even the name of the security program that governs the safeguarding of classified materials.  They cannot and will not cite which law(s) was(were) broken when classified materials are discovered unsecured; irrespective of them being protected by a green Corvette or a garage door. [...] So, to be clear, what the media fail to report is that President Biden obviously violated paragraph (f) of the Espionage Act and Hunter Biden obviously violated paragraph (e) of the Espionage Act.

[The] White House changes [its] tune about Biden's Delaware residence in [a] head scratching flip.  The White House has tweaked the narrative as the ongoing discovery of classified materials at President Joe Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home threatens to derail his agenda and dash his hopes for a second term.  With the firestorm building to the point were even Democrats have been forced to speak out about the embarrassing fiasco, questions continue to be raised about why there are no visitor logs for the residence and now the regime has flip-flopped after previously saying that official business was conducted at the house.  On Monday, the White House Counsel's Office explained that the reason why there are no visitor logs is that Biden's home was his personal residence.  "Like every President across decades of modern history, his personal residence is personal," the office said in a statement.  "But upon taking office, President Biden restored the norm and tradition of keeping White House visitors logs, including publishing them regularly, after the previous administration ended them."  However, that completely contradicts previous statements from the White House including former spox Jen Psaki's remarks last year that Biden could work from anywhere.

DOJ boosts Biden — but tarnishes itself — by letting his own lawyers search for classified docs.  Given the opportunity to search President Joe Biden's office and residences, the Department of Justice declined to do so, The Wall Street Journal reports.  Instead, it allowed potentially uncleared and unnamed private counsel to search for classified material after the discovery of the highly classified documents in the Penn Biden Center office.  It was a decision that could benefit Biden greatly, but at a considerable cost to the department itself.  If true, the decision raises additional questions over the independence of top law enforcement personnel.  This follows a litany of controversies involving both Donald Trump and Biden where the FBI and DOJ have been accused of political bias and unequal treatment.  While the FBI recently denounced critics as "conspiracy theorists," the record of inexplicable decisions continues to grow by the day.  There is no plausible reason why, given the chance, the Justice Department would not want to conduct a national security search itself.

Hunter Biden Lived in Wilmington House with Classified Documents While Bagging Millions Linked to the Highest Levels of Chinese Intelligence.  While addicted to drugs, cavorting with prostitutes, and making deals with businessmen tied to the highest levels of Chinese intelligence, Hunter Biden lived in the house where Joe Biden stored classified documents.  On a background-check application dated July 2018, Hunter Biden claimed that he paid $49,910 per month in rent and that his "current residence" at that time was 1209 Barley Mill Road in Wilmington, Delaware, according to a document found on Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop.  Hunter also listed that Wilmington address as his primary residence on at least one form of identification (his Delaware driver's license) and used the same address as his billing address for both his personal credit card and Apple account in 2018 and 2019, a review of files from Hunter's abandoned laptop reveals.

Most of the media don't mind a president who rules like a dictator, so long as he is a leftist.  In 2021, when Joe took office, Democrats had complete control of Congress, yet he decided on day one to act like a dictator anyway.  We didn't see the media call him a dictator or talk about abuse of power, and separation of duties, so Joe got away with it.  Biden decided unilaterally to ignore immigration laws and to stop enforcing the border.  Literally millions of illegals streamed in.  If the president didn't want immigration laws enforced, his politicized Justice Department was happy to comply.  One of Biden's main goals was to destroy energy-producing companies, so he stopped a critical pipeline and put severe limits on drilling on public lands.  Energy prices took off.  Biden said that the Constitution prevented him from forgiving student loans but he is continuously trying to do that anyway.  We hear few complaints from Democrats about abuse of power and separation of powers.  It always helps a dictator if he has a deep state that serve as essentially campaign workers and a politicized Justice Department led by a person who will do what he is told.  If the teacher's union wanted schools to be closed, Joe's CDC was at their beck and call, happily regurgitating their talking points.

Hunter Biden laptop-denier now admits emails are real.  Don't let him get away with it.  Douglas Wise, a former Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director and former senior CIA operations officer, is back in the news this week.  In an interview with The Australian, Wise admits that he and others always knew that the emails on the Hunter Biden laptop were likely genuine.  It was a remarkable admission from one of more than 50 former intelligence officials who signed a letter dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 presidential election as likely "Russian disinformation."  Yet, Wise still maintains that, while true, he and the other officials were right to call it out as likely "disinformation."  Arguing that something is true, but still constitutes disinformation sounds a lot like ... well ... disinformation.

CNN dumps on Biden influence peddling — do the Dems want Joe gone?  Is there a Democrat civil war brewing over the presidency?  One is tempted to think so, given how many damaging stories are suddenly showing up in the news just after it dropped that Joe Biden was preparing to announce his reelection bid.  While the classified documents story is still heating up, CNN suddenly discovered that the Biden family is filled with corrupt influence peddlers.  Who knew?  There were no indications.  Not a hint of anything like that.  Joe gave us his "word as a Biden" that everything was on the up and up, and the media up until now scoffed at the idea that anything could be wrong.

They've already said it was complete, but that turned out to be untrue.
White House Won't Say If Search for More Biden Classified Documents Is Completed.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday refused to confirm her previous statement that the search for more classified documents tied to President Joe Biden has been completed.  During a press briefing on the afternoon of Jan. 12, Jean-Pierre told reporters that the president's lawyers had looked through locations where additional documents could be stored and that the search was "completed."  On Jan. 14, however, White House special counsel Richard Sauber said he went to Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, and found more classified material.  "Last week [you said] that we all can assume, the American people could assume that the searches were completed and all the documents have been recovered," the Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller said during Tuesday's press briefing.  "On Saturday, the White House Counsel's Office said that five additional classified documents had been found."  "Is it safe to assume now that all the documents have been recovered, all the official records, all the classified documents are back in the custody of the National Archives?" Miller asked.  "Or are more searches underway to find out if there's anything out there?"  Jean-Pierre refused to answer the question, insisting that she will stay "prudent" by not commenting on the legal process that is now in the hands of the Justice Department.

Biden Wants To Stay in the Dark About Mishandled Docs.  In the White House telling, President Biden knows little, which is exactly what his lawyers want.  In Mexico City last week, when he first addressed the classified material that turned up in a personal office, Biden said he was "surprised" by the discovery, that he was "cooperating fully" with pertinent legal authorities, and that he doesn't "know what's in the documents."  His lawyers, the president explained, had suggested he not inquire about their contents.  He also doesn't know, and does not want to know, what was in the classified documents that were later recovered from his Delaware home — in the garage by his treasured Corvette, and in a "room adjacent" to the garage.

Joe Biden Reportedly Spent 163 Days in Wilmington Home Where Secret Service Claims No Visitor Logs Exist.  President Joe Biden has reportedly spent 163 days of his presidency at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, where the Secret Service claimed Sunday no visitor logs exist.  Critics have raised questions about who might have visited Biden's residence after his attorneys found classified documents stashed in the home's garage.  In total, Biden has spent 163 days over the course of 49 trips to his Wilmington residence, according to the Republican National Committee's "Big Guy tracker."  It is unknown how many days Biden spent at the home after leaving the White House in 2017 and before assuming the Oval Office in 2021.

Merrick Garland kept FBI out of Biden document search.  Not because it happened.  As I said yesterday, I think both the Trump and Biden classified document stories are nothingburgers.  Maybe they shouldn't be, but if either man wanted to compromise national security, they could do it without the aid of stolen documents.  Both are egotistical careless men who, due to their positions, can get away with stuff like this.  So it goes.  But the Biden documents story does huge political damage to the [frivolous] charges they were trying to get Trump on, and as such it is a huge embarrassment to Team Democrat.  The hypocrisy is glaringly obvious and impossible to ignore, however much MSNBC and the Democrats want you to.  And the hypocrisy gets worse by the minute.

FBI Let Biden's Attorneys Search His Home for Classified Docs Without Supervision.  According to a bombshell new report, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opted out from sending FBI agents to President Joe Biden's Delaware home where classified documents were found.  The DOJ decided to look the other way as Biden's personal attorneys searched the home for top secret documents.  "The Justice Department considered having FBI agents monitor a search by President Biden's lawyers for classified documents at his homes but decided against it, both to avoid complicating later stages of the investigation and because Mr. Biden's attorneys had quickly turned over a first batch and were cooperating, according to people familiar with the matter," the Wall Street Journal reported.

Hunter Biden's $49,910 Rent Matches Rental Deposit at House of Sweden with CEFC China Energy.  Hunter Biden's monthly rent of $49,910 matches a rental deposit at the House of Sweden related to the Biden family business venture with the infamous CEFC China Energy Co.  Hunter's $49,910 deposit also matches the amount of money he logged on a 2018 background check document unearthed by the New York Post's Miranda Devine.  In an email on October 13, 2017, Cecilia Browning, the general manager of House of Sweden, an office complex in Washington, DC, emailed Hunter about a lease that Hunter and his Chinese business partners were trying to terminate, according to emails unearthed from Hunter's "Laptop from Hell."  Browning notes the amount of the deposit was $49,910 for the office space and that it would be returned to Hunter upon signing a lease termination document.

No Records Exist Of Visitors To Biden's Delaware Home Where Classified Docs Found, White House Says.  Visitor logs for President Joe Biden's house in Wilmington, Delaware, since the start of his presidency do not exist, the White House said Monday [1/16/2023].  The announcement comes after an unspecified number of classified documents were recovered from Biden's personal home in recent weeks.  Republicans have raised questions over who had access to the records while they were stored in Biden's garage and study.  "Like every President in decades of modern history, his personal residence is personal," the White House Counsel's office told Fox News.  "But upon taking office, President Biden restored the norm and tradition of keeping White House visitors logs, including publishing them regularly, after the previous administration ended them."  The U.S. Secret Service said Sunday that it does not track visitors to Biden's personal residence, though agents do guard the home.

Biden's documents mess could be one of the biggest political scandals in American history.  For years, we've witnessed the DOJ dragging its feet on the investigation of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.  Allegations contained on the laptop, which appear to have been substantiated by both Hunter Biden in emails and text messages by whistleblower Tony Bobulinski reveal that members of the Biden family, including the "Big Guy", may have benefitted financially from their dealings with Ukraine and China.  If any of these classified documents uncovered inside a closet at the Penn Biden think tank or in the "locked garage" next to Joe Biden's prized Corvette have anything to do with the Biden pay-to-play scandal, game over.

Why are Joe's lawyers doing the digging, not the FBI?  This all stinks to high heaven.  It must be nice to be Joe Biden.  When the Justice Department lost patience with Donald Trump, who was storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, they launched an unprecedented Hollywood-style raid on the former president's home — complete with 30 federal agents and a comprehensive search of Melania's wardrobe.  But when it turns out that Biden was keeping secret material in his personal office and Delaware garage alongside his prized Corvette — suddenly it's like Seinfeld's Uncle Leo stealing from the bookstore, 'I'm an old man!'

This is the first explanation of why the Biden classified documents story came out that makes sense to me.  Yes indeed, I think the idea that the Democrats and the MSM were trying to get ahead of the story is the correct one.  Note the timeline Levin presents:  [Video clip]  Now we have the news that Hunter paid Joe close to $50K per month to rent the house in Delaware — you know, the one with the Corvette in the garage.  I guess access to classified documents is expensive these days: [...]

Joe Biden Just Torpedoed the Left's Entire Jan. 6 'Insurrection' Narrative.  As Rick Moran noted on Tuesday, Old Joe Biden just boasted again about how powerless patriots are against his all-powerful and increasingly authoritarian federal behemoth.  Biden practically thumped his chest as he declared: "I love my right-wing friends who talk about" — and here he mockingly imitated their dramatic tones — "'the tree of liberty is water of the blood of patriots.'  If you need to work about taking on the federal government, you need some F-15s.  You don't need an R- AR-15."  Has any president in American history so delighted in taunting his citizens?  And has anyone noticed how Biden, in a single mangled quip, just destroyed two years of the Left's painstaking work in constructing the Jan. 6 "insurrection" narrative?  [Tweet with video clip]  Biden's quote from his "right-wing friends," "the tree of liberty is water of the blood of patriots," was, as Rick noted, a garbled version of Thomas Jefferson's adage: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants."  Biden was saying, of course, that in our age, such sacrifices were fruitless:  the federal government is so powerful that it is unassailable, and so as its tyranny grows, unless patriots can somehow get hold of some fighter jets, they were out luck.  All right, Joe.  Point taken.  But wait a minute here. [...]

WH Cracks Under More Grilling, Can't Keep Story Straight on Biden Classified docs.  [Scroll down] The reporters were on fire and asked her perhaps one of the best questions of the day: "Why is it the matter of this White House Counsel to deal with documents from two administrations ago...?  Why is this White House Counsel involved in this matter at all?"  [Tweet with video clip]  While she refused to answer it, the problem of course is that means Biden's team is injecting itself into the search, which means they're making themselves potential witnesses, they could also be viewed as injecting themselves into a potential crime scene, and that raises concerns if they could also be trying to clean things up.  Plus, it also raises questions for any of his personal attorneys involved in the search that he involved them and exposed the classified documents that were found to them as well.  The White House isn't supposed to be dictating the investigation, the DOJ is.  Yet, it's the White House counsel and private Biden attorneys, unaccompanied by the FBI who were involved in this.

"It's a Clean Up Job... They Are Trying to Cover-Up Something Else" — Christina Bobb.  Christina Bobb, Attorney for President Trump's 2024 Campaign, was on the War Room this morning to discuss Biden's classified document crimes and cover-up.  Steve Bannon invited Christina Bobb on the War Room to discuss the Biden's classified document crimes.  Bannon shared that Bobb is not simply a lawyer, but she is a Marine Corps Major.  He also said he didn't want to take the bait between Trump and Biden's classified document cases because there's no comparison.  Bannon went on to mention that Dana Remus, Biden's former White House Counsel, is not "doing storage movement".

Jonathan Turley: Biden's lawyers 'likely witnesses in a criminal investigation'.  George Washington University (GWU) law professor Jonathan Turley says that President Joe Biden's lawyers are "likely witnesses in a criminal investigation" as the probe into Biden's handling of classified documents continues.  Two stashes of classified documents from Biden's time as vice president were found in the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., as well as at the president's Wilmington, Delaware, house in the garage by his Corvette, spiraling the White House into an ongoing scandal after five more classified documents were discovered at his Wilmington home over the weekend.  Turley told Fox News Digital that we "do not know what the evidence will show" and that the "most serious discovery would be evidence that Biden worked off their documents or removed them from their classification folders."

Joe Biden's Classified Docs Stash Confirms America's Worst Fears About the Hunter Biden Laptop.  Hunter Biden is the walking national security threat that America's corporate media always claimed was Donald Trump.  Biden's classified documents scandal — growing worse by the hour — is now directly tied to Hunter Biden and his infamous laptop.  It's pivotal to note that millions of Americans would have changed their vote in the 2020 election if they had known about the Hunter Biden laptop story.  It's now clear that Big Tech and the Corporate Media are not the only ones guilty of misleading the American people.  The IC told the country a premeditated lie about the laptop being likely "Russian disinformation."  In December 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was already aware that Hunter Biden was missing a laptop that was an archive of his criminal exploits and sensitive political information.  Hunter Biden had a total of three laptops that contained evidence of his illegal activities.  In a video showing Hunter with a prostitute, he claimed Russians stole another one of his laptops for blackmail while he was close to overdosing in a Las Vegas hotel room.  Thus, the intelligence community tasked with safeguarding America from national security threats not only kept silent about Joe Biden being compromised, many of its leaders told voters actual "disinformation" about the Hunter Biden laptop.

Fmr. intel chief admits they all knew key parts of Hunter laptop were 'real', but signed 'disinfo' letter anyway.  Douglas Wise, a former Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director, told The Australian in an interview that a "significant portion" of the documents found on Hunter Biden's laptop "had to be real," but says he doesn't regret signing a letter contesting the laptop.  The letter was written in October 2020 and was signed by 51 former intelligence officials who cast doubt on the laptop's authenticity, claiming it had the markings of Russian disinformation.  Wise told The Australian, "All of us figured that a significant portion of that content had to be real to make any Russian disinformation credible."

Ex-top intel official Douglas Wise knew Hunter Biden laptop 'had to be real' but signed 'disinfo' letter anyway.  A former top intelligence official who signed on to a letter attacking The [New York] Post's bombshell 2020 reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop as Russian disinformation has now admitted he knew a "significant portion" of the recovered files "had to be real" — but doesn't regret dismissing the exposé.  Douglas Wise, a former Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director, was one of 51 erstwhile intelligence brass who issued the public letter on Oct. 19, 2020 — five days after The Post began a series of reports on the now-first son's shady overseas business dealings.  "All of us figured that a significant portion of that content had to be real to make any Russian disinformation credible," said Wise — who didn't respond when The Post reached out for an explanation in March of last year, but found his tongue when he spoke to The Australian.

The Manic Methods of Mad Democrats.  Joe Biden daily forgets where he is and what he is doing.  Someday historians will fault those who knowingly used a non compos mentis septuagenarian, without regard for the interests of the American people, to mask a radical neo-socialist agenda.  Biden shakes imaginary hands.  He insists his son died in Iraq.  In his mind, Brian Sicknick was murdered on January 6.  In Walter Mitty-style, he brags that he has been a semi-truck driver, an arrested civil rights activist, a major college football prospect, a U.S. Naval Academy scholarship prospect, and on and on.  If Biden was given the Montreal Cognitive Test, as was Trump, he would likely flunk it outright.

Unlike Trump's, Biden's Classified Document Scandal Is Real.  The whole Trump document scandal is beyond stupid and an obvious attempt by fascist Attorney General Merrick Garland to stop Trump from beating Biden in the upcoming presidential election.  Granted, information might arrive that changes my mind, but as of right now, the Trump Classified Document Scandal is nothing more than a reheated version of the Russia Collusion Hoax.  Not so much with His Fraudulency.  First off, the Biden documents in question have so far been found in three, count them — three — separate and unsecure locations:
  •   Joe Biden's former office at his Washington D.C. think tank.
  •   Believe it or not, the garage of his Delaware home, the same garage where he keeps the mid-life crisis he calls a Corvette.
  •   The library of his Delaware home.
Side note:  Are we supposed to believe someone as dumb as Joe Biden has both a think tank and a library?  I'll bet both the library and think tank have pinball machines and a soda fountain.  Anyway.  There is a no less secure place in a home than a garage.  And how do you like the thought of America's secrets blowing around an abandoned office?

Joe Rogan Floats Theory That Biden Document Scandal Is A Ploy By Democrats To Replace Him.  Joe Rogan shared a wild theory with his massive following that President Biden's ongoing classified documents scandal is a carefully crafted ploy by Democrats to prevent him from running again in 2024.  Rogan made the claim over the weekend during a conversation with two comedians on his popular podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience."  "If I had to guess — they're trying to get rid of him," the 55-year-old host said of President Biden's own party.  "My guess would be they're trying to get rid of him."  He provided no evidence to back up his theory, admitting he doesn't "know [anything] about politics" in his discussion with guests Matt McCusker and Shane Gillis.  Still, Rogan said he feels it was strange that Biden's own aides were the people stating that they found classified documents in his Delaware home.

Destroying American Democracy - An Inside Job.  Just last week it was revealed that the FBI again withheld pertinent information from the American public, for past two months, until after the November 8, 2022 federal election.  As with the Bureau's reported cover-up of evidence influence-peddling reportedly found on Hunter Biden's laptop, agents knew, since November 2, 2022, about at least some of the three sets of classified material that illegally found their way into the garage and library of President Joe Biden and into the Penn Biden Center think tank at the University of Pennsylvania — to which anonymous members of the Chinese Communist Party have donated $54.6 million.  Their existence only became known this week, after the newly elected Republican-majority House of Representatives announced that it would hold hearings on "how the [Justice] department handled investigations into classified materials found at former President Donald Trump's Florida home and those found at President Joe Biden's office in a Washington think tank bearing his name and his Delaware home..."  In addition, the recent release of the "Twitter Files" has raised at least two major concerns regarding actions by the Intelligence Community.  The first is that the wall of separation between the Intelligence Community and the U.S. media has not only sprung a leak, it has totally collapsed.

Crooked Rod Rosenstein Says DOJ Should Just Ask Biden If He Was Aware of Documents in His Possession.  Crooked Rod Rosenstein created the Mueller Special Counsel that was based on a lie.  He kept it going for years.  It was a coup of the Trump Administration and today he walks free.  Rosenstein was chosen to go on Sunday morning's "Meet the Press" with far-left Chuck Todd to discuss the Special Counsel put in place to investigate Joe Biden's crimes of stealing classified documents and holding them at his home and his office at Penn U.  Rosenstein says the key question is whether Biden was aware of the documents held in his possession. [...] Rosenstein then says the question is whether Biden knew he had the documents.  We all know the answer to that.  Yes, Biden was aware of the documents but he isn't aware of anything else.

Was the Mar-a-Lago Raid a Biden Insurance Policy?  Much of the commentary concerning the presence of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center office and the President's Delaware home has focused on the delay between the discovery and the public revelation of that discovery.  And it is difficult to believe that the timing was apolitical.  There is another question about the timing, however, that no one seems to have asked:  Why were classified documents that had been in Biden's possession since 2017 suddenly found less than 90 days after the FBI raid on former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago compound?  That raid was obviously a well-orchestrated piece of theater calculated to draw maximum coverage by the corporate news media and to be seen by the American public. [...] Biden's people all but certainly learned long before Nov. 2 or Aug. 8 of last year that he was illegally in possession of classified material — and had been stunningly sloppy about security.  These people are smart enough to know Biden's classified document problem would eventually become public knowledge, and that damage control would be necessary.  What better way to preemptively indemnify the Big Guy than to raid the home of former President Trump on the pretext that he was committing a crime of which Biden himself is guilty?

White House Makes Major Admission About Visitor Logs for Biden's Delaware Home.  Since it was first revealed that Joe Biden had illegally taken and kept classified information following his vice presidency, the story has continued to evolve.  As of this writing, there have now been four different locations where documents were "found," including multiple troves at the president's Delaware home.  That's led many to ask the obvious question.  Namely, who exactly had access to them before they were removed?  As RedState reported, we know Hunter Biden claimed the house as his residence during the time period in question, claiming to have paid nearly $50,000 in "rent" a month on a background check.  Obviously, there would have been other visitors as well.

Biden uses his lawyers to find his classified docs — to shield from the FBI.  The discovery of a fourth set of classified documents, at the Biden residence in Delaware, has further undermined the White House's virtual mantra that the president "takes classified documents very seriously."  Putting aside the repeated movement of highly classified documents over six years, one curious element has emerged in this scandal:  the use of private counsel.  Not only did President Joe Biden enlist lawyers to clear out his private Washington office; he then used them — rather than security officers or the FBI — to search for additional classified documents.  The initial use of lawyers is notable.  While it seems a fairly pricey moving crew, Biden could argue a trove of documents might require a judgment on where they should be sent and whether they belong to Biden, the Penn Biden Center or the government.

Biden Caught In Yet Another Lie.  President Joe Biden has told lie after lie, getting caught each time.  You'd think he'd learned his lesson by now.  In yet another fabrication of his, Biden claimed that he attended a black church in Delaware every morning after he attended Catholic mass in high school, despite members of the church not being able to recall the president ever being there.

Biden: Making America Worse Again.  Despite the screeching from Biden's political and media guardians that the Big Guy is less blameworthy than Big Orange, the facts show that whatever Trump has been accused of, Biden has been guilty of, as well, and in some cases his conduct worse:
  •   Trump has been called a liar, and continues to be called one today, more than two years after leaving public office.  Meanwhile, Biden, across his nearly half century of "public service" has made up more fiction than a pulp novelist.
  •   Trump and Russia?  A made-up story.  Biden and entanglements with foreign interests that weaken his ability to be an effective commander in chief?  The truth.  Even before he was elected president, it was known that he was "compromised by his family's shady foreign dealings."  China, Ukraine and Russia have been prominent players in the Biden family influence-peddling operation.
  •   The current president has used law enforcement for corrupt purposes.  A majority (53%) of Americans are convinced, for good reason, that he's used the FBI as his "personal Gestapo."  Trump was on the other side of the FBI.  It was out to get him.
  •   Yes, Trump complained about having the 2020 election stolen from him.  But Biden himself has undermined faith in elections, agreeing that Trump was an illegitimate president and claiming Al Gore, not George Bush, was elected to the White House in 2000.
  •   So Trump likes to insult his opponents?  Sure.  So does Biden.  He told a union man he was "full of s***" and "a horse's a**."  Called a 21-year-old college student "a lying dog-faced pony soldier."  Ridiculed a group of soldiers he was talking to as a "dull bunch" of "stupid bastards."  Biden is such a prince among men that he has reviled Trump voters as semi-Fascists.  Our "president for all Americans" sees "chumps" when he sees Trump supporters and tagged Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a "stupid son of a b****."
A majority of American voters in 2020 demanded that Trump be replaced by Biden because, well, we're not sure why.  The public has long known that Biden is a serial prevaricator, has built a family empire off of his political career, and is more buffoon than statesman.  But he gets away with it because the narrative is controlled by people who are just like him.

The big problem with the Joe Biden documents story.  The biggest problem with the Joe Biden documents story is this:  We know only what Joe Biden's lawyers have told us.  And the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the case will make the problem worse.  The initial fact that Biden, after his term as vice president ended, kept some classified documents in his possession was revealed by a team of Biden lawyers.  In making a public statement, they noted that the discovery of the classified documents, on Nov. 2, 2022, in Biden's old office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C., was made by... a team of Biden lawyers.

5 more classified documents found at Biden's Delaware home, White House lawyer says.  A third batch of classified documents was found at President Biden's residence in Wilmington, Delaware, the president's attorneys announced Saturday.  Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber disclosed in a statement that five additional pages of documents with classified markings were found at Biden's home Thursday evening, making a total of six classified documents retrieved from there.  Sauber explained that when Biden's personal attorneys identified one classified document at Biden's home on Wednesday, they "immediately" stopped searching for additional documents because they lacked the security clearances necessary to view those materials.

White House Falsely Claimed Thursday Classified Document Search Was Completed Wednesday.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre falsely claimed Thursday that the search for President Joe Biden's classified documents was completed Wednesday night.  The White House is having difficulty portraying an accurate timeline of when classified documents have been unearthed from Biden's residence in Delaware.  "The search was concluded last night," Jean-Pierre claimed Thursday in a press briefing.  "He [Biden] is confident in this process."  That timeline was contradicted Saturday when the White House admitted five more documents had been found Thursday.

Is the Deep State Coming After Joe Biden?  The second half of Joe Biden's presidential term has officially gotten off to an ignominious start.  Earlier in the week, CBS News first broke the story that Biden had been storing classified documents, taken from his previous stint as vice president to Barack Obama, at the Chinese-funded Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement "think tank."  Those classified documents were first identified by Biden's personal attorneys, CBS reported, on Nov. 2 — a full six days before the midterm elections.  Richard Sauber, Biden's special counsel, claimed that the White House counsel's office quickly notified the National Archives, which seized the documents posthaste.  That alone would be bad enough for a president who utterly excoriated former President Donald Trump in the aftermath of last August's unprecedented predawn FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's palatial Palm Beach estate, due to Trump's own classified document retention scandal.  Biden openly wondered to CBS' "60 Minutes" news program weeks after the FBI raid "how anyone could be that irresponsible."  The galling hypocrisy from the Penn Biden Center incident would have been bad enough.  But then, Joe Biden's week got even worse.

Emerging Regret About Ukraine War in the U.S. and My Interview With Emerald Robinson on Biden's Classified Document Leaks.  Speaking of bizarre (and shifting gears), the Feds have found more classified documents that Joe Biden squirreled away for six years and counting.  We are asked to believe that Biden's attorneys, for no good reason, just decided to start searching through a closet at the Biden Penn Center — the Chinese funded center — and found some Top Secret docs.  If I am Joe Biden and you are my attorney your job is to destroy those documents.  There is no audit trail.  But that is not what they did.  They told the National Archives personnel.  Those folks alerted the Department of Justice.  This was in early November.  And in the ensuing weeks following that initial discovery, they find more; including a new batch this week.  What [...] is going on?  The decision to pack up those documents when Biden left office was not an accident due to carelessness.  Biden's staffers, starting with his Chief of Staff Ron Klain, not only handled those documents but knew why the classified material was being removed illegally from the White House.  Those staffers will be in the trick box in the coming weeks.  Get your popcorn.  It will be quite a show.

Document: Hunter Listed $49,910 Monthly Rent Payments While Living at Joe Biden's Residence.  Hunter Biden recorded monthly rent payments of $49,910 while living at President Joe Biden's residence, according to a document unearthed by New York Post's Miranda Devine.  On a document titled "background screening request," it appears Hunter paid $49,910 in monthly rent for one year while living at Joe Biden's Delaware residence, where the president kept classified documents alongside his Corvette in the garage.  Hunter listed his rental tenancy from March 2017 to February 2018, the document shows.  The document is signed July 2018.

Andrew McCabe Calls on Biden's DOJ to Obstruct GOP's Classified Documents Probe.  On Friday afternoon, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced an investigation into Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents, some of which were labeled top secret.  Andrew McCabe, the disgraced former FBI deputy director and current CNN senior law enforcement analyst, promptly urged the Biden Justice Department to obstruct that investigation.  "Chairman Jim Jordan announced this House Judiciary Committee investigation into the DOJ actions related to the President's handling of the classified documents today," explained CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Friday night.  "How much does that impact the DOJ ongoing investigation?"  "I certainly would advise them — if they were willing to listen to my advice — I would advise them to take a very hard line against that," McCabe said.  "There is a clear precedent here of not sharing information from an ongoing criminal investigation with Congress.  And I think the DOJ is in a very strong position to resist on those grounds."

For Biden Supporters, No Lie Is Too Much To Break The Faith.  The Constitutional Crisis that is the Biden regime continues to exceed previous levels of cover-up, denial, and dishonesty.  Through it all, media members and other Biden supporters keep getting played for fools, but they always come back for more. [...] Journalists should be really, really angry that they have been lied to — again — and as they were directed to run interference and damage control for Biden — again.  After all, they've been thoroughly embarrassed because they have stepped on a rake and have been smacked forcibly in the face with the long handle of inescapable truth.  And yet they've still got Biden's back.  A Special Counsel has been appointed as of midday Thursday, January 12, 2023.  Forgive me, but I will not be holding my breath for an honest investigation.

The Corvette Files.  For Merrick Garland, who oversees the FBI, the discoveries were not a joke.  He's now in the crosshairs of those who, like me, think we are once again seeing a double standard of justice on his watch.  (Forget that his predecessors ignored Hillary's mishandling of classified information on an unsecured server; this discovery so near in time puts him and the National Archives on the hot spot.)  Why did the archivist raise an issue before the midterms respecting Trump, and never raise any issue about Biden?  Why did the archivist's complaint trigger a grand jury, subpoenas, and a raid on Mar-a-Lago, yet these new discoveries seem to end with a full acceptance of what Biden's attorneys say they found?  Yes, Garland has tried to pass this off to Robert Hur, whom he named special counsel to look into it, but despite his credentials, Hur doesn't seem to some to be the best choice.  For one thing, he's as Deep State as you can imagine: [...] Is it any wonder that people like Larry O'Connor believe Hur was chosen to impede congressional Republicans in their own investigations?

Mueller's pit bull Andrew Weissmann is greasing the skids under Biden.  Joe Biden has lost his protection and is now a liability to the cabal that runs the deep state.  They are sending metaphorical shots across his bow, warning him that he and Jill will not be campaigning for re-election, and will be lucky to serve out his one and only term as president.  Minimizing the damage to the cabal and the Democrat party that is its primary instrument is now the prime directive.  The message to Biden is that he can either go out like Nixon or like Lyndon Baines Johnson.  The former was driven from office, while the latter read the alignment of the stars and announced that he would not seek re-election to the presidency.  One piece of evidence comes from Andrew Weissmann, who ran the special counsel investigation of Trump purportedly headed by Robert Mueller.  Weissmann is well known as a hard ball player, labeled a "pit bull" by even the New York Times.  When he signals that someone is in danger, he is not to be ignored.

The Real Scandal Behind Joe Biden's Classified Documents Scandal.  Of course, on Saturday, that narrative took another beating with the discovery of a fourth trove of classified documents.  This time, they were found in Biden's filing cabinet at his home office.  To say that it belabors belief that they ended up there without the president's knowledge is to severely understate the situation.  Clearly, with so many documents floating around in so many different locations, this wasn't just some staffers haphazardly packing boxes in the final days of the Obama administration.  Yet, somehow, as big of a scandal as the possession of those classified documents is, they've actually served as a useful tool in revealing a possibly bigger scandal.  Namely, how the Biden family garners and handles money.  For example, isn't it a little concerning that Joe Biden was paid nearly $1,000,000 as part of the Penn Biden Center, a university arm that allegedly received $61 million from the Chinese?  Given he never actually taught a class, what exactly was he getting paid to do?  One of the more peculiar aspects of Biden's political career has been his dogged subservience to the Chinese communists, and certainly, the circumstances of his entanglements warrant further investigation.

'We're all being scammed': Fmr.  AG says Merrick Garland is protecting Biden with scope of probe.  After years of watching the Department of Justice (DOJ) run cover for President Joe Biden and his progressive agenda, many were pleasantly surprised when U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland swiftly moved to appoint former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate the shocking discovery of classified documents found in the President's Penn Biden Center office and at his Delaware home.  But former Kansas AG Phil Klein says we shouldn't be too quick to celebrate:  The "narrow authority" Garland gave Hur is evidence that he's still covering for the Biden family.

Biden Admin Fails to Comply with Classified Doc Probe After Vowing 'Highest Standards of Transparency'.  The Biden administration has failed to comply with the House Oversight Committee's investigation into President Joe Biden's mishandling of top secret documents after promising the "highest standards of transparency" in United States history.  In a letter issued by the president on February 4, 2021, Biden vowed the highest standards of transparency would be "revitalized" and implemented within his administration.

Another Batch of Biden Classified Documents Found and Announced Today.  Back in the Wilmington, Delaware, stash house where Hunter Biden used to bring his hookers and dope dealing friends; what is also described as the home of Joe Biden, where the alarm system was so dysfunctional the Secret Service apparently turned it off; according to the Biden lawyers today, they have found a fourth set of classified documents.  This brings the total in the Delaware stash house to three sets.  One batch in the garage, next to the corvette; another set in an adjacent room; and apparently in yet a third location in the same home where needles, bongs and useful heroine tools were customary tableware, they have found more.

Joe Biden's usefulness may be coming to an end.  It was CBS News that first broke the story of Joe and his adventures with classified docs that he shouldn't have had in his possession.  Just last week the world discovered that the Washington office of the "Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement" [!], a Chinese-funded "dark-money nightmare," had a cache of secret stuff.  Then we learned about the garage sale, no Corvettes included, wheeze.  And then, just a few days ago, the world woke up to, wouldn't you know it, yet more classified docs stashed away somewhere among Joe's collection of aviators in his Delaware home.  As I write, Biden's lawyers (nota bene, not the FBI) have found five more pages of classified material in the library at Biden's home.  Who knows where else he has the forbidden docs stashed?

Classified documents scandal puts Joe's presidency in peril.  A favorite saying among insiders is that two weeks is a lifetime in politics, meaning anything can happen.  In Joe Biden's case, a mere five days was enough to turn his world upside down.  The news Saturday that more classified documents were found in his Delaware home ends a bizarre week that suddenly put Biden's presidency in peril and further damaged the sagging credibility of the Department of Justice.  When reports emerged last Monday that multiple classified documents were found in an office Biden used after leaving the White House as vice president, the propaganda media circled the wagons around him by insisting he's no Donald Trump.  They had a point — up to a point.  But when reports two days later said a second batch of supposedly secret papers was found in Biden's Delaware garage, the wall of media protection showed some cracks as the differences between the presidents' cases narrowed.

Rep. Jim Jordan Demands Biden Administration Provide Documents About Special Counsel Appointment.  Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan is demanding documents from the DOJ related to the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified documents found in President Joe Biden's private office and garage.  Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur on Jan. 12 to investigate the handling of documents found in the president's office at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as other documents found in the president's garage at his Wilmington, Delaware residence.  Although the University of Pennsylvania documents were found in November, their apparent mishandling was not made public until Jan. 9.  "It is unclear when the Department first came to learn about the existence of these documents, and whether it actively concealed this information from the public on the eve of the 2022 elections," Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson wrote Friday in a letter to Garland.  "The Department's actions here appear to depart from how it acted in similar circumstances."

White House Caught in Another Lie As More Classified Documents Surface in Biden's House.  Biden's "garage-gate" scandal keeps growing as it turns out even more documents were found at President Biden's private residence earlier this week, but their existence was only disclosed on Saturday morning.  On Thursday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre — who has insisted she's being truthful with the American people and transparent about what she and the White House knows — told Americans that the search for classified documents in Biden's possession was "complete" and Biden was "confident" in the process.  On Friday, Jean-Pierre again defended post-VP Biden and the current White House's handling of the situation, repeating her claim that the president takes classified documents "very seriously."  But then on Saturday morning, White House Counsel Richard Sauber said in a statement that five more additional classified documents were found in Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home on Thursday evening.

Hunter Biden asks judge to STOP his estranged daughter from taking his surname.  Hunter Biden asked for a judge to deny his estranged four-year-old daughter born to a stripper from taking his surname, claiming that doing so would rob the child of a 'peaceful existence.'  The request was made by the president's son on January 6, just a couple of weeks after the child's mother Lunden Roberts filed a name change petition for their daughter, Navy Joan Roberts.  Roberts, 31, who is raising Navy in Arkansas, filed the petition last month amid an ongoing paternity suit over child support payments that were adjusted because Biden's 'financial circumstances' had undergone a 'substantial, material change.'

Hunter Biden asks court to stop love child from taking his sullied surname.  He doesn't want to give her his bad name.  Hunter Biden asked a judge to deny his 4-year-old daughter from taking his surname — claiming it's a lightning rod for criticism and would rob the child of a "peaceful existence."  The first son's request on Jan. 6 came amid an ongoing paternity case against him in Independence, Ark., where Biden is fighting to lower his child-support payments to baby mama Lunden Roberts for their love child, Navy Joan Roberts.  Roberts, 31, asked Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer on Dec. 27 to allow their daughter to take the Biden name, claiming it would benefit their daughter because it is "now synonymous with being well educated, successful, financially acute and politically powerful."  But the president's erratic son — who was being probed for shady foreign business deals, battled crack addiction, and been filmed waiving a gun around in the nude with a prostitute — disagreed about the value of his sullied surname.

House Oversight Demands List of Names and Locations Linked to Biden's Classified Docs.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is not going to let the Biden White House off the hook after classified documents were found at President Joe Biden's Delaware home.  On Friday, Comer pressed Biden's legal team demanding a list of names and locations linked to the search of documents that were kept in the president's garage and office.  The Republican also asked for a list of security clearance levels, and the job titles of any aid attorney assigned by Biden to search for the private papers among his personal belongings.  This comes a day after Comer said that the Biden Administration has a "history of covering things up."  Earlier this week, Comer sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to inform them that the House Oversight plans to investigate "whether there is a political bias" at the agency, claiming that there is "inconsistent treatment of recovering classified records held by former President Trump and President Biden."

Kathy Chung, former VP Biden's executive assistant when he left office, has a very curious past with Hunter and now is being questioned.  Kathy Chung may be a key figure in the mishandling of classified documents from Joe Biden's two terms as vice president.  As his executive assistant at the time, she was reportedly involved in packing up the documents he removed from government offices when his term as VP ended. [...] Who is Kathy Chung?  Curiously, neither the UK Daily Mail nor Fox News, both of which are experts at digging up photos, has been able to come up with a picture of Ms. Chung, despite her currently serving in a rather public position for a rather public figure, the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. [...] If a fall guy or gal is needed, Ms. Chung would be a good person to start considering for the post.  But she may her own trove of compromising information to use as bargaining leverage in dealing with the special counsel's staff, with Biden himself, and with the puppet masters that may be behind the leaks that are pressuring Biden just as he was poised to announce a run for re-election, according to earlier media reports.

Speaker McCarthy eviscerates the 'Biden's document mess is different' defense.  Speaker Kevin McCarthy went on a rant Thursday when asked about the differences between the Trump and Biden document dramas — and rightly so.  The idea that President Joe Biden's case is entirely different from ex-President Donald Trump's is the media's first line of defense for the current prez.  And yes, lots of details differ.  But, as McCarthy noted, many of them make Biden look worse.  The speaker's demolition of the apples-to-apples critique was a powerful performance, slicing all the issues expertly.  He rightly pointed to the irony that a guy "on '60 Minutes' that was so concerned about President Trump's documents" now has been revealed to have kept secret documents "for years out in the open in different locations," none of them secure.

House GOP stepping up push for release of Biden Delaware visitor logs.  House Republicans are trying to figure out how to force the White House to disclose visitor logs from President Biden's Delaware residences after the revelation that he stashed classified documents in the garage and at least one other room of his Wilmington home.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) demanded the records Friday in what could be a prelude to a binding congressional order.  "In light of the Biden family's suspicious business schemes with foreign adversaries, Americans need to know who has visited President Biden's Wilmington residence and had access to the stashed classified documents that sat in Biden's garage," Comer told The [New York] Post after sending a broad records request to White House counsel Stuart Delery.

Document Scandal Puts Biden on Defense.  Joe Biden's best two months since becoming president ended on the evening of January 9, when White House lawyers revealed that classified materials from Biden's years as vice president had been stored in his Washington, D.C., office between 2017 and 2019.  A few days later, the White House confirmed that additional secret papers had been found inside Biden's garage in Wilmington, Delaware.  On January 12, attorney general Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate whether Biden broke the law and revealed that another document had been recovered.  And the scandal grew.

Former Biden Aide Questioned by Federal Investigators in Probe into GarageGate Has Close Ties to Hunter.  A former Joe Biden aide who was questioned by federal investigators as part of the government's investigation into stolen classified documents improperly stored at Biden's private office and garage.  Recall, Hunter Biden suggested to his father he hire Kathy Chung to be his assistant.  Joe Biden hired Hunter's Rosemont Seneca employee Anne Marie Person, 34, to be one of his private VP staffers.  Kathy Chung was excited Joe Biden hired Anne Marie Person in emails previously released from Hunter Biden's laptop.  "I am very excited to have Anne Marie Person working here with me in the West Wing!!  I think all of you know her from her work with Rosemont Seneca," wrote then-Vice President Biden's assistant, Kathy Chung, in a May 27, 2014 email to Beau, Hunter and Jim Biden and other members of the Biden clan, according to the New York Post.  Many more emails from Kathy Chung to Hunter Biden were also discovered.

Former Biden assistant questioned by law enforcement over classified docs repeatedly appeared in Hunter emails.  A former top aide to President Biden — who reportedly was questioned by federal investigators as part of the probe into the president's handling of classified documents — exchanged emails with Hunter Biden on numerous occasions, according to a Fox News Digital review.  Kathy Chung, Biden's executive assistant when he was vice president and the Pentagon's current deputy director of protocol, is among several former aides to the president to be interviewed by law enforcement, NBC News reported Thursday.  Chung and the others questioned reportedly helped move materials and belongings from Biden's office at the end of the Obama administration in early 2017.  Throughout much of her five-year tenure working for Biden during the Obama administration, Chung regularly communicated with Biden's son Hunter Biden, transmitting information about his father's schedule and passing messages directly from the then-vice president, according to emails obtained from Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop and verified by Fox News Digital.

What the Classified Scandal Shows About Biden's Foreign Connections.  Biden's misappropriated classified documents problem keeps getting worse with a second tranche of documents being discovered at another location.  It is now clear that the first set of classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was not an isolated incident.  Despite that, the FBI and National Archives are continuing to take a casual approach to the case.  There have been no raids of Biden facilities.  And won't be.  But beyond the misappropriation of classified documents, a violation of the Espionage Act, the discovery renews old questions about the foreign connections of Joe Biden and his family.  While details about the classified documents remain scant, we know that they included briefing materials related to three countries:  Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom.  It may be a coincidence that Biden has corrupt ties to two of the countries on the list, but it's more likely that there was something in these briefing materials that specifically interested him.

Is the Deep State Coming After Joe Biden?  The second half of Joe Biden's presidential term has officially gotten off to an ignominious start.  Earlier in the week, CBS News first broke the story that Biden had been storing classified documents, taken from his previous stint as vice president to Barack Obama, at the Chinese-funded Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement "think tank." Those classified documents were first identified by Biden's personal attorneys, CBS reported, on Nov. 2 — a full six days before the midterm elections.  Richard Sauber, Biden's special counsel, claimed that the White House counsel's office quickly notified the National Archives, which seized the documents posthaste.  That alone would be bad enough for a president who utterly excoriated former President Donald Trump in the aftermath of last August's unprecedented predawn FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's palatial Palm Beach estate, due to Trump's own classified document retention scandal.  Biden openly wondered to CBS' "60 Minutes" news program weeks after the FBI raid "how anyone could be that irresponsible."  The galling hypocrisy from the Penn Biden Center incident would have been bad enough.  But then, Joe Biden's week got even worse.  Adding insult to injury, on Thursday two separate tranches of additional classified documents from the Obama-Biden administration were found in Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, personal home.  All but one of the documents was found in a storage space in Biden's garage.  That garage was "locked," the president quickly pointed out in a flippant attempt at de-escalation, and also housed his prized Corvette.  One other classified document was found strewn about elsewhere in the house, outside the garage.

Karine Jean-Pierre Just Proved the White House Is Anything But Transparent.  Friday's [1/13/2023] White House press briefing brought more of the same non-answer responses from Biden's Press Secretary — Karine Jean-Pierre — who's turned into something of a broken record when it comes to her repetitive insistence that the president takes classified documents "very seriously."  (He doesn't.)  President Biden's spokeswoman repeatedly refused to answer questions from White House reporters, often making a similar excuse for why she couldn't say, for example, whether Biden would sit for an interview with investigators:  The White House Counsel's Office has already issued statements and she simply can't say anything further.  Apparently Jean-Pierre expects everyone to accept that copping to the president's improper handling of sensitive documents *after* he'd been caught and the story broke — and then refusing to answer questions about the situation — is the utmost in transparency.  (It's not.)

Report: Biden Admin Officials Blame National Archives for Joe Biden's Classified Document Scandal.  Former and current Biden administration officials have reportedly blamed the National Archives for mishandling President Joe Biden's classified documents stashed in three separate locations.  According to a Friday CNN report that cited "former and current administration officials and others familiar with the process," the National Archives refused to treat then-Vice President Biden's records with the "same high regard" as it did former President Obama's records.  "While the National Archives sends staff members to the White House to gather files and papers of the President, they do not treat all vice presidential papers with the same high regard, officials said," CNN reported.

Jim Jordan launches first investigation as Judiciary chair into Biden classified docs scandal.  Jim Jordan's first investigation as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee will examine President Biden's "mishandling" of classified documents and the Justice Department's investigation.  The investigation led by Jordan, R-Ohio, comes one day after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to examine the matter, former U.S. attorney Robert Hur.  The Justice Department escalated it to a special counsel investigation from a mere review Thursday after a second stash of classified documents was found inside the garage of Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home.  The first documents were found inside the Washington, D.C., offices of the Penn Biden Center think tank.

Tucker Carlson: Dems [are] pushing Biden out.  Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, a rock star to conservatives across America, is pointing out what likely is behind the classified documents scandal involving Joe Biden.  It is, Carlson said last night, "the beginning of the end for Joe Biden."  [Video clip]  "We can't prove that.  The future is unknowable, but holy smokes, it does not look good and it doesn't look good in a very recognizable way.  Somewhere in his basement rec room drinking a Courvoisier on ice, Andrew Cuomo is chuckling to himself.  He's seen this movie before.  Joe Biden's own aides keep finding stacks of felonies he's left around the place in his office, in his car, and instead of throwing this evidence in the fireplace, as under normal circumstances they would, they're sending these documents on to the Justice Department.  That's not a good sign."

Report: Charges Against Hunter Biden Could Be Imminent.  U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss is getting close to making a decision on whether or not to prosecute Hunter Biden.  Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware, and his team have been investigating Hunter Biden's international business dealings and any possible connections between Hunter's business associates and Joe Biden.  "Investigators have pored over documents related to and questioned witnesses about his overseas business dealings.  They include his role on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company led by an oligarch who at the time was under investigation for corruption — a position that Hunter accepted while his father, as vice president, was overseeing Obama administration policy in Ukraine," the New York Times reports.  "They also include his equity stake in a Chinese business venture, and his failed joint venture with a Chinese tycoon who had courted well-connected Americans in both parties — at one point he gave Hunter Biden a large diamond as a gift — but was later detained by Chinese authorities."

Some unanswered questions about those Biden classified documents.  [Scroll down] Where did Joe do his office work while in Washington?  Was it with Hunter and the Chinese oligarch?  Did he store his documents there, too, for the Chinese guy to get his hands on?  Why was it so important for the whole family to have keys to an office shared with a Chinese oligarch?  And was this carelessness, or something worse, some kind of repayment to the Chinese for their "kind" generosity in supporting young Hunter's business ventures and all that nice money donated to Joe's Penn think tank?  It seems an avenue could have been right there for the Chinese to get their hands on any top-secret compartmentalized documents they wanted with that shared office space and no need for sneaking around or handing out black bags at dead drops to do so.

AG Merrick Garland Timeline Does Not Align with DOJ Claims and Joe Biden Lawyers.  During a press conference today, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Robert K Hur as Special Counsel to investigate the Joe Biden classified documents that were removed from the White House during President Obama's term in office (2009 through January 2017).  The timeline given by AG Garland does not match up with prior DOJ statements and lawyers representing Joe Biden. [...] The timeline doesn't make sense.  What was the FBI and John Lausch doing for two months?  Something is not adding up.  Also, you don't appoint a Special Counsel on the day it is announced.  There had to be some discussion with Robert Hur in the lead up to the announcement today.  We still don't know what the classified documents were about, how old they are, or how many of them exist.  The only thing confirmed is the documents pertain to the timeline of the Obama-Biden administration which was January 2009 through January 2017.  The Penn-Biden Center didn't exist until 2018, so where were the classified documents between the time they were taken and the time they were discovered in the office.  As Vice President Joe Biden had no authority to declassify government documents and could not possess classified documents.

Anybody Vette This Guy?  In my comments on the breaking news yesterday afternoon I noted Biden's assertion that the garage is locked and, hey, "it's not like they're sittin' out in the street."  However, as any fool can see, the garage door was easily opened, the garage was not secure, and the garage could be entered by anyone with access to the house. [...] Think Hunter Biden.

Should Someone This Dumb Be the Special Counsel Investigating Biden's Stolen Classified Documents Scandal?  We're assured that the person hired to be special counsel in the Joe Biden classified document scandal, Robert Hur, "has a great record.  He is a superb lawyer."  He was a pivotal right-hand man in a high governmental office.  He "has a long and distinguished career as a federal prosecutor."  And was a key person dealing with a very special, special counsel.  That guy sounds like a total legal dreamboat.  Except that those accolades were spoken by none other than disgraced former-deputy attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who conspired with the fellow disgracee Andrew McCabe to wear a wire to catch Donald Trump in a 25th Amendment-worthy meltdown because they hated him so much.

Time's Up for Lyin' Biden.  Obama's choice for vice president was a bit of a political calculation but Biden wasn't picked for Delaware's votes or for Biden's smarts.  Biden wasn't worth a warm bucket of spit and Obama knew that.  What Biden brought was what everyone knew of him.  A little brain, a big mouth, shiny white teeth, and white skin.  Biden "won" the nomination because he was the "why not" pick.  Biden was harmless Ol' Joe.  An anodyne and doddering dummy.  A guy who fits the title of "warm bucket of spit" as few vice presidents had.  The most consequential event of Obama's two terms was the order to send DevGru SEALs to kill Bin Laden.  Who was the guy who thought the raid was a bad idea?  Biden.  Of course, Biden has lied about that too, claiming he never said "don't go". [...] The second Trump took the oath of office, Joe was a private citizen.  Sure he was still the "big guy," the head of his crime syndicate family with his idiot kid laundering money for the family but there was no sense at all that anyone, besides his wife, wanted Biden to run for president.

The Editor says...
Joe Biden was selected to be Obama's running mate because he was the one U.S. Senator that could not intellectually overshadow Obama.

Is Document-Gate a Democrat Effort to Kneecap Biden's Re-Election Plans?  As we've reported, classified documents keep popping up in President Joe Biden's think tank, his garage, and now the "personal library" at his residence... and suddenly the president is in potentially big trouble, both legally and politically.  Thursday afternoon [1/12/2023] Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Robert Hur as special prosecutor to investigate the case.  If the most partisan and hyper-political attorney general ever is forced to investigate his own boss, you know things are serious.  But notice the timing of the revelations.  The Biden Administration has known about some of the documents since at least before the November elections, but the public is just finding out now.  Conspiracy theories are flying around the internet, with both the harpies at The View and intellectual midgets like Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga (he who once thought Guam might tip over due to over-population) opining that the documents must have been planted.  Honest Joe would never, ever be like Trump and get careless with years-old secret docs concerning Ukraine and Russia!

The Editor says...
There was never the slightest chance that Joe Biden was going to be re-elected in 2024.  Not even with another rigged election.  I think the Democrats are trying to force Biden out this year because it's now or never for The First Black Female President Ever!  And I still think President Harris could run and win in 2024 simply by un-doing all the damage Biden has done, getting inflation under control, sealing the Mexican border, etc.  She's not smart enough to accomplish any of that, or even try, so that would leave her as the designated loser in 2024 — but still in the history books (if there are any) as The First Black Female President Ever!

MSNBC Pulls Knives Out for Garland for Investigating Biden Docs.  The twists and turns of President Biden's classified documents scandal took a sharp turn on Thursday when Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Special Counsel Robert Hur to investigate the chain of custody.  But the unhinged and manic host of MSNBC's Deadline: White House, Nicolle Wallace, had her knives out and looking to take a pound of flesh from the AG, suggesting the decision was unjust and without integrity.  She even suggested his investigation style was responsible for the political unrest in Brazil.

Nets Use Garland Presser to Brutally Torch Biden Over Classified Docs.  After days of occasionally mealy-mouthed defenses of President Biden over news that classified documents were found at the Penn Biden Center and then a testy Wednesday White House briefing, the [dam] broke Thursday afternoon following Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment of Special Counsel Robert Hur to investigate that and at least two other discoveries of classified documents at Biden's Wilmington, Delaware residence.  ABC, CBS, and NBC all broke in for Garland's announcement and, with few exceptions, they brutally savaged the President and his administration for misleading the public and withholding information about these discoveries until well after the midterm elections.  CBS in particular didn't hold anything back.

Tucker Carlson Asks Why are Biden People Telling the DOJ About Biden Classified Documents?  Fox News host Tucker Carlson asks the obvious question, why are Joe Biden people telling the DOJ about Biden having classified documents?  Under normal corrupt and easy to handle circumstances the documents would be destroyed, hidden and never revealed; yet here they are being exposed by people in the Biden orbit.  In corrupt DC circles, the Biden revelations show there is some entity and motive behind the discoveries.  Tucker Carlson ponders what that agenda is all about.  [Video clip]

5 Things to Know About [the] Special Counsel Investigating Classified Documents Held by Biden.  Robert K. Hur, the new special counsel, isn't as widely known as past special prosecutors appointed to investigate presidents, among them former FBI Director Robert Mueller or former Solicitor General Ken Starr, appointed to investigate allegations against Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, respectively. [...] Hur began his legal career as a Supreme Court clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who first was appointed to the high court by President Richard Nixon and named chief justice by President Ronald Reagan.  Both presidents were Republicans.  Hur also clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.  Reagan appointed Kozinski to the 9th Circuit.  Hur is a graduate of Stanford Law School, where he was executive editor of the Stanford Law Review.  Hur also received an undergraduate degree from Harvard in English and American literature.

Biden Just Tanked Democrats' Chances of Using the Mar-a-Lago Raid Against Trump.  President Joe Biden may have singlehandedly deprived his party of what might have been one of its most powerful weapons to use against former President Donald Trump.  At the moment, story after story is emerging showing that he is guilty of what Democrats and members of the activist media have accused Trump of. [...] The first batch of Biden's documents was discovered on November 2.  The second, which was found in his garage was revealed on December 20.  The latest batch, which was located in Biden's Delaware residence came to light on January 12.  Is it possible that the DOJ has not moved on Trump because Attorney General Merrick Garland and the gang knew Biden was possibly guilty of the same offense with which they planned to charge the former president?  I would say so.

Biden Held 'Stolen' Classified Docs at His Delaware Home and the Secret Service Kept No Records of Visitors While They Were There.  We know the Biden family committed unsavory actions.  These facts surrounding the Biden family hiding top secret documents at their house in Deleware are very concerning and a danger to the country's national security.  Attorney Mike Davis explained on Steve Bannon's War Room that these documents at his home were stolen by Joe when he left office in 2017.  Steve Bannan asked Davis to clarify the word "stole".  He noted that no one has ever "accused President Trump of stealing records."  Davis replied:  ["]The former Vice President Joe Biden did not have these same privileges as Vice President as President's do.  Vice Presidents, like anyone else, cannot take government records.  They can't take Vice Presidential records when they leave office and they certainly can't take classified records.  The President can take Presidential records when he leaves office, whether they're classified or not.  No one else can and so that's the issue.  Vice President Joe Biden absolutely stole government records.  He absolutely stole classified records when he left office by the mere fact that they are in his possession.  He moved them at least once when he left office, on January 20, 2017.  He moved them again when he moved into the Biden Penn Office at 101 Constitution Avenue in February of 2018.  He apparently has other stolen records at another location.["]

Hank Johnson: Someone Might Have Planted Biden Documents to Get Him.  Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) suggested Thursday that someone might have planted caches of classified documents at President Joe Biden's private residence and former academic office in an effort to frame him.  [Tweet]  The remark came as news broke Thursday of a second cache of classified documents that his attorneys found at his garage — next to his prized Corvette — after a first cache was found Nov. 2, 2022 at the Penn Biden Center.

The Editor says...
If Hank Johnson is right, and Joe Biden resigns because of this, Who would benefit most?  Kamala Harris?  Donald Trump?  The news media?  The FBI?  The DNC?

Is Day Of Reckoning At Hand For Biden Family's Influence Peddling?  After more than two months, the Justice Department has finally named a special counsel to look into President Joe Biden's possession of classified government documents at his namesake think tank and his Delaware home.  For this, give credit to the newly elected Republican Congress.  As the saying goes, a new broom sweeps clean.  And with a new Congress, comes new priorities.  That includes investigating the Biden family's possible criminal corruption in its "business ties" to Chinese, Ukrainian and Russian state-linked organizations.

CNN's Latest Excuse for Biden Taking Classified Information Would Make Stalin Proud.  While you might have thought that Joe Biden illegally taking and keeping classified information for six years following his vice presidency was a scandal, CNN is here to set you straight.  The legacy cable news outlet — which I've been assured is getting back to hard news and unbiased reporting — has a new piece out that would make Stalin proud.  In it, they lay out the case that Biden is completely innocent because his final days as vice president were a "whirlwind," and it's completely probable that these classified documents were just taken by accident, moved to multiple locations, including the president's home, and kept for over half a decade.  Get a load of the picture they used.  This is Pravda on steroids.  [Tweet]

'The View' Goes off Into Loony Conspiracy Land Over the Biden Classified Docs.  The ladies on "The View" were in typical form on Thursday as they whined about how inconvenient the burgeoning Biden classified documents scandal was interfering in their hoped for efforts to somehow get President Donald Trump.  In the process, they implied that somehow the documents may have been planted.  "You know what I think?  I've never seen a luckier person than Donald Trump.  Just as we're this close to getting him, somehow these documents appear!" Joy Behar complained.  That in itself is so delusional on so many levels.  That she thinks like so many Trump Derangement Syndrome folks that this time they've finally got him.  Then, she's never seen a "luckier person" — not exactly lucky that the Democrats have been trying to get him since before he got into office because he was a threat to their power.

White House confirms Biden aides located Obama-era classified documents at two locations in Wilmington home.  Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation into the Obama-era classified documents found at President Joe Biden's home and former private office.  The special counsel is Robert Hur, who was nominated to be US attorney in Maryland by then-President Donald Trump in 2017 and he served in the role until his resignation in 2021.  He had most recently been working in private practice in Washington, DC.  "I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity.  But under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter," Garland said.

On Classified Documents, Joe Biden Is Out Of Excuses.  Every president probably stashes away classified documents.  The chances of any president being successfully prosecuted for pilfering them are infinitesimal.  Nevertheless, now that we've learned Joe Biden has engaged in the same behavior as Donald Trump — perhaps worse, considering vice presidents are afforded less leeway on classified documents — precedent and transparency, our very democracy, demand Attorney General Merrick Garland name a special counsel to investigate (I get results!)  Right now, none of the rationalizations offered by the media for Biden's actions over the past few days are operational.  When the story first broke, outlets stressed that one of the vital "distinctions" between the two incidents was that Biden was in possession of fewer documents than Trump.  Biden aides, we learned, had been utterly shocked to discover only a "small number" of classified documents "locked" in the personal offices of the president's "think tank" — as if the location or the number of documents, or the alleged lock, rather than the contents, were the most newsworthy aspect of the story.

Third Find of Biden Classified Documents Shows How Bad the Problem Is.  It's starting to get hard to keep up with all the classified documents that Joe Biden has left strewn all over the place.  I wanted to clarify the alleged timing of the various finds.  As we have already reported there was the cache that was found at the Penn Biden Center, locked in a closet by the personal attorney who just happened to be clearing out Biden's old office.  Then there was a second set that we reported on earlier, which was found in his garage, near his Corvette.  That's the one that Biden commented on and said they were safe because they were kept in the locked garage near his Corvette.  He got decimated by George Washington law school professor Jonathan Turley, who mocked his claim of a "Corvette Standard," noting that wasn't a viable excuse.  A campaign video also showed how insecure that garage truly looked.  That second set was supposedly found on December 20.  Now, we mentioned another document found in the Biden residence in Wilmington.  That's a "third find" — that wasn't found on December 20.  That supposedly was just found, and the DOJ was just notified about it, on Jan. 12.  [Tweet]

Merrick Garland appoints special counsel to investigate Biden's handling of classified documents.  Within 24 hours of the public learning of the existence of a second trove of classified documents stolen from the White House by Joe Biden, this time in his Delaware garage, AG Merrick Garland disposed of a hot potato by appointing Robert Hur, a DC Lawyer and former US Attorney for Maryland as special counsel.  The approved narrative is already emphasizing that he was a Trump appointee but will not mention that presidents usually nominate candidates recommended by a state's senators, in Hur's case, liberal Democrats Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen in 2018.  Hur is an expert in crisis management.

Jonathan Turley Takes Biden Apart Over Classified Documents and 'Corvette Standard'.  The story of Joe Biden and the classified documents is just getting worse.  As we reported earlier, the location of the second set of classified documents was concerning — in a storage area in Biden's Wilmington home.  I knew it was going to be bad when they didn't even say where it was when they initially announced it.  [Tweet]  Then Biden's response to that was just horrible, claiming the classified documents were locked up next to his Corvette.  "My Corvette's in a locked garage, okay?  So it's not like they're sitting out on the street."  [Tweet]  That got George Washington Law School professor Jonathan Turley going.  He ripped into Biden for his ridiculous response, noting, "The corvette standard is actually not in classified protocols..." and observing, "The White House Counsel could now cite the long-standing slogan for corvette: 'Like a car, only better.'"  [Tweet]

McCarthy says he thinks Biden knew his office had classified documents.  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday argued President Biden knew his private office had classified documents, or he wouldn't have had his attorneys remove things from his office.  "I think if you call a lawyer to remove something for your office, he must have known ahead of time," McCarthy said.  "So, I think he has a lot of answers to the American public.  The good thing about that is the American public has a Congress that can get the answers."  The remarks came at McCarthy's first press conference as Speaker in response to a question from the conservative One America News Network about whether McCarthy had ever used a lawyer or an attorney to clean out his office.  "No, I used my hands on my own," McCarthy said.  Republicans have seized on the discovery of classified documents at Biden's office and his Wilmington residence garage to argue there's been a double standard over how former President Trump's classified documents controversy has been handled.

AG Garland appoints special counsel to investigate Biden classified documents.  Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate President Biden's handling of classified documents dating back to the Obama administration.  Garland tapped Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney, to handle the investigation.  The Justice Department escalated it to a special counsel investigation from a mere review on Thursday after a second stash of classified documents was found inside the garage of Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home.  The first documents were found inside the Washington offices of the Penn Biden Center think tank.

So Is This How They Get Rid of Him?  Even the Democrats were surprised Republicans didn't do better in the last midterms.  Chuck Schumer staying in control of the US Senate and Kevin McCarthy only having a handful of seats for his majority in the House was interpreted by many as a victory for President Joe Biden.  In reality, Joe Biden had little if nothing to do with the midterm elections, evidenced by his almost complete absence from the campaign trail except for a few appearances for his similarly-cognitively-challenged soulmate John Fetterman.  But Team Biden, craven political sociopaths that they are, immediately claimed complete and total victory in November, thus setting the stage for his triumphant announcement for re-election.  Indeed, his holiday junket to the US Virgin Islands was reported to be the final strategy session for his big re-election announcement.  If Biden is to run in 2024, he needs to make that clear within the first couple of months of 2023. [...] Now, let's be clear:  Joe Biden running again in 2024 is the last thing most Democrats want.  Let's face it, it's the last thing they wanted in 2020.

Time to Impeach Biden.  When it was reported that Joe Biden had classified materials in his "office" at the University of Pennsylvania my first thought was wondering if Joe even knew where this "office" was.  Joe likes to lie about having been a professor at Penn, but everyone not him knows that's a pile [of] garbage — the guy never taught one course, just hammered massive checks (from money we now know came from the Chinese communist government).  But in the reality inside Biden's vacuous head he wears a cape to work and women clamor to be shoved against a wall and violated or simply to have their hair sniffed.  In the real world, we've spent the last year being lectured about the importance of handling classified materials.  Even Adam Schiff, who you'd think makes his living leaking classified materials to the media from the House Intelligence Committee, and Eric Swalwell, the moronic, gaseous boob who fell for the Fang Fang communist Chinese honey trap even a blind man could see coming, had stern words for Trump's actions.  Now, curiously, they're both silent over what Biden did.  Not because they have been booted from the Intelligence Committee by Republicans (Democrats had no problem with leaking classified materials and were likely so shocked that anyone would sleep with Swalwell, even a spy, that they let it slide), but because they simply are not honest people, nor do they care all that much about protecting the interests of the United States.

Penn Raked in $54 Million in Anonymously Earmarked Chinese Money When It Launched Biden Center — Old Joe's Cut $1 Million.  On Wednesday Joe Biden told reporters he was "a professor" at Penn after he left office in 2017.  This came after news broke that classified documents were found in a closet at the Penn Biden Center, linked to Joe Biden, in November before the 2022 election.  The Department of Justice, the same group that set up the Trump-Russia scam, are allegedly investigating.  [Tweet]  Of course, this was a lie.  According to the RNC:  This is at least the 17th time Biden has told this lie since he became president.  Biden was never a "professor."  Biden and his associates raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars to essentially do nothing while millions in anonymously earmarked Chinese money flowed to the university.

More Classified Documents Found at Second Biden Stash House.  Apparently, Joe Biden had multiple locations for the storage of his stolen classified material from the time he was in the Obama administration.  NBC is reporting on a second batch of classified documents found at a second location.

Merrick Garland [was] Named Special Counsel to Investigate Trump, Not Biden, Two Weeks After Biden Classified Docs [were] Discovered.  Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump, not President Joe Biden, two weeks after Biden's classified briefings and documents were discovered at the Penn Biden Center.  On November 18, Garland named former federal prosecutor Jack Smith special counsel for two probes by the Department of Justice of Trump.  About two weeks prior, on November 2, Biden's classified documents were reportedly unearthed at Biden's so-called "think tank," the Penn Biden Center, by the president's attorney.

Biden Stashed Classified Docs at Office Partially Funded by Red China.  We really need to know only two things about the documents: First, they dealt with Ukraine, Iran and the U.K.  AGAIN with the Ukraine.  Why would Biden want to stash at his private office documents from Ukraine?  Well, he was Obama's point man for Ukraine when Obama-Biden helped overthrow the legitimately elected government.  Then there are those millions paid by Ukraine to the Biden Family by Burisma — the same Burisma under investigation by a Ukraine prosecutor, until Biden threatened to withhold a billion dollars in aid if the prosecutor wasn't immediately fired.  Then there were the White House meetings with Ukraine officials in 2016 who were pleased as punch to help Biden-Obama find dirt on Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.  As for Iran, there were those cargo planes filled with cash.  Obama torpedoing an investigation into Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah's drug running into the United States.  Side deals with Iran in the nuke deal kept from the American people.  And Britain?  A former British intelligence agent, Michael Steele, was responsible for creating the Steele Dossier used to drive the Trump-Russia Collusion Black Op.  There have also been other stories of so-called Five Eyes countries like England helping the intelligence operation along.  It's no wonder Biden wanted to keep documents from those countries close.  And away from the eyes of the Trump Administration.

Peter Doocy Brings Down the House During Grilling of WH on Classified Docs.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was grilled on the question of the classified documents found at Joe Biden's Penn Biden office.  I don't think they'd even heard yet that even more documents had been found.  But it did not go over well for Jean-Pierre, particularly the grilling on why the American people hadn't been told when the first set of documents was found back on November 2, shortly before the election.  Translation: were the Democrats once again covering something up from the American people to affect an election?  [Numerous tweets]  There's a lot that needs answering here.  Biden hasn't worked for Penn since 2019.  So why were they packing up the office in Nov. 2022, and why was a personal lawyer sent?  Personal lawyers don't usually pack up offices, not when you have to pay them hundreds of dollars an hour.  That would suggest that there was a reason that lawyer was there.  Did someone else find the documents first and call the lawyer?  And now, this also exposed the classified documents to that personal lawyer.

It's Heating Up: More Questions About the Penn Biden Center and Hunter Biden.  We saw reporters ask White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre ask some very important questions about the classified documents that were found in Joe Biden's office at the Penn Biden Center.  Then even more classified documents were found.  One of the questions that the reporters asked and that I think they need to continue to press on was why was there a personal attorney packing up Biden's old office.  The reporter asked if there was a reason an attorney was there and was the attorney looking for something.  Jean-Pierre of course refused to answer the question.  But it seems more than a little odd that you would have a high-paid attorney packing up an old office.  But you might have an attorney there if someone else had discovered the documents and/or if you knew there were things to find but you weren't sure where they were.  So that's why I think they need to keep asking that question.

Don't buy Biden's 'surprise' — classified documents were moved at least twice.  With the reported discovery of a second batch of highly classified documents connected to President Biden, the decisions of Attorney General Merrick Garland are fast moving from inexplicable to incomprehensible.  Garland was presumably briefed that classified documents were discovered in Joe Biden's old office on Nov. 2.  He also presumably knew about the Biden documents when he appointed a special counsel to investigate the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago 16 days later.  At the time of the appointment of Jack Smith, some of us noted the inexplicable refusal of Garland to appoint a special counsel to look into alleged Biden influence peddling and other crimes.  Garland continued to refuse such an appointment even as he justified the appointment of Smith on the basis that Donald Trump was running for the presidency.  Joe Biden is the president.  What is the difference?

MSNBC Downplays [its] Own Exclusive Report on [the] 2nd Batch of Docs Biden Took.  Another shoe dropped Wednesday afternoon [1/11/2023] as MSNBC correspondents Ken Dilanian and Carol Lee reported exclusively that a second batch of confidential documents was found at a location associated with President Biden, possibly at one of his homes in Delaware.  But instead of the shrill suggestions of espionage and other forms of impropriety they leveled against former President Trump, the far-left liberal network manned the ramparts and tried to downplay their own reporting.  "We got to get some news breaking to us just in the last couple of minutes here at NBC News," host Hallie Jackson announced on her eponymous show. "Aides to President Biden have apparently discovered another set of classified documents.  This time in a different location than the office where the first batch was discovered, according to a person familiar with the matter."

Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location.  Aides to President Joe Biden have discovered at least one additional batch of classified documents in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.  Since November, after the discovery of documents with classified markings in his former office, Biden aides have been searching for any additional classified materials that might be in other locations he used, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details about the ongoing inquiry.

House Oversight Panel Calls on Twitter Officials to Testify on Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story.  The House Oversight Committee has asked former Twitter executives to testify at a hearing next month on the platform's censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story in October 2020.  At the time, Twitter banned the New York Post's story on the laptop under its "hacked materials" policy.  Now, committee chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) has asked former Twitter officials Vijaya Gadde, Yoel Roth and James Baker to testify about the decision.  "On December 6, 2022, I wrote to you requesting your appearance at a Committee hearing during the 118th Congress.  Your attendance is necessary because of your role in suppressing Americans' access to information about the Biden family on Twitter shortly before the 2020 election," Comer wrote in letters to each of the three former officials on Wednesday.

Biden's Stolen Classified Documents Relate to U.S. Government Activity in Ukraine.  In the final days of the Obama and Biden administration, in mid-January of 2017, Joe Biden visited Ukraine and the people in/around the government were perplexed about the actual intent of the visit.  Why was it important for Joe Biden to visit Ukraine in the last week of the Obama administration?  [Illustrations]  Keep in mind that CNN receives information from the State Department.  The Dept of State and CNN have a collaborative relationship; so, when CNN receives "exclusive information" from "exclusive sources", and the issues generally pertain to foreign affairs, we can be generally confident the information comes from the State Dept.  Apparently, according to CNN sources, the classified documents that Joe Biden took with him from the Obama administration, pertain to U.S. government affairs related to Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom.

More Info on Biden Classified Documents and Who Else Was Connected to the Center.  There's more information that has come out on the classified documents in Joe Biden's office at the Penn Biden Center and the bombshell doesn't just potentially touch Joe Biden. [...] How secure was that when it's a public building and if it's in Biden's old office where he hasn't been, presumably in some time?  Biden himself just claimed he had no idea they were even there.  If we were to believe that, he's admitting that he had no idea what happened to classified documents and how they turned up in his office.  What else might he have in all his various homes and offices?  Who might have had access to the documents?  At least 10 senior Biden administration officials also worked at the Penn Biden Center since Biden opened the think tank in 2018, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl, and White House counselor Steven Richetti.

Biden Center at UPenn Received $54.6M from Anonymous Chinese Donations.  At least $54 million has been donated by Chinese Communist Party-linked individuals or entities between 2014 and 2019 to the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington at the University of Pennsylvania, according to public records reported by the New York Post, where it was revealed this week that Biden had stashed a trove of classified documents.  The University of Pennsylvania announced it would create the Biden Center in 2017, the same year then-Vice President Biden left the White House.  Most of the anonymous donations were given to the Biden Center after the university announced the Penn Biden Center, the Post reported.

$54M in Chinese gifts donated to UPenn, home of Biden Center.  A government watchdog is demanding the US attorney probing Hunter Biden in Delaware investigate tens of millions in anonymous donations from China to the University of Pennsylvania, where an academic center is named for his father, President Biden.  The Ivy League college raked in a total of $54.6 million from 2014 through June 2019 in donations from China, including $23.1 million in anonymous gifts starting in 2016, according to public records.  Most of the anonymous donations came after the university announced in February 2017 that it would create the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.  Joe Biden, whose term as vice president had just ended, was to lead the center and was also named a professor at the university.  The center, which is located in Washington, DC, opened its doors in February 2018.  Antony Blinken, whom Biden named as secretary of state, briefly served as its managing director.

RNC [Releases a] Comprehensive List Of Biden's Whoppers, Fish Stories, And Fibs.  The Republican National Committee shared a comprehensive list of President Joe Biden's biggest whoppers on Tuesday, from his repeated claims that he drove an 18-wheeler to his insistence that a 2004 house fire — which was reportedly contained to his kitchen — had very nearly killed his wife and a couple of fire-fighters.  The list, which the RNC shared on Tuesday, detailed "21 made-up stories Biden has told about himself as president."  First on the list was Biden's claim that he "used to drive" an 18-wheeler.  "I used to drive a tractor trailer ... I only did it for part of a summer," Biden said in 2021 — but according to Politifact, there is no evidence he ever did that.  He did ride in a tractor-trailer once as a senator, however, and he drove a bus one summer during law school.

White House Hid Biden Classified Docs Scandal Until Well After Midterms.  How damaging is the Biden classified documents story, really?  Probably more than you think and more than liberals are willing to admit.  The left-wing media may be trying to downplay it, but it seems that even the Biden White House realizes this is a politically damaging story.  How do we know?  Well, it turns out that even though the discovery of the classified documents in Biden's office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., was first reported on Monday, according to a report from the New York Times, "The documents found in Mr. Biden's former office, which date to his time as vice president, were found by his personal lawyers on Nov. 2, when they were packing files at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, according to the White House."

The Editor says...
How many other places does Biden have files stored (or hidden)?

Biden just put Obama in a delightfully serious bind.  The headline is delicious: Vice President Biden left the White House taking classified documents with him.  However, what's really lovely is the problem this creates for Obama: After all, he's the only one who can rescue Biden but, by doing so, he will completely exonerate Trump of the charges that the latter violated national security laws by taking documents with him when he left the White House.  Both Rajan Laad and Howard J. Warner have ably covered the factual issues surrounding the news that Biden took classified documents with him when he left the Vice President's office.  They addressed how the Washington establishment had the story before the midterms but covered it up; how that same establishment (including the media) that castigated Trump as a traitor and arch-criminal for allegedly having classified material in his possession is now racing to make excuses for Biden; and how it's possible that China had access to the materials because it has access to the University of Pennsylvania Biden "think tank" in which the documents resided for so many years.  What I find so delectable is that Biden has only one defense to the charge that he stole classified documents from the White House, which is a felony (as Democrats never failed to remind us when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago).  That defense is that Obama, who was president when Biden took the documents, gave him permission to take them, effectively declassifying them.

Four Questions About Biden's Classified Materials Scandal.  As we've all learned this week, multiple news reports allege that President Biden's personal attorneys discovered Obama administration-era classified materials among his belongings at a private office, where they undoubtedly do not belong.  The items were handed over to the National Archives shortly after they were allegedly uncovered in a closet during the process of packing up the space.  Biden's Attorney General has referred the matter to the US Attorney in Chicago for additional scrutiny, as this episode very much appears to involve improper handling of classified information and potential unlawful conduct.  "The review is considered a preliminary step, and the attorney general will determine whether further investigation is necessary, including potentially appointing a special counsel," CBS News reports.  "The Presidential Records Act requires all presidential and vice-presidential documents be turned over to the National Archives.  There are special protocols to keep classified information secure."  Clearly, those requirements were not followed, and those protocols were not in place, on these documents.

Democrat Senate Intel Chief Demands Briefing on Joe Biden's Stashed Classified Docs.  Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the chair of the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, demanded a briefing from President Joe Biden's Justice Department on Tuesday about the stash of classified documents at UPenn reportedly related to Ukraine and Iran and dated between 2013 and 2016.  Warner stated he wanted a briefing on Biden's mishandling of classified documents related to congressional oversight powers.  The requested briefing flies in the face of the media's decision to downplay the national security breach.

Lobbyists for China's TikTok Have Repeatedly Visited the Biden White House.  Lobbyists for the China-owned app TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have repeatedly landed visits with President Joe Biden's White House, according to recently revealed records.  TikTok and ByteDance lobbyists have visited the Biden White House at least eight times between July 2021 and August 2022, according to White House visitor records obtained by the Washington Examiner.  While it remains unclear what the lobbyists discussed at the White House, their visits are "unequivocally" worrisome, says Heritage Foundation's director of Tech Policy Center, Kara Frederick.  "These people are doing the dirty work of the Chinese party state," Frederick told the Examiner.  "I don't think we should mince words when it comes to that.  They know what they're doing."

Keywords: Senile, dubious anecdotes, Mister Magoo.
Biden confuses a uniformed member of the Salvation Army for the Secret Service [at the] El Paso migrant center.  Joe Biden was caught on camera making yet another blunder this weekend when he appeared to mistake a member of the Salvation Army for a secret service agent.  The gaffe occurred in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, during a visit to the Mexican border ahead of this week's 'Three Amigos' summit between the US, Canadian and Mexican leaders.  After speaking to Border Patrol officers and taking a walk along the wall separating the two countries the President was led to a migrants center and was introduced to a member of the Salvation Army wearing a uniform.

The Editor says...
To be fair, it could very well be true that some of the Secret Service people were dressed up like the Salvation Army.

Vice President Joe Biden Took Classified Documents from White House to Private Office Storage in Washington DC.  According to multiple media reports, it was discovered a week prior to the midterm election that Joe Biden had removed classified documents from his term as Vice-President to a private office in the Penn Biden Center.  The nature of the classified documents is unknown.  The notification from Biden lawyers to the DOJ, presumably on November 2nd, 2022, was kept under wraps until today when CBS first broke the news.  It should be noted that as vice-president Joe Biden held no declassification authority, so removal of the classified material is a much larger breech than the claimed comparison to President Trump declassifying documents and taking them to Mar-a-Lago.

CNN Analyst Says Biden News Makes It 'Almost Impossible' To Charge Trump Over Mar-a-Lago Raid.  CNN's Poppy Harlow let out a stunned "Really?!" when analyst John Miller said President Joe Biden's self-reported and immediately-returned classified documents make it "almost impossible" to charge President Donald Trump over his handling of classified docs.  News broke Monday [1/9/2023] that President Biden's lawyers discovered a small number of documents — from his time as VP — bearing classified marking while clearing out a private office last fall and immediately reported and returned the documents to the federal government.  The Biden matter has drawn direct comparisons — particularly among conservatives — with the investigation that exploded onto the national radar with the raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort home.

The Talking Points Go out on Biden's Classified Documents, but an Old Clip Proves Inconvenient.  On Monday evening, news dropped that Joe Biden had illegally possessed classified documents he took following his vice presidency.  They were stored in a closet at the Penn Biden Center (which opened in 2018) and were supposedly discovered by lawyers prior to the 2022 election.  They were then reported after all the votes were cast.  I'm sure that timing was purely coincidental, though.  The comparisons to Donald Trump having allegedly classified documents at Mar-a-Lago began immediately, and rightfully so.  It seemed to be another case of our two-tiered justice system rearing its head, where Democrats can hold onto classified information without consequence while Republicans face the full force of the law.

Flashback: Joe Biden Slammed Donald Trump as 'Irresponsible' for Keeping Documents at Mar-a-Lago.  President Joe Biden slammed former President Donald Trump in September on 60 Minutes as "irresponsible" for allegedly keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.  "How could that possibly happen?" Biden responded in the interview about Trump's documents at Mar-a-Lago.&n bsp;"How anyone could be that irresponsible?" [...] Biden's statement came four months before CBS News reported Monday that a Biden think tank had been storing ten classified documents at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington.

Classified Documents Found In Joe Biden's Old Office, DOJ Investigating.  Well, this is certainly an interesting turn of events.  According to CBS News, 10 classified documents were located at Joe Biden's vice-presidential office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington.  The documents were discovered by Biden's attorneys, who were reportedly packing up Biden's stuff to vacate the office.  Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned a US attorney to review what was found.

DOJ Investigating Classified Documents Biden Kept After Leaving VP Office.  When former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was raided by the FBI last year and government documents marked as sensitive were found by agents, President Joe Biden called his predecessor "irresponsible" and fretted about "what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?"  Well, as it turns out, Biden is not the best person to cast aspersions on Trump for having classified and top secret documents in a private setting as new reporting suggests Biden took similar action after leaving office as vice president in the Obama administration.  This revelation comes courtesy of reporting from CBS News and CNN, which said Monday evening that "several classified documents from President Joe Biden's time as vice president were discovered last fall in a private office" according to "a source with knowledge of the matter."

Incoming Oversight chair stresses that committee is investigating Joe Biden NOT Hunter Biden.  As Democrats and their corporate media allies have been gearing up for the inevitable defense of President Joe Biden's son Hunter during the new Congress, incoming House Oversight Committee chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) made one point abundantly clear, Sunday [1/8/2023], "We're not investigating Hunter Biden.  We're investigating Joe Biden."

Biden slammed for comparing illegal aliens to Jews fleeing Nazis.  Critics took aim at President Biden for comparing asylum-seeking immigrants to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.  "What a disgusting and awful statement from this ignoramus, and the corrupt media are silent," conservative commentator Mark Levin said on Twitter Friday in reaction to Biden's remarks.  Biden's comments came in response to a reporter Thursday, who asked the president whether he believed migration is a human right.  "Well, I think it is a human right if your family is being persecuted," Biden responded.  "I thought it was a human right for, you know, Jews in Germany to be able to go — to get to escape and get help where they could."  But some were quick to point out that many seeking asylum or illegally crossing the border are not innocent victims.

Biden Praises Border Czar Kamala Harris in Dishonest and Gaffe-Laden Speech on the Border Crisis.  Joe Biden's daytime speech announcing the regime's purported efforts to clamp down on illegal immigration was roundly ridiculed on social media Thursday as numerous gaffes and prevarications were made public.  There were nearly 2.4 million migrant arrests at the nation's southwestern border in the 2022 fiscal year, the highest number ever recorded, according to U.S. Border Patrol data released in September, bringing the total to approximately 5.3 million illegal border crossings since Biden took office.  Amid increasing pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to address the border crisis, Biden tried to strike a tough on immigration pose, and insisted that his administration's policies were successfully securing the border.  He also attempted to blame Republicans for the border crisis, which he delicately referred to as "the situation on the southwest border."

Joe Biden Tells an Unbelievable Lie Amid Senility-Filled January 6th Speech.  Did you know it's January 6th?  No, I don't mean the date itself.  I'd suspect most people know how to use a calendar, but did you remember that today is a day of remembrance supposedly on par with 9/11?  [Advertisement]  Yeah, me neither.  As my colleague Susie Moore did, I completely forgot that today was that January 6th, and needless to say, Joe Biden's attempt to remind everyone did not go well.  I mean it really, really did not go well.  For instance, the president apparently doesn't know "January 6th" occurred on January 6th.  Instead, Biden brought up "July 6th," a day that will apparently live in infamy.  [Tweet] [...] The stupidity didn't stop there.  Biden then repeated an unbelievable lie, and one Democrats have told before.  Namely, the accusation that "insurrectionists" on January 6th killed William Evans, a now-deceased USCP officer.  [Advertisement]  [Tweet]  Of course, Evans was not killed by insurrectionists.  He also wasn't killed on January 6th.  Rather, he was run down several months after the Capitol riot by a Nation of Islam supporter.  Still, Biden included him in the supposed January 6th death toll.

Biden Bungles Jan. 6 Speech: "What Happened on July 6th Had International Repercussions Beyond What I Think Any of You Can Fully Understand".  Joe Biden on Friday marked the two-year anniversary of January 6 by granting the Presidential Citizens Medal to 12 law enforcement officers.  January 6 is a sacred day for the Democrat-media complex.  It's their Super Bowl.  Many on the left absurdly claim January 6 was worse than 9/11.

Liberal Think Tank Behind Hunter Biden Story Cover-Up Collusion Recruited Arizona Government Workers.  A prominent liberal think tank that helped suppress media coverage of Hunter Biden's corrupt foreign business dealings recruited Arizonan government workers and activist leaders for its leadership program.  The Aspen Institute, a prominent liberal think tank, runs 65 programs nationwide to shape communities to its standards:  such as the leadership program in Arizona.  An independent reporter uncovered this week how one of the institute's arms, Aspen Digital, coordinated a "tabletop exercise" with social media companies, media outlets, and academia to ensure effective cover-up of the Hunter Biden laptop story released by the New York Post a month later.  Twitter's newest CEO, Elon Musk, uncovered this collusion with the release of internal Twitter communications and documents dubbed the "Twitter Files."  [Tweets]

Biden to present Presidential Citizens Medal to election workers, officials in GA, AZ, MI, among others.  Joe Biden will commemorate the events of January 6 on the second anniversary of that day on Friday, because, of course, he will. [...] Hmm.  Presidential awards are going to people in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona from Biden as he prepares to declare himself a candidate for re-election.  Those are some important states in presidential elections in recent cycles.  There are no coincidences in politics.  Biden wants to keep events like January 6 front and center.  He intends to hammer Republicans about that day, painting with broad strokes all Republican-leaning voters with one brush.  The January 6 committee essentially wasted a lot of time and taxpayer money with little to show for it.  There were some bold headlines from former Trump staffers and the committee hauling in some of Trump's inner circle to testify, but not much else.  Most voters didn't pay attention after the first televised hearing.  It quickly became clear that it was all about Democrats trying to ding up Trump enough so that he didn't run for re-election.  That didn't work.  He's already declared his candidacy.

Trump Hatred Is Not Cheap.  We have a close family friend who voted for Joe Biden. [...] We'll call her Pat.  She voted for gropey Joe even though she disagrees with almost all the radicalism that he and the Democrats are pushing.  Her reasoning is quite simple.  She refused to vote for Donald Trump because he is too personally offensive to her. [...] It didn't take long to realize that the Trump alternative — Joe Biden — came with some hidden costs of his own, that Pat didn't know about.  Now that we're two years into his presidency, we can actually quantify some of those costs.  Immediately upon assuming office Joe got with his pals in Congress and went on a spending binge.  We shouldn't be surprised.  That's what socialists do — spend other people's money.  Joe, San Fran Nan, and little Chucky Schumer had a grand time, spending almost five trillion bucks and driving the national debt up another three trillion dollars.  But Joe never considered the post-party hangover — a 40-year high inflation level.  That ear-popping inflation isn't going down either, unless there are some serious changes in fiscal behavior.  With the recently passed omnibus spending bill, there's no indication that anybody, in either party, intends to change behavior.  The Congressional Joint Economic Committee has found that inflation alone is costing American families an addition $635 per month.  That's the equivalent of a nice car payment to fund Joe's big spending, energy choking, regulation expanding, experiment with banana republicism.

Has the American Experiment Failed?  In 2018, Joe Biden bragged about a quid-pro-quo deal in 2014 in which he threatened to pull aid from Ukraine if a certain anti-corruption prosecutor wasn't fired.  At the time, the prosecutor was investigating the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, which was paying upwards of $50,000 a month to Biden's crack-addict son, Hunter, who had no previous experience in the energy sector.  Fast forward to December, 2022, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky unfurled a Ukrainian flag in a joint session of Congress and Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi raised it up, obscuring the American flag behind it.  Shortly after that, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said, "Providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians is the number one priority for the United States right now according to most Republicans."  At a time when the United States is heading into a recession with decades-high inflation and crippling debt, a lame-duck Congress with a near record low approval rating decided to put the country $46 billion further in debt to prop up the Ukrainian  money laundromat  government and threaten a hot war with nuclear superpower Russia.

Amateur artist Hunter Biden paints himself into a corner.  Wannabe artist Hunter Biden has continued to brush aside awkward questions about who exactly is ponying up $500,000 for his novice paintings — especially as his dubious business dealings with foreign adversaries keep coming back to haunt him.  But that could change in a stroke thanks to the First Son's brazen bid to pay less child support for his four-year-old lovechild, Navy Joan Roberts, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.  Hunter, 52, has asked an Arkansas judge to recalculate the money he hands Navy Joan's mom, Lunden Roberts, each month, citing a 'substantial material change' in his personal finances.

[The] First Catholic President in 60 Years [has been] Told Not Attend [the] Late Pope's Funeral.  Is This Why?  President Joe Biden, the first Catholic Commander in Chief in some six decades who proclaims himself to be a "devout" follower of the church's teachings, won't be attending the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI following his passing last week.  If it seems strange that such a close follower of the Catholic Church would not attend the final goodbye to the previous Holy Father — not to mention passing on a chance to get out of D.C. for a few days as he seemingly does whenever possible — it's because it wasn't Biden's choice.  At least not completely.  When asked the obvious question of whether "devout Catholic" Biden would attend the funeral for the former leader of his church, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spilled the beans.  In Tuesday's briefing, Jean-Pierre said that — instead of the president — the United States will be represented at Pope Benedict XVI's funeral by America's Ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly.  Jean-Pierre explained that the decision for Biden to skip out on the farewell was made "in line with the wishes of the late Pope and the Vatican" because "their wishes" were for Biden not to attend.  Well isn't that something.  Biden, not just the chief executive of the United States but also someone who frequently invokes his Catholic faith in his political speeches, is not welcome in the Vatican for the late Pope's funeral.  A bit strange.

Justice Department is concealing 400 pages of 'sensitive documents' laying bare payoffs and gifts to Hunter and Jim Biden from China, Russia and Ukraine.  The Department of Justice is trying to prevent disclosure of 400 pages of sensitive documents on Hunter and Jim Biden's dealings with China, Russia and Ukraine — by pretending they don't exist.  Colorado lawyer Kevin Evans sued the department in March after it failed to comply with his request for records on the Bidens' dealings under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  Evans, a FOIA expert, asked for documents pertaining to 'any relationship, communication, gift(s), and/or remuneration in any form' between the president's son Hunter or brother Jim, and China, Russia or Ukraine.

10 Scandals To Keep Your Eye On In 2023.  [#3] The Biden Laundromat:  Since at least 2020, Hunter Biden has been under investigation by federal prosecutors.  Many expected charges to come last year, when in March of 2022, The New York Times — one of the go-to media outlets for Democrats to prime with inside information to blunt the effects of soon-to-be-released negative news — reported based on unnamed sources that David C. Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware overseeing the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, had a grand jury conducting "a wide-ranging examination" of Hunter "Biden's international business dealings, with prosecutors considering charges for tax fraud, criminal foreign lobbying, and money laundering."  If Weiss intends to indict, 2023 will be the year to move because after that the country returns to campaign mode and it seems unlikely the DOJ would [announce] an indictment of the president's son during an election year.

Justice Department is concealing 400 pages of 'sensitive documents' laying bare payoffs and gifts to Hunter and Jim Biden from China, Russia and Ukraine — lawyer claims in suit.  The Department of Justice is trying to prevent disclosure of 400 pages of sensitive documents on Hunter and Jim Biden's dealings with China, Russia and Ukraine — by pretending they don't exist.  Colorado lawyer Kevin Evans sued the department in March after it failed to comply with his request for records on the Bidens' dealings under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  Evans, a FOIA expert, asked for documents pertaining to 'any relationship, communication, gift(s), and/or remuneration in any form' between the president's son Hunter or brother Jim, and China, Russia or Ukraine.

Jill Biden's New Year's Message Is Everything Wrong With the Biden Administration.  I've got good news and bad news.  The good news?  2022 is over with and in the books.  The bad news?  2023 is here and promises to be just as ridiculous.  Jill Biden provided proof of that during a joint appearance with her husband on New Year's Eve.  Sitting beside an obviously confused Joe Biden, whose eyes have shrunk to the size of marbles over the last couple of years, she used her time on the national stage to once again promote the COVID-19 vaccines.  Again, this was on December 31st in the year of Our Lord, 2022.  [Tweet]  It's just mind-numbing that we are still doing this knowing what we now know.  How many booster regimes have been circulated at this point that have failed to stamp out the pandemic?  And how much of the nation has already been vaccinated at some level anyway?  Yet, with just hours left in 2022, here's Jill Biden talking like it's the Fall of 2021, refusing to give us a break, even on a holiday, from the onslaught of propaganda.  What kind of uplifting message for the new year is it to once again hijack audiences with demands to go get vaccinated for COVID-19?  [Indeed], why mention the pandemic at all?

Attorney: Biden's DOJ Is Hiding Hundreds of Hunter Biden and James Biden's Records on China Gifts.  Colorado Attorney Kevin Evans says the Biden Department of Justice is hiding hundreds of documents on gifts Joe and Hunter Biden received from China.  Evans sued the DOJ in March after he said the agency failed to comply with his Freedom of Information Act request for records about the overseas business relationships of Joe Biden's son and brother James Biden.  The Gateway Pundit reported on the giant diamond gifted to Hunter Biden from Ye Jianming, then the chairman of CEFC China Energy Company.  The Gateway Pundit reported in October 2020 that this diamond was estimated to be worth $80,000. Hunter claimed it was worth $10,000.

Keywords:  idleness, loafer, dead weight, shiftless, goldbrick.
Biden Spent Nearly 40% Of 2022 In Delaware, Camp David, Or On Vacation.  President Joe Biden spent nearly 40% of 2022 in Delaware, Camp David and vacation destinations.  A Daily Caller analysis of Biden's 2022 public schedule shows that the president spent 92 days or partial days at one of his Delaware properties, and 32 days or partial days at Camp David.  Biden also vacationed seven days in South Carolina, five days in Nantucket, and five days in the U.S. Virgin Islands, bringing his total getaway days to a total of 141, or 38.6% of his first full calendar year.

The Editor says...
"In Delaware, [at] Camp David, or on vacation" are three ways to say the same thing.  Joe Biden is the laziest U.S. president since . . . the last Democrat president!

The Democrats are desperate to make Biden appear younger.  In the December 1921 issue of Printer's Ink, Frederick R. Barnard published a piece titled "One Look is Worth a Thousand Words."  His article focused on how an image is often more effective than writing thousands of words on the same topic.  From that article came the well-known saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words."  The phrase came to mind on December 17, when Democrat strategist Chris D. Jackson tweeted a photo of a "youthful looking" Joe Biden leaving the White House with his grandson Beau and First Nurse Jill.  As many pointed out, the since-deleted image of Joe appears to have been photoshopped to make the elderly 80-year-old look like a younger, healthier man in his 60s. [...] Democrats are worried that if Joe "Big Guy" Biden runs for re-election in 2024, his age, frailty, and dementia-like comments will be a constant focus.  From past to current dictators, there never were or will be published photos that show them in a bad light.

We Must Convince People That The Fascist Far Left Wants To Destroy The US.  Ruling class leftists have been doing things that don't make any sense unless they are examined in the context of the overall picture.  Actions that look like complete incompetence in isolation form a pattern of terrifying malfeasance when taken together.  If you've been paying attention to the news from a balanced set of sources (something few leftists do), you've been absolutely horrified by recent events.  From the major stories to the minor, they have disastrous consequences.  Biden canceled pipeline construction and drilling leases, forcing us to be dependent on our enemies for energy.  He depleted the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that was meant for wartime emergencies, and he used its effect on fuel prices to hide his malfeasance for the midterms.  But don't worry when prices rise again.  That should only matter if you need anything that depends on oil and gas to get to market, like food, medical, or consumer products.  Biden showed profound weakness to our enemies in Asia with the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.  The good news is that we've supplied them with plenty of examples of our latest weaponry and, if they can't get them there, they can probably pick them up for a song in Ukraine or the African black market.

The Press Finally Realizes the Bidens Are Pretty Terrible.  Wonders never cease.  It seems that the press has finally decided to acknowledge that Joe Biden has disowned his grandchild.  As RedState reported earlier on Friday, the child in question was fathered by Hunter Biden and has been at the center of a long legal battle over child support.  Specifically, the president's son doesn't want to pay it and has done everything he can to avoid his paternal responsibilities.  According to The Daily Beast, the Biden family "seemingly wants nothing to do with the child," who was not even allowed to be at the inauguration.  For all the talk about "decency" regarding Joe Biden, he sure seems to be a pretty indecent guy, doesn't he?  What kind of person disowns their own granddaughter, especially when it was Biden's own son that has been such a degenerate?  And to be sure, this isn't just a matter of custody.  According to past reports, Jill Biden didn't even put up a stocking for their grandchild this past Christmas (or the one before that).

It's good to be Joe Biden: Vacation edition.  It is a point of fact that Regular Joe has spent [very] near 40% of his time since assuming the presidency on vacation.  As in out of the White House, gone vacation.  His favorite spot to skulk out to for weekends — which unlike yours or mine often start on a Thursday — is to head back to his home state of Delaware and the little family cottage by the shore.  Naturally, you wouldn't expect him to spend time trapped in traffic on the Beltway.  So he flies.

George Santos takes the cake, but why does Joe Biden get a pass for his lies?  It must be admitted that Santos is emerging as the undisputed top of his class of fibsters.  To date he claims to have attended a prestigious Bronx prep school which has no record of him ever being there.  He claims to have graduated from Baruch College, despite never having enrolled there.  He claims to have worked for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs but never did.  When confronted with the fact that he'd never worked for either company he blamed a "poor choice of words." [...] Of course he's not the only one who does this.  Our very own President is a master of the career-embellishing lie. [...] Way back in 1987 Biden could be found on the campaign trail claiming that he had attended law school on a full academic scholarship, been the outstanding student in the political science department and graduated with not one, not two, but three undergraduate degrees from Delaware.  Turned out he'd been at the bottom of the class and scraped a single degree.  Back then it was thought that Biden's lies about his own career would destroy his future political prospects.  So much for that.

Here Comes the Biden Family Syndicate Bank Account Deposits — Zelenskyy Announces Blackrock Will Help Rebuild Ukraine.  BlackRock, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries) is a massive publicly traded multinational investment firm with over $8.68 trillion in assets under management in more than 100 countries across the globe.  To say that Blackrock is invested in globalism, climate change and leftist politics, would be a severe understatement.  Larry Fink is the CEO and people like Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton's attorney of record, are on the board.  The Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute, the guy who tells the $8.7 trillion investment firm BlackRock where to put their money, is Tom Donilon; President Obama's former National Security Advisor (before Susan Rice), and a key advisor to Joe Biden throughout his career in politics; who was also recently put in charge of U.S-China policy by the State Dept.

Mother of Hunter Biden's Daughter Seeks Court Approval to Change Child's Name to Biden.  A child fathered by Hunter Biden may have her last name changed to Biden if a court appeal filed Tuesday by the girl's Arkansas mother succeeds.  The motion, filed by the attorney for former stripper Lunden Alexis Roberts, was made in the 16th Circuit Court in Independence County in the paternity case against Hunter Biden, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.  The outlet records the name change submission was one of four filings made in the case originally settled back in March, 2020.

Biden Shows He's Completely Clueless With Title 42 Remarks, as He Jets Off on Yet Another Vacation.  As we reported earlier, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Joe Biden's effort to get rid of Title 42.  The Court ruled in favor of 19 Republican attorneys general and against the Biden administration, to keep Title 42 temporarily to be able to expel asylum seekers based on the COVID health emergency.  It also set oral arguments in the case for February and they anticipate making a final decision on the matter in June.  Many people on the right were relieved that that would put on hold an even greater influx of illegal aliens into the country, although they thought that the Biden administration should be dealing with the problem and enforcing the laws already on the books to stop the flood.

Joe Biden's Top 15 Most Outlandish Lies.  President Joe Biden has lied a lot before and during his presidency.  Here are the top 15 most outlandish lies from his career.  [#1] Biden claimed in 1987 he graduated in the top half of his class at Syracuse College of Law.  He was 76th in a class of 85.

Biden Vacations In [the] Virgin Islands After Saying There Are 'More Important Things' Than Visiting [the] Border.  President Joe Biden will travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday for vacation, after telling reporters he has "more important" things to do than visit the southern border.  "The President and the First Lady will travel to St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands where they will celebrate the New Year with their family," the White House readout read.  Biden has spent more than a quarter of his presidency away from the White House vacationing in Delaware, CNN reported in October.  The president also told reporters on Dec. 6 that he would not be visiting the border while in Arizona "because there are more important things going on."

This is why Joe Biden won't go to the border.  As I described last week, the crisis at the border is about to get dramatically worse.  There are tens of thousands of people waiting in camps on the Mexican side of the border for the end of Title 42.  Whenever that happens, estimates suggest there could be 12,000 to 14,000 arrivals at the border per day.  Meanwhile, the Biden administration has no coherent plan to deal with it.  Through all of this, Joe Biden has remained consistently on the sidelines.  His refusal to go to the border to see the crisis he helped create up close has become a point of perverse pride.  And the media, naturally, has sided with Biden.

Biden's Use of the Eichmann Defense.  In the 2012 vice-presidential debates, Biden avowed that "My religion defines who I am."  "I've been a practicing Catholic my whole life," and "With regard to abortion, I accept my church's position on abortion as what we call de fide doctrine.  Life begins at conception." [... But] There's no way that Biden could have obtained the gratifying pleasures of power and prestige of the presidency without first receiving his party's nomination.  And to receive that nomination he had to claim that he believed that the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision was a government mandate that guaranteed the unrestricted right to abort unwanted children.  Anyone familiar with Biden's actions as president will agree he has been staunchly obedient to his perceived government mandate.  He and many of his fellow Democratic politicians have asserted that a woman's right to abortion extends for the entire nine months of pregnancy.  Because of such extreme pro-choice actions, reputable organizations — such as the Family Research Council — have accurately labeled Biden as the most pro-abortion president in history.

Did the Twitter Files Just Reveal an Impeachable Offense for Biden?  The latest installment of the Twitter Files dropped on Monday afternoon [12/26/2022], this time showing how the federal government pressured the social media platform to censor information that was contradictory to the government narrative on COVID-19.  The new files show top doctors from the best medical schools in the country were censored.  [Tweets]  But the government pressure on Twitter goes beyond attempting to push a single narrative.  It's a blatant violation of the First Amendment.  [More tweets]  More specifically, President Joe Biden was "angry" Twitter wasn't doing more to crack down on speech that was critical of his office and policies.  [Still more tweets]  Biden's directive to quash free speech critical of his policies is sparking calls for impeachment.  [Even more tweets]

Border Crisis, Severe Weather, Inflation: Biden's Off on Yet Another Vacation.  Does Joe Biden ever work?  It seems like he's always off on vacation.  I think the last time we checked, he'd already taken more vacation than any of his recent predecessors at this point in his term in office.  He'd spent about 40 percent of his time in office on vacation, we noted in November.  That was even before his Thanksgiving vacation.  At this point, the question isn't when he's on vacation, it's when he isn't on vacation.  Yet, when he's presented with the massive crisis at the border and whether he will ever be visiting the border, he responds that he doesn't have time, he's just so busy, there are "more important things going on."

What Will the FBI Not Do?  During the 2020 election, the FBI suppressed knowledge of its possession of Hunter Biden's laptop.  Early on, the bureau knew that the computer and its contents were authentic and yet kept its contents suppressed.  Moreover, the FBI sought to contract out Twitter (at roughly $3.5 million) as a veritable subsidiarity to suppress social media traffic about the laptop and speech the bureau deemed improper.  Again, although the FBI knew the laptop in its possession was likely genuine, it still sought to use Twitter employees to suppress pre-election mention of that reality.  At the same time, bureau officials remained mum when 51 former "intelligence officials" misled the country by claiming that the laptop had all the hallmarks of "Russian disinformation."  Polls later revealed that had the public known the truth about the laptop, a significant number likely would have voted differently — perhaps enough to change the outcome of the election.  The media, Twitter, Facebook, and former intelligence operatives were all following the FBI's own preliminary warning bulletin that "Foreign Actors and Cybercriminals Likely to Spread Disinformation Regarding 2020 Election Results" — even as the bureau knew the laptop in its possession was most certainly not Russian disinformation.  And, of course, the FBI had helped spread the Russian collusion hoax in 2016.

Don't Buy What Democrats Are Selling as Reality.  Under their new pseudo-reality, the Democrats would have us believe that President Biden is fit for service, while anyone using the simple powers of observation will see a senile old man in the throes of dementia, who, instead of leading, is himself being led by Democrat handlers around him.  He is the victim of elder abuse by those Democrats who have allowed him to hold a position in which he is totally incapable of serving.  President Biden would need only to take a public mental acuity test if he wished to prove his mental fitness and reveal his true cognitive status. [...] Under their new pseudo-reality, the Democrats would have us believe that they stand for truth when in fact many are proven liars.  Their 46th U.S. president is chief among them.  He has a lifelong habit of bloviating falsehoods about his personal achievements and education.  He tells us his son Hunter and he himself have done nothing wrong when there is Hunter's abandoned laptop chock-full of factual and incriminating evidence that proves Biden's statement false.

A Vapid Biden Christmas?  Nothing is special about Christmas at the White House this year.  In fact, not all the Bidens are represented in their Christmas decorations as the family continually ignores one of their grandchildren — Navy Jones Roberts.  There is more of a representation to dogs and cats than bloodline this year.  This is not a family who cares about family.  Even mafias treat their own better.  When Jill Biden gave her overview of the White House Christmas decor, there was nothing special about it.  It was all secular praise.  Except for the end of her speech when she (finally!) mentioned God's blessings as if an afterthought, her speech only recognized the temporal.  At least there are no decorations of Chinese communist despots, as there were during the Obama Administration.  With Biden, we have to lower our expectations.  Biden's Christmas message was full of ... nothing.

How the FBI Used Twitter to Lie to You.  The FBI we know is a creation of Hollywood.  From the beginning, J. Edgar Hoover sought to insert the bureau into movies and TV shows, to portray the agency as grounded in American values, and special agents as righteous competence personified. [...] This image of the FBI fails to highlight an important fact.  The FBI is allowed to lie to you.  They can lie to acquire information or encourage a confession.  Unlike entertainment, agents don't need a story to fill a certain screen time, or number of theater seats.  They just need to convince a very small audience just dumb enough to reveal something incriminating to their new friends.  The Bureau had Hunter Biden's laptop by December 2019, before Joe Biden was the Democrat candidate.  Although Biden was such a ghost candidate that all his campaign events combined wouldn't have filled a stadium washroom, trained, experienced FBI employees were desperate for the opposing candidate to lose, just as they'd opposed Candidate Trump in 2016.

A Biden and Bankman-Fried connection emerging?  Thomas Lifson and other observers have noticed the strange kid-glove treatment that accused crypto-fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried has been getting since his arrest in the Bahamas after reportedly misappropriating and losing billions in customer funds.  It was natural to note the huge campaign funding Bankman-Fried delivered, particularly to Democrats, at least $40 million, making him their second-largest donor. [...] If Biden or his surrogates were talking to this guy, then it merits a congressional investigation as soon as the House changes hands.  The public has a right to know why this enterprise was shielded from regulation, saw its founder given the kid-glove treatment upon his arrest, and somehow managed to rip off billions undetected, with the only thing he needed to do was throw money at Democrats.  Note that most Democrats have yet to return their funds from his bad operation, and arguably won elections based on the stolen cash.

Legal Experts Estimate Hunter Biden's Legal Defense Costs $100K a Month.  Hunter Biden's legal defense against both the Justice Department and congressional probes could cost more than $100,000 per month, legal experts told Breitbart News, as the scandal-scarred first son faces mounting scrutiny for his mysterious business practices.  According to Hunter's previous statements, he is not cash-rich.  Hunter was nearly penniless while Joe Biden was vice president, living paycheck to paycheck after out-of-control spending, according to Hunter's ex-wife.  From 2018-2019, Joe Biden even committed to wiring Hunter $100,000.

Joe Biden Delivers Christmas Address Without Saying the Word 'Jesus'.  "How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given," Biden began, as he delivered his address to reporters at the White House.  The president spoke about a "child" born on Christmas but did not speak the child's name.  "We look to the sky to a lone star, shining brighter than all the rest guiding us to the birth of a child, a child that Christians believe to be the Son of God," he said.  Biden also spoke several times about the "light" and "peace" at the heart of Christmas.

Hunter Biden hires top DC lawyer to help navigate looming House Republican investigations: Report.  Hunter Biden has hired a top Washington, DC lawyer with a litany of powerful former clients to represent him for investigations being threatened by House Republicans once they take back the majority on January 3.  Abbe Lowell, of the international law firm Winston and Strawn, has recently joined Biden's legal team, according to NBC News.  President Joe Biden's only surviving son joins a client list that includes former President Bill Clinton and ex-President Donald Trump's son-in-law and former White House advisor Jared Kushner.

Why Did the FBI Want Joe Biden to Become President?  Just imagine for a moment that Donald Trump, Jr. (or Eric) sat on the board of directors for a foreign company and "earned" millions of dollars for literally doing nothing.  He didn't know the industry and didn't speak the language.  The only thing Junior brought to the table was his last name. [...] The media coverage would be nonstop.  After years of witch hunts, they would finally have legitimate criminal behavior to investigate.  The thousands of hours of airtime devoted to fake scandals would finally have paid off.  But change the name from Donald Trump, Jr. to Hunter Biden and the political party that stands to suffer from the revelations from Republican to Democrat, and the media becomes curiously uninterested in doing their job, which is to report the truth:  That Hunter Biden is the bagman for the Biden family crime syndicate.  The latest Twitter Files information drop proves it.  Not only has Hunter's corrupt and criminal business deals been exposed, the extraordinary lengths to which the FBI acted to suppress a true story have been exposed, too.

Our President, the Pathological Liar.  The sad reality is that the President of the United States, Joe Biden, is a pathological liar.  This is not a new personality trait for our Commander-in-Chief, but a characteristic that has been apparent throughout his 52-year political career.  Biden has been telling lies, including massive untruths, for decades.  It is a major reason he had to exit the 1988 presidential campaign.  He lied about his law school grades and plagiarized speeches from United Kingdom Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock.  Regularly, Biden lies about his childhood, his family, his academic career, and his record as a politician.  Does anyone really believe that, as a young lifeguard, he faced off with a "bad dude" named "Corn Pop" who had a "bunch of bad boys" armed with "straight razors?"

FBI suppressed Hunter laptop story without any evidence of "disinformation" — before publication.  If Michael Shellenberger's latest tranche from the Twitter Files gets corroborated, the FBI didn't just target speech on social-media platforms in a presidential election.  The files released today suggests that the FBI acted to preemptively suppress an accurate news report even before it got published — with no actual evidence that it was part of an intelligence operation.  [Tweets]  Before we go much further, let's ask ourselves this question:  what [...] is the FBI doing in these transactions at all?  They do have authority over domestic counter-intelligence, but that doesn't give them carte blanche to surveil domestic communications, let alone control them.

'Deep dive' into Biden laptop reveals 459 illegal acts.  A former aide to Trump adviser Peter Navarro has taken a "deep dive" into the laptop abandoned by Hunter Biden, finding at least 459 illegal acts, including seven felonies by Joe Biden, after reading "every single email, every single text message."  Garrett Ziegler, in a webinar Thursday hosted by the non-partisan group Committee on the Present Danger: China, said the Biden family, including the president of the United States, is not merely compromised by money it has received through business deals with members of China's Communist Party intelligence services.  The evidence shows the Bidens are under the control of America's No. 1 enemy, he said.  Ziegler has compiled the evidence — including a 644-page report he says is analogous to the Mueller special counsel report — on a website called Marco Polo.

Dare call it treason.  According to retired U.S. spy and lifelong patriot, "Sam" Faddis, Joe Biden is a "controlled asset" of Chinese intelligence.  According to his son Hunter's laptop, there's plenty of evidence that's true.  That evidence was the subject of a blockbuster Committee on the Present Danger: China webinar yesterday that confirmed the following: Hunter and Joe have long done business with Chinese Communist Party influence operations — and Hunter, at least, still is.  The laptop indicates that Joe is implicated in seven felonies.  And America's frontline counterintelligence agency, the FBI, concealed, and thereby enabled, the greatest counterintelligence crisis in our history — the election of a president controlled by our most dangerous enemy.  Joe's latest service to Communist China?  An obscure federal agency known as the PCAOB cleared the way yesterday for American investors to continue underwriting the CCP threat.  That's insane — and treasonous.

Is This Joe Biden?  There Are So Many Things Wrong With This Photo.  [Scroll down]  This is Joe Biden but the photo is heavily photoshopped.  I have to admit this is a pretty low res image, but it looks like they took the smoothing so far they pretty much blended his 4th and 5th fingers together.  The White House may be tried to portray Joe Biden as a younger man but they did it in the most amateur way possible!

Biden Says He Awarded [His] Uncle A Purple Heart — But His Story Isn't Possible.  President Joe Biden appeared to make a major gaffe Friday when he claimed that after being elected vice president in 2008, he awarded his uncle, Frank Biden, a Purple Heart for his service in World War II, but there are some major holes in his story — primarily the fact his uncle died almost a decade before the 2008 election.

Biden Is Poised To Block Evidence Of His Own Role In His Son's Influence Peddling Schemes.  The National Archives is aiming to release hundreds of pages of emails about Hunter Biden and Burisma collected during Joe Biden's years as Vice President in the Obama Administration.  But now that the elder Biden is president, he is angling to block any of the records that might confirm his son's suspected corruption and expose the father's complicity.  In a story first reported by Business Insider, the White House is refusing to say whether it will stop the release.  The irony and hypocrisy should be lost on no one.  Biden weaponized his Department of Justice to go after Trump documents under the Presidential Records Act and scoffed at his predecessor's assertion of executive privilege.  Now, Biden is reportedly considering the use of executive privilege and the same Records Act to prevent the release of his own documents that may incriminate him in his son's influence peddling schemes involving the Ukrainian energy company.

8 Times Our Federal Government Ran A Protect-Biden Racket.  [#1] Censoring the Hunter Biden Laptop Story:  The most recent and most well-known example of the feds protecting the Biden family stems from efforts by intelligence agencies to squelch news coverage of the New York Post's reporting that Hunter Biden "introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing a prosecutor who was investigating the company."  The Post discovered that detail, and many more implicating Joe Biden in a pay-to-play scandal, in a cache of emails and text messages recovered from a laptop Hunter had abandoned at a Delaware computer repair store. [...] Of course, the Hunter Biden laptop was not part of a "hack-and-leak operation," and it wasn't "Russian propaganda" or "important misinformation" — and the FBI knew that fact because it had seized the laptop from the computer repair store nearly a year earlier, in December of 2019.  But the FBI nonetheless deceived the tech giants to induce them to censor the pay-to-play scandal that likely would have cost Joe Biden the election. [...] [#2] Quietly Seizing Hunter's Laptop from Repair Shop:  While it was the FBI's lies that prompted the tech giants to censor the New York Post's coverage of the Biden family pay-to-play scandal, the bureau's efforts to protect the Biden family from the damning material contained on the laptop may have also included the FBI's seizure of the laptop from the repair store owner, John Paul Mac Isaac.  Had Mac Isaac not made a copy of the hard drive before the FBI seized Hunter's laptop in December 2019, the FBI could have kept the entire story quiet.

Biden plays Santa Claus in Africa.  Are you prepared to send South Africa $8 billion to close down their coal-fired power plants?  Don't worry.  Your level of preparation is irrelevant.  President Biden is prepared to do so, and that is all that matters.  Your opinion counts [for nothing] in such matters.  Biden held a U.S./Africa summit, and he decided that this was a fine time to shower the continent with some good ol' American dollars.  Because the history of foreign aid investments in Africa has been one of unlimited success, it apparently it's time to pour more good money after bad. [...] Africa is a mess, and everybody knows it.  There are things that the US and other countries can do to help the citizens in all these countries, such as the AIDS relief that was among George W Bush's few achievements.  But sending foreign aid to these countries is a giant waste of money.  Worse, it only helps prop up some seriously corrupt governments.

Jill Biden wants another term as First Lady.  Are we really to believe that Jill Biden had reservations about another term in office?  CNN reports this morning that the First Lady has experienced a "tidal shift" in thinking from September, when she was "not a proponent" of a Joe Biden 2024 campaign.  Now she's "all in" on four more years, according to their sources: [...] To buy this, one would have to imagine a Biden family not obsessed with power and profiting off of it.  One would also have to imagine that Jill Biden has been anything but an enthusiastic participant in Biden Inc. [...] If Biden heads into a presidential cycle against anyone not named Trump, he'll get blasted out of office.  The Bidens are apparently the only people who don't know this.

Biden Completely Falls Apart in Battle With Teleprompter in Front of African Leaders.  You would think that they would have him review speeches before he gives them, given his inability to understand what he is saying or sound coherent.  But that surely wasn't the case with these remarks.  It looked not only like he had no idea what he was saying, but that he couldn't see what the teleprompter said, despite it being huge.  So he just made a complete mess of it.

Twitter Files — Part One.  The platform censored the Hunter Biden laptop story in advance of the 2020 presidential election by claiming publicly that it violated their "hacked" policy, knowing full well that the laptop wasn't hacked at all.  They pretended it might be Russian disinformation, even though that excuse was nothing more than U.S. intelligence disinformation.  Twitter took its marching orders from the Biden campaign team, Democratic operatives, and the FBI which was running a Biden protection racket.

Joe Biden Launches Into a Profanity-Laced Tirade Over His Condition.  Joe Biden is the oldest president to ever hold office, recently turning 80 years old and staring down the barrel of an unprecedented re-election bid.  In the midst of that, his health has become an issue for voters, who consistently place it as a concern when polled, and that concern is backed by plenty of evidence.  Biden has routinely given public appearances where his senility shines through like the rays of a thousand suns.  He's not okay, and the older he gets, the worse he gets.

Biden's Energy Department Funnels Millions to Beijing-Backed Green Energy Company.  President Joe Biden's Energy Department funneled millions of dollars to a green energy company in the months after the company partnered with a Chinese state-owned entity that it acknowledges could face business-crippling sanctions.  Carbon capture company LanzaTech, federal spending disclosures show, has received more than $10 million in grant payments from the Biden administration since April 2021, when the company announced a partnership with Sinopec Capital — the clean energy investment arm of the Sinopec Group, a Chinese state-owned oil conglomerate also known as the China Petrochemical Corporation — to "debut an international market of new energy and new materials."

The coming war over Hunter Biden.  Republican lawmakers will take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3.  That means that, among many other things, they will take control of the House's investigative committees and subcommittees.  GOP leaders have already said they plan to probe the Biden administration's disastrous policy on the U.S.-Mexico border, the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the disastrous failure to stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., and more.  There is clearly a lot to investigate.  But the topic that will receive the most attention in the media and the political conversation will be the investigation into the business dealings of the Biden family — Joe, Hunter, and Jim Biden.

Joe Biden Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill: 'Nothing More Decent, More Dignified, More American'.  President Joe Biden signed a bill making same-sex marriage legal nationwide on Tuesday, describing it as a victory for freedom in America.  "There is nothing more decent, more dignified, more American about what we are doing here today," Biden said during his speech at the White House before the signing.

Joe Biden Goes From Senile to Disgusting in Remarks on Gay Marriage Law.  As you're probably aware by now, a number of Republicans stabbed their voters in the back to pass the Orwellian-named "Respect for Marriage Act."  It's a law so bad in its execution and so misleading in its branding that I almost feel obliged to use quotes every time I mention it.  There is nothing respectful about it in regard to the institution of marriage.  I covered some of the major issues with the law previously, and I won't rehash that here.  Rather, this article centers on Joe Biden's Tuesday appearance marking the passage of the "Respect for Marriage Act."  During his remarks, he managed to run the gambit from senile to disgusting.  Biden is constantly finding fresh ways to be the worst president in modern history.

Hunter Biden's Strategy To Go On The Offensive Further Indicts The Feds.  Two months after the FBI subpoenaed the laptop Hunter Biden had abandoned at a Delaware computer repair store, the Drug Enforcement Administration searched the office of Hunter's one-time psychiatrist Keith Ablow and seized a second laptop Hunter had left with him.  The timing of the DEA raid and the fact that criminal charges were never filed against Ablow, coupled with whistleblowers' claims that the FBI buried evidence against Hunter Biden, raises the question of whether the search was a pretext to recover Hunter's laptop and protect the Biden family.  While the DEA's recovery of the second Hunter Biden laptop escaped scrutiny over the last nearly three years, a Washington Post article from Saturday brings that laptop into focus — and with it questions about the DEA's seizure of the laptop and agents' decision to return it to Hunter.

The United States of Fascist America.  [Scroll down]  Take for example the recent Twitter File revelations.  The federal government took control of big tech and social media giants to control free speech and dissent.  It was more than simply the Biden campaign pressuring Twitter.  The FBI had weekly meetings with social media corporations to warn them of "Russian interference" or "hack and leak operations," which they knew very well were nothing of the sort.  And despite denials, Biden administration officials may still be meeting with media executives.  Who is on President Biden's guest list during the many weeks he is at one of his Delaware vacation homes?  The result was social media suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, which would have likely altered the 2020 presidential election outcome.  Specifically, "16% of Biden voters would have voted differently if Hunter Biden laptop story was not suppressed by media, big tech."  In an election decided by about 50,000 votes in a few swing districts, this was obvious election interference.  And it wasn't only the FBI, but also the Department of Homeland Security.

A strangely timed DEA raid, whistleblower claims, and other red flags raise new questions about Hunter Biden and his family affairs.  Two months after the FBI subpoenaed the laptop Hunter Biden had abandoned at a Delaware computer repair store, the Drug Enforcement Administration searched the office of Hunter's one-time psychiatrist Keith Ablow and seized a second laptop Hunter had left with him.  The timing of the DEA raid and the fact that criminal charges were never filed against Ablow, coupled with whistleblowers' claims that the FBI buried evidence against Hunter Biden, raises the question of whether the search was a pretext to recover Hunter's laptop and protect the Biden family.  While the DEA's recovery of the second Hunter Biden laptop escaped scrutiny over the last nearly three years, a Washington Post article from Saturday brings that laptop into focus — and with it questions about the DEA's seizure of the laptop and agents' decision to return it to Hunter.

Biden allies move to intimidate witnesses ahead of GOP's coming Hunter probe.  Just when you thought our politics could not get more poisonous, a recent meeting in California suggests the past is mere prelude.  The Washington Post, which revealed the powwow, described it as Biden family "allies" planning an offensive to blunt any investigation into the Bidens' alleged multimillion-dollar influence-peddling schemes.  Republicans will see it more like the gathering of the Legion of (Democratic) Doom.  Some of the most controversial political operatives are involved in the all-hands-on-deck effort to protect the Bidens.  The California meeting's host was none other than Hunter Biden's friend, agent and lawyer Kevin Morris.  After Hunter was placed under investigation for, among other possible charges, tax evasion, Morris reportedly paid off as much as $2.8 million in back taxes for Hunter.  Morris, per the Washington Post, called for a "more aggressive" response to those seeking to investigate the alleged influence peddling.  That plan includes hitting critics, such as Fox News, with possible defamation lawsuits.

A Foundation of Sand.  The FBI and the rest of the Deep State's witch hunts against innocent Trump supporters and associates are well documented.  If you do not know that our governmental institutions are perfectly partisan and corrupt, no quantity or quality of evidence will convince you at this point.  The evidence is overwhelming that the federal KGB/FBI is more than willing to both cover up the crimes of consummate Cultural Marxists while prosecuting the non-crimes of anyone who would dare mock or flout the sacred rites of the wokeshevik creed, or undermine, no matter how trivially, the interests of the Washington regime, to the extent those matters are separable.  Not only is the FBI not interested in the Biden family's many crimes, some of which are fairly serious, it is even farming out its dirty work to its agents and assets in the corporate world (CEOs, CFOs, general counsels at Twitter) so as to protect the state criminals at the helm of the imperial regime in Washington.

The terrible consequences of stolen elections and government corruption.  Biden is owned by China, he owes his personal wealth to China and Ukraine.  He does the bidding of those nations because they purchased his submission to their will, however dangerous to U.S. national security.  Biden is thug with no reverence for the nation he purports to lead.  The war in Ukraine is no doubt enriching his pals there and defense manufacturers here.  Who knows in whose pockets all those billions land.  Zelensky seems willing to see every last Ukrainian killed for the U.S. goal of deposing Putin?  Zelensky is no hero; he's a puppet of the globalist left.  He's an actor playing a part for the benefit of the gullible at outlets like Time Magazine.  The war in Ukraine is a tragedy that never would have occurred if Trump were president.

Dementia: 2022's Word of the Year.  Congressman, and former White House physician, Ronny Jackson has noted Biden's dementia-related symptoms, and has recommended he take a cognitive test.  I see his point: Biden's bizarre behavior, from shaking hands with a ghost to being escorted by the Easter bunny, is alarming.  Perhaps more disconcerting are his ominous overtones about nuclear Armageddon, and his warnings of severe illness and death.  Can it get much worse:  the ugly Grim Reaper in Chief has dementia? [...] Biden has also proved that senility can be a terrible presidential disease.  That's why the word Dementia deserves to be the 2022 Word of the Year.

Joe Biden sure does a lot of favors for China.  I wonder why.
Senator Launches Inquiry Into Biden's $200M Grant to China-Based Battery Company.  The top Republican on the Senate energy committee launched an inquiry on Wednesday into a Biden administration grant to a China-based battery company under scrutiny from U.S. financial regulators.  The announcement came in the wake of a Washington Free Beacon report about the Biden administration's attempt to spin the grant as a boon for American-made clean energy.  Sen. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.), the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said the Department of Energy's grant to Microvast Holding "endangers our national security" and "undermine[s] the United States' position in its race against China for technological supremacy," in a letter to DOE secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday.

Biden family 'fully' supports 2024 re-election campaign: Senior advisor.  President Biden intends to run for re-election in 2024, and a senior adviser told Fox News that another run is something the Biden family "fully" supports.  The White House in recent months has emphasized Biden's "intentions" to run for re-election, but has not committed either way.  Biden, who turned 80 last month, is the oldest president in history.  "As the President has said, he intends to run for re-election," a senior advisor told Fox News.  "That is something both Dr. Biden and the family fully support."

Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to comment when asked if the Biden campaign communicated with Twitter about Hunter Biden's laptop.  Joe Biden's top spokesperson won't comment on whether the president's 2020 campaign communicated with Twitter after it was revealed there was at least some correspondence with the social media giant.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre continues to deflect questions related to the bombshell 'Twitter Files' after calling it 'old news' during her briefing on Tuesday.  She declined to comment on Wednesday when asked if Biden's team ever formally or informally communicated to the Twitter team that Hunter Biden's laptop was hacked.

Obama-Biden Government in Exile Ran Hunter Laptop Suppression Operation.  They got the band back together — to the extent the original members ever broke up in the first place.  Recent disclosures by independent journalist Matt Taibbi confirmed what other reporters have been covering for the better part of two years:  According to files obtained by Elon Musk, the new owner and CEO of Twitter, the social media platform protected Joe Biden and his family from a major and potentially election-altering scandal as millions of Americans were voting early for president in October 2020.  Years of denials and dismissals related to Hunter Biden's lucrative shakedown of hostile nations, including Russia and China, were set to explode just a few weeks before Election Day.  Big Tech — and the government — was ready.  Immediately after the New York Post published damning material retrieved from Hunter Biden's laptop contradicting Joe Biden's longtime protestations that he had nothing to do with his son's profiteering gigs, Twitter claimed the reporting was based on "hacked material" and in violation of the company's terms of service. [...] Amid internal confusion as to the company's shaky explanation for censoring the coverage of Biden's laptop, Twitter's general counsel defended the move.  James Baker told employees that "caution was warranted" and claimed "some facts ... indicate that the materials may have been hacked."  If Baker's name sounds familiar — and not in a good way — it should.  Baker served as former FBI Director James Comey's top lawyer during Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI's attempt to sabotage Trump's campaign and presidency with claims he had been in cahoots with the Kremlin to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton.

Joe Biden Succeeded Where Benedict Arnold Failed, and Our Deep State Was In on It.  I just read Jason Jones' account — based on leaks from high-level intelligence sources — of the sheer extent of the high-tech, strategic loot Joe Biden handed the Taliban and al Qaeda, closely allied to China.  The facts beggar belief.  By intentionally abandoning billions of dollars of military equipment and facilities, Biden has transformed a backward country into a major military power, aligned with Communist China and radical, terrorist Islam.  Here are a few choice quotes:
  •   "This is the greatest loss of military equipment in the history of warfare by one power.  What America has just given to the Taliban is equivalent to 85% of all the military aid Washington has given to Israel since 1948."
  •   The U.S. Government "is so used to burning and wasting American taxpayers' hard-earned money that no one from our government can be even bothered to address the fact that 85-90 billion [dollars] in military equipment has been left to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda."
  •   "This is larger than the annual military budget for every nation around the world except the U.S. and China.  So the Taliban, thanks to the U.S. Government, this year has a larger military budget than Russia, the U.K., India and France."

White House Dismisses Twitter Censoring Stories on Behalf of Joe Biden as 'Old News'.  The White House dismissed Monday new information released by Twitter regarding corporate decisions during the 2020 election to censor stories and posts about President Joe Biden's son Hunter.  "That is full of old news, if you think about it," White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre said during the daily briefing, when asked for the White House's reaction to the new information unveiled by Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk.

Secret Service finds more than 100 records on Hunter Biden gun case that agency earlier said didn't exist.  After several flip-flops, the United States Secret Service has finally revealed it is in possession of more than 100 records related to yet another Hunter Biden scandal — his alleged gun, which was reportedly ditched in a dumpster in Delaware.  According to its website, Judicial Watch, led by Tom Fitton, "uses the open records or freedom of information laws and other tools to investigate and uncover misconduct by government officials and litigation to hold to account politicians and public officials who engage in corrupt activities."  Following an October 2020 report from the Blaze, in which a source claimed that "in October 2018, Hunter Biden's handgun was taken from his vehicle without his knowledge by Hallie Biden — the widow of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son Beau — and she placed it in a garbage can outside a Delaware supermarket," Judicial Watch launched an investigation into whether the Secret Service intervened in the situation on the first son's behalf.

Hunter Biden's former firm took $10 Million in forgiven COVID loans, donated $1 Million back to the Dems.  Scratch at pretty much anything Hunter Biden has touched, and it seems you'll likely find a scandal.  No one knows this better than the New York Post's Miranda Devine, who broke the now notorious "laptop from hell" story for her outlet years ago, and now she's revealed that the first son's former employer, law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, took a whopping $10.14 million loan — the largest single loan among 300 of the top law firms investigated by Open the Books, a nonprofit dedicated to transparency — from the Paycheck Protection Program.  And while one hand of the law firm was securing that, the other was donating nearly $1 million to Democratic candidates, according to an independent investigation.

Tweets deleted by Twitter at request of 'Biden team' DO appear to be photos of Hunter smoking crack from laptop.  Images of Hunter Biden naked, smoking crack appear to be in the tweets that staffers from Joe Biden's 2020 campaign instructed Twitter to delete.  The revelation came after the company's new CEO, Elon Musk, published a slew of tweets containing emails from Twitter executives involved in censoring Hunter Biden's laptop.  In one of these emails, sent ten days after The New York Post first broke the laptop story on October 14 of that year, Twitter staffers were asked to 'review' five tweets deemed problematic by 'the Biden team.'

Judicial Watch: Secret Service Finds Hunter Biden Gun Probe Documents It Denied Having.  The Secret Service has found hundreds of documents it previously denied having in relation to the probe into Hunter Biden's alleged gun violations, conservative watchdog Judicial Watch revealed Thursday.  Judicial Watch has been investigating if the Secret Service protected Hunter from scrutiny after the president's son revealed in a 2019 text message the FBI got involved in the case of a missing firearm tossed in a Delaware dumpster by Hunter's former sister-in-law-turned-lover.  Nobody was charged with wrongdoing, according to reports.

Secret Service has Hunter Biden gun probe docs it denied having: watchdog.  The Secret Service has located hundreds of pages of records tied to the investigation of a gun belonging to Hunter Biden — despite having denied they existed, a government watchdog group said Thursday.  Judicial Watch is investigating whether the Secret Service intervened on behalf of President Biden's son after the incident, and it has sued the agency for all materials related to the reported purchase, possession, and disposal of the firearm owned by Hunter Biden.  The group has accused the Secret Service of repeatedly changing its position on whether it has any documents related to the investigation.  "The Secret Service's changing story on records raises additional questions about its role in the Hunter Biden gun incident," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Interrogated By Cruz, Diplomat Gives False Testimony About Biden's Billion Dollar Bribe.  During a November 30th hearing of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a senior State Department official gave false testimony about a billion-dollar bribery scandal involving Joe Biden.  The official, George Kent, is Joe Biden's appointee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Estonia.  At Kent's nomination hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questioned him about Biden's actions in Ukraine that occurred while Kent was overseeing anti-corruption efforts in Europe and working in Ukraine.  At the time, Biden was the vice president and serving as President Obama's point man for Ukraine.  This affair began in March 2014 when Biden gave a speech before the Ukrainian parliament in which he promised that the U.S. would help Ukraine increase its gas production.  That same month, a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch placed Biden's son Hunter on the board of his gas company and began paying Hunter $83,333 per month.

According to Joe Biden, Americans Are All Just a Bunch of Idiots.  President Joe Biden was slammed by critics for suggesting that the public didn't know "what the [...] a supply chain was."  During a rally in Michigan, Biden claimed that Americans didn't understand what a supply chain was "10 years ago," and it wasn't until the Covid-19 pandemic that brought it to people's attention that it began to affect the economy.  "10 years ago, how many of you knew what the [...] a supply chain was?  No, I'm serious!" Biden shouted at the crowd.  Trying to save face after insinuating that Americans are too dumb to understand how a supply chain works, the president then asked reporters "if we were all going out and having lunch together, and I said, 'Let's ask whoever's in the next table, no matter what restaurant we're in, have them explain the supply chain to us.'  Do you think they'd understand what we're talking about?"  [Tweets]

Biden appears to declare himself the greatest president in US history.  President Biden all but declared himself as the greatest president in America's history on Wednesday [11/30/2022].  "I tell you what," the president said.  "No one's ever done as much as president as this administration's doing.  Period."  Biden spoke during the White House Tribal Nations Summit, which was to feature new announcements and efforts to put new policies in place that support Tribal communities.

Ex-Twitter safety chief Finally admits censoring Hunter Biden's laptop story was a huge error.  The former head of trust and safety at Twitter admitted that the company made a mistake when censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story.  Yoel Roth, who resigned earlier in November following Musk's $44 billion takeover, said the authenticity of the New York Post's laptop story was difficult for the social media company to verify, and it was quickly censored in October 2020.  Twitter deliberately prevented users from sharing links to a front-page newspaper article about Hunter Biden's private life and his controversial business ties to Ukraine in the run-up to the 2020 election between Biden's father and Donald Trump.

Joe Biden is unfit to be president.  Why didn't anyone stop him?  President Biden is a man of mediocre intellect who, over almost five decades in national public office, accomplished little to nothing, other than his election to federal offices and becoming rich off the federal teat and various side hustles.  He is a thin-skinned, chip-on-the-shoulder, macho swaggerer who, in a Tucker Carlson phrase, "kisses up and spits down."  He is a prevaricator, plagiarist, teller-of-tall-tales narcissist who has no respect for the truth, only narratives that advance his interests or portray him favorably.  If not a racist, he still sees only through the lens of race and panders, prejudges, or pounces accordingly.  Finally, when it comes to young children and women, he just cannot, as my mother used to put it, keep his hands to himself; he may be guilty of much, much worse.  Sadly, as a result of advanced age and cognitive decline, his skills, such as a quick wit, adroit speech, and pleasant countenance, have eroded as his less desirable traits, such as anger, mendacity, and lack of self-control, have worsened.  No wonder people are discovering the real Joe Biden.  Senators who served with him always knew.  Nonetheless, none said to another, "Joe's a nice enough guy, but he must never be president."

White House Can't Get Its Story Straight on Biden's Role in Railroad Union Negotiations.  With just one week left until the deadline for railroad companies to reach a deal with 12 rail unions or else a nationwide strike will kick off, the White House doesn't seem to know what it's actually doing to help avert a strike — a strike that Biden already took a victory lap for supposedly averting in September.  The confusion may have gotten buried over the long Thanksgiving weekend, but President Joe Biden contradicted his own press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and her claims about what Biden and his administration have been doing to try and prevent a strike that would cost the U.S. economy as much as $2 billion per day and grind roughly one-third of freight to a halt.

Biden Says He Wants to 'Get Rid' of 20 Million 'Assault Rifles'.  Joe Biden has been running for president for 40 years, which has to be some kind of record.  His ambition to be president has perhaps only been surpassed by former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen. [...] Biden was also elected to high office at a young age.  He was 30 when he was sworn in as a Delaware senator and was pegged, like Stassen, as the future of his party.  But like Stassen, Biden allowed his ambition to dictate his career.  He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988, and despite being mentioned prominently as a candidate in later years, it wasn't until 2008 that Biden made another serious run for the nomination.  Despite his failure, Barack Obama needed a "moderate" to "balance the ticket" and ended up choosing Biden.

Children Inside Nantucket Restaurant Take Selfies With Joe Biden Who's Trapped Behind Sniff-Proof Glass.  Joe Biden is spending the long weekend in a $22 million house on Nantucket owned by a billionaire who doesn't pay his fair share of taxes.  Joe and Jill Biden went shopping in Nantucket for Small Business Saturday.  Biden didn't actually buy anything.  He just blocked the streets with his security detail and shuffled around Main Street.  Social media users roasted Joe Biden over "creepy" selfies with kids where the president is seen lurking in the background of children's selfies with his face up against a window.  Biden gave kids sitting in the Lemon Press Juice Shop on Nantucket an up-close and personal look when he approached the store window and smiled for some photos, a social media post from the Nantucket Current shows.

Biden [is] Protected By [the] Same Guns He Says Have 'No Redeeming Value' and Wants to Ban.  Joe Biden said semiautomatic firearms have "no redeeming social value" and yet hie is protected by the very same guns.  Ironically, Biden is protected by the very same semiautomatic handguns he wants to ban ordinary people from owning.  Biden said, "The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick.  It has no social redeeming value."  The U.S Secret Service transitioned from Glock handguns to Sig Sauer pistols recently, and both Glock and Sig are semiautomatic pistols.  It's one rule for thee and another for me.

Biden sure does push a lot of money into Ukraine.  I wonder why.
EU accuses US of profiteering from Ukraine war through sales of guns and gas.  The EU has accused the US of profiteering from the Ukraine war by selling guns and gas at ramped up prices.  Several high-ranking officials within the Bloc accused Joe Biden of capitalizing on the brutal Russian invasion by marking up the cost to import the vital products.  One senior official told Politico they believe America was standing to gain the most from the continuation of the fighting, nine months after soldiers first invaded.

Turns out Joe Biden was the shadowy hand behind Justin Trudeau's tyrannical acts against Canadian truckers.  When Justin Trudeau shut down Canada's spectacular 3,000-strong convoy of "freedom" truckers opposed to Canada's COVID vaccine mandates, most were appalled at the tyrannical steps taken to stop it.  After all, the country was Canada, not Cuba.  Son-of-Castro invoked Canada's "Emergencies Act," on "Freedom Convoy 2022," on February 14, freezing trucker bank accounts, imprisoning their leaders, shutting down a GoFundMe account for truckers, banning travel to the protests, which had attracted 15,000 people, hauling off and termininating parental rights of truckers to their own children, and expropriating their trucks.  All that, over a peaceful trucker protest over a vaccine mandate.  We know it was outrageous.  We know it was something Castro would do.  But now as Trudeau is called to Canada's parliament to testify about what [...] he thought it was doing, word has gotten out about who was really calling the shots on this lunacy.

The Editor says...
Joe Biden is incapable of "calling the shots" in his own day-to-day life, and he's certainly not telling Castro Junior what to do.

Biden Regime Bans World's Largest Sugar Producer from Exporting to the U.S. Amid Forced Labor Claims — But China Gets a Pass.  On Wednesday, the Biden regime banned the world's largest sugar producer from exporting its product to the United States due to allegations that it was produced using forced labor.  "Effective November 23, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all U.S. ports of entry will detain raw sugar and sugar-based products produced in the Dominican Republic by Central Romana Corporation Limited (Central Romana)," US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement.  Although Central Romana is headquartered in the Dominican Republic, it is owned by the Fanjul family, who are influential sugar barons based in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to UPI.  Due to information suggesting that forced labor is being used by Central Romana, CBP issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO).  According to CBP, they have identified five of the International Labour Organization's 11 indicators of forced labor during its investigation:  abuse of vulnerability, isolation, withholding of wages, abusive working and living conditions, and excessive overtime.

The Editor says...
[#1] Perhaps the Customs and Border Protection people should enforce the international boundary with Mexico instead of worrying about what goes on in the Dominican Republic.  [#2] Aren't grocery prices high enough already without cutting off the sugar supply?  [#3] Notice that the announcement of this bone-headed decision was made on the day before a four-day weekend, to produce the minimum coverage in the press.  [#4] Joe Biden sure does a lot of favors for China.  I wonder why.

Biden's Not So Subtle Lurch Toward Dictatorship.  In the wake of the midterm elections, President Joe Biden was asked during a rare press conference — in reference to Twitter's new owner — whether he thought Elon Musk was a threat to national security.  With a pause and a smirk, the president said that topic was "worthy of being looked at."&n bsp;With those words, Biden made it clear that if you even seem to oppose his politics, your private life will be under the direct scrutiny of the state.  Despite his constant prattle about saving our democracy, Biden seems to think he's running an authoritarian police state.  In truth, the federal government already maintains entities that review acquisitions such as Musk's for anything from foreign influence to anti-competitive business practices.  After many months in which Musk's negotiations to purchase Twitter happened in full public view, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said last week that she sees no basis for the government to investigate that purchase.

Biden, in a call to NBC, made a reporter wait 17 Seconds for a reply after saying hello to the president.  Joe and Jill Biden suffered awkward technical difficulties while calling in to NBC's Today show during its annual Thanksgiving Day parade broadcast in NYC.  Reporter Dylan Dreyer was forced to wait an excruciating 17 seconds for a reply to her excited 'Hello Mr President' while reporting from Manhattan Thursday morning.  Before Biden addressed her, the 80 year-old could be heard talking to First Lady Jill, with the pair apparently expressing confusion over the connection issues.

The Editor says...
Any technical issues should have been predicted, intercepted, and prevented by the White House Communications Agency, hours (or days!) ahead of this interview.  That leaves only non-technical explanations, like senility, hearing loss, and unnecessary distractions in the room, such as Jill Biden.

Joe Biden's Abuse of Power.  On Monday, a federal appeals court blocked the implementation of Joe Biden's scheme to transfer the debt burden held by student-loan borrowers onto the shoulders of taxpayers.  The suit against the administration, which was brought by six Republican-led states, argued that the order threatens local tax revenues and exceeds the president's constitutional authority, and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed.  This court's decision against the Biden administration follows a similar ruling from a U.S. district court in Texas.  That court also blocked Biden's debt-transference plot on the grounds that the post-9/11 HEROES Act, which provided loan assistance to military personnel, doesn't grant the White House statutory authority to erase the debt burdens held by civilians.  That, you might think, would be that.  But the White House never gave the law its due when it crafted its patently lawless subversion of congressional authority in the first place, so why start now?  The administration is reportedly looking for ways to circumvent the courts' rulings.  The most attractive option, according to early reporting, is to further erode the public's confidence in elected officials by abusing the emergency powers supposedly necessitated by the pandemic.

Time is running out for Joe and Hunter Biden as GOP prepares investigation.  We are reliably informed that "elections have consequences," and House Republicans are eager to prove it by using their new majority to reveal Biden family corruption.  Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, incoming chairman of the Oversight Committee, was blunt about his goal.  "The president's participation in enriching his family is, in a word, abuse of the highest order," Comer said.  "I want to be clear: This is an investigation of Joe Biden, and that's where our focus will be next Congress."  That's a very big idea, which guarantees he will face very big resistance in trying to reveal the evidence and shape public opinion.  The White House is lining up a social-media defense operation and Democrats in Congress will rally to the cause, but the biggest hurdle for Republicans will be the lefty overlords who control Big Media and Big Tech.

White House access is for sale:
Wedding betrayal might wake press up that they're being used by Biden.  President Biden's granddaughter Naomi's White House wedding was "a private affair," and off-limits to the press.  Well, except for Vogue.  The White House press pool wasn't allowed into The People's House, but the fashion magazine got the full spread, the private pics, the kisses, the cake cutting, and all the pomp and circumstance.  The media is furious, but they shouldn't be surprised.  This is a president who rarely does a press conference, who prefers TikTok and Instagram influencers to "60 Minutes."  Of course, they pulled a bait-and-switch to only get the pictures they want published.  Why didn't the press realize they were going to get rolled?  Because they thought they'd earned the right to be there.  They've earned the access by spending countless hours in the press briefing room, waiting for Biden officials to come out to the podium and spin their propagandist yarns.

WH Flails Desperately Over Joe Biden's Involvement in Hunter's Foreign Biz Dealings.  We've been covering the questions regarding Hunter Biden, the laptop, the foreign business dealings, and what it all has to do with Joe Biden for more than two years now.  We saw CBS finally get around to acknowledging that the laptop was real, catching up to us after two years.  But as we noted, it means it's getting harder for them to spin away from the truth now.  My colleague Streiff thinks that it might be an intentional effort to let Joe Biden know what he's going to be hit with if he doesn't step aside for another Democrat in 2024.  Could be, you know that there has to be furious jockeying behind the scenes as to "how to solve a problem like Joe."  It's pretty hard to argue away the pictures of Joe Biden meeting with Hunter's business associates, Tony Bobulinski outlining Joe's proposed 10 percent to the Chinese-connected company, the millions that the Biden family got through the foreign business dealings, and the conflation on monies between Hunter and Joe Biden.

The GOP's Hunter Biden Probe Is Legit.  As a tactical concern, the House GOP's decision to open an investigation into Biden family corruption is questionable.  It promises limited political return.  It would serve Republicans, and the country, far better if the House focused on a hyper-politicized Justice Department that targets the political opposition, labels concerned parents "domestic terrorists," and ignores violence aimed at pregnancy centers, for starters.  None of that, however, means there isn't sufficient circumstantial evidence suggesting Joe Biden not only lied about knowing his son was favor-trading on the family name with corrupt autocracies, but that he was a beneficiary of those business dealings.  Indeed, precedent says we Republicans have a duty to "democracy" to investigate.  Yet, Greg Sargent over at The Washington Post warns:  "If Republicans can obliterate the distinction between congressional investigations done in good faith and ones that weaponize the process in bad faith they win."  You see, only Democrats can launch investigations in "good faith."

My $.02 on Hunter Biden laptop.  As Ed noted earlier, CBS News has stumbled onto a big scoop: Hunter Biden left a laptop behind at a computer repair shop, and it has a bunch of salacious and potentially damning documents on it.  They even verified that the laptop is Hunter's!  What a scoop!  I wonder if other media outlets will pick up the story and run with it?  This could be Joe Biden's downfall, since the rumor is that there are lots of documents stored on the laptop that make it appear that Hunter was influence peddling, and Joe was collecting money through the back door for making policy decisions!  Not to mention tax evasion, drugs, hookers, lots of nudity, and even evidence of human trafficking.  This story could be huge! [...] CBS News is of course over 2 years behind The New York Post, and even behind The New York Times, which only took more than a year to grudgingly acknowledge the facts deep inside a story on another topic.  The interesting point is not that they "discovered" the story, but why they decided to report on it now.

Free America: We're already dealing with a fascist regime.  Where does the Democrat Party want to be in five years, or ten or twenty?  We saw that very clearly on September 1, 2022, when Joe Biden made his infamous speech with the red and black background.  Biden gave a speech that was without parallel in American history.  It was an extraordinary departure from 200 years of American political tradition, and it was extremely important.  It reveals what the Left is trying ultimately to do. [...] In his red and black speech on September 1, 2022, the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of World War II, Biden said that Trump and his supporters represented a grave threat to the Republic itself.  That was what was so unprecedented in American life, and why his speech was more like Hitler's Reichstag speech than any speech of an American president.  Biden was saying that essentially half of the electorate was a threat to the Republic and outside the bounds of acceptable political discourse.  Do you think that they are going to peacefully allow those whom they have thus branded to recapture the White House or the House or the Senate?  This is an effort to rule Trump supporters, that is, America First patriots, out of the bounds of acceptable discourse, and to criminalize their perspective.

CBS Authenticates Hunter Biden's Laptop and Signals the Wheels on the Bus Are Coming for Joe.  On October 14, 2020, in the heat of the 2020 presidential contest, the New York Post published a blockbuster.  They had in their possession a laptop computer that Joe Biden's dissolute and degenerate git, Hunter, had abandoned in a Delaware computer repair store.  The contents were damning.  They showed conclusively that Joe Biden was not merely an arm's length recipient of payoffs from the  opportunities for graft and corruption  business opportunities he'd placed in Hunter's path.  Joe Biden was an active part of the Biden Crime Family.  Almost immediately, the leftist media and tech corporations locked dainty little arms and refused to admit that anything even existed.  The New York Times reviewed the laptop, found no evidence that it had been tampered with, but claimed they couldn't verify the emails because they couldn't review the sent emails of sending accounts or some such [nonsense] that they never use as a standard before hammering conservatives.  Shortly after the original New York Post reporting, "a group of 51 former senior intelligence officials" signed a letter saying that this had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

Media still trying to trick Americans about Hunter Biden.  The Biden family's influence peddling has always been a scandal left to the eye of the beholder.  For some, it was dismissed as Russian disinformation or, more recently, simply the result of a drug addicted son of the president.  Neither is true, but Hunter Biden has always been an example of motivated perception, or perceptual bias, where we tend to see what we want to see and turn a "blind eye" to what we do not want to see.  That phenomenon was on full display this week in an Associated Press article that made an extraordinary claim: that there is no evidence even suggesting that President Joe Biden ever spoke to his son about his foreign dealings.  I previously discussed how the Bidens have succeeded in a Houdini-like trick in making this elephant of a scandal disappear from the public stage.  They did so by enlisting the media in the illusion.  However, this level of audience participation in the trick truly defies belief.

Joe Biden's Delaware Vacations Have Cost Taxpayers at Least $11 Million.  Joe Biden is the ultimate government parasite.  Biden has been in government for nearly 50 years and he's still leeching off the American taxpayer.  According to analysis by Fox News, Biden's frequent Delaware vacations have cost taxpayers at least $11 million.  Marine One costs approximately $20,000 per hour and Air Force One costs $177,843 per hour, according to Department of Defense documents.  Fox News reported that Joe Biden has taken 101 flights between Delaware and DC since he was installed in January 2021. [...] According to the New York Post, since being installed in January 2021, Joe Biden has spent more than 40% of his presidency on vacation.  There are no visitor logs at Biden's Delaware compound so the American people have no idea who Biden is meeting with off-the-record.  We have no idea who is visiting Joe Biden every weekend in Delaware.

Biden's White House literally could not be 'more political'.  Biden's already run the most political White House in recent memory, where the larger public good is brutally ignored in favor of the immediate interests of the president and his party.  Look at his disastrous border policy.  It's caused untold human misery and has now spread to cities — like New York — nowhere near the southern border, all while pouring money into the pockets of fentanyl-peddling cartels and human traffickers.  But it made his base of rich blue-staters happy because it ups the supply of cheap labor on which their lifestyles depend and lets them playact as humanitarians.  Or his student-loan abomination.  He knew he lacked the authority to unilaterally forgive student debt (with money extracted from the less well-off); Biden and Nancy Pelosi both said as much.

Media's Latest Defense: Joe Biden's Judgement Unaffected by Hunter's Business Deals.  The establishment media has shifted its position at least four times on the significance of Hunter Biden's laptop story after more than two years since Breitbart News's Political Editor Emma-Jo Morris broke the story at the New York Post.  On Thursday, Politico's Heidi Przybyla and Jordan Carney claimed: "no evidence has publicly emerged that his [Joe Biden] decisions were affected by his son's business."

The Editor says...
That's your defense?  "No evidence has publicly emerged" most likely means that evidence exists but it's being successfully hidden.  What is meant by "Hunter's business deals?"  What is Hunter's business?  With whom is he conducting his business?  What service does he render?

James Comer [is] 95% Sure Hunter's Artwork Sold to Chinese, Compromising Joe Biden.  Rep. James Comer (R-TN), the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, told Breitbart News Saturday he strongly suspects that Hunter Biden's artwork was sold to Chinese oligarchs, potentially implicating president Joe Biden.  "With respect to China, since Joe Biden's been president, that we didn't even talk about in the press conference, was the fact that Hunter became an artist for a week, if you'll remember, and he sold some very expensive artwork," Comer prefaced, noting his Thursday press conference in which he said the Biden family will be investigated for nine potential violations.  Hunter has reportedly sold five paintings worth $75,000 each to an anonymous buyer.  Hunter's art dealer, Georges Bergès, has previously boasted he had strong ties to businessmen in Communist China, which has concerned many due to the Biden family's business ventures abroad.

The Manchurian President.  In our opinion [...] President Biden is not only compromised but exemplifies the ultimate Manchurian President.  His actions and deeds, controlled by those we do not see (but know who they are), are purposefully destroying our democracy, our legal system, our freedoms, independence, and our republic. [...] It is obvious that Biden is but a simple puppet, a marionette catering to the global elites (some call it the "Global Shadow Government").  After seeing details about the "Big Guy" getting his take from various deals that were arranged by Hunter, the selling to foreign adversaries access to power, the son who has a multitude of issues related to substance abuse, shady deals, and sexual perversion, is there any doubt that Joe Biden is ripe for extortion by Russia, China or any enemy of the United States?  What kind of president says to the press "I'm not supposed to answer any questions.  I'll get in trouble."  The same press acts/pretends as if it's perfectly normal.

Why is Hunter Biden's daughter living at the White House?  There is a wedding taking place at the White House today and it involves Joe Biden's granddaughter (and Hunter Biden's oldest legitimate child) Naomi.  There's nothing really all that unusual about this event.  White House weddings are in high demand and when one member of the couple is a blood relative of the President, well... that's just one of the perks of being related to the power base in Washington, I suppose.  To read CNN's upbeat spin on this, the wedding of two twentysomethings will give an "air of youthfulness" to these events, even though Biden turns 80 tomorrow.  That's a growing concern for the Democrats, particularly when Biden's "senior moments" seem to be growing more frequent and severe these days.  But there is one question CNN doesn't seem interested in and it's tackled by the Free Beacon this week.  Naomi Biden has reportedly been living at the White House for some time now along with her fiance.  Why?

The Editor says...
Michelle Obama's mother lived at the White House for years, and nobody asked why.

A Little Learning on Methane and Climate Change.  Before leaving for a week of virtue-signaling at the COP27 climate conference with other world elites, President Joe Biden would have done well to reread Hans Christian Anderson's story "The Emperor's New Clothes." [...] In Biden's case, the new clothes are the nonsense that there is a climate emergency.  But who would want to be considered "unfit for his office" or "unusually stupid" by questioning whether there really is an emergency?  So, resplendent in his new regalia, President Biden has proposed regulations on methane emissions by the U.S. oil and gas industry, at a direct cost of more than $1 billion annually, to deal with a nonexistent problem.

Lazy Voters Enable Democratic Fraud.  First, let's take a step back and lay down some background info: Anyone with any semblance of either lucid observational powers or intellectual honesty/courage knows that Joe Biden is not the president.  He never has been.  Biden has been nothing more than a figurehead, a placeholder, ever since the astonishing fraud of the 2020 election was perpetrated upon the American electorate.  The Democrats successfully orchestrated their deception and left the naïve Republicans twiddling their thumbs and crying foul.  No amount of outright lying from the liberal media can even remotely explain how Republican poll watchers were forced out of several tabulation areas, the filmed evidence of Democratic mules stuffing ballot boxes late at night, how so many precincts had over 100% voter participation, how thousands of new ballots mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, always to the Democrats' advantage, and how state voting laws and deadlines were illegally changed, again, always to the Democrats' advantage.  None of this has been explained, much less "debunked," to use the liberal media's favorite word.  The fraud was simply ignored and swept under the rug, and if you bring up any logical counterarguments, protected by the 1st Amendment, you're somehow a threat to national security.

Ex-Hunter Biden Business Partner Hopes GOP Probe Will Prove Joe Biden Lied and Is 'The Big Guy'.  Tony Bobulinski, the former business partner of President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, said he welcomes the recently announced GOP investigation into the First Family's business endeavors, hoping it will corroborate his long-running claim that the president lied when he said he had no role in his son's foreign business dealings.  Bobulinski, a Navy veteran and former CEO of SinoHawk holdings, a business in which Hunter Biden was involved, said in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that the probe is "good news" because it stands to lend credence to his earlier allegations that, when the president denied involvement in his son's business operations, it was a "blatant lie."  Shortly before the 2020 presidential election, Bobulinski came forward with a series of explosive disclosures prompted by messages discovered on Hunter Biden's laptop.  Among them was correspondence involving Hunter Biden where a 10-percent cut from a Chinese business deal would be "held by H for the Big Guy."

Top Republican on House Oversight Committee: Hunter Biden Is Guilty of Committing "Seven or Eight Very Serious Crimes".  House Republicans announced on Thursday that they will investigate serial liar and crook Joe Biden.  Rep. James Comer (R-KY) announced the investigation this morning. [...] House Republicans have been investigating the Biden Crime Family since at least as far back as 2020.  Republicans took control of the US House in the midterm elections and now Republicans are going on offense against one of the most corrupt crime families in US history.

Cheat Sheet Joe Strikes Again, Needs Help With Sitting, Speaking.  Cheat sheet Joe strikes again.  During his recent trip to Indonesia, President Biden was once again caught with a cheat sheet in his hand that provided simple instructions for the President to follow — including where to sit and when to speak.  Twitter account RNC Research posted the details:  [Tweet]

Jordan rips media, intel experts for dismissing Hunter Biden emails as 'Russian disinformation'.  Rep. Jim Jordan tore into the media and Washington intelligence experts Thursday for accepting the explanation that Hunter Biden's controversial emails were nothing more than a Russian disinformation plot hatched days before the 2020 presidential election.  Jordan, R-Ohio, and his Republican colleagues announced that partly because of those emails from Biden's abandoned laptop, they have assembled a broad range of evidence showing that Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden were involved in influence peddling in dozens of countries around the world.  Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said the Bidens got rich by "offering access to the family," and said this raises serious national security issues that need to be investigated.  After Comer described the evidence collected so far, Jordan ripped the dozens of intelligence officials who told the world that information found on Hunter Biden's laptop was most likely fake news from Russia.

America is back!.  President Biden has reassured me that America is back!  He said so on Twitter from his vacation in Bali, Indonesia.  Oops.  Not vacation, very serious G20 meeting in Bali, where he met with President Xi of China and hobnobbed with world leaders like PM Trudeau and uber-villain Klaus Schwab.  And fell asleep a lot.  He is not quite so hobnobby as he used to be.  Milk and cookies are more his speed these days, not scotch and cigars.  [Tweet]  The evidence that "America is Back" is very thin on the ground.  It is a boast, not a reality.  Biden himself dodders, rambles, and shakes hands with phantoms.  Everything he touches internationally turns to fool's gold: lifeless and worthless as well.  Millions of Afghanis, especially women, are under the hobnailed boots of the Taliban.  Europe is in the midst of war and crisis.  Inflation rages around the world.  Energy is short, people will be cold and shivering in the dark in Europe.  And China is on the rise militarily, if not exactly stable politically — a bad combination.  If this is America being "back," give me more of that hatred and isolation Trump brought on.

No kidding.
House Republicans allege Biden [was] directly involved in business dealings with son Hunter Biden.  Republican Reps.  James Comer and Jim Jordan alleged at a press conference Thursday [11/17/2022] that President Biden was actively involved in overseas business dealings alongside his son Hunter.  Comer, citing whistleblowers, asserted that the Biden family "flourished and became millionaires by simply offering access to the family."  "Was Joe Biden directly involved with Hunter Biden's business deals, and is he compromised?  That's our investigation," Comer said.

Key Takeaways from the FBI Whistleblowers Report.  On November 4, 2022, the Republican staff of the House Judiciary Committee published a report based primarily on whistleblower testimony, describing how the FBI and the Justice Department have become politically weaponized against conservatives.  I strongly urge every AT reader to download the report and spend 30 to 60 minutes reading the first 50 pages.  Here are a few of the salient points. [...] [#2] The FBI downplayed and sought to reduce the spread of the serious allegations of wrongdoing leveled against Hunter Biden.  Despite having had possession of Hunter Biden's laptop for several years and a report released by Senators Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley in September 2020 detailing "potential criminal activity relating to transactions among and between Hunter Biden, his family, and his associates with Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh, and Chinese nationals," the FBI has shown no interest in going after him.  Contrast the kid glove treatment that Hunter Biden has received with the super-aggressive treatment meted out by the FBI when going after conservatives.  There is also evidence that the FBI sought to limit negative stories about Hunter Biden on social media.  Mark Zuckerberg has stated that FBI agents visited Facebook HQ before the 2020 election and said they believed that many of the stories about Hunter Biden were "Russian disinformation."

Biden Asks Lame Duck Congress to Quickly Expedite Another $38 Billion for Ukraine Plus $9 Billion for Big Pharma.  The White House is urging Nancy Pelosi to utilize the lame duck congressional session and construct a massive omnibus spending bill that will wrap Ukraine funding, COVID spending and a federal budget extension via continuous resolution.  The request for Ukraine funding is an additional $38 billion.  Federal funds to support FEMA and hurricane recovery efforts will likely be part of the bargaining chips.  Essentially, the sausage ingredients are:  if congress doesn't give Zelenskyy more money, then DeSantis will not get federal financial assistance.  If you don't support Ukraine, you're a Russian operative.

Catholic Bishops Gave Biden A Pass In 2020 And Now Christians Are Paying For It.  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) meets this week to elect a new president.  Relations with Washington top the agenda.  Stalking those relations is the reality that the USCCB compromised itself two years ago to facilitate the presidential candidacy of Joe Biden.  Now it is caught in the repercussions of its own priorities in 2020.  Biden's appointees in the Department of Health and Human Services would eliminate freedom of conscience in the name of health care.  They propose to revise Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act to add mandates about abortion, "gender identity," and sexual orientation to existing protections against "discrimination on the basis of sex."  Revision will subvert the right of hospitals and medical practitioners to claim exemption from participating in procedures that violate their religious convictions.

Treason without consequences — Joe Biden's open border policy.  The Biden administration is getting away with a massive outrage against our nation and its citizens.  Illegal immigration, which poses an existential threat to the U.S., is being enabled by our government and no one seems the least bit interested in putting an end to it.  Millions of unvetted migrants are streaming across the border and being shipped to secret destinations in direct violation of U.S. immigration law.  This is nothing short of treasonous.  Mass illegal immigration, if unchecked, will eventually lead to the destruction of the two-party system and the forced implementation of socialism by the left wing of the Democratic Party.  When millions of aliens are permitted to enter the U.S. illegally and sanctuary cities and states can deliberately disregard federal statutes, the rule of law becomes a thing of the past and we no longer have a country.

Joe Biden Sparks Concern After Bowing out of G20 'Leaders' Event, White House Won't Explain Why.  As we previously reported, President Joe Biden has been on an overseas tour of sorts over the course of the last several days.  As per the norm, there has been one embarrassment after another with perhaps the most notable one being his shameless kowtowing to Chinese "leaders" ahead of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia at a time when the United States should be projecting strength and competency on a world stage.  But in a far more concerning moment, multiple news outlets are reporting that Biden unexpectedly bowed out of the G20 leaders' dinner Monday night [11/14/2022] without explanation, calling an "early lid" — something his handlers are notorious for doing here in the U.S. in an effort to keep him from going off script and saying something they'll have to clean up later.  [Tweet]

Biden Hands China's Xi Propaganda Victory at G-20.  If Biden wants to set the U.S.-China relationship on a more favorable track, he must engage Beijing from a position of strength.  That's not what happened Monday [11/14/2022].  The timing of the summit couldn't have been worse.  Xi arrived in Bali fresh from the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress, where he won a precedent-breaking third term and consolidated his power to an extent not seen since the Mao Zedong era.  Video footage of the president excitedly prancing across a stage to shake hands with a patiently waiting Xi left no doubt who was the dominant of the two.

Sen. Ron Johnson Suggests Biden [is] 'Highly Compromised' by China.  President Joe Biden is "highly compromised" by the Chinese government, according to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) who argued that that must be the case given the scrapping of the United States Justice Department's effort to combat Chinese economic espionage.  Appearing on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures, the Wisconsin senator — who won a third term in last week's midterms, defeating Democrat Mandela Barnes — was asked by host Maria Bartiromo about his expectations for President Biden's Monday meeting with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.

Biden Says He's 'Making Sure' Trump Will Not Become President Again.  Old Joe Biden, the ostensible president of the United States, on Wednesday held one of his Potemkin press conferences before the gathering of sycophants and propagandists known as the White House press corps.  When a reporter said that Trump's movement was "still very strong," Biden laughed derisively and said, "Oh yeah?"  He added, "Well, we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power by — if we — if he does run.  I'm making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next President again."  How can he make sure of that?  He didn't say, and of course the sycophants didn't ask.

America's Death Wish.  Let's get real: The American people are electing the pols they deserve, demagogues who mirror the woke prejudices of an increasingly propagandized people.  According to the media, "threats to democracy" constituted one of the top concerns of the people.  How lame.  Large segments of the American public clearly swallowed Joe Biden's self-serving malarkey on that subject whole.  Never mind that Biden was clearly referring not to authentic threats to democracy but challenges to regnant liberalism.  Biden is not afraid for democracy but afraid of it.  He desires a one-party state.  The relative success of the Democrats on Tuesday is a measure not of the public's rationality but of its submission to wokeness.  Those in the 18 [to] 29 demographic voted for the Democrats overwhelmingly — a tribute not to their wisdom but to their lack of it.  These voters entered the booth after receiving a warped education at colleges and universities swimming in wokeness.  It is nearly impossible to impress upon this generation the dangers of liberalism.  They simply shrug at any description of them.

Joe Biden Is Done — Get Ready for President Harris After Election Day.  You may have noticed that Democrats only sent President Joe Biden to deep blue states leading up to Election Day.  Despite these relatively safe assignments, he still managed to tell Americans he planned to shut down all coal plants and stop all drilling for oil.  In between ranting about "Ultra MAGA" Republicans and threats to "our democracy," Doddering Joe sounded like he had marbles in his mouth, told HBCU students their school was just as good as any other college, and wrestled with his biggest enemy, the teleprompter.  Meanwhile, the Democrats' stenographers in the legacy media have been issuing brutal fact-checks on Biden's closing message. [...] It can only mean one thing:  Joe Biden will be the fall guy for the Democrats' poor performance, assuming election results surpass the margin of cheating.  Here is how it will go.  Sometime after the first of the year, Biden will resign for health reasons so that Democrats can claim the first minority female president before they get trounced in 2024.  Nothing substantial will change policy-wise because Harris will not run the government any more than Biden has.

Report on the Biden Laptop.  For the past thirteen months, Marco Polo — a nonprofit research group comprised of six men from across the U.S. dedicated to exposing corruption and blackmail — has been writing a comprehensive Report on the Biden Laptop and the crimes thereon.  Our motives and budget were transparent; thousands of Americans financed its production.  We neither sought nor received any institutional/corporate backing.  We were delayed for various reasons, but finished the dossier for 35k under budget.  At long last, the Report is complete.  It has been sent to members of the U.S. House & U.S. Senate, U.S. attorneys for the jurisdictions in which the Bidens (and their associates) committed crimes, state and local law enforcement, and — for good measure — every contact on the Biden Laptop, which includes all of Hunter's classmates at Archmere Academy and a portion of the current White House staff.

Biden Vows to Legalize Nationwide Killing of Unborn Babies.  Thirty-five years ago, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, who was then serving as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, gave a speech explaining why he was going to vote against confirming Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. [...] But last Sunday in New York, the man who cited his recognition of God-given rights in explaining his opposition to the confirmation of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court declared once again that he intends to sign legislation declaring a nationwide right to abort unborn babies.  "Look, here's the bottom line:  If Republicans gain control of Congress and pass a nationwide ban on abortion, I will veto it," said Biden.  "And if we elect — they give me two more Democrats in the Senate and we keep control of the House, we're going to codify Roe v.  Wade in January and make it the law of the land."  This is Biden's commitment:  to sign a law that legalizes the mass killing of innocent human beings.

Report: Biden Boys Involved in Gambling South of the Border.  Yet another scandal might engulf the already-disgraced Biden administration if the latest from the Daily Mail is true.  Joe Biden was up to his wattles in an offshore gambling operation from which he stood to earn millions in profits — while he was vice president under President Barack Hussein Obama.  Involved in the get-rich-quick scheme, which involved the government of Peru, were the late Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and his son, Key.  The project never took off, the Mail reported, but Gamblin' Joe was involved nonetheless.  The gambling operation was be at least the third major business scandal involving Biden and his son.  [Tweet]

The Democrats' 'Chicken Little' Closing Argument.  It is fitting, somehow, that President Joe Biden gave his final pitch at a nearly-deserted train station near the White House, a once-thriving venue now gutted by crime and homelessness.  It is telling that no candidates wanted to be seen anywhere near him, fearing his unpopularity would slop over onto them.  It is fitting that the station was surrounded by a homeless camp, finally cleared only because Biden was coming.  Most telling of all is the speech's content, which focused exclusively on threats to democracy.  Like his earlier prime-time speech in Philadelphia, it simply ignored all the kitchen-table issues driving voters into the Republican column this year:  inflation, falling real wages, rising crime, a surge of illegal immigrants, and a major drug crisis, fueled by Mexican drug cartels coming across the open border.

Washington Post fact checks Biden and his lies: 'bottomless Pinocchio' of misleading claims.  The Washington Post has its own "fact-checker" rating system using "Pinocchios." During the Trump administration, the Post created a new rating, the "bottomless Pinocchio," for claims given three Pinocchios.  Glenn Kessler writes that President Joe Biden has "earned his own Bottomless Pinocchio" for statements about Social Security, gas prices and the Second Amendment, among others.  The analysis also fact-checked the president's claim that seniors were getting an increase in their Social Security checks for the first time in 10 years.  The White House also included this claim in a tweet that was deleted.  "The reason Social Security payments are going up is because Social Security benefits, under a law passed in 1972, are adjusted every year to keep pace with inflation," the Post's analysis said.

Biden yells 'There is no more drilling!' just months after claiming he never shut down energy production.  Is there any lie that's just too brazen for old Joe Biden?  Seems not. [...] Biden has blamed Vladimir Putin, OPEC's barons, Big Oil, global warming, Republicans, and all other things he could think of for high prices at the pump.  The one thing he won't do is consider what Americans can see with their own eyes: that before President Trump left office, gas prices were about $2 a gallon.  Now they are $5 and $6 a gallon in California, and well above $3 a gallon in the rest of America.  That's "lived experience."  The clearest reason for that is Biden's policies to halt drilling.  Back in January 2021, Biden signed off on an executive order dictating a ban of oil and gas drilling on federal lands.  Fox News has a string of other bans and hamperings he's done to stop energy production and drive pump prices sky-high.

Biden Keeps Promising To Make Energy More Expensive.  Believe HimYes, we're going to make energy more expensive.  That's Joe Biden's closing message for 2022.  "We're going to be shutting these [coal] plants down all across America and having wind and solar," Biden told a crowd in deep blue California on Friday, arguing that it was "cheaper" to generate electricity from wind and solar.  Is it?  In California, which not only leads the nation in "clean energy" production but is leading the rest of us into rolling blackouts, residents pay 24.62 cents per kilowatt-hour for energy, around double the national average.  There are only three other states where residents fork 20 or more cents over, the isolated Hawaii and Alaska and the frack-banning New York.  The price of a gallon of gas in California is around two dollars over the national average, at $5.458.  In Texas, it's $3.173.  The president also forgot to mention that affordable natural gas, propelled by technological efficiencies like fracking, is as much a reason for the struggles of coal.

Joe Biden: Historic Black Universities Are 'Just as Smart' as Other Colleges.  President Joe Biden concluded his political rallies for the midterms at a historically black university in Maryland, telling students they were "just as smart" as other colleges in the United States.  Biden defended the "historic" $5.8 billion in funding he budgeted for HBCUs as president.  "HBCUs don't have the endowments others have, but guess what, you're just as smart, you're just as bright, you're just as good as any college in America," Biden said.

Biden Freaks out on Stage for Mysterious Reasons, Steps in It Big-Time Over Energy Policy.  I feel like I say this in every piece I write on a Biden public appearance, but I'm at a loss.  Did he get scared by his own shadow?  I'm only half joking because even though we can't see the stage, it doesn't appear there was actually anything in his way.  Later he walks in the same spot without issue.  He seems genuinely startled at that moment, shouting "it's black" without any further explanation.  It was weird, even by Biden's standards.  "Great.  Now we're getting 6 more weeks of recession," one Twitter user quipped in response, and I think that wins the day.  The fact that the President of the United States has become a running punchline due to his senility is probably not a good thing, but we can at least have some fun in the meantime.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden Goes Under the Bus Ahead of Schedule, and a New Contender Emerges.  I've long made fun of CNN's Daniel Dale for his tepid fact-checks of Biden.  Before this, they were few and far between and always loaded with qualifiers to try to explain away the president's falsehoods.  This is something completely different, though, being a total takedown in a mold we haven't seen before.  If you read the piece, it has no less than nine different, extensive corrections of Biden's recent lies, covering gas prices to social security.  Dale's sudden turn isn't the only one taking place in the press either.  Over the last week, we've seen both The New York Times and The Washington Post publish articles essentially saying that Biden can't be the 2024 nominee, something I've been suggesting for a long time.  That all this is happening prior to election day is genuinely surprising.

It isn't a "failed presidency" if all this destruction is intentional.
Biden is gaslighting Americans about his failed presidency.  The Biden Administration will be known to history for many things:  an open border and its deadly consequences, the abandonment of Afghanistan, weakness that led to catastrophe in Europe, skyrocketing inflation, and the use of federal law enforcement to target political opponents.  The catalog of infamy goes on.  Above all, though, this administration may be remembered for its duplicity — its continual, shameless "gaslighting" of the American people.  Biden, his team, and his sycophantic media supporters repeatedly tell us that "all is well" where it manifestly is not.  No matter how bad things become in the nation, no matter how many people suffer, reality has no purchase on the ideological bubble of this White House.  That is why, in these midterm elections, the American people must deliver to Joe Biden an unequivocal message:  that they refuse to be gaslit, that they are not buying what he is selling.

Thank God For These Horrible Democrats.  A fish rots from the head down, but in the case of Democrats that head is empty, or at least has forgotten where it is.  Naturally, that head is on the scrawny neck of Joe Biden, a man so untrustworthy that it says "hello" you have to suspect he's leaving.  What kind of person thinks claiming "Ultra MAGA is a threat to the country" is a good strategy?  "MAGA" stands for "Make America Great Again," which if you're pretending to like the country is rather difficult to demonize.  Then again, Biden leads the party that has "America was never great" as a guaranteed applause line on the campaign trail, so nothing should surprise us.  In a last-ditch effort to save his worthless presidency, Biden declared the act of engaging in democracy to be a threat to it should the public dare vote against the wishes of Democrats. [...] The idea of declaring one of the two possible election outcomes to be invalid before any votes are counted should bother the people who claim to wake up screaming about "threats to democracy."

Is Biden's Real Problem, Senility or Leftism?  The Biden administration disaster can be put down to 1 part senility and 4 parts leftist insanity.  What else could explain doing this before a crucial election in a coal state where the Dems are struggling on energy issues?  ["]Biden made the comments on Friday when discussing energy, stating that coal plants cost too much to operate and advocated for renewables as an eventual replacement.  'No one is building new coal plants because they can't rely on it,' Biden said.  "Even if they have all the coal guaranteed for the rest of the existence of the plant.'  'So it's going to become a wind generation,' Biden added.  'And all they're doing is, it's going to save them [...] a lot of money and using the same transmission line that they transmitted the coal-fired electric on.  We're going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar power.'["]  Why?  That's the obvious question that comes to mind.  The message isn't new, but the timing is spectacularly bad.

Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About Climate Change And His Handlers Are Trying To Save The Situation.  In a move that surely had his tapioca dealers talking themselves back from the ledge, the President stated that they would be shutting down coal-fired power plants 'across America'.  West Virginia may be the first state that comes to mind when one thinks of coal country, but Pennsylvania is a close second and is home to one of the key senate races of this election.  Democrat senate hopeful, Fetterman, was likely stunned by Biden's recklessness ... and her husband probably was too.

Senator Joe Manchin Pretends to be Surprised That Joe Biden is Banning Coal Powered Energy.  Yesterday, Joe Biden declared that all coal-fired electricity plants in the U.S would be shut down, saying, "we're going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar."  Today, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, the senator who gave Joe Biden the vote he needed for the 'inflation reduction act' also known as the climate change investment act that will eliminate all oil, coal and natural gas development, pretends to act surprised that Joe Biden will destroy the West Virginia coal mining industry.

This kind of back-pedaling might have worked before videotape was invented, but not today.
KJP Claims Biden's Exact Words on Coal Are Being 'Twisted'.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released a statement Saturday afternoon in an effort to walk back President Joe Biden's remarks Friday.  During a campaign stop in California, Biden said, "We're gonna be shutting these plants down all across America, and having wind and solar."  Jean-Pierre claims Biden's words, which have simply been quoted and replayed, are being "twisted."

The Editor says...
Biden said what he said.  A quote is not a twist.

Fact check: Biden's midterms message includes false and misleading claims.  President Joe Biden has been back on the campaign trail, traveling in October and early November to deliver his pitch for electing Democrats in the midterm elections on Tuesday.  Biden's pitch has included claims that are false, misleading or lacking important context. [...]

Angry, Creepy, Cowardly Joe.  Wow.  Angry, creepy, sleepy Dementia Joe gave another one of his atrocious Sieg heil! speeches on Wednesday blaming MAGA Republicans for his failures, and the wannabe tyrant could not have come off more revolting.  If his imbecilic ranting had any strategic objective, it got lost (much like Biden) in the disgustingly un-American backwash frothing from his vitriol.  He sounded like some mad-hatted, off-kilter offspring of Stalin, Hillary Clinton, and a caca-throwing howler monkey.  It is a wonder that he refrained from calling for public MAGA executions right then and there!  Our mentally-challenged, child-grooming, puppet dictator was clearly going for the dumb, pervy, pro-gulag vote with a mindless diatribe meant to do nothing but threaten and divide Americans.  As has evidently become official U.S. government policy, Slow-Joe's speech consisted of nothing but vilification, calumny, and lies.  He tried to paint the hammer-wielding commie Castro nudist who Houdini-ed his way past security to invade Paul Pelosi's personal space as a card-carrying member of Team Trump, yet the absurdity of turning a far-left, drug-addled hippy into a MAGA mascot was far too removed from reality to resemble anything but flagrant propaganda.  The speech (such as it was) went downhill from there.  It was evil MAGA did this, insurrection that, democracy is hanging by a thread, Oceania must defeat Eurasia — regurgitated gibberish all!

Who has really been running our country?  On the day that Joe Biden was sworn into office, he signed dozens of extensively radical executive orders.  Then the Biden administration began populating the federal government and the federal Judiciary — including the new Supreme Court vacancy — with hundreds (probably thousands) of the most extreme anti-American people imaginable. [...] All of this destruction is being attributed by our political establishment to a man with obvious dementia who can barely read through a single sentence on a teleprompter, can't remember names, and cannot discuss anything of substance.  Republicans and conservatives love to beat up on Joe Biden.  It makes great campaign fundraising rhetoric.  But nobody can possibly believe that Biden in his perpetual mental fog actually planned any of this, wrote any of it, ordered it, or even knows any details about it.

Biden's Rhetoric is a Threat to the Republic.  The only good thing about this speech is that it didn't have a color scheme out of V for Vendetta and didn't feature Marines in the background.  Whoever runs these things at least learned from that attempt at looking like Biden was about to declare martial law, suspend habeas corpus and make everyone read Gender Queer and How To Be An Anti-Racist at gunpoint in a gulag.  The bad news is no one cared about that speech except conservatives.  They care even less about this one.  With the countdown underway, voters have made it clear that they care about the economy and crime.  Anyone who finds the "threat to democracy" routine persuasive is already a solid blue voter and ActBlue donor who probably showed up for at least one D.C. protest.  This isn't just pandering to the base, it's pandering to the Elizabeth Warren base.

Democrats Turn 2022 Into '1984'.  Politicians dissemble without shame — which, ironically, is why they constantly invoke their own honor and allegiance to the truth.  Still, Biden's latest string of whoppers — that gas prices were sky high and the economy was in the tank when he took office, that he convinced the Congress to pass student loan relief, that he's a deficit hawk who has secured the border, that his son, Beau, died in Iraq — are so obviously false that it's hard to believe even a politician in his right mind would make such claims.  That he is the president of the United States, leader of the free world, makes this behavior especially troubling.  And yet, those relatively small deceptions, so easily fact-checked and debunked, are the least of our problems because they do not simply reveal the partisan instincts of one softening mind.  They also reflect the freedom Democrats and their leftist allies now feel to redefine reality itself by advancing their own array of Big Lies which are dividing and inflaming our country.

Fact-Checking 5 Biden Warnings About Dangers to Democracy.  President Joe Biden warned that democracy was in peril and on the ballot during a primetime speech Wednesday from Union Station in Washington, D.C., near Capitol Hill.  Biden referenced the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, and talked several times about former President Donald Trump.  He also said that political violence is on the rise.

Biden: saying the same thing louder.  What do you do when nobody cares what you are saying?  When they even hate the sound of your voice?  If you are an attention starved brat — or a Democrat these days — you scream louder and louder and hope that screeching sound will make the crowd turn around and listen.  Joe Biden did his share of (metaphorical) screaming last night in what was a repetitive, poorly written, and clearly panicked speech last night.

Biden ridiculed for 'despicable' speech on 'threat' to democracy: 'What delusion looks like'.  Conservatives ridiculed President Biden's "despicable" Wednesday speech in which he warned midterm voters of the threats to democracy ahead of Election Day.  During his last address before the balance of power would be decided in Washington D.C., Biden pleaded with Americans to vote against Republicans, accusing them of being election deniers and MAGA extremists who have encouraged political violence, promoted former President Donald Trump's "Big Lie" about the 2020 election and engaged in voter intimidation.  Rather than focusing on the main issues voters are most concerned about, namely rampant inflation and other economic woes, Biden's speech pointed the finger at his political opponents.  He noted the assault against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, decrying the violence and misinformation supposedly fostered by extremist Republicans.

Biden Says We Won't Know the Results of the Midterm Election Until Days After Polls Close November 8th.  It would appear that national democrats are setting the stage for fraudulent ballot collection again.  During his insufferable remarks today about Democracy vs. Autocracy, a speech fraught with cognitive dissonance, Joe Biden proactively warns Americans that the results from the midterm election will not be known until days after the election takes place.  [Video clip]

Biden's riot act falls flat.  Joe Biden wanted to give a stirring speech to rouse Americans to angry purpose about the threats to democracy represented by "election deniers" running for office across the country.  He was, according to CNN's reporting, spurred to action by the horrible attack last week on the husband of the speaker of the House, which Biden believes is a direct result of Donald Trump's effect on the United States over the past seven years.  So ... that's what he wanted.  But, as the great philosopher Mick Jagger once said, you can't always get what you want.  The address he delivered Wednesday night wasn't a forceful speech.  It was a forceless speech.  Biden didn't appeal passionately to the better angels of our nature because there was no energy behind his words.

Is a 25th Amendment removal in Joe Biden's future?  Claims that President Trump was not mentally fit for the job and needed to be removed from office began in earnest right after his inauguration in 2017. By January 2018, questions about Trump's "mental fitness for the heavy duties of the presidency" nudged him to ask his doctor to administer a cognitive test.  Members of Congress even requested the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service to provide an overview of the 25th Amendment's history, purpose and process for removing a president.  In December 2019, 350 psychiatrists and other mental health professionals signed a petition during the Democrats' first impeachment fiasco claiming Trump's mental health was rapidly deteriorating. [...] Biden's issues are substantively different.  We frequently see him, after he has delivered a speech, wander off as if he doesn't know where he is or where he's supposed to go.  Someone hurries over and takes his arm and points him in the right direction.  At times he's lucid and in control, but at other times he seems baffled and confused. [...] If that is indeed mental decline we're seeing, it will likely get worse.  So how would a 25th Amendment removal work?

Biden Ignores Issues People Care About in Primetime Speech, Focuses on January 6 and 'Election Deniers'.  Instead of focusing on something, anything, that the vast majority of Americans care about, Joe Biden delivered a primetime speech Wednesday night that was yet another disgusting display of using his office to characterize those who disagree with him politically as a "threat to democracy" and to tell voters that they must vote for the Democrat party in the upcoming election or our very existence as a country is in peril.  Of course, the major focus of Biden's remarks was January 6 and the 2020 election.  You've heard his comments ad nauseam, and that's probably why they were included in this speech — they're comments his people can count on him to pretty reliably deliver.

Biden urges voters to rebuke political violence by backing Democrats.  President Biden urged Democrats on Wednesday [11/2/2022] to show up at the polls during next week's midterm elections or "allow the dark forces that thirst for power" to chip away at American democracy.  Biden urged a crowd of supporters at a Democratic National Committee event inside Union Station in Washington, D.C. not to take the election for granted.  The president argued that Democrats had to show up at the polls because Republicans could not be entrusted with political power.  "We're facing a defining moment," said Biden.  "We must with one overwhelming, unified voice speak, as a country and say there's no place for voter intimidation or political violence in America."

Biden Gives Tired, Lie Filled Closing Argument as Dems Stare Down a Red Wave.  President Joe Biden made his way to crime ridden Union Station in Washington D.C. Wednesday night.  It was a previously unscheduled trip put on the Democratic National Committee and a last ditch effort to convince voters Trump Republicans and democracy are "on the ballot" next Tuesday.  [Tweet]  "In our bones we know democracy is at risk," Biden claimed. [Tweet] During his remarks, which were made without glaring communist red lights and U.S. Marines standing the background, Biden made a number of references to January 6 and the nudist attack on Paul Pelosi.  He then oddly attempted to portray himself and Democrats as unifiers interested in getting along with their political opponents.  [Tweet]

The Fix Is In: Joe Bidens Warns Americans Several Races Will Not Be Called for Several Days After the Election So "Be Patient".  In an unprecedented move, Joe Biden used the Office of the President to smear Republicans just days before the 2022 midterm election.  It was 25 straight minutes of attacks on President Trump, Republicans, MAGA supporters, and the American people.  This was Joe Biden's attempt to move the needle before the elections next week.  At one point during his speech, Joe Biden warned Americans that it will take several days to call the elections.

Reaction to Biden's Speech About 'Democracy'.  Dear Mr. President,   First of all, the United States of America is not a democracy.  [Indeed], that is Civics 101.  America is a republic.  It was designed as a republic because the framers knew that democracies could easily descend into mob rule.  That includes mobs you like.  More on that later.  Secondly, the man who attacked Paul Pelosi is a mentally ill drug addict whose interests and intentions were all over the map.  I don't see you shedding any tears for the people who face these lunatics every single day on city streets.  But your people found enough to get back on the MAGA horse.  Speaking of that, and mobs...  Third, no one is buying "MAGA Republicans" anymore.  You've ridden said horse into the ground.  It's dead.  Leave it be.  It was not the vast majority of Republicans who stormed the Capitol on January 6.  It wasn't even the majority of people at the rally.  But you just can't leave it alone. [...]

Joe Biden: Democracy Itself at Stake if You Vote for Republicans in the Midterms.  President Joe Biden again warned on Wednesday of Republicans taking power in the midterm elections, arguing the "very soul of America itself" was in danger.  "We the people must decide whether the rule of law will prevail or whether we will allow the dark forces and ... thirst for power put ahead of the principles that have long guided us," Biden said during a speech delivered inside Union Station.

Joe Biden Said 'Democracy' 37 Times in [a] 20-Minute Address.  President Joe Biden uttered the word "democracy" 37 times in a 20-minute speech on Wednesday that seemed to be his final pitch to American voters to vote for Democrats in next week's midterm elections.  Biden's speech cautioned against letting Republicans take power after the midterm election, arguing that the "very soul of America itself" is on the line.  Biden's speech came amid projections from analysts who expect Republicans to regain the majority in the House and U.S. Senate.  Additionally, Democrats are playing defense in several districts Biden carried by significant margins in 2020.

Joe Biden is decomposing right before our eyes.  Currently, Democrat hopes of retaining the House and gaining in the Senate are circling the drain.  Therefore, party leaders have apparently decided that trotting Biden out now for campaign appearances can't cause any more harm and might even help some candidates.  That's probably a miscalculation.  The last couple of days has revealed that Biden's brain is decomposing even as his body lives on.  On the mic, in real-time, he's telling lies, fictionalizing his own life, and spewing unintelligible nonsense.  Meanwhile, his White House put out an economic tweet so vile that, thanks to Elon Musk's new Twitter policies, the White House was quickly forced to pull it.  I quickly realized when traversing the internet today that there was no single Biden gaffe, lie, or rambling that deserved its own post.  Instead, it's the collective weight of all those moments that deserves attention.  Biden is no longer capable of performing in public.

America Is On The Cusp Of A Fundamental Transformation.  No matter how bad Obama's actions while in office, nothing he did compares to Joe Biden.  Since being installed as president, Biden has done an insane number of things that simply make no sense from a rational perspective.  Literally the first thing Biden did was reduce the amount of energy available to Americans.  He canceled completing the Keystone XL Pipeline which would have brought more Canadian oil.  Soon thereafter, the administration threw up roadblocks to domestic oil production both offshore and on federal lands.  First, they curtailed new leases and "reviewed" existing ones.  Later, when they backed off from a complete ban, they instituted a virtual ban, which included increasing fees and other elements to make extraction more expensive for energy companies and everything more expensive for Americans.

Biden to deliver unscheduled DNC speech at Union Station near Capitol.  President Biden will deliver remarks on "preserving and protecting our democracy" at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, D.C., White House officials and the DNC said Wednesday.  The president is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. ET at the Columbus Club in Union Station, where he will address "the threat of election deniers and those who seek to undermine faith in voting and democracy," according to a DNC advisory.

Back to the Carter economy.  The latest edition of "Joe Biden: Bad Ideas" came yesterday when Biden stepped up his attacks on Big Oil and suggested that unless they lower prices he would push to implement a Windfall Profits Tax on the companies, essentially seizing their profits as a punishment for making money.  Such taxes are notoriously idiotic, and even the dimwits in the White House must know that.  It seems like Biden is trying to ruin the economy, and we have hit the point where we have to actually consider that to be a possibility.  Everything he has done to the economy has made things worse, and after a while you have to consider whether it is intentional.

Remember, Joe Biden claims to be a devout Catholic.
Joe Biden Gives Planned Parenthood $17 Million to Kill Babies in Abortions.  Joe Biden's administration awarded almost $17 million in taxpayer-funded grants this year to the billion-dollar abortion chain Planned Parenthood.  According to Live Action News, the nation's largest abortion company received the money through the Title X family planning program under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Another $25.5 million from the program went to other pro-abortion groups, the news outlet discovered.  Title X funds are not supposed to be used for abortions.  The program provides family planning services to low-income individuals, and the law states that Title X grants may not be used "where abortion is a method of family planning."  However, Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion business in the U.S., has been one of the biggest recipients of Title X for years.

Biden Isn't A Gaffe Machine — He's A Malfunctioning Machine.  The issues abound — a stiff, rigid forearmed, gait, literally blanking out during interviews, clear spatial disorientation, whispering to tell audiences "a secret" as you would with a four-year-old nephew before you gave them a quarter (or asked them to pull your finger,) inappropriate flashes of anger, utter dependence upon others for help walking, let alone while chewing gum, and talking, and the wandering off and the slurring and the incomprehensibility and the off-topic references to events from years ago and the eyes and the forgetting and the fog.  It all adds up not to "oops!" but to a mentally and physically disabled person being propped up by a coterie of handlers for their own benefit.  It all adds up to elder abuse.  But I'm not a doctor you say?  I don't need a weatherman to know it's raining out.

Joe Biden Claims He Personally Spoke to the Man Who Invented Insulin.  Joe Biden traveled to Hollandale, Florida to talk about Social Security, Medicare and lowering prescription drug prices.  Biden claimed he personally spoke to the man who invented insulin.

81 Million Votes! Joe Biden Can't Fill Up Small College Gym at Florida Rally.  Joe Biden traveled to Florida Memorial University on Tuesday for a rally with Democrats Charlie Crist and Val Demings. [...] Basement Joe Biden can't fill a small college gym. [...] The FMU student-athletes are excited for Joe Biden for some reason.  Apparently, they don't buy their own gas.

Joe Biden Gives Florida Democrats Nightmares During Disastrous 'Rally the Troops' Speech.  Very early on during the rally, it was clear that the Democrats in attendance were about as enthusiastic as a wet mop.  Below, we see Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former DNC chair, begging the crowd to show some spirit ahead of Biden's arrival.  She wasn't very successful:  [Video clips] [...] Not only was this speech a classic Joe Biden fail, it was also a handler fail.  What sane aide in his administration would send a guy to a state where he is not only deeply unpopular, but which has a state party that can't get it together — to the point that not even national Democratic groups want to spend a lot of money on any type of meaningful broadcast, digital, and ground games for any of its candidates?

Biden Tells Black College Students He 'Got His Start' at 'Historically Black College' Delaware State University.  He Didn't.  He Went to University of Delaware.  Joe Biden on Tuesday evening campaigned for Democrat duds Charlie Crist and Val Demings at Florida Memorial University in Miami.  Biden told the black students at Florida Memorial University, a HBCU (Historically Black College) that he 'got his start' at HBCU Delaware State University.  Joe Biden went to the University of Delaware.

What's Going on With Joe Biden's Hand?  Joe Biden was at a reception for Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist in Golden Beach, Florida, on Tuesday.  That followed a nightmare rally with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), which had all kinds of issues — as we reported [...] — in a festival of confusion, including saying his son died in Iraq, forgetting what FEMA stands for, confusing Iraq and Ukraine, and claiming he spoke with the "inventor of insulin." [...] There's been a lot of speculation in the past about Biden getting medicine to help him.  But Joe Biden has not said anything in that regard.  Joe Biden and John Fetterman seem to have a lot in common.  They both have cognition issues (for different reasons), and they both aren't forthcoming about what is involved in those issues.  But this is — once again — raising those questions, and now many are calling on the Biden team to explain what the marks are.  Some have speculated that it was related to medicine for Biden's cognitive problems.

Few Democratic Candidates Want Biden Or Harris To Campaign With Them.  Usually, the final month of a midterm election is a hectic one for the president of the United States.  Barack Obama, for instance, made 22 campaign-related trips in October 2010 in a futile effort to stem losses in his first midterm election — Democrats lost 63 House seats and control of the chamber.  President Joe Biden, in comparison, made just eight last month and has little on his schedule for the final week of campaigning.  The problem: Next to nobody wants Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris to appear on stage with them.

Brilliant incentive, Joe.  Cheap gas is sure to follow.
Biden threatens higher taxes on oil companies if they do not work to lower gas prices.  President Joe Biden threatened Monday to pursue higher taxes on oil company profits if industry giants do not work to cut gas prices.  Biden has criticized oil companies that have made record-high profits as consumers struggle to keep up with high gas prices.  The price of a gallon of gas was $3.76 on Monday, according to AAA, down from a record of over $5 in June but still higher than a year ago.  "Their profits are a windfall of war," Biden said, referring to Russia's war in Ukraine, which prompted Western sanctions that reduced oil supply.  "It's time for these companies to stop their war profiteering."  "If they don't they're going to pay a higher tax on their excess profits," he said.

The Editor says...
When was the last time Joe Biden bought a tank of gas?

See no evil on Joe Biden's China links.  To announce charges in three cases against foreign operatives working in the United States, Justice Department officials held a press conference last week that recalled the Red Scare days of the 1950s.  This time, the alleged Communist evil doers are Chinese, not Russians.  Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI director Christopher Wray and others adopted a striking anti-China tone in describing a level of venality.  They are willing to "lie, cheat and steal their way to dominance," Wray said, pointing to criminal cases involving agriculture, academia, green technology and governments.  Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, citing evidence that bribes were offered to obtain inside information about Justice's investigation of Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, said the case "shows the interconnection between ... intelligence officers and Chinese companies."

Jill Biden campaigns for struggling Dems as Joe spends weekend at home.  Jill Biden is pounding the pavement in two different states this weekend to boost embattled Dems days before the crucial Nov. 8 midterm elections — while her husband, President Biden, takes it easy at their Delaware home.  The first lady's role as a campaign surrogate has grown this election season as some Democrats seek to keep the president, and his poor 43% approval rating, at arm's length.  On Saturday, the first lady was in New Hampshire, where she's assisting Sen. Maggie Hassan, a first-term Democrat sweating out an increasingly competitive race against GOP challenger Don Bolduc.

Citizens call on D.C. police to investigate Biden's pedophilia.  (Natural News) Joe Biden just cannot stop sniffing underage children and making highly inappropriate comments about them in front of reporters, prompting calls for an investigation into the fake "president."  Police in Washington, D.C., say they are receiving increasingly more calls requesting a probe into Biden, who has an extensive history of pedophilic behavior and statements throughout his career.  At a recent campaign event in Irvine, Calif., for instance, Biden was seen creeping up on a visibly uncomfortable young girl from behind while whispering to her his favorite line:  "Now, a very important thing I told my daughters and granddaughters — no serious guys until you're 30!"  The child, who clearly did not want the Pedophile-in-Chief groping and whispering his rambles into her ear, responded with:  "Okay, I'll keep that in mind."  As this was happening, Biden was visibly seen intoxicating himself with her smell, which he has done to many young women over the years — most of them underage.

Biden falsely says the price of gas was more than $5 when he took office (when it was $2.39).  President Joe Biden touted U.S. manufacturing gains Thursday on a trip to Syracuse — where he claimed gas prices were down compared to when he took office, when in fact they are higher.  'We're down $1.25 Since the peak this summer, and they've been falling for the last three weeks as well as well, and adding up real savings for families today,' Biden said.  'The most common price of gas in America is $3.39 down from over $5 When I took office,' he continued.  The average cost of a gallon of gas on the AAA site was $3.76 Thursday.  When he took office, it was averaging $2.39 — or about half what he said it was then — according to the Energy Information Institute.

Joe Biden [is] implicated in [a] half-dozen white collar crimes, including tax evasion.  (Natural News) For years we have suspected that Joe Biden was intricately wrapped up in his debased son's criminal activities, and now a new report has confirmed those suspicions.  A lengthy report issued by Marco Polo, a watchdog group founded by a former Trump administration official, stated that the current president of the United States is implicated in at least a half-dozen crimes, including tax evasion.  The report "details accusations of 459 crimes allegedly committed by Hunter including prostitution offenses, distribution and possession of drugs, defrauding government agencies, illegal foreign lobbying and money laundering," the UK's Daily Mail reported.

This has been obvious for at least a year:
Joe Biden's Wife Jill [is] Secretly Working Behind The Scenes At [the] White House.  President Joe Biden's bossy wife Jill is playing "puppet master" behind the scenes at the White House and has taken a more commanding role in his administration as his cognitive abilities continue to decline, RadarOnline.com has learned.  "Jill's always been totally protective of Joe since the earliest days of his presidency helping to vet White House staffers before they're hired and lending advice and counsel when it's needed," said one political insider.  "But lately she's obviously been running the show with her husband's mental state in greater and greater question.  Key presidential duties are falling to Jill, and she's been stepping up and taking more on her plate.  Sometimes, she even acts in her husband's stead when it seems he is unable to!"

Biden Gets Blasted for Racist Comment About Airline Seats.  We're just under two weeks to the midterm election.  You would think that Joe Biden — as the alleged "leader" of the Democratic Party would be going all-in for all of the Democratic candidates.  However, most of the candidates — wisely — don't seem to want him to be anywhere near them as they struggle to distance themselves from the failed policies of Biden and the Democratic Party, particularly when it comes to inflation, the most important issue for most Americans.

The 634-page report on Hunter Biden's laptop — and 459 alleged crimes.  Right-wing nonprofit research group Marco Polo finally has published its Hunter Biden laptop opus, a thorough forensic examination of every document on the first son's notorious MacBook computer that he abandoned in a Delaware repair shop in April 2019.  The 634-page report (plus 2,020 footnotes) lists six alleged crimes committed by Joe Biden — including tax evasion and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) — alongside 459 crimes it alleges were committed by Hunter, including illegal foreign lobbying and money laundering.  The group's firebrand founder Garrett Ziegler, a 26-year-old former deputy to Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro, has sent the report to more than 4,000 people, including every member of the House and Senate, White House staff, US Attorney offices and every contact on the laptop.  He also sent a copy to every one of Hunter's former classmates in the class of 1988 at the tony Archmere Academy in Delaware.

Biden Wants Your Kids to Be Gender-Transitioned Whether You Like It or Not.  President Joe Biden wants your children to make life-changing gender transitions, and the only reason you want to stop him is bigotry and fear.  At least, so he says.  In a NowThis media roundtable aired Sunday, Biden discussed issues of the day with progressive activists and social media personalities.  Most notable was his interview with transgender TikTok celebrity Dylan Mulvaney, a biological male who is transitioning to "girlhood."  In the interview, Biden said state attempts to restrict gender transitions are immoral and based on "fear."  He was asked if states had the right to place restrictions on "gender-affirming care," as the Left likes to call hormone therapy and reconstructive surgeries.  "I don't think any state or anybody should have the right to do that.  As a moral question or as a legal question, I just think it's wrong," the president said in response.

Hunter Biden's 'flirty' Chinese secretary who urged 'Uncle Joe' to run is new GOP focus.  First son Hunter Biden's "flirty" former secretary JiaQi "Jackie" Bao, who pushed for "Uncle Joe" Biden to run for president and has been linked to the Chinese government, is the focus of a new House Republican inquiry into the first family's extensive overseas business dealings.  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, demanded information Wednesday from FBI Director Christopher Wray on the Biden family's links to Bao while Hunter and his uncle James Biden raked in $4.8 million from Chinese government-linked CEFC China Energy in 2017 and 2018.

Joe Biden's Senility Is Getting Worse.  Joe's downfall may seem like it's been a long time coming, but it really hasn't been.  If you think back on his career in politics, he's always been a liar and he's always lied about his own life.  For someone with all the opportunities in the world to create a large footprint in history for himself, Joe Biden hasn't done anything worth noting.  Honestly, his Senate career was almost completely devoid of accomplishments.  The 1994 crime bill is about it, and he barely played a role in that.  You really have to wonder what the people of Delaware were thinking when they kept sending Forrest Gump back to Washington.  The only things he was known for in the Senate were being on the Judiciary Committee and trying to smear Clarence Thomas (and failing) and being on the Foreign Relations Committee and being on the exact wrong side of every foreign policy issue in his lifetime.  You couldn't be more worthless than Joe if you tried.  His main problem was that he's dumb.  But, like AOC now, he is also incredibly arrogant, so there's no telling him anything since he knows it all.  Ignorance coupled with arrogance leads to a Mr. Magoo mentality of simply walking through life without ever noticing the destruction caused by you in your wake.  This is Joe Biden.

How Do You Successfully Lie To 300 Million People.  Joe Biden is a pathological liar.  That's easy to prove.  Just about every public statement that he's made is an outright lie.  His claims about his law school career and standing were false.  He claimed to have marched during the civil rights movement — a lie.  He's lied repeatedly, boldly about Hunter's corrupt business dealings, and his intimate relationship to them.  He's spent 47 years stacking lie upon lie, building a colossal monument to his depravity and to the public's gullibility.  Biden lied about COVID, the efficacy of the "vaccine," the necessity of lockdowns, and the utility of masks.  He's lying about the border crisis, and how it will deform our Republic.  He and his administration are lying about inflation — a trip to the grocery store or gas pump will prove that lie.  He and his stooges continue to lie about January 6th, in particular about three police officers who were killed that day — a tragedy that never actually occurred.  Recently, he lied about how his son Beau died, claiming he was killed in Iraq when, in fact, he died of brain cancer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2009. You may be tempted to give Biden a pass on that bizarre statement, but Biden is speaking out of the dark and twisted lair that is his soul — a lifetime of lies is now manifesting itself through his dementia.

Our President[!] Explains.  President Biden's daycare minders in the White House had a project with high degree of difficulty to complete yesterday.  They were required to put their heads together and come up with an explanation of Biden's belief that Congress had enacted the student loan giveaway he promulgated by royal decree.  You see, Biden doesn't know what he is saying or doing.  How could his minders explain it?  It wasn't easy.  Someone running the show slipped a note to Jacqui Heinrich of FOX News.  Hey, he was thinking of the fraudulently titled Inflation Reduction Act when he referred to his loan giveaway.  It could happen to anyone.  And the note slipped to Heinrich required a killer correction.  For "millions" read "billions."  [Tweet]

Biden's Destroying the Economy.  Is It Intentional?  Everywhere I go, people are mystified about President Joe Biden's economic agenda.  So few of the policies comport with basic common sense that I'm asked the same question over and over: Is Biden intentionally trying to take a wrecking ball to the economy?  Is this all part of some diabolical plan, the "great reset," to end our system of free market capitalism and replace it with some form of big government socialism?  Biden keeps saying that he wants to be a historic president who will "transition" the country into a new worker's paradise where no one uses fossil fuels or electricity or cars and equality is paramount, ahead of growth and prosperity.  Is he taking us there with no regard for the collateral damage to America?

Biden Embraces America's Fiercest Enemies: Whose Side Is He On?  Saudi Arabia was once considered America's No. 1 friend and ally in the Arab world.  Since President Joe Biden came to power, however, US-Saudi relations have rapidly deteriorated.  The recent OPEC+ decision to cut oil production and the Biden administration's subsequent verbal attack on Saudi Arabia have seen the crisis between Washington and Riyadh reach new heights, with many Saudis launching unprecedented criticism of the Biden administration and its foreign policies.  The Saudis believe that the Biden administration's hostility towards Saudi Arabia is the result of the influence of far-left US politicians who have infiltrated the Democratic Party.

Joe Biden Pushing to Limit Gun Owners to 'Eight Bullets in a Round'.  President Joe Biden told NowThis News during a Sunday interview that he is pushing to limit gun owners to having no more than "eight bullets in a round."  Natalie Barden, whose brother was killed in the December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School attack, urged Biden to "address 'high capacity' magazines" and asked what he is currently do to limit those magazines.  Biden responded by saying he is going to push to ban 'assault weapons' after the midterm elections and urged people to vote for Democrats in order to secure the ban.

Hunter Biden's Laptop Documents At Least 459 Legal Violations, Watchdog Group Says.  A year-long exploration of Hunter Biden's laptop has yielded a 630-page report that its authors say document 459 violations of state and federal laws and regulations by President Joe Biden's son and his business partners.  Marco Polo, a nonprofit formed by a one-time aide to former President Trump to enable a team of cyber gumshoes to take a deep dive into the laptop that the crack-addled Biden left at a Delaware repair store, claims the report is a road map for local, state, or federal prosecutors to pursue charges.  The group also sent its report to each member of Congress.  The timing of the report's release, coming two weeks before the midterm elections, has a certain symmetry to the laptop's initial introduction to the public.  In 2020, days before the election, the New York Post published news of the laptop's existence, as well as bombshells from it, but social media suppressed the story after the FBI had warned companies of so-called misinformation.  This time around, the timing is similar, but other factors are reversed.

Here's proof Biden knows his student loan bailout is illegal.  Basically, in order to sue, you have to have been directly harmed by the program.  And, on paper, it's hard to see who is harmed by the bailout because, unfortunately, just generally being a taxpayer whose money is being illegally wasted is not considered sufficient justification to bring a lawsuit.  So, for a while, it seemed that even though Biden's plan was glaringly constitutionally suspect, nobody would be able to challenge it in court, meaning it wouldn't be struck down even if it was unconstitutional.  Thankfully, various right-of-center plaintiffs have come up with creative ways to challenge the plan in court.  One such lawsuit that has emerged is a suit by six states claiming that their finances would be harmed by Biden's bailout because they're heavily invested in private companies that service loans and will take a big hit from the president's cancellation initiative.

Cancel This.  President Biden premised his cancelation or forgiveness of student loans of up to $20,000 per person on "the financial harms of the pandemic."  However, a Wall Street Journal editorial duly noted that "the government had halted student loan payments since 2020, holding borrowers harmless.  A month before he declared the pandemic 'over,' Biden extended that student loan pause through Dec. 31."  Biden's "plan," as he calls it, is blatantly unconstitutional.  It's not unfair to say that everything about it is wrong.  The only question is whether any party has legal standing to challenge it.  Indeed, Biden has altered the "plan" since the original announcement to exacerbate the standing issue for possible challengers.  At last word, the estimated cost of the plan was $400 billion.

Joe Biden Accidentally Reveals That He Doesn't Have A Clue About Guns.  The Biden administration's plans on gun control are really bad and instead of addressing the real underlying problems when it comes to gun violence, President Biden is pushing politically divisive measures that could seriously damage our right to keep and bear arms without making the nation any safer. [...] Remember, Biden is a lawyer, as he's so often reminded us.  He's supposed to have some basic understanding of the law and how to address it.  For the life of me, I don't understand why the White House staffers who control Biden continue to put him in these kinds of positions.  I suspect the president is stubborn enough to demand his voice be heard, but when being heard constantly leads to stuff like this, it's best to be quiet.  That's a lesson Biden has not and obviously will not learn — before he finally heads to his Delaware beach house for good instead of just four days a week.

In a Zone.  Is President Biden running for reelection? "I have not made that formal decision but it's my intention ... to run again and we'll have time to make that decision," Biden told MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart in an "exclusive interview" that must have been premised on an agreement not to ask difficult questions.  "Dr. Biden is for it?" Capehart asked.  Patrick Reilly observes in his New York Post story — "Earth to Joe" — that Capehart's follow-up question "was met with a long, awkward silence as Biden appeared to glance toward the floor in the sit-down interview that aired Friday night."  I would say "as Biden appeared to zone out."  Maybe it was the difficulty of processing "Dr. Biden."

Long knives are out for Joe Biden post-midterms, but Biden says Jill and dead son Beau want him to run again.  If Joe Biden disgusts us with stubborn willingness to sacrifice the entire economy for the sake of his greenie, open-borders, big-spending, agenda, note that Democrats have it in for him, too.  For Democrats, their logic is that Joe has sacrificed their political power for the sake of his greenie, open-borders, big-spending agenda.  They cite 'inflation,' forgetting that they were the ones who enacted the big spending that triggered the inflation and Joe embraced, and somehow, Joe hasn't magically stopped it.  For them, this is simple:&Nbsp; angry voters at midterms about to destroy their party's majority in the House and Senate, so Joe is going to pay for it.  Several news stories suggest that Biden is being set up to become the fall guy in the aftermath of the midterm wipeout that's coming for their party, he may well know it.

Biden: 'I Don't Know Where I'm Going... I Get Told'.  President Joe Biden was asked several times on Thursday about his limited appearances with Democrat candidates, who apparently don't see Biden as a campaign asset.  One reporter asked Biden if he has any plans to campaign in Nevada or Georgia in the coming weeks:  "Both the congressmen asked me to go out," Biden said.  (He apparently was referring to Democrat Senators Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, who find themselves in close races.)  "I don't know if I'm going to be able to get out in Nevada.  And in Georgia, they asked me to come down.  We're trying to work it out now," Biden said.

Biden's Diesel Fuel Supply Crisis Could Soon Cripple America in Ways Never Before Seen.  Oil prices and President Joe Biden's continued draining of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have dominated the headlines over the past few weeks, but analysts say a more impactful and serious crisis on the energy front looms:  a diesel fuel shortage.  Diesel doesn't get as much of the limelight as oil and gas, but it should because diesel fuel is the industrial lifeblood of the United States, and the price of diesel alone probably has a more significant impact on inflation and the prices you're paying at the grocery store over any other factor.  Without ample amounts of diesel, semi-trucks don't move, farms are shut down, and critical manufacturing sectors are crippled.

Unmitigated gall of Joe Biden claiming that he 'lowered' debt.  In a remarkable feat of gaslighting, the president held a press conference Friday bragging about directing the "largest one-year [deficit] drop in American history."  But Biden did nothing to reduce the deficit.  In fact, his policies have added a deluge of red ink.  Between 2017 and 2019, the budget deficit averaged $810 billion annually.  The pandemic then put millions of people out of work and brought trillions of dollars in temporary federal benefits, pushing deficits past $3 trillion in 2020 and $2 trillion in 2021.  As the pandemic receded, however, the expiration of this temporary spending was scheduled to return deficits to the pre-pandemic levels of $900 billion to $1 trillion for the next six years.  Instead, Biden's spending pushed up the 2022 deficit to $1.4 trillion — $400 billion higher than the baseline and far above pre-pandemic levels.  And this was despite shattering peacetime records for tax revenues.

Chinese businesses in America certainly have benefitted from Biden's presidemcy.  I wonder why.
The Commie Train's A'Comin'.  Several large American cities have contracted with a Chinese state-owned rail car manufacturer to design and manufacture subway cars for their subway systems, raising serious cybersecurity and human-rights concerns.  Over the past eight years, China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has secured more than $2.6 billion in federal transit contracts to provide passenger railcars in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia.  Lawmakers from both parties have taken notice, and are now demanding that the Biden Administration take action to prevent a company that has links to the Chinese military from dominating the railcar market in the United States.

John Kennedy: 'Media Has Turned Biden Into Caricature Of a Nice Elderly Gentleman'.  Everything President Joe Biden touches turns to dust.  He was handed a country with a recovering economy, cities where crime was under control, a secure border, and a time when people can afford to live.  All he had to do was nothing.  But he didn't, and now the U.S. is at one of its worst times in history.  Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) has had enough of the Democratic Party making excuses and covering up Biden's many bluffs and mistakes.  Talking to Jesse Watters during his Fox News Primetime show, Kennedy said that Americans no longer believe Biden's lies when he says his policies are improving the state of the country.  "The American people have learned over the past 20 months that if you want something screwed up, President Biden is your man," Kennedy said, adding "it has been 20 months of misery and vexation and Homer Simpson goes to Washington.  I mean, pick your issue.  The infrastructure bill, COVID, crime, the border, Congress, the economy, inflation, gas prices, Afghanistan, baby formula, [indeed]."

A Controlled Peasantry.  [Scroll down] After the election, we find that the [Hunter Biden] laptop was real, not Russian disinformation.  We also now find ourselves treated to the highest inflation in 40 years, 13 military service members blown to bits in Afghanistan with a president who says that was a great job, crime spiking across the country, Russia invading a sovereign country with mass murder of civilians, China humiliating us and threatening Taiwan, North Korea resuming firing ballistic missiles over Japanese territory, the southern border in chaos (with record numbers of dead people), and a president who shakes hands with people who aren't there and blames everybody else for what he has deliberately visited on the nation.  Are the puppet masters in government or the "news" media embarrassed?  Not in the least!  Why should they be?  If you ask too many questions, you will be censored, or worse.  You are told what to think.  You don't want to be an "election denier," do you?  There is nothing worse than murderers, rapists and election deniers.  You don't want any trouble.  We used to think we knew what "woman" means but now we have a woman appointed to SCOTUS who doesn't know that.  Actually she does know but we are expected to play along.  Everything is play-acting now.

When Was the Last Time That the Democrats Told the Truth About Anything?  [Scroll down] The Democrats and the Democrat FBI and other agencies suppressed news about the Hunter Biden laptop because it exposed and documented the Biden family's international influence-peddling scheme and threatened the election of Democrat Joe Biden to the Presidency.  Fifty Democrat members of the intelligence community signed a letter claiming that the laptop was Russian disinformation.  The Democrat big tech, cable news, and mainstream newspapers all suppressed the story in order to ensure that it would not influence voters against Biden.  Once again, outright lies to benefit the Democrat Party at the expense of American citizens.  With Biden finally elected, the media could finally admit that the story was true all along.

It's been two years since 51 intelligence agents interfered with an election — they still won't apologize.  Exactly two years ago, on October 19, 2020, one of the dirtiest tricks in electoral history was played on the American people by 51 former intelligence officials, who used the false alarm of "Russian interference" to stop Donald Trump winning a second term as president.  Using the institutional weight of their former esteemed roles, they signed a dishonest letter to mislead voters 15 days before the election, claiming that material from Hunter Biden's laptop published by the New York Post "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  In their expert opinion, "the Russians are involved in the Hunter Biden email issue."  Russia was "trying to influence how Americans vote in this election ... Moscow [will] pull out the stops to do anything possible to help Trump win and/or to weaken Biden should he win.  "A 'laptop op' fits the bill, as the publication of the emails are [sic] clearly designed to discredit Biden ... It is high time that Russia stops interfering in our democracy."  It was all a lie.  Their letter was the culprit "interfering with democracy" in broad daylight.  Not one of the 51 had seen any material from the laptop or bothered asking for it, [...]

Biden taken aback by multiple reporters suggesting oil reserve release is meant to help Democrats.  President Biden appeared taken aback Wednesday at multiple reporters suggesting that his tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was politically motivated with the midterms three weeks away.  Biden announced the release of 15 million more barrels of oil from the emergency reserve, saying it would lower gas prices and bolster domestic oil production.  As he concluded his remarks at the White House, a reporter shouted out at him, leading him to sarcastically ask her to "speak louder."  "What is your response to Republicans who say you are only doing this SPR release to help Democrats in the midterms?" the reporter asked.  "Where have they been the last four months?  That's my response," Biden said, scoffing.

Biden Visibly Irritated By Reporters Asking if Releasing Oil From Reserves Ahead of Midterms is Politically Motivated.  Biden's handlers trotted him out for few minutes Wednesday afternoon to deliver remarks on his plans to lower energy costs.  Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve.  Of course this is a political ploy ahead of the midterm elections to help Democrats.  Biden is artificially reducing the price of gas while he drains the SPR.  "What is your response to Republicans who say you are only doing this SPR release to help Democrats in the midterms?" a reporter asked Biden.  A visibly irritated Biden responded, "Where have they been the last four months?  That's my response!"  Joe Biden doesn't even know where he has been the last four months.

Who's in Charge of Joe Biden?  It's safe to assume at this point that the facts that Joe Biden is not running the White House and that his mental acuity is evaporating are not state secrets.  Some say signs of a problem were evident even during his term as Obama's VP. [...] Biden's rapid descent from president to trademark and his cognitive decline are not news, which is sad because they should have been news long ago.  And I would argue that part of the problem is not that Joe Biden needs a surrogate; it's that Joe Biden is a surrogate.  He is practically a character in a modern-day melodrama.  We have been conditioned to shrug off the Commander-in-Chief's inability to function and merely accept it as a fact of doing business, without asking who is setting policy and who is making the decisions that affect the nation and the world.  The Surrogate-in-Chief is obviously not doing it, so who exactly is accountable, if not him?  Theories have ranged from Barack Obama to Biden's chief of staff.  Whoever it is, in addition to being unknown, they are unelected.

Top 10 Scapegoats If Democrats Lose the Midterms.  We don't know how the election is going to play out, but at least one thing is guaranteed:  If Democrats lose, they are going to blame everyone but themselves for the outcome.  Here are the top 10 scapegoats Democrats are likely to blame for the party's poor performance at the ballot box in November. [...] [#6] President Joe Biden:  If Democrats get wiped out in November, expect more calls for Biden to leave office after one term.  The president will turn 80 on Nov. 20, and a poor showing in the midterms will increase the likelihood that some ambitious young Democrats will start gunning for the party's nomination in 2024.  That doesn't mean nominating someone like Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom, or Kamala Harris would give them a better chance of winning, but Biden is too old and forcing him to run again would be a cruel form of elder abuse.

Report: Jill Biden Vets White House Staff, Tears Into Joe's Aides.  First lady Jill Biden has reportedly wielded influence over President Joe Biden's decisions, directly participated in vetting White House officials, and worked to protect her husband from lengthy press conferences.  Jill Biden confronted senior members of the president's staff after Joe Biden spoke at a conference in January, demanding to know who was supposed to end the conference, The New York Times reported Monday, citing a witness to the confrontation.  Joe Biden answered questions for nearly two hours at the press conference, starting from a list of pre-selected reporters, and then opening it up to the floor, with one reporter asking about Americans being concerned about his mental health.

The Editor says...
As First Lady Hillary Clinton used to say, "We are the president."

Hunter Biden-linked real estate firm got at least $100M from Russian oligarch: sources.  A real estate company with ties to first son Hunter Biden received more than $100 million from a Russian billionaire for property investments across the US that date back a decade, sources have told The [New York] Post.  The hefty cash injections into Rosemont Realty came from Elena Baturina — one of Russia's wealthiest women, the widow of the former mayor of Moscow, and a close ally of Moscow tyrant Vladimir Putin, the sources said.  In one portfolio deal, Baturina paid at least $40 million to Rosemont to invest in office buildings across the country, according to a source with knowledge of the transactions.  That money went toward the 2012 purchase of seven office buildings in Texas, Colorado, Alabama, New Mexico and Oklahoma, according to deal-related emails obtained by DailyMail.com.

FBI has 'voluminous evidence' of Hunter Biden's 'potential criminal conduct': Whistleblowers.  The FBI is in possession of "voluminous evidence" of "potential criminal conduct" by President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden related to his overseas business dealings with China and Ukraine, according to new whistleblower disclosures.  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who previously released whistleblower claims alleging that evidence on Hunter Biden's criminality was wrongly labeled "disinformation" within the bureau, made the revelations in a Thursday letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.  It was sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss — who is running the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.

Biden Shows Just How Far Gone He Is With New Ron Burgundy Incident.  I have to confess, it is often hard to cover Joe Biden day after day with some of the crazy things he says, knowing that the country is in the hands of this man and knowing he is so frequently incoherent and unable to understand what's going on around him. [...] The reason that the Republicans have a problem with Biden is that he doesn't have the power just to declare people's debt bailed out.  The PPP loans that went out to people had a lot of problems, including fraud, but they were approved by Congress, so they were legal, unlike Biden's move with student debt relief.  Another problem that Republicans and many other Americans have is that the money for the bailout doesn't just come out of the air, it's going to come from all the rest of us.  So he has the nerve to claim that he's helping the middle class when he's actually going to lay the bill for it on them and the other Americans who aren't getting this deal.

Leak: Hunter Biden Attained $40M Real Estate Deal with Russian Billionaire While Joe Biden Was VP.  Hunter Biden reached a $40 million real estate deal in 2012 with Russian billionaire and wife of the former mayor of Moscow, Yelena Baturina, while President Joe Biden was vice president.  The massive deal is connected to a previously reported $3.5 million fee Baturina paid Hunter's real estate entity to access the American business market, the Daily Mail reported Monday from documents obtained by an anti-corruption group, the Kazakhstani Initiative on Asset Recovery.

Paging the FBI: You Might Want to Check This Info on Hunter Biden.  We've reported previously about the $3.5 million that the firm, Rosemont Seneca Thornton, got from Yelena Baturina, the widow of the former Moscow mayor, as a "consultancy fee."  Rosemont Seneca Thornton is a consortium formed between Hunter's investment company, Rosemont Seneca, and the Boston-based Thornton Group according to the NY Post. [...] It's not clear where the $3.5 million went.  The Senate report said the company was co-founded by Hunter Biden.  Now there are new emails detailing that there was much more involved.  Namely, a $40 million investment in Hunter's company, Rosemont Realty.  Baturina's brother, Viktor Baturin said it was "a payment to enter the American market."

Disturbing New Report Reveals Depths of Jill Biden's Control Over Joe, His Handlers.  That Jill Biden frequently plays director and shover in chief for supposed leader of the free world Joe Biden when he appears lost and/or confused during public speaking engagements is not new news.  But a new report from the New York Times which detailed how the First Lady was stepping in for her husband in key battleground races contained new information as to the depths she goes through to control not just Biden but also his infamous handlers, the ones who are charged with aggressively herding the press away from him, cleaning up his rhetorical messes, and who also work hard at limiting his public appearances so as to avoid any more embarrassing gaffes.

Biden's family got 'interest-free,' 'forgivable' loan from China, new evidence reveals.  President Joe Biden has made waves this fall with his plan to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars of student loans, shifting the burden to taxpayers.  Five years earlier, his family cashed in on a zero-interest, forgivable loan of its own from an energy company in communist China, according to evidence in the possession of the FBI.  The loan arrangement, confirmed in documents obtained by Just the News and also new information released by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), shows the Chinese energy firm CEFC Beijing International Energy Company Limited understood the transaction would benefit Joe Biden's family (referred to as "BD family" in the emails), but it also was creating heartburn with its own compliance/risk management officers.

Joe Biden 'was aware' and potentially 'involved' in son Hunter's crony business dealings: Whistleblowers.  New whistleblower documents reveal that President Biden "was aware of Hunter Biden's business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them," Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday, suggesting that the FBI has "voluminous evidence" related to the potential criminality of those ventures.  Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter Monday morning to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss detailing new whistleblower allegations that the bureau is in possession of "significant, impactful and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by Hunter Biden and James Biden."  Weiss has oversight of the Hunter Biden investigation.  Grassley said the FBI has a series of documents in its possession related to information on Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings.

And with no record of any visitors.  How sad.
Biden has spent more than one-fourth of his time in office in Delaware.  President Joe Biden has logged more than one-quarter of his first 20 months in office away from the White House.  Since January 2021, Biden has spent 236 days on unofficial rest and relaxation.  He has traveled to his homes in Rehoboth Beach and Wilmington, Delaware, 55 times for a grand total of 174 days, and spent 64 days at the official presidential retreat at Camp David, spread across 19 individual trips.  Every president dating back to Ronald Reagan has frequently spent weekends at vacation locations, and both former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump received heavy criticism from political opponents for their frequent golf outings on the weekends.  The White House has maintained that Biden is constantly "working from home" while staying in Delaware.

Jill Biden's Appearance At Cowboys / Eagles Game Inspires Perfect Meme Summing Up The Trump vs.  Biden Economy — The Meme Is Now Removed From Every Social Media.  First lady Jill Biden was an honorary captain for the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday as the team looked to stay undefeated against NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys in Week 6.  Like several Eagles players and Santa Claus before her, fans of the only unbeaten team left in NFL reportedly booed Biden when she stepped onto Lincoln Financial Field.  Several people in attendance for the Eagles game tweeted about the apparent loud boos she received.  [Numerous tweets]  And that leads us to a meme that's directed more toward FLOTUS's husband and the Democrats who support him!  Social media giants also removed the meme from everywhere but we managed to download the meme which could be the most accurate economic depiction of the last few years.

Jill Biden Gets Mercilessly Booed at Eagles Game During Coin Toss.  Jill Biden was in Philadephia on Sunday and she went to the Eagles game with Dallas at Lincoln Financial Field.  Biden was designated the honorary captain for the night and was standing at midfield during the coin toss when they flashed her picture on the big screen.  [Tweet]  That's when the booing erupted and let her have it.  It must have been pretty substantial from what the people were saying.  [More tweets]

Biden Executive Order Abolishes Constitutional Safeguards Against Spying on Americans.  Joe Biden unilaterally abolished protections preventing the federal government from spying on Americans without a warrant.  A presidential memorandum on an executive order issued on October 7, entitled "Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities," admits that the EO removes the "the safeguards for personal information collected through signals intelligence established by Presidential Policy Directive 28 of January 17, 2014 (Signals Intelligence Activities) (PPD-28)...."  After expressly revoking the previously enacted protections against collection of domestic surveillance data without a warrant, the Biden order declares that "Signals intelligence activities shall be authorized by statute or by Executive Order, proclamation, or other Presidential directive and undertaken in accordance with the Constitution and with applicable statutes and Executive Orders, proclamations, and other Presidential directives."  Only two of the items in that list — statutes and the Constitution — have the force of law in the United States.  The latter of those two legal documents explicitly declares in fact that "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States...."  That very clear language not only grants exclusive power to Congress to make laws for the union, but by implication denies such authority to the president of the United States!  Therefore, Mr. Biden, your executive orders, proclamations, and directives are of no legal effect in the union.

Dirty money, dirty politics, and Hunter Biden.  There might finally be enough pieces of the Hunter Biden puzzle for the authorities and Congress to put together the full picture of the legal case against the president's son.  And the next few weeks will play a crucial role in how this convoluted and salacious story ends.  The federal agents who have been investigating Hunter Biden believe that they have unearthed enough evidence to charge him with crimes related to tax fraud and lying during his purchase of a handgun, according to numerous reports.  Republicans in Congress, meanwhile, seek to recapture the majority in early November and turn the investigative committees' attention from the previous president to the current one.  The midterm elections will determine whether Republicans get the chance to uncover wider Biden family corruption to go along with possible indictments against Hunter.

To State The Obvious, Biden Is A Remarkably Bad Negotiator And Doesn't Understand How The World Works.  In case you have not noticed, the entire globe is in disarray under Biden.  The president's lack of deal-making skills seems to be one of the main culprits behind the international disorder.  Consider the following: Biden asked Saudi Arabia to postpone petroleum production cuts until after the U.S. midterm elections, warned Russia not to invade Ukraine, and requested that oil companies lower the cost of high gas prices.  None of the three occurred, and it's no surprise why.  Why would any of those entities go along with what Biden says if they weren't given any incentives or genuine threats?  This week, it was reported that Biden asked Saudi Arabia to postpone cutting petroleum production until after the midterms.  OPEC+ declined.  Now, Biden is looking at all options, and his Democratic colleagues are calling upon the U.S. to block arms sales with the Middle Eastern nation as payback.  "Quid pro quo" legalities aside, why wouldn't Biden threaten to cut off military support prior to the Saudis' decision?  It's like this president does everything backward.

We're in the Climate Army Now.  During the Global War on Terror, when the United States was engaged battling terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Left routinely lied to young voters that President George W. Bush in particular, and Republicans in general, were going to reinstitute the draft and send them to these active military theaters.  The Left's message was less than subtle:  vote for Democrats or else the GOP will make sure you're drafted and/or dead. [...] Heading into the 2022 midterm elections, the Democrats and their media cohorts are now using the prospect of nuclear war to try and prop up Joe Biden's sagging poll numbers, which threaten to drag his party's federal and state candidates down to defeat. [...] Yes, if the Democrats' stoking of "civil war" rhetoric isn't enough to get their voters to the polls for the 2022 midterm elections, why not toss in the prospect of nuclear annihilation — along a path they and their minions have helped cement — even as they taunt the enemy to try to look like a tough guy?  What could possibly go wrong?  Nonetheless, after Biden raised the prospect of nuclear Armageddon, it should come as no surprise the Democrats have been mum about his administration reinstituting the draft.

Biden Attacks the Very Legitimacy of SCOTUS.  Democrats have constantly attacked Republicans because some raised questions about the 2020 election, even though the Democrats have questioned elections and challenged electors in the past.  Democrats have termed this "election denialism" and termed it a "threat to democracy."  Yet the Democrats have also been attacking the Supreme Court.  They've incited protesters against the Court.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi encouraged protesters to pressure the Court to change its upcoming decision in Dobbs v.  Jackson, the case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade.  One person tried to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh over the abortion question.  Now, Joe Biden himself tried to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court during a virtual fundraiser for Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) this week.

Fire Department Drops Joe Biden With Some Facts About the Fire at His Home.  Joe Biden has exaggerated and lied about so many things in his political career, frankly, it's hard to keep up with them all.  But one of the things that he has frequently exaggerated about in the past year has been a fire that occurred in his home in 2004.  His story has changed every time he tells it, as is typical with Joe Biden's stories.  When you're not telling the truth, you can't keep up with the lie that you told before.  So it's been an ever-evolving story.  When we first covered it in November of last year, Biden claimed his house had burnt down "with my wife in it," and that a "significant portion" of it burned.  He then added that she had gotten out safely, which would be hard if it burnt down with her in it.  Then when he was in Florida to survey Hurricane Ian's damage, Biden claimed that he "lost an awful lot of" his home.

The Democrat Party Is Crumbling.  [Scroll down] Let's take a look at what was and what is, and how the truth is oozing out and killing the Democrats: [...] Hunter Biden's laptop was "Russian disinformation," according to 51 former "intel specialists."  Now it's real and full of evidence that the Biden family is corrupt and filthy, perhaps to the point of treason.  Even better, everyone knows that the Bidens are in the crosshairs of angry GOPers like Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Matt Gaetz, etc., and that the red wave in November is looking more like a crimson tsunami.  The New Republicans know that the Democrats must be punished and are eager to break out the paddle.  Joe Biden has some 'splainin' to do, and he needs to be the first Democrat investigated.  Once the "big guy" has been sent to the cornfield, the other scoundrels will be easy pickin's.

Serial Child Molester, Joe Biden Is At It Again, This Time Creeping On A Young Girl At A Community College.  President Joe Biden grabs a young girl by the shoulder and tells her "no serious guys till your [sic] 30" as she looks back appearing uncomfortable, the secret service appears to try to stop me from filming it after Biden spoke at Irvine Valley Community College[.]  [Video clip]

Biden renews COVID "emergency" for another 90 daysNever let a crisis go to waste, Rahm Emanuel once advised.  Add to that this new axiom:  Never let your emergency powers expire.  As incompetent as Joe Biden might otherwise be, he's proven adept at following both. [...] In his 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley less than four weeks ago, Biden walked around the Detroit auto show without a mask, and remarked about how normal it seemed, and how "everybody seems to be in pretty good shape":  [Tweet]  That was just three weeks ago.  What makes this an "emergency" now?  Even with the CDC still reporting correlative data rather than causative, ER visits with COVID diagnoses are near a year-long low and dropping.  Reported cases are bottoming out as well, as are correlated deaths (still no breakout for causation), as are correlated hospital admissions.  Even wastewater surveillance — which would take place regardless of emergency status — shows a decline in prevalence despite the addition of many new sites in the mix.  So why is the pandemic over but not the emergency?  For one thing, Biden still wants emergency cash from Congress.

The Biden Family Could Be In Serious Legal Jeopardy, Former Prosecutor Says.  A former federal prosecutor told Fox News host Mike Emanuel that the Biden family faces serious legal jeopardy from Hunter Biden's alleged business dealings.  "[President Joe Biden] should be worried, I think, obviously should be worried about his son who has had a very troubled past, but in terms of the investigation, I think the talk that we are hearing now about the possibility of a disposition of the case with tax charges and maybe the full statement that you refer to, could be a choreographed event, what is swept under the rug is the thing that is of consequence to the country, which is the fact that foreign regimes... such as China, poured millions of dollars, millions into the coffers of the Biden family," Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor, said.  Federal agents reportedly believe there is sufficient evidence to indict Hunter Biden on tax charges and on violations of federal firearms laws.

Joe Biden: $7 a Gallon Gas in California 'Always Been the Case'.  President Joe Biden during a visit to Los Angeles on Thursday dismissed gas prices in California reaching nearly seven dollars a gallon.  The president spoke with reporters briefly after getting tacos with local Democrats in Los Angeles.  When asked to react to prices reaching nearly seven dollars a gallon in California, Biden replied, "Well, that's always been the case here."  Biden argued that gas prices were still down nationwide from the previous highs in the summer, even though they have gone back up as much as 30 cents a gallon in some areas.

Biden claims inflation 'averaged 2%' — after data shows 8.2% annual jump.  President Biden tried to fudge the numbers Thursday after newly released data revealed that consumer prices jumped by 8.2% year-over-year last month — with Biden insisting he's made "progress" and that inflation really is on a 2% trajectory.  "Today's report shows some progress in the fight against higher prices, even as we have more work to do," Biden said in a written statement.  "Inflation over the last three months has averaged 2%, at an annualized rate."  "A lot of people are hurting these days.  But today's report shows, though, some progress," Biden added during a speech in Los Angeles.  "Overall inflation was 2% over the last three months, that's down from 11% over the prior three months.  That's progress," he insisted.

Joe Biden Plays the Old Ugly American.  The Left used to accuse imperialist, resource-hungry Yanquis in Washington of cutting selfish deals with illiberal dictatorships in Latin America to grab their natural resources.  How odd then that Joe Biden is now begging the despicable Maduro regime in Venezuela — corrupt, murderous, and anti-American — to produce more of its oil solely to send northward to America.  Biden is quite willing to ease sanctions and condone the human rights abuses of Maduro — if his dictatorship will just open its oil spigots before the November midterm elections.

Utter proof the FBI framed Trump and shielded Hunter Biden.  Igor Danchenko is on trial, but so is the FBI. That is the theme of Russiagate special counsel John Durham's prosecution of Danchenko, heading into its third day of trial in Alexandria, Va., federal court.  Danchenko is charged with five counts of lying to the FBI about two of his sources for what became the infamous "Steele dossier" — a compilation of faux intelligence reports, mainly authored by former British spy Christopher Steele, that portrayed the GOP's then-presidential candidate, Donald Trump, as a clandestine agent of Russia.  Danchenko was Steele's principal source.  In essence, Durham accuses him of (a) concealing from the FBI that he was getting some information about the Trump campaign from Clinton political ally Charles Dolan and (b) falsely claiming he received explosive information from Sergei Millian, a Belarusian American tangentially associated with Trump, alleging the GOP candidate was in a "conspiracy of cooperation" with the Kremlin.

Joe Biden Drops Something From His Hands That The Camera Tried To Hide During His Interview With CNN's Jake Tapper.  During an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that was broadcast on Tuesday night, Biden said he would add a federal ban on assault weapons to his list of legislative accomplishments.  He also vowed to impose "consequences" on Saudi Arabia for its decision to cut oil production as part of an agreement with Russia.  But it was a moment when the president, mid-sentence, dropped something that looked like notes that were resting on his knee that lit up social media.  What is even more interesting is the fact that the camera tried to hide the fact that Biden was using notes and Biden reacted strangely after the incident, he saw the words 'Rescue Plan' and blubbered out the rest.

Joe Biden sure does a lot of favors for China.  I wonder why.
The U.S. Government Developed A Key Green Technology.  The Biden Admin Gave It To China.  The Department of Energy's Inspector General is reviewing why the Joe Biden administration gave promising battery technology, developed by taxpayer dollars, to a Chinese company instead of making the batteries in the U.S.  China is now reportedly building one of the largest battery grids in the world using the technology, which could store huge amounts of solar energy without degrading over time or requiring lithium, mitigating a major environmental impact of current green technology that ends up in landfills.  In 2021, there was an "illicit Department of Energy (DOE) transfer of a fifteen million dollar, taxpayer-funded advanced battery technology to China," Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) wrote in a letter to the DOE's internal watchdog.  The company that received the license "plainly stated on their official website that they planned to manufacture the batteries in China," even though the license included "a requirement that the batteries be 'substantially manufactured' in the U.S.  As these stipulations were continuously violated, DOE never raised any concern," they wrote.

NY Times Suddenly Discovers That Biden Is a Liar.  Good heavens, the CDC better check the water supply at the New York Times.  First, as noted here over the weekend, the Times discovered the farce of California's high speed rail.  Now they've discovered (also decades later than sensate people, but still) that Joe Biden makes things up. [...] Of course the Times labors mightily to reassure its tender readers that Trump was worse, and place it in the "context" that all presidents lie, and maybe Biden isn't really any worse than others, like Bill Clinton.

Why Are They Teasing A Hunter Indictment Right Now?  Perhaps the Department of Justice has taken to heart the conservative critique of its manifest dual-track approach to law enforcement and will actually charge the manifestly guilty Hunter Biden with lying about being a dirty, degenerate junkie on his gun background check form.  And perhaps Brian Stelter, who is a potato, will get that headlining gig at the Las Vegas Chippendales.  If you are reading this that means we have not been nuked into oblivion. [...] Sorry kids, Hunter's not getting indicted for nothing. [...] But let's get real — it's a bluff.  There's no way they will ever pull the trigger on a gun charge against the meth-addled scion.  The power is in the threat; the damage to Biden, if he is dumb enough to press on and run — which he clearly is — would be too great.  Actually charging Hunter makes a bad candidate an exponentially worse candidate.  He would be even more likely to lose the general, so it is self-defeating.

Is A Joe Biden-Appointed Prosecutor Letting James Biden Skate In Federal Criminal Probe?  U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung is still overseeing the criminal investigation into the bankrupt health care business from which James Biden allegedly siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars to finance repairs to his beach house, even after President Joe Biden nominated the top prosecutor for a lifetime appointment as a federal appellate judge.  And the assistant U.S. attorney leading the criminal investigation into the James Biden-connected business has now been tapped to replace Chung, according to sources.  Attorney General Merrick Garland has ignored these blatant conflicts of interest just as he has spurned demands that he appoint a special counsel for the Delaware criminal investigation into the Biden family business dealings that implicate not just Hunter and James Biden, but the president of the United States.

Everybody Asks: Who Is Really Controlling Joe Biden?  Joe Biden is surrounded by ten current and former members of the Trilateral Commission.  They have become like a personal guard and policy controllers for virtually everything that Biden has pursued since his inauguration.  Since the Trilateral Commission membership is global — only one third are Americans — these ten interlopers collectively represent the interests of the global hegemony that is trying to destroy America.  First, foreign policy is locked down by Secretary of State Tony Blinken and his Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.  Then there is Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.  The NSA is the gatekeeper of what reaches the President's attention.

How Different Would America Be Today if Trump was Still President?  This is the easiest column I've ever written.  It's so simple to imagine what America would be like today if Trump was still President.  What a tragedy that we allowed a brain-dead, feeble, confused, old man with dementia and diapers, and his radical, anti-American, globalist, communist handlers to destroy the greatest country in world history — in only 22 months.  Let's start with the obvious.  How did this happen?  The 2020 election was stolen.  That's how they removed Trump from office and installed a man who doesn't know who he is, where he is, or what he's doing.  A man who can't put 2 sentences together, and who can't attract more than 20 people in concentric circles to his speeches, yet they want us to suspend reality and believe he got 81 million votes — the most in history.  Bizarre.

If not now, when?  If not Biden, who?
Time To Consider The 25th Amendment For Biden.  He's only been senile in the last few years, he's been stupid his whole life.  But there's something else that has been a factor in Joe Biden's whole life that is even more dangerous than his stupidity of senility: his insecurity.  Joe Biden's whole life has been an act of fiction of his own making.  You have to ask yourself why he lies about so many things, most of which are insignificant — "I used to drive a truck" "My great-grandpa was a coal miner," etc.  He's wildly insecure and trying to get the people he's talking to — truck drivers, coal miners — to like him.  In 1987, before being forced out of his first run for president, and before his series of brain aneurysms, he lied about literally everything related to his academic career simply because he was asked a question about his grades.  The question was not confrontation but met with Joe's quick temper and a flurry of lies.  He didn't receive a scholarship for academics, he didn't win awards, and he didn't graduate anywhere near the top of his class — he graduated 76th out of 85 students.

Biden: Exit Stage Lost.  "Exit Stage Lost" must be the final command regularly displayed on Joe Biden's teleprompter because the senile old stooge always wanders around aimlessly after mumbling through any public remarks.  I'm guessing it's his speechwriters' way of gently prodding:  "Now go along and play with your toys while the adults take care of important business." [...] Obama couldn't speak coherently without a teleprompter, and Biden can't speak coherently even with a teleprompter.  Had our enemies just made a concerted effort to destroy the world's supply of functioning teleprompters, the Obama-Biden presidencies would have consisted of nothing but strings of um-um-ums, regular urrs, a whole lot of uhhhs, mindless slobbering from Dementia Joe, and an occasional self-righteous "That's not who we are."

Did Tucker Carlson's Bobulinski Home Run Crack the Media Protection Racket of the Bidens?  Uh-oh.  Reports on news of investigations involving Hunter Biden in The Washington Post, CBS and NBC? After Tucker Carlson's Bobulinski sit-down?  One would be justified in thinking that maybe, just maybe, the liberal media Biden protection racket may finally be cracking.  The bottom line, as expressed this week by Fox's Jesse Watters is clear:  "This isn't a Hunter Biden story," said Jesse.  "This is a Joe Biden story."  Bingo.

White House spending $265K on staff to deflect Hunter Biden probe.  The White House is gearing up for a growing army of staff to fend off potential Republican-led probes on everything from Hunter Biden to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — and taxpayers are footing the bill.  Battening down the hatches should the GOP regain control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, the White House is shelling out $265,000 a year in salary for staff whose primary portfolio will be to run comms and defense for the administration from an approaching blizzard of subpoenas.  In May, the White House poached Richard A. Sauber, the top attorney for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to serve as a "deputy counsel to the president" tasked with handling House oversight probes.  Ian Sams, a veteran of Vice President Harris' failed 2020 presidential campaign, was hired to run official comms for the team.  White House records show the two men will take home $155,000 and $110,000 respectively.

Biden burns 3,866 pounds of jet fuel flying 72 miles to deliver speech.  President Joe Biden on Friday burned 3,866 lbs of jet fuel to fly 72 miles aboard Air Force One to deliver a speech in Hagerstown, Maryland.  Biden's 40-minute flight to Hagerstown burned about 3,886 lbs of jet fuel as he traveled in a Boeing 757 aircraft, which burns roughly 5,800 lbs of fuel per hour if the aircraft is traveling at the average speed of 598 miles per hour at 35,000 ft, according to Aviation Insider.  Biden's trip to Maryland produced over 12,000 lbs of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.  Biden produced CO2 emissions equivalent to driving 13,678 miles in an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's emissions calculator.  A 72-mile journey in the average passenger road vehicle would emit only 58 lbs of carbon emissions as the average car has a fuel efficiency of 24.2 miles per gallon, according to a DCNF analysis.  Biden declared on Thursday that radical changes were needed in order to "literally save the planet" from climate change during a speech in New York.

Biden Burns 3,866 Pounds Of Jet Fuel Flying 72 Miles To Deliver Speech.  President Joe Biden on Friday burned 3,866 lbs of jet fuel to fly 72 miles aboard Air Force One to deliver a speech in Hagerstown, Maryland.  Biden's 40-minute flight to Hagerstown burned about 3,886 lbs of jet fuel as he traveled in a Boeing 757 aircraft, which burns roughly 5,800 lbs of fuel per hour if the aircraft is traveling at the average speed of 598 miles per hour at 35,000 ft, according to Aviation Insider.  Biden's trip to Maryland produced over 12,000 lbs of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.

The Editor says...
[#1] How did Mr. Biden fly in a Boeing 757 for 40 minutes in exclusive straight-line air space and only cover 72 miles?  That's an average of 108 mph.  The plane has to go faster than that to get off the ground.  [#2] Did they really climb to 35,000 feet on such a short trip?  [#3] Why not fly a smaller plane for those short trips?  Why not take The Beast out on the freeway and see if it'll go 108 mph?  (Paint it gray and call it the Silver Bullet.)  Why not make a statement by riding in an electric car?

Hunter Biden begged Hallie for cash to go to rehab before gun buy.  Hunter Biden begged his sister-in-law-turned-lover Hallie Biden for cash to check himself into rehab just six weeks before purchasing a handgun — and attesting on federal forms that he had never used or been addicted to drugs.  A shocking, 4-minute, 30-second recording was discovered by The [New York] Post on a copy of the infamous hard drive Hunter Biden abandoned at a Delaware computer repair shop, and emerges the same week federal agents said they believe they have enough evidence to charge him for making false statements in order to buy the .38-caliber pistol.  In the contentious Aug. 31, 2018 phone call, the future first son can be heard pleading with Hallie to hand over his credit card points to pay for "rehab."  Hallie Biden — who began dating her brother-in-law after the death of husband Beau Biden in 2015 — didn't buy it, repeatedly refusing to give him his credit card points unless he told her where he was going and allowed her to book it.

OPEC Humiliates Biden While the UK Increases Domestic Oil Production.  It hasn't been a good week for Joe Biden. [...] OPEC+ announced that it would be cutting oil production in the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterm elections, despite his repeated pleas for them to boost production.  It was the latest in a long line of humiliations for Joe Biden — and, of course, entirely his own doing.  He's the one who put the brakes on domestic oil production and drilling, outsourcing our energy to foreign nations — including our enemies.  Now, gas prices are going to shoot up just before the midterm elections because of Biden's war on domestic energy.  For sure, increasing domestic energy production would go a long way toward fixing this problem, but Biden either hasn't figured that out yet or just doesn't care.

Trust the Justice Department on the Hunter Biden investigation?  No way.  As prosecutors weigh charges against Hunter Biden, don't forget the many reasons to think the Joe Biden Justice Department shouldn't be making these calls.  The most recent evidence is the fact that sources close to the investigation felt the need to leak news that the feds have enough to bring tax- and gun-related charges.  No way that happens unless people within Justice are seriously worried about even those puny charges getting squelched.  They have reason to worry: Former Hunter associate Tony Bobulinski years ago corroborated to the FBI that indeed, the laptop emails said exactly what they seemed to.  I.e. that millions of dollars flowed from Hunter's corrupt foreign dealing not only to him but his wider family, including his uncle James.  And that a 10% slice of those dollars was reserved for the "big guy", plainly Hunter's dad Joe.  The result?  Agent Tim Thibault seemingly kiboshed any real inquiry into the matter and then left the building for a free-and-easy-retirement.

The Price of Biden's Winter.  Biden's Inaugural Day declaration of war on domestic energy — obviously a non-negotiable condition to his arranged ascension to the Democrat nomination — handed Vladimir Putin (and other U.S. enemies/adversaries) a weapon against us and our allies every bit as potent as the sophisticated systems we're rolling into Ukraine to oppose his forces.  It's pointless to reiterate the utter idiocy of such a strategic error at a time when Putin's threats to Ukraine and his willingness to weaponize natural gas deliveries to Europe were already open and notorious.  Let it suffice to say that insofar as Biden participated in the decision at all, it was necessitated by forces out of his control.  He was obliged to yield to the prevailing priorities of the Democrat Party, no matter their effect upon the nation's fortunes.  We look at Joe Biden's obvious vacancy and try to divine his mental state, his possible infirmities, and who in the final analysis is pulling his strings.  But when it counted — before the election — many neglected to assess how such a man made it to the front of the line in the first place.  Alas, it was those very defects:  his malleability and controllability, when combined with the unbridled ambitions of those around him, which got him there.

Take a look at the size of Joe Biden's carbon footprint.  Back in April 2021, three months after being sworn in, Joe Biden promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50%, compared to 2005 levels, by the end of 2030. [...] So do his actions match his words?  Obviously not.  He is a Democrat.  The Daily Caller reported that on Friday, a day after his alarmist speech, Biden burned 3,866 lbs of jet fuel to fly 72 miles aboard Air Force One to deliver a speech in Maryland.  According to Aviation Inside, Air Force One burns roughly 5,800 lbs of fuel per hour if the aircraft is traveling at the average speed of 598 miles per hour at 35,000 feet.  According to the Environmental Protection Agency's emissions calculator, Air Force One produced CO2 emissions equivalent to driving 13,678 miles in an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle.  Fox News reported in September that Biden flew Air Force One to Delaware solely to vote in a Democratic primary, emitting roughly 16,641 lbs of CO2 emissions.  The average cost of travel for Biden is roughly $2,614 per minute.

FBI Team Involved in Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Identified.  The FBI team that was in communication with Facebook before the social media company censored the original Hunter Biden laptop story has been identified, according to a new court filing.  Meta, Facebook's parent company, identified the team as the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), according to an updated complaint entered late on Oct. 6.  Meta named the team after receiving a subpoena in a case alleging the federal government pressured Big Tech firms to censor users.  "Pursuant to the third-party subpoena, Meta has identified the FBI's FITF, as supervised by Laura Dehmlow, and Elvis Chan as involved in the communications between the FBI and Meta that led to Facebook's suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story," the updated complaint states.  Mark Zuckberg, Meta's CEO, said in August that Facebook reduced the reach of posts about Hunter Biden's laptop in response to advice from the FBI.

This is the laptop evidence feds could use in Hunter Biden tax fraud case.  Hunter Biden's financial dealings and overseas exploits uncovered on the infamous laptop exposed by The Post could possibly be used by prosecutors in their reported tax crimes case against him.  When federal authorities kicked off their probe in 2018, investigators were initially looking at whether Hunter and his associates had violated various tax and money laundering laws amid their dealings in China and other foreign countries.  While it's not clear exactly what evidence the feds have, the exploits of President Biden's 52-year-old son are also in the scope of the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).  Emails and other records related to Hunter's various overseas deals, which point to his alleged scheme to sell his father's influence for millions of dollars to American adversaries, came to light when they were discovered on his abandoned laptop.

Hunter Biden's end game: It's about far more than him.  How does the Hunter Biden probe end?  That question is stirring now that anonymous people connected to the case are leaking to the Washington Post — leaks of investigative information and prosecutorial deliberations that are about as surprising as the fact that the Washington Post somehow manages to make its report as much about Donald Trump as about the story's putative subject, the incumbent president's ne'er-do-well son.  It's not a new question because it's not a new story.  Indeed, the reporting is only "new" in the sense that people supposedly in the know are talking about things that have been known for years — certainly known to readers of the New York Post.  Indeed, the mildly hilarious aspect of the report is that the Washington Post wants you to know that, in March 2022, it reported that a couple of "computer security experts" reviewed the thousands of emails "purportedly" from Hunter's infamous laptop and "found they were authentic communications."

Letter on Hunter Biden's Laptop Shows 2017 Deal with Qatar Undermining [the] Trump Administration.  A letter on Hunter Biden's infamous abandoned laptop shows the Biden family pursuing a deal with Qatar, undermining the Trump Administration and appearing like an effort at a shadow foreign policy.  The letter — retrieved from the "Laptop from Hell" by Congressman Darrell Issa's (R-CA) office after being in a previously unreadable format — shows James Biden, President Biden's brother, making an overture to an associate of Qatari Sheikh Abdulla Bin Mohammed Al Thani.

Joe Biden Is a Lawless Rogue Who Has Yet Again Violated His Oath of Office.  At 11:47 a.m. on January 20, 2021, Joe Biden swore an oath before his God and his country:  "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."  At the heart of the duties imposed by that oath is Article II, Section 3, of that Constitution, which requires of the president that he "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."  Not some of the laws, but all of them.  He is not charged with making those laws:  He can veto bad laws that are presented to him by Congress, and he can recommend that bad laws be repealed or reformed, but so long as the laws made by Congress are on the books, it is his sworn, solemn, constitutional duty to take care that they be faithfully executed.  This is why Americans used to refer to the president as the country's "chief magistrate."

The Biden Coverup.  The Hunter Biden case is not the Hunter Biden case.  It's the Joe Biden case.  All the rest is the saga of a corrupt and degraded reprobate.  Yesterday someone somewhere leaked to the Washington Post that the years-long investigation of Hunter may warrant a prosecution on tax and gun charges.  He may even have to pay a fine.  It is impossible to be too cynical about the Post story.  Reading between the lines, one can only see the coverup of the Biden family corruption at work.

Hunter To Be Prosecuted?  Ho Hum.  [Scroll down] It would be deeply ironic if we finally saw a crackdown on Justice Department leaks in Hunter Biden's case.  In any event, forgive me if I fail to celebrate whatever indictment of Hunter may be forthcoming.  The real story here is that Joe Biden is a corrupt politician who sold his influence as vice president to foreign powers.  The fact that Hunter failed to pay taxes on his share of the swag is an almost irrelevant detail.  It would be much like prosecuting Al Capone for tax evasion — only not Al, but rather his son.  Moreover, prosecuting Hunter would give Merrick Garland's Department of Justice an undeserved veneer of nonpartisanship.  With the real crimes not charged, let alone proved, it will come off as a political prosecution that likely will engender sympathy for both Bidens.

Fox Panel Questions Potential Charges Against Hunter Biden.  A former U.S. Attorney said reports of potential federal charges against Hunter Biden didn't "make sense" on Fox's "The Story" Thursday.  "So much of it doesn't make sense, Martha, and I will tell you why," Brett Tolman, the executive director of Right on Crime, told host Martha MacCallum. "Let's take, for example, the alleged leaking and potential felony charges.  The only time that would apply is if they were leaking actual material or information that was conveyed to the grand jury.  Federal agents reportedly believe that sufficient evidence exists to charge Hunter Biden with violations of federal tax and gun laws, according to the Washington Post.  Fox News host Bret Baier noted the absence of discussion about Biden's business dealings with foreign governments.

The Democrats Wrecked My Retirement.  [Scroll down] Biden is a weak, befuddled old man, clearly not in any semblance of control of his rapidly diminishing faculties.  You can practically hear our overseas adversaries licking their chops as they run roughshod over the remaining elements of proper international behavior and decorum, totally confident that the frighteningly senile Biden will not do anything to oppose them.  Would Putin have invaded Ukraine and be threatening the world with nuclear war were President Trump still in office?  Would Communist China be saber-rattling over Taiwan?  Would North Korea have resumed test-firing ballistic missiles?  Would Iran be shamelessly flaunting its nuclear progress?  Of course not.  All of the above has so rattled the investment markets (the Democrats can't fool the markets with their bogus smoke and mirrors) that the major indices have lost trillions (with a "T") of dollars in value.

Fears of only a weak wrist slap for scandal-scarred first son Hunter Biden.  Leaks from the Department of Justice that charges are imminent against Hunter Biden over tax and gun offenses suggest he is getting a sweet deal after a four-year investigation by Delaware US Attorney David Weiss.  Missing from The Washington Post account of the DOJ case against the president's son is any mention of previously mooted charges over money laundering and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), both of which could lead prosecutors to inspect the president's involvement in an influence-peddling scheme run by his son and brother Jim Biden during Joe's time as vice president.  But a source close to the president's son alleges the leaks have come from "rogue investigators" in the DOJ who are concerned that Weiss is not going to indict Hunter.

Biden's Finger Pointing At Gas Stations Shows His Policies Aren't Rooted In Reality.  In a baffling series of remarks this week, President Joe Biden admonished gas station owners to slash prices and to "do it now," blaming the latest gasoline price increase on greed.  The president's comments came as the average price per gallon hovers around $3.80 and as millions of Americans are worried about the rising cost of heating their homes.  Amid global instability, wildly fluctuating energy markets and rampant inflation, the president fails to realize that government policies and regulations have made matters worse.  There's even more proof of this at the state level, where policy decisions have caused energy prices to vary significantly state by state.

Investigators Believe They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden with Tax, Gun Crimes: Report.  Federal investigators believe they have gathered enough evidence to charge President Joe Biden's son Hunter "with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase," according to a bombshell new report from the Washington Post.  Federal investigators associated with the FBI and IRS determined months ago that they had sufficient evidence to indict the younger Biden but it is now up to the U.S. attorney in Delaware, who was appointed by former president Trump, to determine whether to charge him, per the Post.

Report: Federal Agents Have 'Sufficient Evidence' to Charge Hunter Biden with Tax Crimes, False Gun Statement.  Federal agents reportedly have "sufficient evidence" to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes and making false statements regarding a gun purchase.  The decision of whether Hunter will ultimately be charged is up to Trump-appointed United States Attorney David Weiss, individuals with knowledge of the probe told the Washington Post in a Thursday report.  Weiss was appointed to the position in 2017.  Hunter is reportedly under investigation for tax fraud, money laundering, and gun and foreign lobbying violations.  Hunter has reportedly tried to settle the case out of court and has paid $1 million to the IRS to evade conviction or a long sentence.

Feds May Have 'Sufficient Evidence' to Charge Hunter Biden.  According to fresh reporting in The Washington Post on Thursday [10/6/2022], federal investigators "believe" they have "sufficient evidence to charge" President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden with crimes related to his taxes and falsifying information related to a gun purchase.  Citing "people familiar with the case," WaPo says the "next step is for the U.S. Attorney in Delaware, a Trump administration holdover, to decide on whether to file such charges."  As Townhall has previously reported, Hunter Biden's taxes have been the subject of significant scrutiny since the president's son discovered his finances were being investigated in December 2020.  At the time, then-President-Elect Biden characterized the situation as "vicious personal attacks."  Not quite.  When he was made aware of the investigation into his finances, Hunter Biden said he was taking the matter "very seriously" but maintained his confidence "that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors."  Apparently that hasn't been the case.

An Epidemic of Cognitive Impairment?  Joe Biden, the nominal head of the Democratic Party, is 79.  But he increasingly acts and sounds 89.  Recently, Biden has pivoted repeatedly on stage with his arm outstretched to shake the hand — of someone not there. [...] Biden slurs his words.  He truncates sentences.  He speaks in a muddled voice that often makes comprehension impossible.  When questioned, he grows irate, growls, and stutters.  He habitually lies about everything from COVID-19 vaccinations being unavailable until his presidency to the nature of his son's military service.

Tony Bobulinski: Biden Clan 'Stole' Millions 'From Me and My Other Partners,' FBI Ignored Multiple Felonies.  Tony Bobulinski, the Biden family's former business partner, shared documents with Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tuesday night that showed how Hunter and Jim Biden "defrauded" him and two other partners of at least $5 million from the Chinese energy firm CEFC and "took the money for themselves."  He also revealed for the first time that Jim Biden, Joe's brother, attempted to contact him by phone while he was being interviewed by the FBI in October of 2020.  The phone call, which Bobulinski missed, came at 1:37 p.m. on October 23, 2020, as he was telling two FBI agents about Joe Biden's 10 percent cut in the family's lucrative business deal with CEFC, a Chinese Communist government-linked energy firm.

"He's Compromised": Rep. Comer Drops Big News about Joe Biden, Hunter Biden Investigation.  Voting for the GOP can be painful, well, generally is quite painful, because they rarely wield power once they get it.  After being voted into office, Republicans starting with Eisenhower have refused to demolish the vast, far-left administrative state the Democrats have built up and instead just fiddle around with tax cuts and boosting military spending while the country drifts to the left.  Their doing so was particularly egregious in 2016-18, when they held the presidency and both houses of the legislature yet refused to do anything with it other than a tax cut that mainly helped the mostly woke corporations.  But, in what's probably shocking or startling news, it's looking increasingly likely that the GOP might actually do something about the Hunter Biden problem if they retake power.

No records are being kept of visitors to Joe Biden's Delaware homes.  After complaining for years about the amount of time Donald Trump spent on the golf course, thus far, President Joe Biden has spent roughly one-quarter of his entire time in office at his palatial homes in Delaware.  But he doesn't spend all of that time alone.  He has many visitors, including congressional leaders and other officials.  But specifically who has been visiting?  We don't know because no visitor logs or other records have been released to the press.  The New York Post has been doggedly trying to track down those records from the Secret Service, finally resorting to filing FOIA requests to obtain them.  This week, their most recent appeal of the denial of the release of such records was rejected yet again so we're still in the dark.

'Bunch of malarkey': Secret Service claims no record of visitors at Biden's Delaware properties.  The U.S. president is one of the most well-protected, closely monitored personages in the world.  And that extends to those coming in and out of his orbit.  Yet, the U.S. Secret Service, the agency in charge of President Joe Biden's personal security, claims it double-checked and found no records of who is visiting the incumbent POTUS in Delaware where he spends a lot of his time, a determination that defies common sense.  In an appeal of an initial denial, the New York Post unsuccessfully attempted to access visitor log information, which should be public, through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Secret Service Response on Biden Visitor Logs Defies Belief.  Joe Biden has spent about a quarter of his time in office at his two homes in Delaware.  But he's refused to provide any transparency about who he has been meeting with when he's been in Delaware.  That's concerning, particularly when as Vice President he met with business associates of his son Hunter, in what appeared to be influence peddling to advance his son's deals and because some of those deals involved people connected to foreign governments like China.

In [a] stunning interview with Tucker Carlson last night, Tony Bobulinski explained how the FBI fixed the 2020 election.  Most readers already know that Tony Bobulinski was the business partner of Hunter Biden and his uncle, Jim Biden, the president's brother, as they attempted to put together deals with foreign actors.  That partnership broke up, and Bobulinski has become a whistleblower.  But his efforts to interest the FBI in multiple Biden family felonies, including against him, have come to naught.  Last night, in a second sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson, Bobulinski laid out stunning details on how the FBI deep-sixed any public revelations, much less indictments, based on what Bobulinski says are thousands of pages of proof, including emails, text messages, recorded phone calls, and actual business documents.  Despite having possession of abundant evidence, the FBI sat on the investigation through the 2020 election, thereby depriving the public of information that almost certainly would have swayed enough votes to change the outcome and re-elect Donald Trump.

Bobulinski: I Would Have Verified Hunter Laptop Story 'Within Five Minutes'.  During an interview aired on Tuesday's [10/4/2022] broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Tucker Carlson Tonight," former Hunter Biden business associate Tony Bobulinski [...] said, "[W]hen The New York Post ran their article, an individual named Andy Stone stepped in. ... And throttled down the fact pattern.  The interesting thing with that, Tucker, is Andy Stone never reached out to me.  He never called my lawyers.  My email address was there.  I'm easy to get ahold of.  Facebook never reached out to me and said, hey, Tony we see this email that The New York Post just published to you, is it real?  Can you produce the email to us?  Within five minutes, if Twitter, Facebook, anybody else had reached out, I would have produced the email with — everyone wants to talk about the metadata, oh, the emails that are being produced don't have any metadata — I would have given them the metadata that's pages long on that email that The New York Post published."

Some Helpful Ideas For Biden's Impeachment.  In his conduct while president of the United States, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has shown a habitual contempt for the rule of law, on numerous occasions willfully violating his constitutional oath by corrupting and manipulating the power of the executive branch. [...] Not every investigation leads to impeachment, sadly.  But that doesn't mean the GOP shouldn't scrutinize whether the president benefited financially from his brother's and son Hunter's leveraging of the family name and the United States government to extract millions from Chinese and Ukrainian energy concerns — for which there is plenty of circumstantial evidence.  We already know Biden lied about the extent of his knowledge regarding Hunter's "work."  And, in a functioning democracy, it is imperative we know everything about the president's finances.

'Senile' Joe Biden is bringing shame to the United States.  Joe Biden's cognitive deficits are increasingly apparent, even to the most amateur observer.  Whether he has dementia at this point is immaterial.  Half the world thinks he does and that weakens the United States and imperils us all.  Whether he is falling up the stairs of Air Force One or falling off a stationary bike, whether he is wandering around on stage in a fog or clutching cheat sheets designed for a 4-year-old, whether he is shouting incoherently or whispering creepily, the optics are shocking.  With his 80th birthday approaching next month, even if most Americans are too polite or willfully unobservant to say so, it's clear that Biden is not up to the world's most difficult job.  He projects weakness and folly at a time of international turmoil.  Disrespect for the president echoes around the world, among allies and enemies alike.

The Reckless Inauthenticity of Joe Biden.  As the Biden administration's progressive agenda rages on, shell-shocked Americans are asking themselves, "How could so much go so wrong so fast?"  From inflation to energy, immigration to crime, Afghanistan to fentanyl, President Biden has kept America lurching from crisis to crisis, failed policy to failed policy, debacle to debacle — obsessed with dismantling the Trump legacy and deliberately charting a radical course that is proving ruinous to the country.  America is burning, and Joe Biden doesn't seem to care. [...] In truth, Joe Biden's nearly 50-year tenure on the political stage reveals an astonishing lack of authenticity.  Like electricity, he steadfastly seeks the path of least resistance.  His record of about-faces on a whole range of policy issues is legendary:  the filibuster, redefining marriage, mask and vaccine mandates, Saudi Arabia, the Hyde Amendment, fracking, and of course "China is going to eat our lunch?  C'mon, man."  The list is as long as his time in office.

White House Report Card: 'Where's Jackie' is a problem.  The highlights of the week were continued increasing inflation, a surprise decision to rip 770,000 students out of the college loan forgiveness program, Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian territories, and Biden's shocking decision to call out for the late Jackie Walorski, an Indiana Republican congresswoman who died in a car crash in August, during a speech.  Followed by a bumbling explanation by the White House press secretary on why the president forgot about Walorski's death, the incident fueled concerns about Biden's mental state.

Past Statements Come Back With a Vengeance to Haunt Joe Biden and Ron Klain.  On Friday, stocks closed sharply down again, with the DOW Jones coming to rest at 28,725.  The S&P and Nasdaq fared even worse, with the latter being over 31 percent off its high since Joe Biden took office.  What makes all this especially stupid, though, is that less than a year ago, the White House took a victory lap over the stock market.  Biden's Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, went on social media to slap Donald Trump around over the former president's prediction of a "crash."  To put it lightly, Klain's take did not age well.

Analysts: U.S. Weapons Stockpiles at 'Dangerously Low Levels' as DOD Sends Weapons to Ukraine.  Bank of America analysts issued a report on Friday warning that America's military support for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia has pushed United States military stockpiles to "dangerously low levels" not seen for decades.  As part of $16.2 billion in support committed to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February, the Department of Defense (DoD) has sent approximately $8.4 billion worth of military equipment from its own weapons stockpiles through an authority known as "presidential drawdown."

There's a major reason why the world in 2022 is like the world in 1939.  [Scroll down] At the very moment when a fragile peace could have been worked out and negotiators begun to solve the differences between Russia and Ukraine, Joe Biden steps in and does what he does best, mess things up.  The timeline here is interesting.  Even though, on March 10, the US promised Ukraine $13 billion and, on March 26, Biden told the world that Putin "cannot remain in power," the Russian and Ukrainian negotiators were still able to come to an agreement on a peace deal.  And staggeringly, Joe Biden scuttled it.  Here we are in September, and much of the world is in recession, prices for everything are up dramatically, the US has provided Ukraine with upwards of $60 billion in aid, and Europe is facing energy shortages and skyrocketing prices just as winter approaches.  And now nuclear war is in the air.  All of this because Joe Biden wants revenge on Russia for something it didn't even do.

The Dam Breaks.  How many senior moments have we seen the president of the United States struggle through?  There was the time Joe Biden tried to shake hands with no one in particular.  We saw him keel over on what was at the time a stationary bicycle.  Americans watch Joe Biden deliver prepared remarks as they would watch a tightrope walker — through the gaps in between their fingers and with gritted teeth.  And no presidential speechwriter ever compelled the president to describe anything as "cumalidefasredsulc."  Such is the cult of the presidency that the first reaction to these and many, many similar episodes is often to dismiss their significance.  If that fails to shame those who notice Biden's apparent cognitive impairments into silence, the observant are subjected to calumny. [...] With some fleeting exceptions, this strategy has worked.  But the cumulative weight of Biden's malapropisms and malfunctions seem to have broken the backs of even the stoutest water carriers.

Why some polls show a dead heat for a generic ballot.  The Afghanistan withdrawal was perhaps the most serious foreign policy mistake in U.S. history.  It left the Taliban billions of dollars of state-of-the-art military equipment and the Bagram air base which is in spitting distance from China.  Joe Biden's ill-conceived spending kicked off the inflation that is currently sullying the lives of millions of Americans.  Drunk with power, Biden gleefully imposed mask and vaccine mandates on millions of Americans — law enforcement, military, federal employees, etc.  Those who were wisely skeptical and refused the experimental jab lost their jobs.  As it turns out, they were the smart ones; the vaccines were ineffective and have caused countless deaths and vaccine injuries far more devastating than COVID.  The mortality rate among young people is up by forty percent.  Biden gleefully put an end to our energy independence that President Trump had won.  He cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada and ended drilling on most federal lands.  He has drained our strategic oil reserves at a most inopportune time.  This can only be a purposeful plan to destroy America as founded.

Analysis: Nord Stream Pipelines Sabotaged, and Only One Country Benefits.  Three deep-water explosions destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea on Monday.  While the MSM and governments reported "leaks" in the pipelines following sudden pressure drops to zero, Swedish seismologists knew better. [...] First, the US became the number one exporter of liquified natural gas to Europe once Russia cut off the flow.  German dependence on US LNG is a carrot to keep German in the sanction alliance.  With winter approaching and German unrest on the rise, the State Department would have been concerned the Germans would go wobbly, reduce sanctions, cut off arms to Ukraine, and beg Putin for energy.  The loss of the Nord Stream pipelines eliminates that path to renewed gas imports to Germany.  Second, the Biden family has long been tangled up in natural gas and Ukraine.  Hunter Biden was on the board of Ukraine's largest natural gas company — a position that provided Ukrainian oligarchs with access to Joe Biden.  Hunter, who has no experience in energy, made millions from the deal, and Ukraine got a bought-and-paid-for President of the United States.  Third, the Democrat Biden needs to stanch the popularity bleeding that threatens to kill Democrat control of Congress come November.  So, only the United States has a compelling reason to destroy Europe's energy lifeline from Russia.  Only the United States has both the means and the motive.

Why Is no one Discussing the 25th Amendment for Joe Biden?  President Joe Biden called for the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) to appear during a live event on hunger and nutrition Wednesday.  Walorski was killed in a car accident last month, and Biden had previously called her family to offer condolences.  Though the White House attempted to spin his faux pas as a mere sign that Walorski was "top of mind," describing it as the kind of mistake that anyone could make, the embarrassing error was the latest evidence that Biden may not be mentally competent to hold the office of president.  And yet there is no talk about removing him from office, using the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, under which the Vice President and the Cabinet submit a written statement to the leaders of Congress that the President is unable to discharge his duties.  When President Donald Trump was in office, the media talked constantly about the 25th Amendment.

Biden mindlessly yells at gas station owners to slash prices at the pump: 'Do it now'.  President Biden once again shirked any responsibility for skyrocketing gas prices and instead demanded that gas stations cut prices at the pump for drivers despite their costs to stay in business being dictated by the market.  [Video clip]  His flawed economic reasoning is that oil prices are dropping.  Oil prices are not the only factor in the price of a gallon of gasoline.  Taxation and crushing regulation as well as progressive policies have a lot to do with it.  It's almost as if Biden and the left want to drive gas stations out of business.

Joe and Hunter's Fang Fang Problem.  It was worse than we thought.  It turns out that Hunter Biden's drug enslavement, sex addiction, and penchant for Russkie hookers didn't stop there.  It was probably worse than his hinky "big guy" business deals, diamond "gifts," and unearned Ukrainian paydays.  There was a Chinese spy involved.  Just like Democrat Eric Swalwell's Fang Fang.

The Elephant in the Room Roars to Life.  Though the signs of decline have been obvious since well before he was inaugurated, this week — over a year and a half into Joe Biden's time in office — the mainstream media have finally taken off the kid gloves on the issue of Joe Biden's mental fitness after the elephant in the room finally roared to life.  As we previously reported, a clearly unprepared press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was peppered with a barrage of questions Wednesday about President Joe Biden calling out and searching for Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) during a White House conference on hunger, apparently forgetting that she'd passed away nearly two months ago in a car accident along with two aides.  "Jackie, are you here?  Where's Jackie?" a befuddled-looking Joe Biden said as he looked around the room for Walorski.  [Video clip]

Did the US (or its agents) blow up the Nordstream pipelines?  Thanks to an open threat issued by President Biden, the question must be asked: Is the United States behind the two explosions that caused a massive natural gas leak into the Baltic Sea?  The incident has cut off Russia's ability to deliver methane gas to Germany and other European nations.  The release of methane into the water and atmosphere is killing marine life and delivering a greenhouse gas pollutant into the atmosphere that would be gravely feared by believers in man-made global warming.  The word "eco-terrorism" comes to mind the describe the act of sabotage, if that's what the explosions were. [...] What raises intense suspicion on the United States is the very specific threat that President Biden issued against Nordstream last February 7: [...]

When do we see President Biden wearing a sweater?  You think the price of everything is up?  Wait until the seasons change up north and your electricity bill shows up in the mailbox.  Talk about sticker shock.  Talk about people rediscovering their fireplaces to keep their homes warm, not just to share a glass of wine with their favorite person. [...] The Democrats may get lucky because most of these big bills will get mailed out after Thanksgiving.  Nevertheless, this is a great opportunity to remind the voters that our energy cost crisis was largely self-inflicted.  We have all the energy we need to keep our costs down.  We are not Europe, having to depend on Putin for energy.  We have our own and could flood the market with oil and natural gas to keep prices down.  We did it under President Trump.  Are you ready for a presidential speech about wearing a sweater and controlling your thermostat?

The Case for Impeachment Gets Stronger.  Not only has more information come to light about Biden's illegal conduct, but he also has pushed a number of new policies that are constitutionally suspect at best and deserve intensive congressional scrutiny — assuming the Republicans don't blow the midterms in November.  I argued that the impeachment effort should be about educating moderate voters, independent voters, and even working-class Democrats about the stunning number of unconstitutional actions undertaken by the Biden Administration.  It doesn't matter if the GOP doesn't have the two-thirds vote necessary in the Senate to convict and remove Biden from office.  That's not the point.  After all, a successful impeachment and removal would put Kamala Harris in the Oval Office, and she may be even worse.  Some pundits claim that impeaching Biden would hurt the GOP politically.  That's nuts.  The Democrats impeached Trump twice and used those hearings to convince many former Trump voters to abandon him in 2020. Along with all the "2000 Mules"-type cheating, it worked.  Similarly, the GOP should drag out the impeachment hearings for a year while they feature an array of credible witnesses to testify how this man has declared war on the American middle class and brought our country to the brink of economic collapse.  Try as they might, such political theater would be difficult for the media to ignore.

The Editor says...
Great idea, but the Republicans don't have the collective backbone to follow through with it.

Xi Whiz.  Aren't we lucky that both the mainstream and social media blocked the news about Hunter's laptop?  Aside from all the disgusting images found on it of Hunter's drug and orgy-filled days and nights, the "Big Guy's" take from the Chinese bribery was kept from the voters when it surely would have made a difference. [...] Bought Biden stays bought.  Here's his payback to Xi:  Energy policies that hamstring domestic energy production, fueling inflated prices, and shortages of everything including food.  Policies which benefit China, which is presently spewing more carbon-dioxide emissions into the world's atmosphere than any other country on the planet — 30%.  And this will probably rise as the U.S. and Europe stupidly abandon fossil fuels before there are any viable alternatives.  Now we learn that in addition to China's long-known industrial espionage, the administration has made it easy for China to steal our nuclear secrets.

Creepy Joe strikes again.  He's not even trying anymore.  Instead of putting on his best face as Mr. Devout Catholic, Creepy Joe Biden seems to be positively advertising his pervy attraction to children, throwing them in everyone's face, based on a speech he gave before a teachers' union group, which laughed merrily at old Joe's brand of "humor." [...] There are plenty of cases of where Joe Biden's relationships with children has been significantly questionable.  His relationship with his own daughter, for one, Ashley Biden, who complained in her purloined diary about being forced to shower with Joe, is Exhibit A. [...] There are also creepy, inchoate accounts from him about kids and his leg hair in a swimming pool, as well as reports of his swimming naked as uncomfortable Secret Service guards were forced to watch.  Besides this, there's the curious hypersexualized behavior of two of his kids — Hunter and Ashley, which in Hunter's case, based on his abandoned laptop contents, may include activity with underage girls, something he might have picked up as 'normal' growing up in the Biden home.  These are all real instances of Joe's creepy proclivities.

Who's our real president?  Joe Biden — or the staffers who keep walking back his comments?  Is Joe Biden President?  That's the question to ask after staffers walked back Biden's latest remarks on Taiwan.  During his rather uneven "60 Minutes" interview with Scott Pelley last weekend, Biden firmly and clearly announced that the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.  This was a dramatic statement, and a substantial shift from America's traditional policy of "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan, in which our response to Chinese saber-rattling over the island nation was essentially "fool around and find out."  Biden was not at all ambiguous: If China went to war with Taiwan, it would be war with the United States and its allies.  That departure made some sense.  Back in February, Biden seemed to grant Vladimir Putin a green light to invade Ukraine.  White House spokesmen quickly walked that back, but the green light, coming directly from Biden's lips, apparently convinced Putin that he could launch an invasion without blowback.

This should have been done about a month ago:
Republicans Send Preservation Notice to Ex-FBI Official Accused of Shutting Down Hunter Biden Investigation.  Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a preservation notice Friday to former FBI official Timothy Thibault, warning Thibault to save records related to the multiple whistleblower allegations he is facing in the event Republicans take the majority and are able to conduct a formal investigation.  The Republicans referenced in their letter Breitbart News's report from July revealing an FBI whistleblower had accused Thibault, a former assistant special agent in charge, of pressuring agents to reclassify cases as "domestic violent extremism" despite limited evidence supporting reclassification.

White House corrects inaccurate Biden boast about gas prices.  During a campaign-style Friday speech at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, President Joe Biden boasted about the three-month decline in gas prices and about the unemployment rate.  But he used inaccurate figures on both subjects.

Biden Shock The Crowd — He Appeared To Implicate Himself In A Romantic Relationship With A Minor.  President Brain-Dead Biden raised some eyebrows on Friday when he made a comment that likely did not come across the way he intended.  While speaking at the National Education Association, the president spoke about a variety of issues, including schooling across America, something that has become a top issue going into November's midterms.  At one point, Biden looked at someone in the crowd and said: "You gotta say high to me.  We go back a long way.  She was 12 and I was 30, but anyway, this woman helped me get a lot done."  [Video clip]

'She was 12, I was 30': Biden leaves viewers stunned in teachers speech.  President Biden shocked viewers of his Friday speech to teachers when he recognized an audience member and told the crowd, "She was 12, I was 30."  Biden lit up social media with the confounding and seemingly inappropriate aside.  He did not say what he did when he was 30 and the woman was a preteen.  "You gotta say hi to me," Biden said mid-speech at the National Education Association headquarters in DC.  "We go back a long way.  She was 12, I was 30.  But anyway, this woman helped me get an awful lot done."  The audience of teachers and union members laughed and cheered at the bawdy remark.

Key congressman says Hunter Biden was 'operative for foreign influence,' belongs in jail.  Alleging that Hunter Biden "clearly" acted as "an operative for foreign influence" who failed to disclose foreign earnings and clients, an influential congressman is questioning why it has taken four years to decide whether to prosecute President Joe Biden's son.  "It's surprising that he didn't go to jail," California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa said Monday on the "Just the News, Not Noise" TV show.  Before the 2020 presidential election, damaging revelations from Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop began surfacing in independent media outlets, leading to allegations of wide-ranging misconduct by the president's son, including alleged tax evasion, money laundering, business dealings with entities tied to China's ruling communist regime, undisclosed lobbying for foreign clients and trading on his father's name and foreign policy clout to secure overseas business.  Establishment media outlets and major social media platforms attempted to ignore, censor or discredit the laptop story during the 2020 campaign, while, according to recent whistleblower reports, the FBI's Washington Field Office sought to block criminal investigation of the allegations.

Why is Joe Biden covering for Venezuela's dictator, Nicolas Maduro?  Just as news leaks out about Venezuela's socialist dictator emptying his prisons to fuel Biden's border surge, Joe Biden has announced that sending these particular foreign criminals back is "not rational." [...] It didn't get very much press attention, but what Biden's actually saying is that as Venezuelan murderers, robbers, rapists, extortionists, fraudsters, motorcycle thugs, kidnappers, traffickers, and other plagues on society get through to the American side of the border, they should have no fear of being sent back.  Joe's going to keep them here.  As with all things Biden, it was an inchoate policy mumbled on the fly with zero consideration of the implications.  The backstory here is that not only has Nicolás Maduro emptied his prisons, but he's refusing to take the Venezuelan criminals back, so any Venezuelan thug who makes it to another country such as the U.S. is ours to keep forever.  Joe Biden is actually going along with that dictated term, and the result has been thousands of Venezuelan criminals unleashed onto the law-abiding in the U.S., with no fear of deportation.

Biden and DC Sure Know How to Put America Last.  Joe Biden spoke today at the United Nations and delivered a swan song for globalism and climate change alarmism, while imagining that the United States was still enjoying a unipolar moment of unparalleled wealth and power that his ilk frittered away.  What else can explain Joe Biden's de facto "Europe First" foreign policy, and his inability to call out the wealthy moochers of Europe who talk a good game about Russia and Ukraine but have reneged on their promises to pay for more defense.  Also in the weakness department, Biden said nothing about the Mexican and Latin American governments sitting before him that do nothing to stem the tide of illegals invading America, or the criminal networks that facilitate them.  The icing on the cake was telling the Chinese government most of what it wanted to hear.

Are Democrats Deliberately Choosing Impaired Candidates?  [Scroll down] My observation leads me places I would rather not go.  With Joe Biden in the White House, he is clearly doing what he is told by others.  This much is clear; he simply does not have the stamina, the wisdom, or the political acumen necessary to be an effective President of the United States.  His gaffes, his verbal dyslexia, his delusional prevarications, his garbled verbiage, and his ability to reliably make statements his handlers have to mop up afterward, are all deeply troubling.  No political party would run such a candidate unless two things were happening:  One, the election would be guaranteed to affect a win for the candidate, and two, the candidate would simply be a figurehead for the real powers behind the throne.  Biden would have to know that others would be running his presidency.  Were he and Jill that easy to roll?  If someone offered a Democrat the most powerful position on the planet and told him, "Don't worry, we will do all the hard work, you just relax and sign the papers," wouldn't most Democrats close the space between them and a pen at the speed of light?  Biden would have to have assumed that his old buddy, Barack Obama (and his underlings) would be doing the heavy lifting, allowing Lunchbucket Joe to cruise, basking in the reflected glory without lifting a finger.

House Democrats Kill Resolution to Investigate Hunter Biden.  House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Tuesday voted against a Republican resolution that would have ordered President Joe Biden's administration to turn over documents about Hunter Biden's business deals.  The "resolution of inquiry," led by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the top Republican on the Oversight Committee, would have ordered Biden's administration to provide a plethora of documents about the Biden family's overseas business deals, including those involving the president's son, Hunter.  Although all 19 Republicans voted in favor of the resolution, 23 Democrats voted to kill the resolution after just two hours of debate, according to CNN.

Man Charged With Killing Teen Echoed Biden's 'Republican Extremism' Rhetoric To Justify His Act.  The man charged with fatally hitting and running over a North Dakota teen justified the act by echoing the same "extremism" rhetoric President Joe Biden wielded against Republicans during his most recent address.  Shannon Brandt, 41, mowed down 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson early Sunday morning over what he later claimed was a "political argument" over whether "the teen was part of a Republican extremist group."  That language strongly resembles the description used by Biden just a few weeks ago to describe Trump and "MAGA Republicans" as being "a threat to the very soul of this country."  In that speech, Biden claimed it was Republicans who had "blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence[.]"  Ellingson was reportedly participating in a street dance before the incident occurred.

A Figurehead Fiddles While America Burns.  Joe Biden has ruled against the will of the people for almost two years as a straw boss who has earned the title of capo di tutti capo of human traffickers.  Often exceeding his constitutional authority to circumvent congressional lawmaking, he has brought insufferable hardship to the lives of millions of illegal aliens, not to mention the deterioration of America's southwestern border towns and urban destinations.  Taking Democrat mayors and governors to task for their all-talk sanctuary policies, Republican border governors are busing willing migrants to Democrat strongholds.  In the liberal bastion of Martha's Vineyard, where visitors arrive only by plane or boat, the arrival of fifty illegal border crossers by charter airline from Florida immediately became the rage at patio fundraisers, caused the chatty Obamas to fall silent, prompted the National Guard to mobilize, and precipitated a crisis not seen since Edgartown ran out of men's pastels.  In September, the tourists are mostly gone from Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven.

As Biden Closes in on 100 Executive Orders, He's Costing Taxpayers an Astronomical Amount of Money.  Biden is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat who's lived in the pretend world of D.C. politics for nearly 50 years, has no concept of life in the real world, has never seen a wealth redistribution scam he didn't wholeheartedly embrace, and has become a multimillionaire in the process.  It doesn't take a proverbial rocket scientist to figure out that disastrous combination.

Biden's '60 Minutes' Interview Proved Once Again He Isn't Running The Country, So Who Is?  Factoring in his numerous incoherent statements and ramblings about getting "in trouble" with his staff for engaging with the press, Biden's Taiwan blunders and the White House's repeated walk backs reveal what many Americans have suspected for the past year and a half, which is that Biden is not running the U.S. government.  As has long been held throughout American history, it is the president that heads up and steers U.S. foreign policy, not unelected bureaucrats.  Yet that is exactly the situation the country finds itself in today.  At every turn of his presidency, Biden has abdicated his responsibilities to unknown White House staffers, who direct and carry out the government's major policy initiatives while America's commander in chief slinks away to his Delaware beach house at every available opportunity.  In essence, Biden has become nothing more than a puppet, whose strings are being controlled by unnamed, high-level White House officials to shape America and her foreign policy through whatever means necessary.  Whether it's getting lost on stage after giving a public speech or having his wife prevent him from answering press questions, Biden has demonstrated time and again that he isn't remotely capable of handling the most basic tasks of a fully functioning human being, let alone those of a U.S. president.

MTG introduces Articles of Impeachment over Biden's dangerous oil reserves game.  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) officially introduced Articles of Impeachment against President Biden on Monday for selling off our Strategic Oil Reservices to the highest bidder which will almost certainly include our enemies.  Greene's move follows the Department of Energy announcing on Monday that it is auctioning off 10 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).  "I just introduced Articles of Impeachment on President Joe Biden.  Joe Biden is selling our strategic petroleum reserves.  This should never happen.  He is draining our reserves and selling our oil.  American's oil to foreign countries and China is a top buyer," Greene stated in a video released on Twitter.

White House spurs speculation when it overrules Biden on pandemic being over: 'He is not in charge'.  President Joe Biden's declaration of victory over COVID when he said that the pandemic was over triggered leftist dead-enders who bitterly cling to their masks and mandates and brought yet another correction from the White House that contradicted him while further confirming suspicions that he isn't the one running the show.  During a "60 Minutes" interview with CBS anchor Scott Pelley that aired on Sunday, Biden clearly stated, "the pandemic is over," while strolling through the Detroit Auto Show where he made another pitch for the forced conversion to electric vehicles last week.  "We still have a problem with COVID.  We're still doing a lot of work on it.  But the pandemic is over," Biden added, drawing howls of protest from angry leftists on Twitter as well as the White House quickly walking back what he said.

Rick Scott: Biden 'Incoherent,' 'Incapacitated' — 'I Do Hope He Runs Again'.  During an appearance on Monday's [9/19/2022] broadcast of Fox Business Network's "Mornings with Maria," Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, criticized President Joe Biden for what appears to be a deteriorating mental condition.  However, he said he hoped Biden would run for president again in 2024 because it could better the chance of a GOP victory.

Joe Biden Puts Humpty Dumpty To Shame.  Last week, the Biden administration tried to convince the public that inflation was a thing of the past and the southern border was secure.  Before that, the president attempted to redefine inflation.  It's been a running theme of this administration, one Joe Biden never gets called on because the press is too busy accepting whatever meaning he chooses.  So here, as a reader service, is a collection of how Humpty Dumpty Biden is choosing what words will mean. [...]

Biden nears 100 executive orders estimated to cost taxpayers almost $1.5 trillion.  President Biden has issued nearly 100 executive orders, which will cost taxpayers up to $1.5 trillion, as the national debt nears $31 trillion, according to an expert.  Biden currently sits at 99 executive orders since taking office.  His torrent pace came primarily within his first year, when he issued more than any president since the 1970s.  Memos show at least one outside left-wing group financed by millions from liberal billionaire George Soros has influenced some of Biden's orders and regulatory items.  A budgetary impact analysis, meanwhile, accompanies each order but does not include actual monetary costs.  Instead, they contain vague language such as whether an order will have no impact, increase or decrease federal costs.  This makes it difficult to pinpoint the actual price tag of Biden's actions.

On 60 Minutes, President Biden Admits His Student-Loan Order Is Illegal.  On 60 Minutes this evening [9/18/2022], President admitted aloud that his decision to transfer up to a trillion dollars in student-loan debt to taxpayers without congressional approval is flatly unconstitutional:  [Quoting from a tweet:]  "The pandemic is over.  We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it.  But the pandemic is over," President Biden tells 60 Minutes in an interview in Detroit.  [End of tweet]  Why does Biden's statement matter so much?  I'll tell you: It matters because the memo that the Biden administration released to justify his order rested entirely upon there being an ongoing emergency, and because, as Biden has just confirmed, there is no ongoing emergency.

As Biden Leaves London He's Is Given a "Proper" English Goodbye by the Locals — No MSM Coverage.  During the funeral, it was Joe Biden himself who managed to seize that moment to embarrass the U.S. with Joe being typical Joe.  One thing you really shouldn't be late for is a funeral.  It starts on time and they're not waiting for you, particularly when it's the Queen and every moment is highly choreographed.  However, that didn't stop Joe Biden.  According to The Guardian, Biden was late to the funeral.  [Video clip]  I can't think of a President who has been ridiculed so much when he travels overseas, as Joe Biden has.  Now, I know all leaders get ribbed and whatnot, but it's different with Joe.  This guy is heckled and disrespected everywhere he goes.  Even to a Royal funeral, for crying out loud.  He's a total joke and nobody takes him seriously, and I really hope he knows that.  Well, I am sure he heard those hecklers on Downing Street in London.  They were so close to his car.  There was no way he couldn't hear it.

Joe Biden Delivers a Mess of a 60 Minutes Interview, Leaves His Handlers Scrambling.  Joe Biden appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening, and it was an absolute disaster of an interview.  As I type this, stories are already coming out about how he blindsided officials in his administration and how his handlers are scrambling to clean up the mess.  In fact, within an hour of the interview premiering, the first clarification had already dropped regarding comments the president made about defending Taiwan from a Chinese attack.  That was the second time in the last few months that the administration has had to walk back Biden's comments on the subject.  Things didn't get better as the topics changed.  When asked about inflation, Biden gave perhaps the worst answer imaginable.  [Tweet]

Cleanup on Aisle 46: Joe Biden makes a mess of his 60 Minutes interview.  [Joe Biden] has no idea where inflation comes from, he fails to understand that 8.3% inflation is very expensive for workers, and he has no serious plan to get rid of it.  He instead spun the matter as "energy prices are down" even as other prices are up, signaling that he doesn't understand that inflation is a monetary, not an energy, phenomenon, as Milton Friedman noted.  And since he has no idea where inflation comes from, he believes that if he can gain control of the economy and dictate price cuts to special interests on some items, such as medical paraphernalia, inflation will go away.  Doesn't work that way. and now the public can see for itself how little Joe knows.  This is wretched stuff, and a strong signal to the markets to keep the selloff going.

Equal Justice, They Said.  [Scroll down] Donald Trump is continually audited for possible tax violations.  Fine, but, given Hunter Biden's laptop and the testimony of the Biden family co-grifters, has any Biden ever been under serious investigation for not reporting tens of millions of dollars in shake-down money, or gifting millions to Biden children?  How about lying under oath or to federal investigators?  Are those activities still crimes?

Laptop from hell revisited.  Brendan O'Neill interviews Miranda Devine on the laptop from hell — as O'Neill notes, Devine wrote the book on it — and related subjects in the terrific Spiked podcast below.  Spiked has posted the podcast [elsew]here with this précis:  "Miranda discusses her role in the groundbreaking investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop, the FBI and Big Tech's attempt to kill the story, and how the cover-up is now falling to pieces."  I think I know the story, but I learned from the podcast.  It draws out the deep meaning and totalitarian implications of the story's suppression.  [Podcast]

Biden Sold a Million Barrels From US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China-Owned Gas Giant.  The Biden administration sold roughly one million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-controlled gas giant that continues to purchase Russian oil, a move the Energy Department said would "support American consumers" and combat "Putin's price hike."  Biden's Energy Department in April announced the sale of 950,000 Strategic Petroleum Reserve barrels to Unipec, the trading arm of the China Petrochemical Corporation.  That company, which is commonly known as Sinopec, is wholly owned by the Chinese government.  The Biden administration claimed the move would "address the pain Americans are feeling at the pump" and "help lower energy costs."  More than five million barrels of oil released from the U.S. emergency reserves, however, were sent overseas last month, according to a Wednesday Reuters report.  At least one shipment of American crude went to China, the report said.

Media's Top Eight Hunter Biden Laptop Deniers — And Many, Many Honorable Mentions.  In commemoration of the launch of our first movie, My Son Hunter, I have attempted to find the origins of the contagion that is Hunter Biden laptop denial.  It was one of the biggest stories of the century, broken in one of the country's oldest papers (the New York Post), and by a terrific reporter (Breitbart's own Emma-Jo Morris).  In an era of endless spin and fake news, this story was 100% factual.  Yet it was almost instantly dismissed as Russian disinformation and censored from the Internet.  Who was behind this massive hoax?  How did they pull it off?

The Biden Family Is an American Disgrace.  We all sin and fall short of the glory of God.  Scripture tells us that clearly, and we can see it manifestly all around us.  But when we find yet more evidence that America's First Family is little other than rejects from a Jerry Springer episode, we have to admit it makes our blood boil, especially given that Joe Biden won by being touted by far too many Americans as the moral superior of Donald Trump. [Mitigating anecdotes omitted for brevity.]  However, that's no excuse for the lies Biden tells about his family or the ways he's enriched himself by exploiting his alcohol- and drug-addicted son Hunter for pay-to-play schemes in Ukraine and China.  Moreover, the whole family's history is sordid.  Joe and Jill Biden likely began their relationship with Jill being unfaithful to her first husband.  Jill has mistreated her cognitively impaired husband in order to reach the top of the power ladder.  If their drug-addict daughter Ashley's diary is to be believed, Creepy Joe behaved at a minimum extremely inappropriately by showering with her as a kid.  No wonder she struggles with drug addiction.  Hunter blames his own addictions on the trauma of his mother and brother's deaths, and, to be sure, that laptop of his reveals a repulsively degenerate lifestyle that is obviously a cry for help, not exploitation.

Biden Falsely Claims He Was "Teaching" Before He Ran For President in 2020 — Biden Has Never Taught a Single Class.  Joe Biden on Thursday falsely claimed he was "teaching" before he ran for president in 2020.  Over the years Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed he was a professor at UPenn.  Joe Biden was paid $1 million by UPenn but he never taught a single class.  This is one of Joe Biden's favorite lies.

Official says Biden made hasty, expensive trip to vote in Delaware because 'it was important'.  The White House on Wednesday said President Biden's abrupt trip to Delaware to vote in person, which cost taxpayers thousands of dollars, was justified by his busy schedule.  Critics said Mr. Biden could have used an absentee ballot or participated in early in-person voting when he was in Delaware over the weekend.  Taxpayers had to pick up the tab for the extra Air Force One trip, plus the presidential motorcade and police escort to the polls.  "The president has a very heavy schedule.  He's the president of the United States.  It worked out best for him to vote yesterday, to vote on Tuesday," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One.  "He thought it was important to exercise his constitutional right to vote, as I just mentioned, and set an example by showing the importance of voting."

A Leaking Ship of Fools.  This win/lose confusion however goes way beyond athletics and the transgender mess.  We can't even determine the outcomes of what are supposed to be free and fair elections.  Despite the clear logic and solid evidence to the contrary, we're stuck struggling along with a president who clearly did not win the 2020 election.  That's an uncertainty we can ill afford.  Speaking of that, we seem to conflate image with reality.  If a plurality of the population can be convinced that something is true, that means it is true.  Really?  If the people surrounding our illegal president say he's on top of his game, we're obliged to believe that is so.  If no one admits to running the country behind the scenes, then we're to assume that all is well.  This problem doubles back into the transgender kerfuffle in that we're all supposed to play dress-up with those who want to pretend they are something they're not.  Distinctions are not to be made.

A Time of Evil.  What we have seen the last two years, and especially the last few months can only be explained in one word.  Evil.  For this is a time of evil.  There should be no doubt of this in anyone's mind after the Biden speech in Philadelphia.  Biden's speech was evil.  He looked as if he was the keynote speaker at Dante's Inferno.  Biden looked like he was giving a sermon supporting Baal.  Biden looked part Hitler and part Nero in his sinister bloody-minded speech in which he called half of America "enemies of the state."  Imagine calling half of the American people an enemy to the homeland.  Never has an American president declared war on half of the citizenry.  But Biden did just that as he declared MAGA, America First, and all Trump supporters as enemies of democracy as well as treasonous and seditious felons.  This was the most evil speech ever given by a president in American history.

Hunter Biden cries poverty in trying to slash child support for 4-year-old.  Hunter Biden is trying to get his child support payments for his 4-year-old love child lowered by claiming a substantial change to his "financial circumstances," according to court documents.  President Biden's son, 52, has asked an Arkansas judge to recalculate the child support payments he makes to Lunden Roberts, 31 — the mother of the daughter he's never met, according to a Monday court filing obtained by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.  Hunter cited "a substantial material change" in his "financial circumstances, including but not limited to his income," for the reason behind his request.  It wasn't immediately clear what the change in Hunter's income was.  Brent Langdon, his Texas-based attorney who signed the motion, said reforms to the child support guidelines in Arkansas in 2020 were behind Hunter's push to review his payments.

Why Joe Biden can't change course on greenie madness.  In many ways, Joe Biden's presidency is a baffling one.  He's down in the polls, and his policies are disasters, but unlike, say, Bill Clinton, he can't change course, or moderate his direction, not even to save his presidency.  He's particularly rigid on some of these policies, such as the green agenda, even as the voters say "no" and the obvious political consequences of that are coming for him.  So what gives?  Is he simply too old to change?  That doesn't explain it, because he's been a political weathervane for the duration of his career. [...] Biden is a cash- and prestige-obsessed nobody of zero accomplishments and ideas, which makes him the perfect palimpsest for a foreign manipulator such as Wyss to get his hands on America and remake it his way.  His money animates the policy, and since he's got no obligation to the American people, he can be as rigid as he pleases.  Billionaires insist on value for their money, after all.  That's why Biden can't change course.

Former Rolling Stone Editor: Biden's 'Menacing Manifesto' Against MAGA Republicans Created a Bigger Problem.  It may seem like ages ago, but only ten days have passed since President Joe Biden decided to use Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to declare war on half the country.  Mr. Unity is dead — never having any chance to bring together a nation with an agenda that only favors the 'woke,' educated, and wealthy.  In other words, people who live on the coasts and in cities.  The other side is that he could never articulate his intentions since he's dementia ridden.  When Biden can enunciate with the help of drugs, it consistently demonizes people who didn't vote for him.  That reached a boiling point with this September 3 address.  I thought it had a throwback feeling to a Nuremberg rally c. 1938.  Former Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi said it reminded him of a Rammstein concert.  Taibbi focused on a critical portion of the address, where Biden spoke about how MAGA Republicans threaten the republic and what he plans to do.  Will there be consequences for merely voting differently than the Democratic Party because it sure seems that way with a second reading of the address?

Everyone Around Biden Is an Election Denier, Including Him.  If you watched Joe Biden's primetime speech on Thursday, you would have seen him insist that anyone who questions the results of an election is a "threat to our democracy."  "Democracy cannot survive when one side believes that there are only two outcomes to an election: either they win or they were cheated," he claimed.  "And that's where MAGA Republicans are today."  Conveniently absent from his speech was the acknowledgment that Democrats have a long history of believing that the only two outcomes of an election are when they win or the election was stolen — including himself.  In 2020, when a supporter of his told him she thought Trump was an illegitimate president, he agreed.  In 2013, he also said he believed that Al Gore won the 2000 presidential election that he actually lost.  Biden's vice president, Kamala Harris, also said that Trump was an illegitimate president.  Biden's press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, also believes the 2016 election was stolen from Hillary.  On top of that his own chief of staff, Ron Klain, still believes that the 2000 election was "stolen" from Al Gore.

Americans are fed up with Biden and a majority want him impeached.  In terms of strong political feelings, Democrats and Republicans are pretty evenly divided in America.  It's the independents who shift political outcomes in America.  That's why it matters that a Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 50 percent of Independents would like to see Joe Biden impeached.  When you add that to the Republicans and, believe it or not, the Democrats who want him out of office, there's a majority dreaming of a Biden impeachment.

KJP attempts to justify Biden's many vacations as struggling Americans cancel plans.  President Joe Biden has spent one out of every three days on vacation since moving into the White House and his press secretary told reporters that he deserves that time "just as every American does."  During Thursday's press briefing, a reporter asked Karine Jean-Pierre if the president would be curbing the many trips to his Wilmington, Delaware beach home, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, Nantucket, Massachusetts and Camp David.  Citing a recent Gallup poll that said 24% of Americans are spending less, 17% are driving less and 17% are canceling vacations in response to unprecedented inflation, the reporter asked if Biden would be tightening his vacation belt.

Joe Biden's Latest Definition of "Ultra MAGA" Pushes Into Absurdity.  In early September, Joe Biden delivered what has now been dubbed his "red speech."  Somehow, the content managed to be worse than the presentation.  The president railed against "MAGA Republicans," declaring them enemies of the state and a threat to the republic.  Truly, it was the most obscene speech a president has given since the popularization of modern national addresses.  Far from being a unifying figure, Biden chose to drive a knife through the heart of the country, and it didn't take long for the walk-backs to begin.  Pretty soon, the president began insisting that he wasn't talking about "mainstream Republicans" and that the "ultra MAGA" represented a smaller proportion of the public.

Facebook — not the FBI — is to blame for blocking the Hunter Biden laptop story.  As the Mar-a-Lago raid clearly demonstrated, the Biden administration has militarized the FBI to go after Joe Biden's political opponents. "The FBI is now an organization solely focused on destroying the domestic enemies of the Democratic Party," said radio host Jesse Kelly.  But is the FBI responsible for suppressing the New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop two weeks before the 2020 election?  Based on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent confession, the majority of the media say yes — the FBI did it.  A closer examination of Zuckerberg's comments suggests that the correct answer is no.  Zuckerberg himself bears the responsibility.  Weeks before the 2020 election, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media companies decided to kill the October 14, 2020, New York Post article that confirmed the existence of Hunter Biden's laptop and exposed Joe Biden's corrupt activities in Ukraine.  According to a new poll by Technometrica, nearly four out of five Americans believe that truthful media coverage of the laptop story would have prevented Joe Biden from becoming president.

How Joe Biden Lost My Vote.  Joe Biden emerged from his speech last week "on the continued battle for the soul of our nation" like a squalling infant birthed from the loins of blue-check Twitter, bathed in the blood-red light of militant fascism.  He was finally their guy.  Gone was the empathy guy.  Gone was the unity guy.  Gone was the moderate guy.  Be mean, Joe.  Get them, Joe.  Get tough, Joe.  Tell them their participation in Democracy is a threat to ... Democracy!  Yes, tell them, Joe.  Tell the "MAGA Republicans" they're not welcome in their own country.  Tell them their participation is a threat to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.  Tell them that Democracy means they have to sit down and shut up.  Tell the truck driver who travels coast to coast, working the graveyard shift, to bring freshly cut meat to supermarket shelves.  Tell the police officer, the waitress, the bartender, the cable guy, the grocery store clerk, the grandmother, the garage mechanic, the veteran who served in Afghanistan who now has been kicked out of the military for not taking the vaccine, the mother of two who now must home school her children — that they are the violent extremists posing the biggest threat to the country they call home.

Sen. Hawley Shreds Biden for Criminalizing the Political Opposition.  It wasn't just the DOJ and its attempts to boost Biden by raiding Trump that Hannity discussed on his show yesterday, though he did a good job discussing that with Trump's lawyer.  He also had on Sen. Josh Hawley, who ripped into Biden for wielding law enforcement like a political club and attempting to intimidate the political opposition with it.  Speaking on that, Hawley used examples of the criminal chaos spreading around the country to show that Team Biden and the other leftist hacks running things care not about law and order, but rather just about using LEOs to enforce their political agenda and wield power.

Dems want the midterms to be a referendum on Trump, not bungling Biden — and the media are compliant.  Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice once said that he was "the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral."  No matter what was going on, he always wound up the center of attention.  The same could be said for former President Donald Trump.  No matter what's going on, he somehow seems to wind up driving the conversation.  And today's news almost seems calculated to bring Trump to the forefront.  You have the FBI's questionable raid on Mar-a-Lago, where the same agency that covered up Hunter Biden's laptop sent G-men to run their fingers through Melania's underwear.  You have President Joe Biden's positively Mephistophelean red-lit speech in Philadelphia following his declaration that his opponents are "semi-fascists."  You have Democratic officeholders in New York and Georgia trying to prosecute Trump.  All generating steady Trump-related headlines.  Well, if it seems calculated to bring Trump to the forefront, it's because it is calculated to bring Trump to the forefront.  The truth is, the Biden people would rather this election be a referendum on Trump than a referendum on Biden.  That's because if it's a referendum on Biden, the Democrats will lose, hands-down.  And the press knows this, which is why it's cooperating.

Why 'Educated' Liberal Women Are the Real Threat to Our Republic.  When last Thursday night Joe Biden told America, "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans" threaten "the very foundations of our republic," he missed the mark.  The real threat comes from the unlikeliest of suspects:  educated liberal females, or "ELFs" for short.  These are the women who will proudly vote Democrat regardless of soaring inflation, rising gas prices, rampant crime in the streets, the unchecked flood of illegal aliens, and oppressive COVID policies that have irreparably damaged all children, the poor most notably.  If NBC's polling from April is to be believed, this is the only demographic cohort more favorably inclined to Democrats in 2022 than in 2018.  Unable to sell these women on his accomplishments — there are none — Biden last week appealed to their paranoia.  What made this pitch strategic is his target audience's proven susceptibility to fear-based propaganda.

So the Obamas and the Bidens are just talking 'nostalgia' at the White House?  [Scroll down] More likely, the meeting is about the midterms, and the Democrats' problem of having a leader who's senile, doddering and incompetent on the economy, a leader so incompetent he's losing the party its black, Latino, Asian, youth and suburban women voter base, as inflation, crime, an open border, the disastrous Afghanistan pullout and other problems take over the economy, and only the most extremist position on abortion up until the day of birth is in the Democrats' offerings.  Apparently filling the White House with Obama operatives such as Susan Rice has not been enough.  Democrats across the board, including in the Obama camp, know that Joe Biden is a liability and they don't want him to run for president again.  These thing spell instant legacy erasure for Obama, and Obama has got to be letting Joe know it.

Biden took a booming economy without inflation and turned it into a high-inflation bust.  There's a growing view inside the mainstream media that Joe Biden's recent legislative victories and his recent speeches that MAGA Republicans are a threat to democracy and are "semi-fascists" are going to give the Democrats some midterm momentum and they're going to overtake the GOP by snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.  I'm not buying it and here's why you shouldn't either.  First of all, the new legislation is not popular.  By 36% to 12%, an Economist-YouGov poll shows that voters believe the IRA legislation will actually increase inflation.  As for the student loan cancellation, a poll from another network shows by 59% to 38% that voters believe that too will increase inflation.  By the way, the latest inflation report for July was 8.5% year-on-year and the inflation tracker from the Cleveland Fed predicts an 8.2% CPI for both August and September.

Report: Palace Intrigue Hits Fever Pitch as WH Knows Joe Blew It With 'Dark Brandon' Speech.  The aftermath of President Joe Biden's viciously partisan primetime address dubbed by conservatives as the "Dark Brandon speech" has not been kind to the White House, with Republicans and even some Democrats alike slamming various facets of the speech, and with even some in the Biden-friendly mainstream media coming down hard on the grotesque optics of it all.  Not even 24 hours after his address and perhaps already sensing he went too far, Biden started walking it back when pressed by reporters on his labeling of so-called "MAGA Republicans" as representative of "an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic."  In response to a reporter's question, Biden said, "I don't consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country."  Oh really?

What is the Conservative plan to deal with Biden's fourth reich?  The time has come for a coalition of governors, attorneys general, and state legislators to demonstrate the power of broad-based federalism to interpose against extreme federal tyranny.  Many conservative commentators have finally woken up to smell the stench of the Fourth Reich following Biden's speech targeting political opposition, reminiscent of the authoritarian language of past dictators.  However, they should have been awake since March 2020, when our government declared de facto martial law on our lives, liberty, and property and used our bodies as lab rats with an ever-growing list of experimental therapies.  They should have awoken from their slumber after Americans were targeted with solitary confinement and disproportionate punishment for zero or nebulous crimes at the Capitol on January 6, after months of killing, rioting, and looting by BLM with impunity.  If Biden's speech is really to be a turning point in this one-sided cold war that is heating up, conservatives should resolve to use the power they already wield over Republican governors and demand united action for states to protect constitutional rights from this thuggish Biden administration and national security deep state apparatus that threatens our liberties more than any foreign enemy in our history.  Rather than making idle promises of winning back the House with RINOs or winning back the presidency years from now when it's too late, we should be demanding action now from 20 or so GOP trifecta-controlled state governments.  If they fail to take action now, then the entire point of federal elections with divided government is moot.

Democrats Dangerously Copy The Tactics Of Famous Fascists.  These are not just idle words:  It's Joe Biden, the head of the American government, with all the resources at its disposal, telling 70+ million Americans they are a threat to the nation.  And in case anyone missed the point, after having just passed a law to hire 87,000 armed IRS agents, the administration hired Nikole Flax, who worked with Lois Lerner at the IRS when it was targeting conservatives during the Obama administration, to run the new division.  Joe Biden and the Democrats have just created the largest armed police force in the nation and set as its leader someone associated with the targeting of their political opponents.  Joe Biden's words are not just words... they're threats.  The leader of the government paints his political opponents as extremists and then exhorts his supporters to "confront" them.  "We're all called by duty and conscience to confront extremists who put their own pursuit of power above all else."

Ever wonder how big Joe Biden's Social Security check is?  According to President Biden's tax return for last year, the first couple received a whopping $4,555 a month in Social Security benefits alone which put them well above what the average retired American brings home each month.  And that doesn't include all of their other streams of income.  Social Security just celebrated its 87th birthday.  It was signed into law in August 1935 and payouts began on Jan. 1, 1940.  It has become the safety net for more than 48 million retired Americans and many depend on a monthly check from the agency to survive.  The average Social Security check is $1,670.95, according to The Motley Fool.  A Gallup poll reports that 89 percent of surveyed retirees count on Social Security as a "major" or "minor" source of income.  That means only one in 10 Americans aren't reliant on Social Security income to get by during retirement.  The Bidens are in that group.

How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful.  Our Tail Gunner Joe (of semi-truck driving expertise and brilliant legal training fame) in a single week smeared roughly half the country as un-American "semi-fascists."  Then in one of the creepiest speeches and background sets in American political history, Joe Biden railed that "Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soul of this country."  Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan in careful, sober, and exacting presidential tones; Joe Biden all but declared war against half his own people like a raving lunatic.  All that was missing from the rant was Biden waving to the crowd a purported list of names of prominent MAGA threats to our collective soul and screaming, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 members of the MAGA Party!" Yet Biden never quite told us what was subversive about the "MAGA Scare" or wanting to "Make America Great Again."

Cover-Up: Biden Treasury Makes Move to Stop GOP From Getting Hunter Biden Records.  The ranking member of the House Oversight Committee Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has been trying for months to get the Suspicious Activity Reports — anti-money laundering reports that flag suspicious transactions — that have been filed by banks against Hunter Biden.  Now, the word is in from Biden's Treasury Department that they have formally rejected his request for the information because the Democrats aren't part of the request.  Comer blasted the decision as "unacceptable."

Joe Biden Attempts to Change Shape in Deranged Public Display.  Unsurprisingly, the Democrat Party remains in denial about what it has become over the last several years.  Once upon a time, a liberal could loudly proclaim themselves as standing for the "working man" without receiving four Pinocchios.  That period has passed, though, and Joe Biden has apparently not gotten the message.  On Monday, he gave a series of Labor Day speeches in which he came across as deranged, both because of how he appeared and what he said.  Things got so bad that he had what some are describing as a Howard Dean moment, and I think agree.  Take a look for yourself.  [Video clip]

Why Republicans Shouldn't Take the Bait and Make the Midterms a Referendum on Trump.  President Biden's address in Philadelphia underscored the attempt to put Trump in the middle of the November ballot.  Politico reports that President Biden's speech was months in the making.  According to their sources, Biden started planning to give a speech about threats to our democracy in June.  As if a man who can barely get out a coherent sentence and shakes hands with people who are not there is capable of that kind of pre-planning.  Whenever Biden's staff began to plan the event, it appears the speech will go down in history as the most divisive in modern politics.  One of the worst aspects of the event was the visuals.  After reviewing the photos several times to ensure the visuals were as bad as he first thought, [Mark] Meckler concluded that he had never seen an American president look more dictatorial and fascistic.  While he thinks the visuals may be an unfortunate error, they aligned with what he calls an incredibly fascist speech. "Whoever on his [Biden's] team thought that black and red and making him look like a Nazi dictator was a good idea, that person ought to be removed," observed Meckler.

Laurence Fox: 'My Son Hunter' Is 'a Gangster Comedy' About the 'Corrupt' and 'Powerful' Biden Family.  Actor Laurence Fox, who portrayed Hunter Biden in the forthcoming film My Son Hunter, described the movie profiling President Joe Biden's youngest son as "a gangster comedy about the Biden family" in an interview [...] He remarked, "You want your average Democrat to be able to watch it and not see it as this sort of very partisan political film.  It's actually not particularly partisan. ... It's a gangster comedy about the Biden family, who seem, from what I can tell, to be amongst the most corrupt of the powerful families in America."

Film Review: 'My Son Hunter': Director Robert Davi's Brilliant Biden Satire.  Less than a minute after the start of the hotly anticipated "My Son Hunter," director Robert Davi and screenwriter Brian Godawa include an 11-word text scroll (with tongue firmly in cheek) that both downsizes and heightens the expectations of what we're about to see:  "This is not a true story ... except for all the facts."  By doing this, the filmmakers somewhat defuse what is sure to be an onslaught of negative reactions from the mainstream media, its minions, and the dozen or so people who still think Joe Biden is the greatest thing since sliced bread.  Had this movie been presented as a straight-out drama with a chronological narrative, it simply wouldn't have worked.  The sheer jaw-dropping, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction nature of the depicted events is so brazen, so self-aggrandizing, so outrageous, and so self-parodying, it all but begs for a satirical treatment.

So Joe Biden was behind the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid all along.  Joe Biden has made his obsession with President Trump known, most recently through his hellishly lit Mussolini-meltdown speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia last week, manically painting Trump and all his voters as "threats to the republic."  He may be doddering and insentient, but he still burns bright against his potential opponent in the 2024 presidential race, which even Democrats don't want him to get involved with.  On Trump, Biden's as obsessed with Trump as Stalin was with Trotsky.  So it comes to light that not only has Biden tried to smear Trump as a danger to democracy and "threat to the republic," in a sorry public relations campaign that isn't working, he's also trying to eliminate President Trump from the entire 2024 presidential race by probably the gamiest maneuvers ever played by a politician in U.S. history.  It turns out that Biden was behind the raid on Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago on August 4.

As in 2020, Trump speaks to tens of thousands and Biden speaks to tens.  In 2016, Trump spoke to tens of thousands, and Hillary spoke to hundreds...and Trump won.  In 2020, despite COVID, Trump spoke to tens of thousands, and Biden spoke to... well, not even tens.  Maybe to fives, all of whom sat in little marked circles far away from each other.  And yet it's Biden who's in the White House.  Now it's 2022, and once again, Trump is speaking to tens of thousands, and Biden is speaking to tens.  What can and should we take away from that?  The head-to-head comparison comes from Benny Johnson, who put together a video showing Trump's and Biden's appearances in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Biden Has a Labor Day Festival of Fail With Remarks in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.  Joe Biden keeps digging himself and his fellow Democrats a big hole with his continuing attacks on millions of Americans who support America being great.  I get that's a tough concept for Joe and the folks on the left who are used to hating America.  But it's not going over well with most Americans that he's taken that tactic.  As we saw from the Reuters poll at the end of last week, he's at close to his lowest polling numbers for that poll at 38 percent approval.  He also just hit his lowest numbers with independents in the YouGov poll.  So if he thinks he's appealing to anyone other than rabid Democrats with these ridiculous attacks, it's not working and it may be hurting him.  However, that's not stopping Biden from still doing it and lying his head off in the process.

Will the person or persons who wrote that vile speech please step forward?  While pathetic old Joe Biden delivered his "soul of the nation" speech on Thursday with the fury and rage of a demented man, everyone knows he did not write the words he spewed with such venom.  So, who did write it?  And exactly who thought staging the event like Hitler's Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl was a good idea and that parroting Hitler's gestures would win over supporters?  The Nazi-like staging could only be lost on the very young.  Are the writer (or writers) and stage designers so contemptuous of America, as Obama surely was, that they thought presenting Biden as some third world dictator would be well-received?  From Independence Hall where our Founders signed the Declaration of Independence?

Poll: Voters See Biden's Philadelphia Speech As 'Dangerous' and 'Designed to Incite Conflict'.  According to a new poll of 1,000 likely voters from Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group, a majority of voters believe the White House designed Biden's primetime speech to attack his political opponents.  They also viewed it as dangerous and believe the president intended to create conflict between Americans.

I'm A Democrat Who Thinks Biden's Anti-Democratic Rhetoric Has Gone Too Far.  [Scroll down] After all, while the president warns about fascism (or "semi-fascism," whatever that is) in America, his administration is the one censoring people who disagree with it and trying to prosecute its political opponents, both flagrant violations of democratic norms.  His administration is the one that, while claiming to crack down on Big Tech, works with it to punish dissenting voices and stifle debate.  His administration is one that attacks its critics as terrorists, and which compares speech to violence.  His administration is the one that felt bold enough to create a "disinformation" board within the Department of Homeland Security, an Orwellian concept that the world has not seen on such a large scale since those 1930s regimes that Biden says he hates.  These are not signs of a healthy democracy.  They are not what Biden promised to deliver during his 2020 campaign or his inaugural address.  Voters have noticed.

Biden Barely Draws a Few Dozen Supporters at Labor Day Rally in Pennsylvania Two Days After Trump Drew Over Ten Thousand at Wilkes-Barre.  Joe Biden was greeted by a few dozen supporters at a Labor Day rally a steelworkers union hall in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania late Monday afternoon, according to videos and photos posted by press from the rally, including this screen image and photo by TribLive's Ryan Deto.  [Photo]  The sparse turnout for Biden in his homes state comes two days after President Trump packed the 10,000 seat Mohegan Sun Arena at a rally in Wilke-Barre.  The crowd in West Mifflin for Biden is even smaller than the one for his own Wilkes-Barre rally that preceded Trump's that drew a few hundred.

Biden Puts the 'Total' in Totalitarianism.  The visual similarity between Joe Biden's event and some nighttime events at Nuremberg are just too striking to be coincidental.  Leni Riefenstahl, as someone noted, would have been proud.  Those who point out that Biden's speech took place on September 1, a fraught day on the Polish border anno domini 1939, may be too ingenious for this historically illiterate age, but who knows?  Often these things are, as our Marxists friends like to say, no accident.  There are wheels within wheels.  Which brings me to the question of the intent behind the theatrics.  Was this exercise in garish, totalitarian kitsch a "gaffe," as some are saying — an aesthetic miscalculation for which that blinking inarticulate muppet who is Biden's press secretary will have to apologize?  Apparently not, since she just said that the speech was "not political."

Was it presidential historian Jon Meacham who wrote Biden's Mussolini Meltdown speech?  Joe Biden's Mussolini meltdown moment in Philadelphia, which was summed up to voters with the image below, left a lot of people on both sides of the political aisle scratching their heads.  After all, as the meme says, "If you're going to dedicate an entire speech to 'my opponents are Nazis' don't specifically go for this visual".  Just days earlier, Joe Biden had been denouncing Republicans as "semi-fascists."  In the wake of the Philly speech, voters learned that apparently, it was the "semi" part that upset him.  Why settle for "semi-fascist" when what he was offering was full-blown fascist?  It didn't help him any politically, and internal polls must have been horrific.  Politico reported that the remarks had been three months in preparation, so they were hardly unintentional gaffes.  Biden's desperate walkback of them the following morning exposed him for a clown, a boob, and a phony.

Joe Biden's Hateful Attack on Half the Country.  It's a good thing Joe Biden is such a mediocre public speaker, because his political beliefs are positively dangerous.  In a primetime address Thursday in front of Independence Hall — complete with ominous red mood lighting and the occasional blaring of police sirens and hecklers — Biden effectively declared war on half the country.  "MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution," he said.  "They do not believe in the rule of law.  They do not recognize the will of the people.  They refuse to accept the results of a free election ... They embrace anger.  They thrive on chaos.  They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies."  While he qualified his remarks by saying "not every Republican is a MAGA Republican," he does not mean it.  He knows that a strong majority of Republicans have a favorable view of Trump and will support him if he runs again.

Could Biden's Divisive Rhetoric Cost Democrats Congress?  In President Joe Biden's 2007 memoir, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, he wrote that the late Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) gave him the best advice he ever received: "Joe, never attack another man's motive, because you don't know his motive."  Judging from Biden's increasingly belligerent speeches, he has forgotten Mansfield's eminently wise counsel.  This was rendered abundantly clear during his Thursday speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.  Standing before a backdrop that looked as if it had been designed by Leni Riefenstahl, he attacked the motives of half the electorate.  After declaring, "I'm an American President — not the President of red America or blue America, but of all America," Biden nonetheless insisted that "MAGA Republicans" don't quite make the cut.

CNN questioned after altering blood-red background of Biden's speech.  CNN is facing questions from critics after the network was busted altering the lighting for President Biden's Thursday address, softening the blood-red hues to calmer shades of pink.  The president came in for withering mockery online for the harsh black and red backdrop, with many comparing the optics to "Star Wars" and "V for Vendetta."  While networks like CNN, MSNBC, CBS and C-SPAN carrying the speech all originally appeared consistent, CNN noticeably altered the color of the background from red to pink in real-time.

More Mush From the Wimp.  Partisan leftists who watched Joe Biden's speech Thursday night in Philadelphia saw a vibrant defense of democracy, a rousing call to action, and a blueprint for progress in a new America.  I saw a feeble old man babbling about the supposed accomplishments of his failing administration and making a pathetic attempt to convince his own fellow Democrats that he deserves to be nominated as the party's presidential candidate in 2024.  I also heard echoes of Benito Mussolini.  Well, if Mussolini were a doddering octogenarian who spoke English. "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic," Biden proclaimed.  In the original Italian, it went something like "the enemies of fascism are extremists who threaten our state and our power."  Biden is literally calling us "enemies of the state."  For him and the Democrats, to vote for the political opposition is a criminal act, to oppose the Biden agenda is treason.  In all my 61 years, I've never heard an American president speak in such language.  But as a student of history, I have read such words employed by demagogues from Trotsky to Stalin to Mussolini to Goebbels.  But such rhetoric is now so common that it sounds banal.

When Must a Good Citizen Become a Dissident?  After Facebook's Zuckerberg recently confessed to censoring the New York Post's explosive Hunter Biden "laptop from Hell" story (evidencing a compromised and most likely criminally culpable Biden family) before the 2020 election in response to FBI pressure that the social media giant treat real news as "Russian disinformation" (thereby corroborating that the national security Deep State helped rig the presidential election), the FBI superciliously responded with the equivalent of a teenaged shoulder shrug and a haughty "so what?"  According to the FBI, our domestic spy agency regularly encourages censorship and secretive control over the free flow of information.  No big deal!  Except it is a very big deal.  Recent polling shows that nearly 80% of Americans believe that President Trump would have won re-election had voters "known the truth about Hunter Biden's laptop."  In other words, the Deep State stole an election.

I Am a 'Clear and Present Danger' to the Biden Regime (And So Are You).  "Clear and present danger" aren't words any president should use lightly because that's when the big guns used to come out against the First Amendment — and might again.  Set aside for a few minutes the vaguely Nurembergesque optics of Thursday night's historically divisive speech by Presidentish Joe Biden so we can concentrate on the content. [...] Ben Shapiro called it "the most demagogic, outrageous, and divisive speech" he's ever seen from an American president because Biden "essentially declared all those who oppose him and his agenda enemies of the republic."  Biden's speech came just two days after he not-so-implicitly threatened [VIP link] millions of law-abiding Americans with military action.  "For those brave right-wing Americans," he sneered, "if you want to fight against the country, you need an F-15.  You need something little more than a gun."  Ricochet's Jon Gabriel said that Biden's word choice was as "deliberate as it was divisive," reminding readers that the C&PD doctrine was "created by the Woodrow Wilson-era Supreme Court to curtail the free speech of Americans."

Biden Has Spent 40% of His Presidency on Vacation.  Joe Biden on Friday refused to take questions as he left for another vacation.  The Bidens headed to Camp David, the presidential retreat located in western Maryland, for Labor Day weekend. [...] Biden has spent 23 of the last 32 days on vacation, the RNC said on Friday.  According to the New York Post, since being installed in January 2021, Joe Biden has spent more than 40% of his presidency on vacation.

Joe Biden Hates Your Guts, And He Doesn't Hide It.  You've all probably seen and heard scores of adjectives used to describe Biden's speech in Philadelphia this week, one that was laughably supposed to promote unity and reflect on what it means to be an American.  On the left, we heard the typical, fawning type of language, with the media and politicians proclaiming the speech: majestic, courageous, and patriotic.  On the right, the speech has been described as inflammatory, authoritarian, and disturbing.  But perhaps the most suitable word we should use in classifying Biden's speech is this: idiotic.  One of the more striking, and moronic, aspects of Biden's speech was the setting.  There's nothing wrong with a president making a speech in Philadelphia with Independence Hall as a backdrop, but it's a bad idea to do so when the subject matter of the speech is so hyper-partisan.  But what was particularly curious about the speech's setting was the visuals.

Leftwing Guardian Triggered by 'My Son Hunter': 'Stop Trying to Make Hunter Biden Conspiracy Theories Happen'.  Britain's left-wing The Guardian has attacked the upcoming movie My Son Hunter in a column claiming the movie is trying to elevate the Hunter Biden laptop scandal beyond a fringe conspiracy theory.  But the article ignores the fact that the laptop and its contents have been authenticated as real by multiple mainstream news outlets, including the New York Times and CNN.  Guardian columnist Emma Brockes describes My Son Hunter as a "piece of political porn dedicated to animating the wildest fringes of Trump chat-room banter."  She also offers a snide piece of advice: "guys, stop trying to make Hunter Biden conspiracy theories happen."  It remains unclear if Brockes even saw My Son Hunter before she wrote the article, since the movie is not yet publicly available.  It is only available now for pre-order until its release on September 7.  The article is vague about whether or not she has seen it, though she clearly has seen the trailer.

'Full Monty Mussolini': Biden's Primetime Speech Mocked, Slammed On Social Media.  President Joe Biden's Thursday evening speech targeting supporters of former President Donald Trump was mocked on social media, with many users poking fun at the stage.  The speech, held in Philadelphia, marked continued attacks on supporters of Trump, reiterating earlier attacks in which he claimed Republicans embraced "semi-fascism" at an Aug. 25 fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Maryland, and also attacked "MAGA Republicans" during a Tuesday speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  Biden called "MAGA Republicans" a threat to democracy and doubled down on his rhetoric calling supporters of former President Donald trump "extremists."  WMAL talk show host Larry O'Connor threw the epithet Biden directed at Republicans back at the president.  "Dude... This isn't even 'semi' fascist," O'Connor posted on Twitter.  "This is full monty Mussolini."

Biden is in desperate damage control less than 24-hours after the most toxic presidential speech in the modern era.  Less than 24-hours after delivering the darkest, most toxic presidential speech of the modern era, the Commander in Chief is trying to gaslight America to believe he didn't say what it just heard him say. [...] Let's roll the tape back.  Here's what the president asserted Thursday evening outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall, which the White House advance team transformed into a scene straight out of Hostel — complete with blood-red uplighting and shadowed figures in the background.  The stage's backdrop looked more like the demonic spawn pool of Satan rather than the patriotic birthplace of our republic.  'Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic.'  He continued, 'MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards -backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love.'

GOP Rep. Palmer: Biden, Dems Heading in 'One of the Most Dangerous Directions We've Ever Been'.  During an appearance on Mobile, AL radio [...] on Friday, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, reacted to President Joe Biden's primetime address a night early from Independence Hall in Philadelphia.  Although Palmer said he did not watch the televised event, he warned the efforts to change the narrative by Democrats and Biden were taking the country in a "dangerous" direction.

Mainstream Media Reporters Target Biden for Giving Polarizing Speech Flanked by US Marines.  President Joe Biden received backlash from corporate news reporters on Thursday night after he delivered a polarizing campaign-style speech flanked by two U.S. Marines.  During the speech, the president attacked tens of millions of people who voted for former President Donald Trump, describing them as extremists.  "Whatever you think of this speech the military is supposed to be apolitical," CNN host Brianna Keilar, whose husband serves in U.S. Army, wrote on Twitter.  "Positioning Marines in uniform behind President Biden for a political speech flies in the face of that.  It's wrong when Democrats do it.  It's wrong when Republicans do it."  CNN Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny wrote that "there's nothing unusual or wrong with a President delivering a political speech — it's inherent in the job description — but doing it against a backdrop of two Marines standing at attention and the Marine Band is a break with White House traditions."

In Speech Walkback, Biden Now Admits He's The Real Threat To Democracy.  President Joe Biden attempted to walk back his divisive rhetoric delivered Thursday night, when the commander-in-chief stood before Independence Hall flanked by Marines illuminated by blood-red lights like stormtroopers.  Two months before the November midterms, Biden went on a 25-minute tirade in which he branded his political opposition as an existential threat to democracy and the "soul of this nation."  "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic," Biden said.  "There's no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans.  And that is a threat to this country."

Visibly shaken Tucker Carlson calls dangerous, outrageous Biden speech 'truly nuts'.  Fox News host Tucker Carlson ripped into President Biden's "immoral" speech given in Philadelphia where he railed against MAGA Republicans in front of a "blood-red Nazi background" and called it "truly nuts."  Biden gave the explosive speech on Thursday night at Independence Hall in Philadelphia with Marines standing in the background.  Carlson compared it to something straight out of Nazi Germany.  The divisive president warned those in attendance that "MAGA Republicans" are a danger to democracy, the country, and freedom.  He painted them as a threat and as the enemy.

Who is the audience for Biden's speech on 'MAGA' GOP threatening democracy?  President Joe Biden will once again denounce the political forces former President Donald Trump has unleashed as a threat to democracy on Thursday night.  The question is who the target audience is for this pitch three months out from the midterm elections, with public opinion on Trump settled and surprisingly stable after two presidential elections, two impeachments, a Capitol riot, the Mar-a-Lago raid, and myriad controversies.  Democrats already fear Trump's return to the White House, though he will not be on the ballot anywhere this fall.  And Republicans have remained strikingly loyal to the former president, with the few wavering outliers more than outweighed by conservatives who will reject Biden's attempt to paint a substantial wing of the GOP as broadly anti-democratic.

Biden's Teetering House of Cards.  [Scroll down] Unlike the fictional Urquhart and Underwood, the Bidens, who are wholly owned by China and Ukraine, the two countries that made their family fabulously wealthy via illegal and underhanded arrangements, are destroying America and the damage is so great, one can only assume it is by design.  They have opened the southern border to all comers, over five million of them in the last eighteen months.  These migrants simply walk across the border, unvetted, unvaxxed (lucky for them), and are ushered to various cities across the country at taxpayer expense.  There are of course terrorists among them and more than enough fentanyl to kill every American several times over.  Human and child sex trafficking is rampant.  Does Biden care?  Not one bit. [...] Joe Biden is at the core of his being a very nasty man.  He is virulently racist at heart as evidenced throughout his career.  Watch some clips from the confirmation hearings of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas and prepare to be horrified by Biden's malevolence.  He has always been corrupt.  He has always been inappropriate with women and young girls.  His own daughter's diary attests to that fact.  He is a known plagiarist, a chronic liar and a bully; his recent speeches are a testament to that.  He is an authoritarian at heart, doing the bidding of the WEF.  He viciously demonizes the millions of voters who support Trump.  He is an authoritarian, a wanna-be dictator.

Joe Biden Calls on Americans to 'Stop' MAGA Republicans.  President Joe Biden called on Americans to "stop" MAGA Republicans, whom he consistently cast as a dark force against democracy in his "Soul of the Nation" prime-time speech on Thursday [9/1/2022].  While much of the president's dark and brooding speech focused on demonizing MAGA Republicans, one particular moment took the demonization a step further when the president appeared to suggest that Americans take up the mantle of isolating Trump supporters.  The president said this after portraying MAGA Republicans as direct threats to American democracy.  "MAGA Republicans do not respect the constitution," he said.  "They do not believe in the rule of law, they do not believe in the rule of law, they do not recognize the will of the people."  "MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards," he added.  "Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose.  No right to privacy.  No right to contraception.  No right to marry who you love.  They promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence."

The Editor says...
If Republicans "do not believe in the rule of law," why were they all upset about Hillary Clinton's secret email server, Anthony Weiner's laptop, Hunter Biden's laptop, and Sandy Berger's socks?  Why were they all upset about BLM riots, unprecedented quarantines for healthy citizens, Jeffrey Epstein's murder, mandatory vaccinations, and the stolen presidential election in 2020? Why are they now upset about the political prisoners from the January 6th (2021) protest, the wide-open international border, and the noisy protests in front of the Supreme Court justices' homes? If the rule of law doesn't matter, why does anyone even mention the murder rate in Chicago, violent crime in the New York City subways, or the homeless bums defecating in the streets in San Francisco?

Who Is the Real Fascist?  President Joe Biden thinks millions of Americans are part fascist and borderline terrorists.  It would be laughable if it weren't so disturbing. [...] Let's be clear:  The White House isn't calling lawmakers fascists and extremists — which is troubling enough — they're talking about American citizens.  This is appalling.  No wonder 43% of US adults believe a civil war is likely within the next 10 years.  Our president is essentially telling Americans that their neighbor may be the enemy.  This is clearly intentional.  Why?  Well, having campaigned for president in 2020 as a uniter to 'restore the soul of America,' the politically floundering Biden has moved on to Phase Two — campaign for re-election in 2024 as a divider.  Remember when Biden tweeted, 'It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, and listen to each other again.  To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy.  We are not enemies.  We are Americans.'  We can laugh at this now — or cry.  Accusing opponents of fascism is just the latest and kookiest claim progressives have attempted to avoid disaster in congressional elections this November.

Dishonest 'journalism' rules the airwaves.  It should be a huge story that the FBI essentially told Facebook to censor the Hunter Biden story.  Could it be that other media outlets were also warned because they also censored the story?  How did fifty former intelligence officers determine that the laptop was Russian disinformation, given the fact they never saw it or examined it?  Did the FBI give them that false information to bury the story?  Whistleblowers are coming forward at the FBI to say how politicized and corrupt the Justice Department is.  Normally, the media like whistleblowers, yet this story is buried.  Can anyone imagine the wall-to-wall coverage if whistleblowers said the Trump Justice Department was politicized and corrupt?  One whistleblower even alleges that higher-ups directed agents not to examine the Hunter Biden laptop until after the election.

Two Minutes Hate: Biden Rails Against His Fellow Americans in Dark, Threatening Prime-Time Speech.  Joe Biden harangued and threatened the nation for 20 minutes on national TV on Thursday in a speech that will be remembered for its vicious rhetoric and blood-red lighting.  In the highly partisan speech, Biden railed against MAGA America like there was no tomorrow — he used the words "MAGA Republicans" 11 times in the first 12 minutes.  Some of the most-used words in the speech were: violence, darkness, threat, and politics.  The most-used word was "democracy," the Marxist-leaning crowd's favorite term of derision for our republic.  But that's all Joe Biden's got right now.  By nearly every metric, America is worse off than it was during the Trump years, so Biden can only resort to fearmongering and demagoguery.

Joe Biden Has Always Been a Bad Person; No Wonder He's a Bad President.  Back in the 90s, at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the establishment media hammered home the proposition that the individual character of a chief executive didn't matter.  He could be a cheerful rogue and serial philanderer like Bill Clinton, but the Left insisted that was a private matter and that the only thing Americans should care about was that he was a competent and capable president (which he wasn't, but that's another story).  These assertions have become the conventional wisdom since then, but Old Joe Biden is now putting them to the test.  On Tuesday, Fox News' Lisa Boothe enunciated a simple truth that shows that this Lewinsky-era conventional wisdom is wrong and has always been wrong: "One of the biggest lies we were ever told is that Joe Biden is a good man.  He is a terrible president.  Even worse human being."

How Bad Was Biden's Oppressive Stage Presence?  CNN Altered the Video Feed to Soften the Dire Visuals.  Here in the aftermath of Joe Biden's bold, forceful, authoritative, badgering, hectoring, screeching, off-the-rails unPresidential speech on Thursday evening, there are a number of ways to see how poorly received this was.  On content alone, this was quite the disturbing delivery, as we watched our president devolve into a hysteric, carping and complaining about Republicans and leveling accusatory hyperbole like we have not seen from the White House prior.  Another indicator that this thing jumped the trestle and plunged into a PR ravine is that the man once hailed by the media as The Great Uniter now needs this performance to be cleaned up by the media immediately following his display.

CNN Blasts Biden for Using Military As Backdrop for 'Battle' Speech.  It didn't take long after Biden finished his rancid, combative remarks in Philadelphia for the reviews of the latest divisive screed from "Mr. Unity" to come in, and they predictably were not favorable from those among the 70 million Americans he declared were hatefully working to bring about the end of democracy:  [Numerous tweets]  In addition to the caustic content of Biden's message — vote for the people I say or you're a fascist — the staging was also of note, and not just the ominous red hue that bathed the sides of Independence Hall.  No, the two Marines standing at attention behind the president grabbed viewers' eyes.  [Tweets]

Who Are You Calling a Fascist, Mr. President?  The other day, President Joe Biden accused voters of the opposition party of turning to "semi-fascism."  This is probably the first time in American history a president has openly attacked the opposing party's constituents in this way.  Then again, Biden, who once alleged that the chaste Mitt Romney was harboring a desire to bring back chattel slavery, is prone to stupid hyperbole.  And it's true that most people who throw around the word "fascist" fail to do so with much precision.  These days, the word "democracy," like "fascism," has lost all meaning.  According to Democrats, asking someone to show ID before voting is an attack on "democracy," but so is the Supreme Court's handing back power to voters on the abortion issue.  When you have no limiting principles of governance, anything that inhibits your exertion of power is seen as anti-"democracy."  If students have loans to be paid, "forgive" them.  If you can't pass a bill, the executive branch should do it by fiat.  If the court stops it, pack it.  Power is only to be limited when the opposition holds it.  A microcosm of this confused thinking can be found in the recent spate of hysterical media pieces about alleged Republican "book banning."  The use of "ban" by the media is more than a category error; it's an effort to paint parents who use the very same exact democratic powers the left has relied on for decades as book burners.  Public school curricula and book selection are political questions decided by school and library boards.  Neither have a duty to carry every single volume on racial identitarianism or sexually explicit material simply demanded by some busybody at the American Library Association.

Disgraced Former FBI Official Andrew McCabe Says Joe Biden Didn't Go Far Enough Threatening MAGA Republicans.  Joe Biden on Thursday evening declared war on Trump supporters in a divisive primetime speech on the 'battle for the soul of America' from Philadelphia.  Joe Biden called 75+ million Trump supporters "a clear and present danger to our democracy."  "MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution, they do not believe in the rule of law ... They promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence," said Biden.  "Too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal.  Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic," Biden said.

Joe Biden Crosses Lines in Grotesque National Address.  As RedState reported, excerpts from Joe Biden's "MAGA speech" previewed a gross abuse of the Executive Office of the President.  Sure enough, that's exactly what was delivered as the president appeared in Philidelphia, standing in front of a blood-red background, flanked by Marines.  Lines were crossed that can't be uncrossed, from the use of the military as props in a blatantly political speech to Biden suggesting that nearly half the country is a "danger" to the republic.  This was a speech that went far beyond anything seen in the modern era of presidential addresses.  Of course, because we are dealing with a decrepit, senile old man, things didn't start off well.  The president couldn't stop coughing as he tried to get into his remarks.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden, Lout, Liar, And Lunatic.  When candidate Joe Biden promised that if elected president he would unite the country, did he think he could do it alienating roughly half the population?  Or did he mean he would unite the Democrats and independents against the "MAGA Republicans"?  Thursday's speech clearly indicates what he had in mind was the latter.  Last week, Biden smeared Donald Trump supporters, calling them semi-fascists who practice "burn-it-all-down politics" and face "backwards full of anger, violence, hate and division." [...] Biden followed up his "semi-fascist" rant with Thursday's prime-time "soul of a nation" speech, in which he spoke of the 74.2 million who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 as white supremacists, extremists, rearward-looking deplorables, and wild-haired bogeymen who pose an existential threat to the country.

The Optics Created by Joe Biden Communication Team for a National Address Were Off the Charts Creepy.  I usually prefer to stay away from the ancillary stuff, but the remarks by Joe Biden today were not normal, not even close.  Every national address by a president has a massive advance team checking every detail of a venue before broadcast.  The optics they put together for Biden's "battle for the soul of a nation" speech tonight, was just plain creepy and weird.  I mean think about it, what does this imagery present when discussing the theme of battling for the soul of a nation?  [Photo]  These are not modified images or changes in presentation; they are exactly what was broadcast to the nation.  It looks straight up evil.  Like something out of a hellscape theatrical production intended to showcase Baal as the "soul of the nation."  On one hand, this is the realistic tone of the Biden administration.  But on the other hand, you would not expect to see this harsh dictatorship enhanced with the backdrop to give it such angered imagery.  I have never seen anything even close to this in a presidential address.

Tyrannical old Joe's secret police state.  It would be easy to laugh it off as the blathering of a spiteful, increasingly incoherent, angry old man.  But what Biden and the puppeteers who guide him are doing is very sinister.  They appear to be preparing the ground for an even harsher crackdown on his political opponents by the security state, which has become, to all appearances, his secret police.  The president's intemperate attacks on Republicans as "semi-fascist," "ultra-MAGA" "white supremacists" and "domestic terrorists" have escalated as a midterm wipeout looms and Biden's deadly polls have solidified, despite hagiographic media lauding the comeback of "Aviator Joe."  Yeah, sure, his polls have "bounced back" — just like gas prices, from unbelievably bad to really bad.  Clearly, two weeks in the basement with double COVID and a month on vacation has done wonders for his popularity.  In Biden's case, absence makes the heart grow slightly less scornful.

Gingrich: Biden [is] Committing Greatest-Ever 'Act of Aggression by an American President Against His Own People'.  As President Joe Biden excoriates millions of Americans as "MAGA Republicans" "extremists," "semi-fascists" and threats to democracy — something he's likely to do again tonight in his so-called "soul of the nation" speech — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Biden's sneering insults stem from "terror."  Gingrich, speaking to Fox News Wednesday night, noted that more than 70 million Americans voted for Donald Trump in the last election.  "To have a president of the United States characterize half of his country in the way that Joe Biden does is the greatest act of aggression by an American president against his own people that we have ever seen.  It's truly an astonishing moment.  It doesn't fit any of our prior history," Gingrich said.

Rise & Fall of the Biden Bump.  President Biden's approval rating recently bumped up into the low 40's.  My working theory is that Biden is well served by his time out of the public eye and poorly served by his public appearances and remarks.  Biden's minders in the White House don't seem to agree with me, however, as they continue to send him on the road to peddle the fabrications, fabulations, and grotesqueries of his Wilkes-Barre remarks, to take only the most recent example.

Joe Biden, the little man who wasn't there.  President Joe Biden has enjoyed a summer revival of sorts, meaning a rise in his public job approval number from a grotesquely low 36.8% in the RealClearPolitics average to a still lamentable 42%.  In parallel, his disapproval fell from 57.4% to 54.7%.  This is enough for Democratic congressional candidates to rethink shunning the president on the campaign trail but is hardly a ringing endorsement. [...] More significant is that he was in hiding during midsummer, "strictly" isolating because he had COVID. This removed him from the public eye for weeks, and it is remarkable how much better he looks when you can't see him.  Biden is no hero, but if he has a superpower, it is invisibility.  Being an empty suit has taken him to the top.  His absence made voters' hearts grow fonder in 2020.  He won the presidency, remember, by retiring to his Delaware basement, avoiding the public gaze, and limiting his visible weirdness and blunders to occasional video appearances.

Here's the Reason They Don't Show the Wide Shot at Biden's Events.  [Scroll down] There was that tiny group of people set up with the signs behind him.  Other than a few police officers who were there, the people behind him looked like they were probably union people who were told to come out.  They looked mostly like they wished they were anywhere else.  There was a bigger group of folks in front of Biden.  But nothing like the thousands that come out for President Donald Trump, so the attempt to make it look like that fell pretty flat.

'Dr.' Jill Has Cringe, 'Very Doctoral' Response When Confronted on Student Debt Relief Plan Specs.  Fresh off of testing negative for COVID-19 after her "rebound" case, First Lady Jill Biden headed up a "Meeting to Strengthen the Teaching Profession" at the White House Wednesday, where she was hit very early on with a query about President Biden's student loan relief plan, which he unilaterally implemented last week.  At some point prior to handing over the meeting to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Jill Biden was confronted by a Daily Mail reporter who asked her to explain how Biden's plan, which was heavily pushed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Raphael Warnock in part on grounds it would help them come election time, would lower the costs of higher education as the President himself has repeatedly asserted will happen.  "Dr." Jill was clearly surprised by the question, as evidenced by the bumbling answer she gave.  "He said he was going to have loan forgiveness during the campaign," she stated.  "I heard him say it over and over again and he followed up on his promise and he kept to it."  [Video clip]

Semi-moronic.  The White House thinks they have struck gold with their attack on "MAGA Republicans" as "semi-fascist" and all the rest.  President Biden's minders in the daycare operation at the White House are wheeling him out for a primetime campaign speech addressing "the soul of the nation" tomorrow night.  The speech is to take place outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. [...] My working theory is that Biden is not a compelling advocate for the Democrats.  Dems in competitive races avoid him.  He is a lying phony.  The theme is sickening.  Biden gave it a workout in Wilkes-Barre yesterday.

Lying Joe Biden is unfit to save the 'soul of the nation'.  President Biden is going to deliver a prime-time speech Thursday on what the White House calls the "battle for the soul of the nation."  It's a timely topic with rich possibilities, but none richer than the notion that the Big Guy is qualified to address America's soul.  Unless he's going to confess how his family made millions by selling access to foreign governments and Communist oligarchs, Biden will be stuck spinning a web of fiction.  No problem there because fiction is what he's good at.  He has a gift for playing make-believe.  All politicians lie, but Biden doesn't stop there.  He's a proven plagiarist, a fabulist, always the hero of his own stories, the Walter Mitty of American politics!

Joe Biden Screams, 'I Am Determined to Ban Assault Weapons!' During PA Speech.  President Joe Biden screamed, "I am determined to ban assault weapons in this country!" during a Tuesday speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  Biden segued to "assault weapons" by talking about passing Sen. John Cornyn's (R-TX) gun control package this summer.  He built toward a crescendo as he claimed "the vast majority" of Republican members of Congress could not support Cornyn's gun control because the NRA was against it.

Biden's New Slur to Tar His Political Opponents.  This week, President Joe Biden — in search of a new label to pin on his political opponents after the failure of his "ultra-MAGA" branding, which prompted peals of laughter rather than shudders of horror — landed on a new slur with which to tar those who don't support his agenda:  they are, he said, semi-fascists.  Speaking with a crowd of Democratic donors in Maryland, Biden reportedly said, "What we're seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy.  It's not just Trump, it's the entire philosophy that underpins the — I'm going to say something — it's semi-fascism."  Now, Democratic politicians painting half of Americans as beneath contempt is old hat.  Former President Barack Obama, of course, said that Americans who didn't support him in 2008 were merely bitter bigots, clinging to "guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them."  Hillary Clinton was more pithy:  she called them a "basket of deplorables."  So, "semi-fascist" shouldn't come as much of a shock.  But that smear is particularly galling coming from Biden the same week in which he announced, without any constitutional authority whatsoever, that he was erasing some $500 billion in student loan debts — the single largest executive action in American history.  Biden justified that action on the basis of a nonexistent COVID-19 emergency.

Biden's plum job reward for ex-intel officer who protected his scandal-laden son stinks.  If Jeremy Bash's appointment last week to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board is any guide to how the White House picks its top intel folks, the nation can forget about getting reliable intel.  Bash exposed himself as a political hack eager to exploit his authority for partisan purposes back in October 2020, when he joined 50 other former intelligence officials and signed an open letter pretending that The [New York] Post's reporting off Hunter Biden's laptop was likely Russian disinformation.  It has "has the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," the 51 claimed — without actually explaining how, because it didn't.  It was just info they didn't want voters seeing in advance of the election.  With the same motive, The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR and other outlets used the letter as an excuse to ignore and deny our scoops. "We don't want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don't want to waste the listener's and readers' time on stories that are just pure distractions," huffed NPR managing editor Terence Samuels.  Oops:  The Times, WaPo and so on have now admitted The Post's reports were 100% accurate.  So the "experts" were actually the ones pushing disinformation.

Biden takes heat for spending 40 percent of his days in office 'on vacation'.  President Biden is taking heat for spending 40% of his days in office "on vacation" after he was away from the White House for two-thirds of August.  Biden's weekend jaunts and vacations spanned 234 days — with seven in 10 of them spent at his homes in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware — out of 589 days in office.  RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told The Post that Republicans believe it's a winning campaign issue — alongside concerns over the effects of Biden-era spending, including Democrats' $1.9 trillion stimulus package last year and this year's $437 billion environmental and health care bill.  "Voters want Republicans, who actually show up to work, to dig America out of Biden's recession, secure the southern border, and put an end to reckless spending of taxpayer dollars," McDaniel said.

Joe Biden Claims 'Brave Right-Wing Americans' Are Shooting Law Enforcement.  President Joe Biden indicated Tuesday that "right-wing" Americans who support the Second Amendment are shooting at law enforcement.  The president detailed his frustrations with Americans who supported the right to own semi-automatic weapons during a speech on fighting crime in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  "For those brave right-wing Americans who say it's all about keeping America independent and safe, if you want to fight against the country you need an F-15, you need something a little more than a gun," he said and added, "No.  I'm not joking."  "Who are they shooting at?  They're shooting at these guys behind me," he continued, referring to law enforcement, who were securing the president.

Biden Says the Military Can Obliterate the Second Amendment.  President Joe Biden said Tuesday while in Pennsylvania that "brave right wing Americans" who claim the Second Amendment is meant to fight back against a tyrannical government would be obliterated by the military.  Biden was speaking in Wilkes-Barre while promoting gun control and bolstering police forces across the nation.  Biden pushed for a federal ban on so-called "assault weapons" and took aim at Republicans during his speech, invoking the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.  "As one of the most — one of the most conservative justices in history, Justice Scalia, once wrote like, quote, 'like most rights, the rights granted by the Second Amendment are not unlimited'," Biden said. "They're not unlimited right now."

Biden can't decide whether or not we're still in a pandemic.  President Joe Biden made a campaign promise to "shut the virus down."  He made this claim repeatedly because his advisers thought he had stumbled into a clever saying about not shutting down the country again.  Now, almost two full years into his term, Biden is using presidential authority he believes he has under the 2003 HEROES Act to suspend student loan payments once again and, on top of that, attempt unilaterally to waive up to $20,000 in Pell Grant student loans or $10,000 in other loans.  It was on March 13, 2020, that President Donald Trump declared a nationwide emergency pursuant to Sec. 501(b) of the Stafford Act, making the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency.  Biden, in abusing this power, is going against his own administration's legal arguments concerning the declaration from earlier this year.

We All Know That Biden Is Not In Charge — It's Actually Three Women, And We Have Their Names.  The next two years is going to be a wild ride, as Joe Biden isn't calling the shots, believe me on this.  He's got the title of president of the United States but none of the authority because the government is being run by Biden's Chief of Staff Ron Klain & Company under the absolute control and direction of Sen. Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib.  The left knew when they chose Biden to be the Democratic presidential nominee that he didn't have the stamina or cognitive abilities to handle the job of president.  That's why the left chose him, they needed a person, just a warm body, living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue who would just do as he's told and not ask questions. [...] It seems that Obama's third term is not just a wish for the former POTUS.  There are actually three women inside Joe's admin who are working together to operate this show for Obama, and we identify who they are.

The Editor says...
The headline says, "It's Actually Three Women," but the article names two men and eight women, in addition to Barack H. Obama and Vice-President Harris.

This Has Got To Be A First In History, A First Lady Physically Moving The President Backwards While He's Speaking To The Press.  The media may think their clever reporting is hiding Biden's decline from the world, but the world is well aware of it.  Particularly in Australia.  Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt spoke with psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed on his show and discussed Ahmed's take on the cognitive condition of the leader of the free world.  They weren't the only ones who noticed this strange behavior from Biden and things are just getting worse.

Biden's Senior Moment of the Week Vol. 8.  This week President Joe Biden appeased the radical liberals in his party by unilaterally canceling up to $40,000 worth of student debt for households earning $249,000 a year.  Former Obama adviser Jason Furman called it "reckless" and "indefensible."  Legal experts echoed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D., Calif.) assessment that Biden lacks the authority to forgive student loans without an act of Congress.  Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, the president touted the "cumalidefasredsulc" benefits of debt forgiveness and kept coughing directly into his hand in blatant violation of accepted health and safety protocols.  Meanwhile, his ability to speak in coherent sentences showed no signs of improvement.

"Doctor" Jill's trillion-dollar gift to the educational-industrial complex.  First Lady Jill Biden asked to be called "Doctor" after her husband was elected president.  She's not actually a doctor.  She's also not nearly as smart as one and so she thought the title made her look like she was, at least to stupid people who don't know better.  The justification for "Doctor" Jill's request to be called a doctor was she has an EdD. That's a doctoral degree in education.  It's a little like a PhD but much easier to obtain.  No EdD in the entire universe could pass an introductory college chemistry or physics course.  I suppose I could ask to be called a "doctor" too, since my law degree is a J.D., a Juris Doctor, but my friends would laugh at that request, and rightly so.  They don't teach you anything in EdD programs.  After all, they don't know anything themselves.  Their qualification for teaching in an EdD program is their own EdD. They don't even teach grammar or proofreading. "Doctor" Jill's written thesis for her EdD contains a typo in the first paragraph.

Biden Calls on the Mob.  The Dems decided they needed a little presidential revival before the midterms to fire up their base — which isn't looking very motivated at the moment.  They gave President Gremlin a few days of vacation to rest up, a couple of shots of Adderall to switch on long-dormant brain cells, and a few hits of oxygen so he could walk out onto the stage without collapsing.  They trotted Biden out to a friendly audience in a suburb of Washington, D.C., and he gave a real barn-burner of a speech.  He was angrier than an old coot screaming at the neighborhood kids to get off of his yard.  Apparently, the Democrats think that is a good look for them.  I wonder if they've considered that this speech may come to define the Biden presidency?  The speech was about those that voted for Donald Trump, but it revealed a great deal more about our presidential sock-puppet himself.  We learned that Joe has an advanced case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Video: Joe Biden's Walk is Getting Stranger, What's With His Leg?  Who is really in charge?  Joe Biden on Friday 'dropped by' a meeting with state and local officials on Women's Equality Day to discuss 'abortion access' for women following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade.  Biden decided to take a few softball questions from sycophantic reporters.  Then he dropped this gem as he called on a reporter:  "I'm sorry, I took control.  I shouldn't do that.  I'm not allowed to do that," said Biden as his handlers kicked out the press.

79% say 'truthful' coverage of Hunter Biden's laptop would have changed 2020 election.  Nearly four of five Americans who've been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal believe that "truthful" coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll.  A similar percentage also said they're convinced that information on the computer is real, with just 11% saying they thought it was "created by Russia," according to the survey conducted by the New Jersey-based Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics.  And an even higher number — 81% — said US Attorney General Merrick Garland should appoint a special counsel to investigate matters related to the first son's infamous laptop, the existence of which was exclusively revealed by The Post in October 2020.

Mark Zuckerberg Admits On Joe Rogan That Facebook Censored The Hunter Laptop Story At The Request Of The FBI.  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that before the New York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story, the social media giant received a warning from the FBI which prompted Facebook to limit the story's reach on the platform ahead of the 2020 presidential election.  The billionaire tech mogul said the FBI approached Facebook and warned it "be vigilant" before the New York Post story on the contents in Joe Biden's son's laptop.  [Video clip]

Did Biden Just Call for Warfare Against Republicans?  There it is.  He said it out loud.  Joe Biden thinks you're a fascist.  And the difference between this and the last epithet conservatives were called around election time is that this time Biden has an armed FBI and Antifa to act as his punishing squad.  Gladly.  Here's what the president told a Democratic Party fundraiser near the White House on Thursday.  "What we're seeing now is either the beginning of the death knell of the extreme MAGA philosophy.  It's not just Trump, it's the entire philosophy that underpins the — I'm going to say something — it's like semi-fascism," he said, according to a pool reporter.  "This is not your father's Republican Party.  This is a different deal."

Biden Makes Eyebrow-Raising Comment About 'Stealing' Elections.  Joe Biden is on a roll.  It's just not the kind of roll anyone should want him to be on.  After returning from his multi-week vacation in the middle of multiple crises, the president held a rally in Rockville, MD because no one else outside of a hundred-mile radius of the beltway can stand him.  Despite not filling the school gym he was speaking in, Biden launched into a multi-pronged attack against his political enemies.  He labeled Republicans as "semi-fascist" just a day after he declared himself king to force middle-class Americans to pay for the student loans of a small, mostly well-off minority of the country.  As RedState reported, his comments were couched in total incoherence, but it was one understandable part of his diatribe that had eyebrows raising.  According to Biden, if Democrats retain Congress, they will pass legislation to ensure "no one has the opportunity to steal an election again."  [Video clip]  That's certainly a "mask-off" moment from a guy who is clearly out of control and throwing all caution to the wind.  But the question is exactly what he means.

FBI agents behind controversial Hunter Biden briefing in 2020 [have been] ordered to talk.  Two top Senate Republicans want to interview the FBI officials behind a controversial summer 2020 FBI briefing on Russia.  Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to the two FBI employees on Thursday, alleging the August 2020 briefing was "unnecessary and was only done because of pressure from our Democratic colleagues, including Democratic Leadership, to falsely attack our Biden investigation as advancing Russian disinformation."  The senators named Nikki Floris, the intelligence analyst in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office's intelligence division, and Bradley Benavides, the deputy assistant director of the FBI Washington Field Office's counterintelligence division, as being the officials who provided the Russia-related briefing on Aug. 6, 2020.  The senators want the duo to appear for a transcribed interview in September.

Zuckerberg Revelation Shows FBI Interfered for Biden in 2020 Election.  Surprise, surprise.  It wasn't the social media platforms alone that censored the Hunter Biden laptop story before the election.  No, the FBI asked Facebook to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election, calling it Russian disinformation.  Indeed, FBI investigators knew the laptop and its disgusting contents were all too real because they'd held possession of the laptop since 2019.  The laptop contained the disgusting details of Hunter's sex and drug life, business dealings, and evidence of big paydays from Ukraine and China — all of which presented a national security risk to the U.S.  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan on Thursday that the FBI put Facebook "on high alert" to, wink, censor the Biden laptop story, wink, before the 2020 election.

Ashley Biden's Shocking Diary Is Real, Confirming Creepy Joe Biden Allegations.  Two Florida residents pleaded guilty to stealing President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden's diary; and then selling it to the conservative group Project Veritas.  Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander admitted in a New York City federal court to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property involving the theft of personal belongings of an immediate family member of a then-former government official who was a candidate for national political office.  "Harris and Kurlander stole personal property from an immediate family member of a candidate for national political office... they sold the property to an organization in New York for $40,000 and even returned to take more of the victim's property when asked to do so.  Harris and Kurlander sought to profit from their theft of another person's personal property, and they now stand convicted of a federal felony as a result," Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement.

Joe Biden Wakes up to Democratic Mutiny on Student Loan Forgiveness Plan.  President Joe Biden's unilateral move to implement a student loan forgiveness plan that "will include at least $10,000 in loan forgiveness for borrowers who make less than $125,000 annually, as well as another payment freeze for roughly four months" has understandably set off a firestorm nationwide, with Republicans lining up to express their outrage over Biden's actions.  But Republicans aren't the only ones ripping Biden.  He's also faced intense criticism from some surprising corners, including from Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) who as we previously reported said on Wednesday that "This announcement by President Biden is no way to make policy and sidesteps Congress and our oversight and fiscal responsibilities."  "Any plan to address student debt should go through the legislative process, and it should be more targeted and paid for so it doesn't add to the deficit," Pappas, who is said to be in a tough reelection battle, also stated.

Biden [Claims] That the "Emergency" Powers He Has Due to Covid Allow Him to Act As a Tyrant, Apparently Forever.  Note that Biden already declared an end to the covid emergency when he canceled Trump's Remain in Mexico policy, and his CDC just announced that we're effectively back to normal.  But Biden won't formally say the "emergency" is over — so he can continue acting as tyrant when he finds it politically useful to do so. [...] [D]idn't this Republic used to require Congress to pass laws?  Didn't NeverTrump used to caution about the "authoritarian" Trump assuming the powers of a tyrant?  And yet... they're all supportive of this, or silent about it.

Biden Announces His Illegal Student Loan Move With Senility and Casual Racism.  Joe Biden made it official on Wednesday, confirming reports that he was going to "forgive" tens of thousands of dollars of student debt for federal borrowers, many of which are the most privileged and well-off in our society.  As I wrote previously, I think the move is morally reprehensible, forcing an electrician who paid for their technical training to now pay for the gender studies degree of some far-left kook making $100K a year in an academic position.  For his part, Biden took to the podium to announce his move while taking a precious few questions.  Those he did field received some of the most non-sensical answers of his presidency.  Before we get there, though, here was the president attempting to set things up in a way absolutely no one understood.  Really, what in the world is he talking about here?  [Tweet]

Biden's Student Loan 'Forgiveness' Is An Unjust, Cynical Abuse Of Power.  "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law."  That's what it says right there in the Constitution.  And yet, without any legislation, Joe Biden now promises to "cancel" up to $10,000 in student loans per borrower ($20,000 for Pell Grant borrowers), limited to those with annual incomes of less than $125,000.  Let's start by pointing out that President Joe Biden isn't "canceling" or "forgiving" any student loans.  Those are preposterous euphemisms favored by Democrats and the media.  The debt in question already exists, it has been lent and spent, and those who borrowed the money of their own volition have already received services.  This debt isn't cancelable.  The president hasn't "forgiven" loans, he's unilaterally broken existing contracts and transferred the responsibility of payment to taxpayers — many of whom have either repaid their own student loans or never borrowed any money to begin with.  Now, if you're opposed to repaying some stranger's loan, that's too bad.  A new batch of IRS agents will be there to ensure that you do.

Majority of White House Staffers Eligible for Biden's Student-Loan 'Forgiveness'.  Many White House staffers will likely be eligible for President Biden's newly unveiled student-loan "forgiveness" plan, which will transfer up to $10,000 in student debt from individuals making less than $125,000 to the American public.  A White House report that detailed the pay of more than 470 staffers last month showed that roughly half of current White House employees make $90,000 or less per year, with the other half making more than $100,000.  More than 300 staffers on the list earn less than the $125,000 threshold.

Or maybe they just want to keep her out of sight, too.
Jill Biden tests positive for Covid again in a rebound case after taking Paxlovid.  First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Wednesday, suffering a rebound case of the coronavirus after taking the antiviral drug, Paxlovid.  The East Wing said Wednesday afternoon that the first lady would return to isolation in Delaware.  Dr. Biden's symptoms have not returned, Deputy Communications Director Kelsey Donohue said in a statement.

FBI whistleblower claims bureau leaders ordered staff NOT to investigate Hunter Biden laptop.  The FBI deliberately dragged its feet on the Hunter Biden investigation and told agents not to look into the Hunter Biden laptop, according to new whistleblowers who spoke with Sen. Ron Johnson.  Johnson, R-Wisc., sent a letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday bringing forth the new whistleblower claims.  'Recently, my office heard from individuals with knowledge of the FBI's apparent corruption,' Johnson said.  'After the FBI obtained the Hunter Biden laptop from the Wilmington, DE computer shop, these whistleblowers stated that local FBI leadership told employees, "you will not look at that Hunter Biden laptop" and that the FBI is "not going to change the outcome of the election again,"' Johnson wrote to Horowitz.  Johnson is demanding Horowitz look into the FBI's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop.

Biden [will]] Return to [the] White House Wednesday for [a] DNC Event, Then Leave For Another Delaware Vacation.  They're really going to try to hide Dementia Joe until the midterm elections.  Joe Biden will briefly return to the White House on Wednesday do to a DNC event in Maryland before returning to Delaware for another vacation.  Today [8/22/2022] marks Biden's 93rd day on vacation just this year.  Biden has spent 228 days on vacation since he was installed in January 2021.

Biden takes two-week break as vacation time outstrips Trump, Obama, Bush.  President Biden will wrap up a two-week vacation at his beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Wednesday as one unofficial count indicates he has spent more time away from the White House than his three immediate predecessors at the same point in their terms.  The president and his family, including disgraced first son Hunter Biden, left Washington for their latest getaway on Aug. 10, spending almost a week at a $20 million mansion on South Carolina's exclusive Kiawah Island.  As The [New York] Post reported earlier this month, the first family stayed for free at the nine-bedroom oceanfront estate owned by Democratic donor Maria Allwin, the widow of hedge fund founder James Allwin.

Joe Biden uses $500,000 federal funds to construct himself a personal border wall.  Border walls? Who needs border walls?  Apparently, only Joe Biden does.  The rest of us can go without. [...] It comes on the heels of news that some five million illegal migrants have crossed into the U.S.  on Joe Biden's watch, which is almost a couple of Los Angeleses' worth.  About a tenth of those, according to news reports, are known as "gotaways," foreigners with criminal records, or ongoing criminal business for the most part, who have good reasons from their own point of view, to avoid any contact with the Border Patrol, even with its easy, sure-thing "catch and release" policies.  Characters from the terrorist watch lists have been sporadically apprehended, with gotaways on that front unknown, so that's some protection these Bidenites are offering.

It Turns Out Most Democrats Don't Want Joe Biden Anywhere Near Their Campaigns.  In a piece titled "As Biden turns toward midterms, he may not be the top surrogate," the [Washington] Post surveyed dozens of Democrats, scoured their ads, social media, and websites, and realized that Joe Biden seems to be deeply unpopular this midterm cycle.  Of the 60 or so Democrats they asked, very few said they wanted Biden (or anyone from his administration, actually) to come campaign with them.

Ron Klain and Susan Rice Take the Lead as Joe Biden Disappears on Vacation.  President Joe Biden's staff continue trumpeting the president's legislative victories but have allowed the president to disappear into his August vacation.  Earlier this week, Biden appeared at the White House briefly to sign his massive green energy and health care bill but has not taken questions from reporters at the White House or appeared for any interviews to promote his agenda.  He has spent most of August out of sight, as he spent a week at Kiawah Island before returning to Delaware for another week off.

The Editor says...
Did you vote for Ron Klain or Susan Rice, for the office of President?  No, you didn't.  This is a high-stakes bait-and-switch scam.

Think the FBI Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt?  [Scroll down]In July, [Senator] Grassley's office published a blockbuster whistleblower report wherein senior agency officials alleged that the bureau is actively trying to sabotage Trump and provide cover for President Joe Biden's son, Hunter.  "Multiple FBI whistleblowers, including those in senior positions," Grassley's office wrote in a press release, "are raising the alarm about tampering by senior FBI and Justice Department officials in politically sensitive investigations ranging from election and campaign finance probes across multiple election cycles."  Washington Field Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault and Director of Election Crimes Branch Richard Pilger, the whistleblowers alleged, coordinated to amplify defamatory information against Trump while giving cover to Hunter Biden, dismissing Biden intelligence as disinformation.  The agency reportedly knew of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop full of incriminating information on the first family as early as 2019, and Grassley's whistleblower report highlights how officials may have undermined DOJ investigations into Hunter Biden's finances in Delaware and Pittsburgh.  In March, FBI Assistant Director of the Cyber Division Bryan Vorndran told lawmakers he did not know the whereabouts of Hunter Biden's laptop.

The "Lie of the Year" frontrunner.  It's a bit early for the "Lie of the Year" awards to come out, particularly since we're in a midterm election year and there will be many politicians flapping their gums between now and November.  But at least over at The Hill, they've decided that we need to start narrowing the field a bit. [...] With so many choices to pick from, you might think that they'd have had trouble narrowing this down, but in the end, the choice came down to one claim.  Or more correctly, perhaps we should say one series of claims in a short period of time.  And they stemmed from Biden's recent comments about inflation being at "zero" in July.

Joe Biden Plans to Extend Vacation in Delaware After Kiawah Island Trip.  President Joe Biden is planning to extend his vacation this week after he wraps up his time on Kiawah Island in South Carolina.  According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data cited by the Associated Press, Biden plans to be in Wilmington, Delaware, from Tuesday until Friday after he leaves Kiawah Island.  The White House has not released a schedule of the president's vacation but announced that Biden will return to Washington, DC, on Tuesday to sign the so-called "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" before leaving again.  The $430 billion bill raises taxes to spend more on government-controlled health care and subsidizes green energy.

Hunter Biden met with dad immediately after Romanian business meetings.  Hunter Biden met with his father multiple times while working for a Romanian real estate tycoon accused of corruption — an effort that netted Joe Biden's second son and associates "millions" of dollars, a source close to the arrangement told The [New york] Post.  The timing of the meetings between the then-vice president and his son have raised questions about the "full truth" of the involvement with Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings, critics said.  The calendared gabfests between father and son were found during a search of a laptop hard drive which Hunter Biden abandoned in a Delaware repair shop in April 2019, and fly in the face of past denials from President Biden that he had no part in his son's overseas business dealings.

The Destroyer of the Republic.  It strains credulity, but given Old Joe Biden's deteriorating mental state, it doesn't really strain credulity all that much:  the Biden White House insists that it only found out about the twilight-of-the-republic raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home when the establishment media did, and not a moment before.  So if the alleged president didn't order this banana-republic raid, who did?  On Thursday, Biden's hyper-partisan Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has done so much to turn the Justice Department and the FBI into weapons of partisan politics, admitted that it was he who "personally approved" the raid, and as he surveys what he hath wrought, the heightened distrust of the authorities among ordinary Americans, and the growing fear of an out-of-control Leftist authoritarian federal government, he isn't one bit sorry, either.  Apparently destroying the republic and imposing upon the American people a Leftist autocracy that is above the law was what he wanted to do all along.

When are Biden Voters Going to Get Angry?  We must all take a close look at the abuse we have suffered at the hands of the leftist Democrat Party, and their never-ending litany of lies trying to cover their failures.  What I want to know is, after 19 months of predictable results for their failed policies, when are Biden voters going to get angry?  I do not blame them for thinking, "Things can only get better now," after bad actors deposed President Trump, and Sleepy, basement-dwelling Joe ascended to the Oval Office.  The abuse the Democrat faithful endured during the Trump presidency was relentless:  every hoax imaginable about Russia, every night a lying, conspiratorial, gaslighting grift of "evidence will show," and all manners of character assassination.  By January 2020, we were all worn out from the non-stop barrage of bad news, while the narrative they crafted ignored or falsified the rays of hope.  However, what Biden voters were sold has not been delivered — Biden has not governed as the refreshingly wonderfully moderate he was made out to be.  Instead, he and the Democrat Party are beholden to radical leftists.

The FBI raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago home highlights the alarming double standard that gives Dems a pass.  "We believe in the rule of law.  That's what our country is about, and no person is above the law," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie during a TV interview Tuesday [8/9/2022] in an attempt to justify the unprecedented FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach home.  If that's the case — that we're all "equal" under the law, as Pelosi says — what penalties will her husband, Paul Pelosi, face for allegedly drunk driving? [...] And what about President Joe Biden's wayward son Hunter?  The FBI has been in possession of his "laptop from hell" for years, but despite reported evidence of alleged crimes the first son may have committed, he hasn't been arrested or subjected to unannounced pre-dawn intimidation raids by dozens of armed FBI agents like what shockingly took place to Trump and his family.

Hunter Biden laptop repairman John Paul Mac Isaac says FBI agent threatened him to hush up.  The computer repair shop owner who blew the whistle on Hunter Biden's infamous laptop claims in a new book that an FBI agent threatened him to stay silent.  John Paul Mac Isaac said two federal agents came to his Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del. in December 2019 to recoup the laptop following a subpoena, he details in his new book "American Injustice:  My Battle to Expose the Truth."  The repairman, who had volunteered to hand the laptop over to the feds two months earlier, said the alleged threat came after he made a joke, telling them:  "Hey, lads, I'll remember to change your names when I write the book."  "Agent Wilson kept walking but Agent DeMeo paused and turned to face me," Paul Mac writes of the encounter.  Isaac said the agent then told him:  "It is our experience that nothing ever happens to people that don't talk about these things."

FBI Gone Wild:  Federal Agent Threatened Hunter Biden Laptop Repair Guy.  The trail of corruption and abuse stretches the length of the Great Wall of China by this point.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is out of control.  Has the Russian collusion hoax not exposed how far agents and employees at the Department of Justice will go to undermine a duly elected president?  There was election interference in 2016 and 2020, but the source was domestic, not foreign.  It wasn't the Russians but those working in the J. Edgar Hoover Building.  Trump being smeared as a Kremlin agent was the first salvo, but in 2020, the Hunter Biden laptop came out in October of that year — threatening Joe Biden's election chances.  The FBI ran interference by reportedly labeling any allegations stemming from Hunter's laptop as Russian disinformation without a thorough review.  The bureau has been doing this for months with regard to making sure nothing about Hunter becomes a national news story that could damage the Biden presidency.

FBI, R.I.P?  The FBI has devolved into a personal retrieval service for the incorrigible Biden family.  It suppressed, for political purposes, information surrounding Hunter Biden's missing laptop on the eve of the 2020 election.  Previously, the FBI never pursued Hunter's fraudulently registered firearm, his mysterious foreign income, his felonious crack cocaine use, or his regular employment of foreign prostitutes.

Joe, Hunter Biden staying for free at $20 million South Carolina mansion.  President Biden and his family, including disgraced first son Hunter, are spending their summer vacation at a $20 million beachfront mansion in South Carolina, The Post has learned — and they're not paying a dime.  The president recently asked prominent Democratic donor Maria Allwin — the widow of hedge fund founder James Allwin — if he could stay at her nine-bedroom Kiawah Island estate, a source close to the family told The [New York] Post.  "They stayed here before and they're not paying," the source said.  "They've never paid.  They're just friends."  The property features a large swimming pool on two acres and is surrounded by palm trees and other lush vegetation for privacy.

Biden sure is coughing a lot for someone 'recovered' from COVID.  President Biden has been ill with China virus.  We all know that.  Twice within the past half-month Biden has been kept in China virus isolation.  During isolation, his public affairs have been limited, and when he does take part in events, he's been doing them remotely.  Supposedly, his handlers allow him to circulate in public after two successive days of being tested negative, when he is supposed to be in normal health, but you sure wouldn't have known that from the performance he put on last Tuesday at the outdoor signing ceremony on the White House South Lawn for the passage of the CHIPS in Science Act of 2022 — which Brandon consistently misnamed as "the CHIPS and Science Act."  The signing ceremony was one prolonged cough-a-thon.  It was 45 minutes long, and under tropical conditions of heat and humidity approaching that of the Amazon rain forest, which certainly didn't help the obviously still sick president.  His handlers should never have allowed this ceremony to go forth.

'We had Zero percent inflation': Biden dazed and confused after July 8.5% inflation rate announced.  The Labor Department released the inflation report Wednesday and while any fair-minded person can tell the economy is far from looking up, President Joe Biden has well and truly embraced Orwellian dystopian doublethink and, instead of saying "2+2=5," declared 8.5 equals zero.  While holding a ceremony Wednesday to sign the PACT Act that, in part, addresses the healthcare needs of veterans who suffered illness or injury from exposure to burn pits, Biden attempted to draw a win on the consumer price index (CPI) coming in at 8.5 percent for the month of July.  That number was indeed a drop from the year-to-year metric that marked a 40-year high in June at 9.1 percent, but it was also a far cry from what the president claimed.

Biden Schedule Is Heavy on Delaware, Light on Interviews.  President Biden's schedule shows he has a fondness for travel to Delaware and the occasional game of golf — and a cautious approach to formal interviews and press conferences.  As the summer draws to a close, Mr. Biden is planning to spend some time away in August, starting later this week with a trip to Kiawah Island, S.C. In his first 18 months in office, he traveled to Delaware 46 times and to Camp David 18 times.  He played 15 rounds of golf, conducted 17 formal press conferences and gave 20 sit-down interviews, according to former CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, who tracks presidential data.

Probably true, only because Biden isn't really in charge.
Team Biden Claims 'No Advance Knowledge' of FBI Raid on Donald Trump's House at Mar-A-Lago.  President Joe Biden's staff claimed Monday they did not know about the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's house at Mar-A-Lago.  "No advance knowledge.  Some learned from old media some from social media," a senior White House official told CBS reporter Ed O'Keefe when asked about the raid.  Fox News journalist Pat Ward also cited a comment from a White House official denying they did not receive notice of the raid and referred reporters to the Justice Department.

This assertion is also probably true, only because Joe Biden isn't really in charge.
White House Claims Biden Was Not Briefed on FBI Raid at Mar-a-Lago.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that President Biden was not made aware that the FBI planned to search former president Donald Trump's personal residence at Mar-a-Lago before the action was carried out on Monday.  "What I can tell you definitively and for sure, he was not aware of this," Jean-Pierre said of Biden.  "Nobody at the White House was.  Nobody was given a heads up and we did not know about what happened yesterday."  Asked if the president is concerned about the potential for politically fueled violence in the wake of the raid, she said:  "We would ask Americans to remain peaceful at this time."

GOP to Go on Offense Against Intel Officials in Hunter Biden Probe.  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says that the House Republicans will demand answers from intelligence officials on what they knew about Hunter Biden's shady foreign business dealings while Joe Biden was vice president, according to a report from the New York Post.  McCarthy says that if they don't come in voluntarily, they will be subpoenaed.  "They should come in and talk to us," McCarthy told the Post.  "You'd want to ask these individuals what did they know and when.

When the Biden White House calls on "experts" to support its agenda, watch your wallet.  When the discovery of the Hunter Biden laptop was revealed by the New York Post nearly two years ago — the mainstream media, social media, and of course the Biden campaign immediately moved to denounce it.  The casus belli for journalists, Facebook, Twitter, and the like — Biden brought this up in a presidential debate — was that its emergence three weeks before Election Day in 2020 had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," according to 51 former national security experts, led by James Clapper, a director of National Intelligence under Barack Obama.  Every one of these "experts" either lied, signed on to something they knew little about, or just simply wanted to do whatever it took to prevent the reelection of Donald J. Trump.  Eighteen months later, the New York Times admitted Hunter's laptop, which provided voluminous evidence of his influence peddling centered on his being the son of a powerful politician, was authentic.

It's the worst case of Covid ever!  Or maybe he never had Covid and the whole thing is a ruse to keep him out of sight.
Basement Biden still testing positive after 15 days and 4 Pfizer shots.  Hmmm?  COVID-stricken President Joe Biden will remain in isolation after testing positive for a seventh straight day, keeping the gaffe-prone career politician in a controlled environment as narrative engineers work on shifting public opinion about the deeply unpopular leader in the run-up to the critical midterm elections.  On Friday, Biden's physician Kevin O'Connor reported that the twice-jabbed and multiple-boosted 79-year-old has run his streak of positive results to a full week but said that the patient is showing signs of improvement and that his cough is "almost completely resolved."  "His temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation remain entirely normal," O'Connor added.  "This morning, his SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing remained positive."

Biden's Naked.  Biden's troops have been out claiming that the recession we're in, defined as two consecutive quarters or GDP decline, is not really a recession.  The definition of a recession, they say, is more complex, and so, "technically," we're not in one.  It doesn't take a truthful young boy to point out that this is ridiculous.  On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a decline of 0.9% in the second quarter following a decline of 1.6% in the first quarter.  That's two consecutive quarters of GDP decline, so we're in a recession.  Why does Biden choose to parade around naked in spite of the economic data?  Not just because he doesn't want to take responsibility for his mistakes, which caused the recession, but because he wants to continue with them.  Admitting the truth would mean he has to examine his policies and begin correcting them.  But Biden has never reversed a single one of his failed economic policy decisions.

Joe Biden signs a blatantly illegal executive order to fund abortion.  On Wednesday [8/3/2022], Joe Biden signed an executive order that would see Medicaid pay for women to cross state lines to get abortions.  While the money ostensibly funds travel, the fact that money is fungible and funnels directly to abortion should mean that this executive order is stricken for violating the Hyde Amendment.  In today's political environment, though, it's hard to imagine anyone with power and legal standing making the point that the order must be stricken.  The Hyde Amendment is very simple:  It says that federal money — which really means taxpayer money — cannot be used to fund abortions.  Of course, the Hyde Amendment is violated just about every day in America and has been for decades because of the billions of taxpayer dollars sent to Planned Parenthood via Title X grants and Medicaid reimbursements.

Hunter Biden [was] involved in 2018 deal to send grain from Ukraine to China.  Hunter Biden was involved in a 2018 project by Burisma Holdings to export grain from Ukraine to China, a document from his abandoned laptop shows.  The scandal-scarred first son's signature was among those on a Burisma board resolution dated July 27, 2018 that concerned the "Sino Ukraine Silk Road Grain Port" project.  In addition to Hunter, seven other members of Burisma's board of directors authorized their adviser, Vadym Pozharskyi, to "represent with all Chinese Potential Shareholders for development, negotiation, and contracting issues as well as operation management of the project 'Sino Ukraine Silk Road Grain Port'."  Former CIA officer Joseph Cofer Black, a fellow Burisma board member, was also among those who signed off on the project, the document shows.  There is no further mention of the project on Hunter's laptop — and it wasn't immediately clear if the grain was ever shipped.

All FBI Agents Must Blow Their Whistles Or They'll Be Complicit In Bureau's Politicization.  Sen. Chuck Grassley's office confirmed to The Federalist that the multiple FBI whistleblowers charging misconduct related to the Hunter Biden investigation only came forward in the last two months.  While the existence of these new whistleblowers proves promising, other FBI agents with knowledge of misconduct or political bias must stop hiding behind the chain of command and start blowing their own whistles.  "Multiple FBI whistleblowers, including those in senior positions" informed the Iowa Republican senator that "Washington Field Office assistant special agent in charge Timothy Thibault and other FBI officials ... 'falsely portray[ed] as disinformation evidence acquired from multiple sources that provided the FBI derogatory information related to Hunter Biden's financial and foreign business activities, even though some of that information had already been or could be verified.'"  The whistleblowers further charged that "in August of 2020, FBI supervisory intelligence analyst Brian Auten opened an assessment, which was used by a team of agents at FBI headquarters to improperly discredit and falsely claim that derogatory information about Biden's activities was disinformation, causing investigative activity and sourcing to be shut down."

Climate Emergency? What A Crock, Part 1.  Joe Biden did not declare a climate emergency last week, as many in his party urged him to do.  One Democratic senator claimed that the changing climate required "bold, intense executive action" from the president.  Another said Biden needed to move because "the climate crisis is a threat to national security."  But there's no emergency.  It's a wholly manufactured charade.  Though he put off an executive action, Biden said last Wednesday that he has "a responsibility to act with urgency and resolve when our nation faces clear and present danger.  And that's what climate change is about.  It is literally, not figuratively, a clear and present danger.  The health of our citizens and our communities is literally at stake."  His non-COVID fever continued:  "Climate change is literally an existential threat to our nation and to the world. ... Right now, 100 million Americans are under heat alert — 100 million Americans.  Ninety communities across America set records for high temperatures just this year, including here in New England as we speak."

"Green" Is Unsustainable.  Is the Biden administration deliberately trying to sell us out?  Is Joe Biden a paid agent of the Communist Chinese, or perhaps of the Putin regime?  I have always assumed that the answer is no, but the troubling question is, if Biden were a Chinese agent, what, exactly, would he be doing differently?  The answer:  nothing.

WH Delivers More Confusion About Biden's COVID Symptoms.  Joe Biden was diagnosed with COVID on July 21. He had negative tests last week, but then tested positive again on Saturday [7/30/2022].  Both his doctor, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, and Joe Biden himself said he had no reemergence of symptoms. [Tweet]  But then on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden had no "reoccurring symptoms" and then in the next breath suggested he had lingering symptoms.  The doctor's letter from Monday morning never mentioned that.  [Tweet]

Our Hollow Leaders.  Throughout his political career, Joe Biden said that he was personally opposed to abortion because good Catholics like himself believe life begins at conception and, therefore, he supported the Hyde Amendment that prohibited the use of federal funds for abortion.  In 2019, when he ran for president in a strongly pro-abortion Democratic Party, he suddenly discovered that he opposed the Hyde Amendment and now believes in using federal funds to violate his sacred religious views on the sanctity of life.  Similarly, in 2015, Biden stated that, as a good Catholic, he believes that life begins at conception, but in 2021, as president, paralysed by the crowd of radical pro-abortionists in his party, he discovered that he no longer believes that.

FBI, Director Christopher Wray are in for a rude wake-up call over Hunter Biden investigation.  FBI Director Christopher Wray always seems a little too pleased with himself.  But on Thursday the smirk may be wiped off his pretty face when Republican members of the House oversight committee start grilling him on the mounting evidence that something is very rotten inside the agency Wray runs.  Top of the list is the curious question of why the FBI apparently did nothing with Hunter Biden's laptop, which was handed to two agents on Dec. 9, 2019, by John Paul Mac Isaac, the alarmed owner of the computer repair shop near the Biden family homes in Greenville, Del., where Hunter had dropped off his MacBook eight months earlier.  Among other potential crimes to be found on the abandoned laptop, you would expect the FBI to be interested, on national security grounds, in the incriminating evidence of a corrupt foreign influence-peddling scheme run by the Biden family throughout Joe Biden's vice presidency.  Equally curious is why the FBI apparently did nothing with another voluminous trove of corroborating material, given to them in October 2020 by Hunter's former business partner, Navy veteran Tony Bobulinski, including emails and other documents which replicate those on Hunter's laptop.

Why this Democrat thinks Biden must resign before the midterms.  On March 9, 2020, Joe Biden — then the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee — described himself as "a bridge" to a new generation of Democratic leaders who are "the future of this country."  As we approach the halfway point in President Biden's first term, it's clear the time has come for him to embrace his place in history as a transitional president and resign gracefully.  Biden faces record-low approval ratings, an impending red-wave midterm election, renewed concerns about his physical health and cognitive fitness, a failed domestic agenda with no path forward and glaring foreign-policy mistakes.  If Republicans capture Congress, he'll also face questions he can't answer on his involvement in his son Hunter's lucrative foreign business.

Sen. Ron Johnson expects 'deal' to conceal Hunter Biden indictment.  Hunter Biden may be indicted, but the public likely will never know the whole story, according to a prediction by a Republican senator.  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who has led the charge in Congress to investigate the business dealings of President Joe Biden's son, made the assertion to Fox News host Dan Bongino, who asked if Johnson believes the "mainstream media" will turn on the commander in chief now because of his low poll numbers.  "That's my prediction," Johnson said before sharing his "other" forecast.  "My other prediction is they may indict Hunter Biden, but they'll probably seal — they'll do a deal — they'll seal all the information.  The American public will never get the full truth," the senator said.

Don't hold your breath.
Republicans Prepare Biden Family Business Investigation Storm.  Republicans are preparing to investigate Hunter, James, and President Joe Biden's history of shady business deals after the GOP likely reclaims the House in the midterm elections.  Plans have already begun to investigate the Biden family business.  Demand letters are being written and strategies developed to ensure Hunter, Joe, and James Biden are held accountable for the misdeeds and falsehoods perpetrated on American citizens, which includes the establishment media's suppression of the "Laptop From Hell" leading up to the 2020 presidential election.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson accuses FBI of 'tipping the scales of justice' in Hunter Biden probe.  Senator Ron Johnson on Sunday accused the FBI of major bias over whistleblower claims that the bureau suppressed negative information about Hunter Biden.  The Wisconsin Republican told Fox & Friends that he has 'no faith' in FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was appointed by Donald Trump, to oversee anything related to President Joe Biden's son.  Meanwhile the Justice Department is currently pursuing an unrelated tax investigation into Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings.

Biden tests positive for COVID in 'rebound' case, doctor says.  President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 in a "rebound" case on Saturday, according to the White House.  "As described last week, acknowledging the potential for so-called 'rebound' COVID positivity observed in a small percentage of patients treated with PAXLOVID the President increased his testing cadence, both to protect people around him and to assure early detection of any return of viral replication," White House Doctor Dr. Kevin O'Connor said.  O'Connor said in the letter that Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, and Friday morning, but tested positive on Saturday morning by an antigen test.

Biden tests positive for COVID again and goes back into White House isolation.  President Joe Biden says he's 'feeling fine' after he joined the growing number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 days after finishing their course of Paxlovid, a powerful anti-viral treatment.  At least one prominent physician has warned that up to 40 percent of those who take a course of Paxlovid, end up testing positive for the virus again within 30 days.  Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a prominent cardiologist and professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University Hospital, tweeted: 'I think this was predictable.'  The doctor continued: 'The prior data suggesting 'rebound' Paxlovid positivity in the low single digits is outdates and with BA.5 is likely 20-40% or even higher.'

The last major media holdout still shilling for Joe Biden.  By all accounts — by every economic indicator, every political poll, every overseas interaction, every lie at the presidential podium — Joe Biden is a miserable failure as president.  Inflation brought on by government spending has now tipped the economy into recession and there is no end in sight.  The border lies open, with the Border Patrol converted into a de facto valet and escort service for literally millions of unvetted illegal border crossers.  Crime is out of control.  America is a laughingstock abroad, with Biden's name on the most humiliating military pullout in U.S. history.  He's a man utterly unfit for the office, a man whose very placement in office demonstrates the horrific consequences of electoral fraud.

17 Times Joe Biden Got Involved in the Family Business.  President Joe Biden was involved in his son Hunter Biden's business dealings at least 17 times over ten years, records from Hunter's "laptop from hell" and reports show.  Though Joe Biden and his staff have claimed at least seven times that the president has not been involved in the family business, 17 pieces of evidence suggest Joe Biden has played an influential role in his son Hunter and brother James's activities.  Fifty-eight percent of voters believe that Joe Biden has played a role in his family's business.  Sixty percent say Hunter Biden has sold "influence and access" to the president.

We've finally got confirmation that Joe was 'the Big Guy' all along.  Currently, Merrick Garland is seriously contemplating indicting Donald Trump for daring to do what Democrats did in 2000 and 2016:  question an election's validity.  That is a dangerous ideological turn.  Meanwhile, in the land of actual facts, Miranda Devine has unearthed compelling evidence that, when Hunter's business partners were planning to have "H" hold "10%" for "the Big Guy" as part of a massive deal with a CCP-backed Chinese energy company, "the Big Guy" was Joe Biden, who had just left the vice president's office.  The background to this story is that Hunter Biden, in a drugged out haze, dropped his computer off in a Delaware repair shop and never returned to pay for the repair and pick up the computer.  And so it was that Hunter Biden's hard drive entered the public domain right before the 2020 election.  In addition to his exceptionally disgusting, debauched, and definitely illegal habits (illicit drugs, prostitutes, and possibly much worse), the laptop was also overflowing with information about Hunter's business dealings.

Hunter Biden Associate's Panicked Message About Info Coming out and the 'Big Guy'.  We found out in October 2020 from a message on Hunter Biden's laptop that Hunter was supposed to be holding 10 percent of the joint venture with CEFC for the "Big Guy."  Tony Bobulinski — who was involved in the deal — identified Joe Biden as the "Big Guy."  Now, there's more information about the "Big Guy."  According to the NY Post, when the laptop story broke back in October 2020, James Gilliar, who was also involved in the CEFC deal, sent a panicked email to an unnamed person to talk about the "Big Guy," when it became clear that some of this was going to come out.

Biden allies:  Where is Absent Joe?  [Scroll down]  In other words, Absent Joe has all but checked out and is now just going through the motions.  He's either not interested in or up to doing the job of a modern president, preferring demagoguery and crankery to competence and real engagement.  He may be the first president who lame-ducked himself before the first midterms.

FBI Whistleblowers Allege FBI Scheme to Protect Hunter Biden and Joe Biden.  Yesterday [7/25/2022], Senator Chuck Grassley sent [a] letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray regarding allegations from "highly credible whistleblowers" about the FBI's "false portrayal" of derogatory Hunter Biden materials as "disinformation."  If these allegations are true, it's a damning depiction of FBI leadership and it proves their efforts to influence the 2020 election.  This is the second (if not third) straight election the FBI has meddled in, given the influence the Trump/Russia investigation — and its unlawful origins with the FBI — had over the 2018 midterms.  Grassley's whistleblowers allege that in August 2020, FBI Headquarters "improperly discredit[ed] negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease."  In fact, it was a scheme of top FBI officials.  As Grassley explains:  "the allegations provided to my office appear to indicate that there was a scheme in place among certain FBI officials to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation."  The context and timing is important, as this was leading up to the 2020 election.  Who benefited from this scheme?  Democrat candidate Joe Biden.

Whistleblower allegations raise prospect FBI misled Senate's Hunter Biden probe, Ron Johnson says.  ecent revelations from FBI whistleblowers raise the strong prospect that the bureau engaged in a "targeted effort to intentionally undermine" the Senate's pre-election probe into Hunter Biden's business deals, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) declares in a stinging letter to the nation's top law enforcement and intelligence officials.  "Unfortunately, the FBI can no longer be trusted to investigate Hunter Biden with integrity and the equal application of law," Johnson said in a letter sent late Tuesday to FBI Director Chris Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.  Johnson's missive came a day after his colleague, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, divulged that multiple FBI whistleblowers have come forward to allege political manipulation and other wrongdoing inside the FBI, including falsely portraying negative information about Hunter Biden as disinformation back in 2020 when in fact it was true.

The National Tragedy of Hunter Biden's Laptop.  The recent release of more gigabytes of images and information from Hunter Biden's laptop adds to the evidence that the all-out elite effort to bury the scandal before the 2020 election wasn't just to protect Joe Biden, the preferred candidate of the American oligarchy.  Sure, the 50-plus senior U.S. intelligence professionals who signed a letter claiming the laptop's contents were "Russian disinformation" wanted to stop Donald Trump from sending angry tweets at them, but the laptop suggests there was much more at stake.  The U.S. spy chiefs who signed that infamously misleading letter — including John Brennan, Leon Panetta, Michael Hayden, and James Clapper — had directed America's foreign intelligence services while Biden was vice president and before that chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  They knew what his son Hunter was doing abroad, because it was their job to know what foreign services know about leading U.S. officials and their families, and how it might affect U.S. national security.  But none of these powerful and experienced men, presumably dedicated to defending the national interest, lifted a finger to stop Hunter Biden — and really, how could they?  He was Joe Biden's son, after all.  And by doing nothing about him, the pillars of America's intelligence community became the curators of the Biden family's scandal.

Hunter Biden's biz partner called Joe Biden 'the Big Guy' in panicked message after Post's laptop story.  One of Hunter Biden's former business partners referred to Joe Biden as "the Big Guy" in a panicked message the same day The [New York] Post broke news of the infamous laptop from hell left behind by the president's son, The Post has learned.  James Gilliar, a former British Special Forces officer with ties to UK intelligence services, discussed The Post's exclusive report with an unnamed person on Oct. 14, 2020, according to the message provided by a whistleblower to GOP congressional investigators probing the laptop.  In the message, Gilliar, 58, reassured the person that the revelations about Biden's apparent involvement in his son's foreign deals would not be damaging — regardless of the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

FBI whistleblowers claim the agency lied about Hunter Biden's laptop.  In late summer 2020, the mother of all October surprises emerged:  An abandoned Hunter Biden laptop filled to the brim with information about Hunter's drug and sex addictions (scurrilous but arguably irrelevant to Joe) plus massive amounts of information about Hunter's shady business deals with America's geopolitical enemies, all of which he obtained thanks to the Biden family business (aka Joe Biden using his office to sell out America).  The tech companies immediately censored the story but, even more tellingly, the FBI claimed that the manifestly real material was, in fact, "disinformation."  Now, though, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says that FBI whistleblowers have emerged to say that the FBI lied.

The Editor says...
Suppose you were a laptop repairman and Hunter Biden had abandoned his computer in your shop, and you found it was teeming with evidence of serious felonies, and you then turned the whole thing over to the FBI, and then the FBI pretended not to see anything incriminating on the laptop.  What is the lesson you would learn from this experience?  The lesson is:  You can't trust the FBI.  Here is another case where another group of people learned the same lesson:  [1] [2] [3] [4]

Dozens of Republicans Call on Biden to Take Cognitive Test as Dems Sound Alarm on His Age.  Dozens of Republicans are sounding the alarm on President Joe Biden's mental capabilities, stressing that he is not fit to run the country.  Led by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), more than 50 GOP members wrote a letter to Biden urging him to take a cognitive test.  "We again write to you to express concern with your current cognitive state and to urge you to submit to a cognitive test immediately.  We believe that, regardless of gender, age, or political party, all Presidents should follow the example set by former President Trump to document and demonstrate sound mental abilities," the letter reads.  The letter continues to argue that Biden's cognitive skills have largely been ignored, despite several Democrats questioning his ability to be in office.

Biden Unblinking.  According to the White House, President Biden has tested negative and recovered from his bout with Covid.  This according to the announcement of of Biden's personal physician today.  Precautions will be taken to protect him from a "rebound" infection.  Where is Kevin O'Connor, the president's personal physician?  He appears to have adopted his own basement strategy a la the Biden 2020 presidential campaign.  He has remained away from the press and issued daily written reports in lieu of any briefings where he might be asked uncomfortable questions such as what medications the president is on.

Ri-i-i-ight.  He's 79 years old and got over Covid in only a few days.  Or maybe he never had Covid.
Biden tests negative for COVID-19 five days after diagnosis.  President Joe Biden is free to emerge from isolation after twice testing negative for COVID-19.  On Wednesday morning [7/27/2022], White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor sent a letter announcing that Biden completed his Paxlovid course on Monday night and that antigen tests given Tuesday evening and early Wednesday both came back negative.  Biden has stopped taking Tylenol, and his symptoms "are almost completely resolved," giving him the green light to discontinue isolation.  Along with the negative test announcement, the White House told reporters that Biden would make a speech at 11:30 a.m. in the Rose Garden.  The subject of the talk wasn't mentioned.

Wide-Eyed Clip of Joe Biden Ranting About 'Insurrection' Raises Eyebrows.  Don't get me wrong, there's never really a good time to have Biden out in front of people, but the rush to push out recordings of him after he contracted COVID-19 has led to some really uncomfortable scenes.  Almost immediately, the White House released a picture that left nothing but questions.  Biden then did a live stream (which cut off suddenly) in which he looked like he was about keel over.  Then, on Monday, the president's comms team put together a clip of him ranting about "insurrection," and they really shouldn't have.  Watch the entire thing and see if you can figure out why he looks so weird.  [Video clip] [...] For some reason, though, the White House feels like they have to prove Biden is up for the job.  Yet, their attempts to do so only continually show he isn't up for the job.  It'd be better to just isolate the president than continue to show his weakness so often.

Biden's Behavior Abruptly Changes in Spliced Video Speech Released by The White House; From Sleepy-Eyed to Bug-Eyed and Not Blinking.  A bug-eyed Joe Biden barely blinked, perhaps twice, toward the end of a choppily spliced video of an 11 minute long speech released by the White House on Monday that featured a subdued, sleepy-eyed Biden blinking normally at the beginning but ended with a suddenly changed, agitated, bug-eyed Biden after an abrupt edit.  There are at least ten spliced edits in the video, some coming seconds apart, others minutes apart.  Tucker Carlson recently reported a source told him Biden was fed pills by his staff, overseen by wife Jill, during the 2020 campaign that changed him from acting "like a small child" so he could perform at speeches and events. [...] Monday's was the first standing speech for Biden since taking ill, however it appears he was not able to make the eleven minute speech in one take, nor it would appear without getting amped up by meds.

Doocy, Portnoy Torch WH Over Biden's Doctor Hiding From Press.  For the second press briefing in a row, the White House took a beating from reporters due to President Joe Biden's personal physician hiding from hungry reporters' questions on the state of Biden's COVID treatment, recovery, and overall health.  You know it's bad when reporters from CBS News, The New York Times, and NewsMax all grilled the White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha on the administration's lack of transparency.  Due to Biden's bout of COVID, and the fact that White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre can't take questions from the media without stepping on rakes, Jha was trotted out to handle all questions related to Biden's illness and other public health-related topics.  CBS News Radio White House correspondent Steven Portnoy was the first to take on Jha over Biden's personal physician Kevin O'Connor's absence.

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley alleges 'scheme' among FBI officials to bury negative information about Hunter Biden.  Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is holding the FBI and Justice Department's feet to the fire on Hunter Biden, demanding the agencies answer claims from a whistleblower they downplayed negative information on Hunter Biden in the lead up to the 2020 election.  Grassley revealed on Monday [7/25/2022] that 'highly credible' whistleblowers have come forward alleging a widespread effort within the FBI to discredit negative information about President Joe Biden's son.  'The information provided to my office involves concerns about the FBI's receipt and use of derogatory information relating to Hunter Biden, and the FBI's false portrayal of acquired evidence as disinformation,' Grassley wrote FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Biden Pats Himself on the Back about Gas Prices as Americans Pay at the Pump.  Brandon just got back from his trip to beg the sheiks of Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to keep prices lower for American consumers, a trip made more ridiculous even than it sounds at first glance thanks to Biden's heated, anti-Saudi rhetoric, his administration's hostility to American energy producers, and the lack of any reason for the Saudi's to go along with what Biden wants given his attempts to strike a deal with Iran and the fact that they make more money when prices are higher.  And, unsurprisingly, it doesn't really appear to have worked.  The Saudis will do as they please, particularly when Biden is the dimwitted American they're dealing with.  But that didn't stop Biden from using his Twitter account to start patting himself on the back about the recent dip in gas prices, making a small price correction in the still sky-high price of gas sound like a major victory for the American consumer and his administration.

FBI, DOJ accused of burying Hunter Biden dirt:  Sen. Chuck Grassley.  The FBI and Justice Department have been accused by "highly-credible whistleblowers" of burying "verified and verifiable" dirt on President Biden's troubled son Hunter by incorrectly dismissing the intelligence as "disinformation," according to Sen. Chuck Grassley.  The ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee made the explosive claims Monday in an official Senate letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland.  He insisted the allegations were so serious they would prove — if confirmed — that both offices were "institutionally corrupted to their very core."

Is the clock finally running out on Hunter Biden?  Hunter [Biden] has always had impeccable timing and, like Blanche DuBois, "always depended on the kindness of strangers."  He went to law school after his father became a powerful U.S. senator with a long line of influence-seekers eager to help him and his family.  After graduating, Hunter was given a high-paying job with MBNA, the bank holding company, which supported key credit card legislation being pushed by his father in the Senate.  Later, Hunter was given a ridiculous appointment to the board of Amtrak and became its vice chair, despite an utter lack of credentials.  His father, however, was a critical advocate for Amtrak in the Senate.  When his father became vice president, Hunter and an uncle allegedly cashed in on a long line of foreign entities seeking influence with his father.

Experts: Hunter Biden's Failure to Register as Foreign Agent Could Mean Prison.  Hunter Biden reportedly did not register as a foreign agent while making business deals overseas, according to the New York Post.  Experts said recently it was a possible crime that could result in him being sent to prison.  The report noted Biden was registered as a lobbyist for domestic interests but not under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).  In addition, Biden could reportedly face charges regarding tax violations and lying about illegally buying a firearm.

Even Reliable CNN Commentator Turns On Biden, Admits The Undeniable.  For a football team, when your hometown fans boo at you as you take the field in your own stadium, you know you've been playing poorly. [...] And for a Democratic president, if the pundits on CNN and/or MSNBC start trashing your performance, you know you're in a world of hurt.  Such is the case with President Joe Biden who received a thorough beatdown from far-left, ultra-loyal Democrat and CNN commentator and former Obama Administration official Van Jones recently.  Add to the equation the fact that Jones' negativity comes in regarding Biden's specific results in relation to the black community, and things really start to look ugly.

Bidenvilles: America's New Emblem of Decay.  I've seen plenty of shantytowns in cities from India to Togo; they are an unfortunate consequence of rapid urbanization.  What surprised me when I came home to Washington, D.C., a few months ago was seeing shantytowns both outside the State Department, where my old office was, and Union Station, near my new office.  In America under President Joe Biden, the word "Bidenville" is beginning to gain traction as a term for a waste-filled, insalubrious tent city inhabited by what the left calls "people experiencing homelessness," who often suffer from an unfortunate combination of drug addiction and mental illness.

Hunter Biden was considered victim by Delaware police in controversial gun incident.  Delaware State Police considered Hunter Biden the victim in an October 2018 incident in which his handgun was discarded in a grocery store trashcan near a Delaware high school, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation into the incident.  No arrests were made as a result of the incident because Hunter declined to press charges against his sister-in-law, Hallie Biden, the source said.  Hallie, who was in a tumultuous relationship with Hunter at the time, took Hunter's gun from his car on Oct. 23, 2018, wrapped it in a shopping bag, and threw it in a trashcan outside a Janssen's Market grocery store because she said she was scared for his life.  "He was technically a victim of a theft of a firearm.  But in Delaware, we don't prosecute unless a victim is willing to pursue prosecution, so that incident was cleared out with no victim cooperation," the source said.  "Which means the victim does not want prosecution."

AG Merrick Garland's kid gloves vs. Hunter Biden.  Yet another anonymously sourced report claims the long-running federal probe into Hunter Biden has reached a "critical stage" as prosecutors decide whether to charge the president's son.  This time the breathless story came from CNN. In March, it was The New York Times and The Washington Post insisting the probe over taxes, lobbying and other potential crimes was approaching the finish line.  Sooner or later, somebody's scoop will be true and the case actually will conclude.  But count me skeptical that the ending will be worth the wait.  That's because I don't believe there is a snowball's chance in hell that Hunter Biden will face serious criminal charges.  You've heard of too big to fail?  The president's son is too big to indict.

WH Loses It on Reporters, Video of Biden Cuts out When They Ask Him How He Is.  As we noted earlier, we're not hearing from Joe Biden's doctor personally during the White House briefings.  We're getting translations of what he's saying or written statements from the doctor.  What this does is prevent reporters from being able to thoroughly question the doctor on any concerns about Biden.  Meanwhile, we're being told embarrassing things that make it sounds like we have a toddler in the office — including that Biden "cleaned his plate" and ate all his dinner.  I wanted to share this additional video from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who insisted to the reporters that they have heard "directly" from the doctor because they got a letter from him, while the reporters insisted that's not hearing directly from him.  [Video clip]

Is The Joe Biden Crime Family Finally Breaking Apart?  The news these days for President Joe Biden and his errant son Hunter is almost all bad.  As the Justice Department investigates Hunter Biden for tax and weapons charges, it's become increasingly obvious over the years that Joe Biden has far more to answer for than Hunter does. [...] Yes, Joe Biden has been revealed to be a grifter who tolerated his own very compromised son's illegal escapades in order to build his family's wealth.  And then he lied about it, repeatedly.  What's shocking is how long it's gone on.  Many of the recent revelations come from Hunter Biden's misplaced laptop, whose contents are now being spilled on the Internet as the mainstream media do their best to ignore the lost PC's politically disastrous contents.

Is the Hunter Biden probe delay to protect Dems in the midterms?  Word is that the Biden Justice Department is finally getting set to press charges against first son Hunter after long dragging its feet on the probe.  But it looks likely the feds will shy from the key issues exposed in The [New York] Post's reporting on Hunter's laptop to spare Democrats in advance of this year's midterm elections.  The probe began way back in 2018; Hunter himself admitted prosecutors were "investigating my tax affairs" back in December 2020.  (G-men are said to have expanded the investigation to include potential money-laundering, lobbying and firearms violations.)  A federal grand jury has been meeting since at least February, when — as The Post reported exclusively at the time — at least two witnesses testified, including an ex-girlfriend who detailed Hunter's extravagant spending habits and faced questions about his income.

WH Response to Why Biden's Schedule Has Been Empty for Two Days Is Pretty Pathetic.  [Scroll down]  Sometimes, the media presses and asks some good questions.  They did that on Tuesday, asking why wasn't there anything on Joe Biden's public schedule for the past two days.  The scramble from first, National Security Council coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby and then, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, to try to cover for Biden was something to behold.  [Tweet]  Kirby claimed that just because there weren't things listed on the public schedule didn't mean there wasn't a lot of work going on.  Then he passed the buck to explain things to Jean-Pierre.  That didn't go any better.

Biden Is Seriously Ill.  [Scroll down]  There's a reason that all leftist policy is about transferring responsibility from individuals to groups.  Biden may be the least popular president in history — but that's good for Democrats.  Just as it's good that he thinks he has cancer (or asthma or whatever).  If the Democrats can force him not to run for a second term, they can make him the scapegoat for all the suffering wrought intentionally by the leftist agenda.  It gives them a clean slate.  As long as America is willing to buy it.  I don't mean, of course, that America might be willing to buy into wrapping this trainwreck around Biden's neck.  They have known from the start, even Biden's voters have known, that he was never really in charge.  They knew that other people were standing in the shadows and pulling the strings.  Some Democrats voted for a third term of Barack Obama.  Some Democrats voted for a first term of Obama consigliere Susan Rice, et al.  But no one, or almost no one, really voted for Biden, who, remember, largely ran his campaign from his basement.

Joe Biden Breaks Mask Habit After Coronavirus Infection — Even in Close Proximity to Photographer.  President Joe Biden broke CDC guidelines on Thursday by refusing to wear a mask around others while infected with the coronavirus.  The CDC website states, "It is important to wear a mask or respirator when you are sick or caring for someone who is sick with COVID-19."  Biden shared a photo and video of himself, seemingly alone, on social media.  In order to capture those images, he had to be in close proximity to an individual holding a camera — and chose to go maskless:  [Tweet]

The Editor says...
Aren't we all expected to stay home from the office if we know we've got Covid?  Apparently there is a certain level of VIP above which that's not true.

On Cue, Biden Gets the COVID Pre-Election Panic Ball Rolling.  The buzz around conservative circles for weeks has been about just when and how the Democrats would start ramping up the COVID panic porn in order to lay the groundwork for a sequel to 2020's election "irregularities."  Who knew that the guy at the top would kick things into high gear?  In this era of casual conspiracy theories, it's not difficult to imagine that the Democrats have been doing everything but making Biden lick doorknobs and kiss hobos to get some pre-election Bat Flu. [...] They're hoping that COVID can once again be the shiny object that distracts voters from what they're actually peddling.  The odds that it will work again aren't that good.  But, bless their rotten little hearts, they're gonna keep trying.

Obviously the Covid claim is a cover story, if it won't stand up to the slightest scrutiny.
Karine Jean-Pierre on how Biden caught COVID: 'I don't think that matters'.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stunned reporters Thursday [7/21/2022] when she brushed off an inquiry about how President Biden caught COVID-19, saying:  "I don't think that matters."  Biden developed symptoms Wednesday evening — less than four days after he returned to Washington from a trip to Saudi Arabia — and tested positive Thursday morning, according to the White House.  "Where exactly was the president infected?" a journalist asked Jean-Pierre and White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha at a briefing focused on the 79-year-old president's health.  "I don't think we know," Jha said, before turning over the podium to Jean-Pierre.

White House-Issued Photo of Joe Biden After COVID Diagnosis Raises Some Questions.  [Scroll down]  In a statement issued earlier announcing Biden had COVID, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted that the President "will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time."  Indeed, Biden appears to be "carrying out" some "duties" in the photo below (which Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich confirmed was taken today).  But it's what Biden isn't doing that has raised questions:  [Tweet]  Though thankfully he is reportedly only experiencing "mild symptoms," he still has COVID.  So, like, where is his mask?  According to the CDC, if you're diagnosed with COVID you should not only isolate but you should also wear a mask while you're indoors and especially if you're going to be around other people.

The Editor says...
Obviously the Covid claim is a cover story.  Biden's puppeteers want him to stay out of sight for a while.  In this case, "a while" will last until after the mid-term election.  That means that after a few weeks, when the Covid claim is no longer even remotely believable, he will get some other disease — perhaps monkeypox — that will keep him locked up "in his office."

Biden Has No Right To Declare a National Climate Emergency.  The Washington Post reported Monday night [7/18/2022] that President Joe Biden is "considering whether to declare a national climate emergency" to "salvage his stalled environmental agenda and satisfy Democrats on Capitol Hill."  A few hours later, the Associated Press reported that the administration would "hold off" on the announcement as he, presumably, lays the political groundwork to move forward.  There's no "It's Summer" clause in the Constitution empowering the president to ignore the will of Congress and unilaterally govern when it gets hot.  The rejection of the president's "agenda" by the lawmaking branch of government isn't a justification for executive action; it's the opposite.  The Senate has unambiguously declined to implement Biden's climate plan.  Though you have to marvel at the utter shamelessness of Democrats, incessantly warning that "democracy" is on the precipice of extinction, now urging the president to act like a petty dictator.

Biden Blasts Republicans for Failing to Recognize Climate 'Emergency,' Vows to Use Executive Action.  President Joe Biden called climate change an "emergency" during a Wednesday speech and vowed to use executive powers to bypass Congress, days after Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) dealt a death blow to his sweeping legislative agenda.  "Since Congress is not acting as it should, and these guys here are, but we're not getting any Republican votes, this is an emergency," Biden said from the podium in Somerset, Mass., apparently gesturing at Democrats around him.  The president stopped short of issuing a national climate emergency, but said he would use executive powers to address the issue.  "As president I'll use my executive powers to combat climate crisis in the absence of Congressional action," Biden added.

The Editor says...
There is no climate emergency.  There is no climate crisis.  Long-range weather forecasts are impossible.  Changing the weather through legislation is also impossible.

Joe Biden Announces He Has 'Cancer' in Series of 25th Amendment-Worthy Moments.  Joe Biden just dropped the biggest bombshell in presidential history.  Either that or he dropped the biggest gaffe.  It's probably the latter, as we'll discuss, but I'm not sure that makes things any better.  While speaking in Massachusetts on Wednesday, the president claimed to have "cancer," citing supposed oil slicks on the windows of cars.  Apparently, being exposed to oil residue as a child gives you cancer later in life?  I don't know.  None of what he says in the following clip makes sense, and it's best to just take it for what it is. [...] I mean, come on, what is he talking about?  Even the claim that oil was so prevalent in the air during his childhood that they used windshield wipers to get it off strikes me as fanciful.  Was that really a common thing back then?  And what medical science says that exposure to oil residue as a kid causes cancer over half a century later?

Bye-bye, Biden.  Joe Biden has done more to drop-kick America back to the political, fiscal, and energy Stone Age than any president in memory.  Under Biden, our social and economic infrastructure has been all but decimated.  It is almost as if he has signed on to an America-last agenda.  For that matter, does he even know what his agenda is?  Or has he delegated his presidency to pre-Trump power brokers?  Worst of all, Joe Biden's policies regarding racial matters have reignited a previously placid racial state.  He is now exacerbating a simmering situation between white and black that hasn't been seen since the '60s.  While doing this, he has turned our once illustrious military into a race-based adversarial social experiment, pitting our fighting forces against one another instead of against our enemies abroad.  How can the American military defend our country against a vicious socialist, communist, or radical Islamic threat if our own fighting forces are pitted against each other by color?  This is treasonous because what he has not directly promoted, he has allowed.  If Biden does not remove himself, he should be removed for terminal gross incompetence.  The people who are actually running this administration need to be removed as well.

"This is absolutely treason and impeachable": Biden poised to send over $1 trillion to Iran in next six years.  In the same week when we learned the terrorist country of Iran is allegedly planning assassination plots against former President Trump and other officials, we now learn that the Brandon... er Biden administration is proposing a deal which would net that country over $1 trillion dollars over the next half-dozen years, according to Gateway Pundit.  According to Richard Goldberg, senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a proposal would give Iran $1.075 trillion.  It looks like being one of the chief state sponsors of terrorism has its perks.  "Under the deal, Iran gets a financial package worth up to $275 billion in the first year and as much as $800 billion over the next five," Goldberg writes.

New Lawsuit Levies Major Accusation Against DOJ Concerning Hunter Biden And Durham Probes.  A government ethics watchdog is now filing a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, accusing the department of "hiding" information from the public concerning the withholding of records about potential bias and conflicts of interest involving high-profile cases such as the Durham investigations and the probe into Hunter Biden and his business dealings.  Just the News is reporting that in June 2021, Protect the Public's Trust filed a Freedom of Information Act request to the DOJ in order to obtain records from the agency's Justice Management Division.  It's now been over a year and the department has not bothered to inform the watchdog whether or not it will comply with the request.

Dear Dems: You did that!  It seems that a day doesn't go by without another update on Democrats having second thoughts about President Biden.  Do you recall the last time that 81 million voters soured so fast on a president?  The problem is that the Democrats made this possible because it was all about beating Trump.  Yes, they beat Trump, but they are now desperately dealing with a failed presidency.

The Left's Blackmailing of Biden has Unleashed National Chaos, Stagflation and Systemic Uncertainty.  In the spring/early summer of 2020, it appeared that once again Bernie Sanders would seize the Democrat party nomination for president.  Panic among the ruling elites set in as they rightly feared that Donald Trump would easily defeat the radical left-wing Bernie Sanders regardless of the unconstitutional voting changes they imposed in various swing states.  There was no other candidate to turn to except Joe Biden whom they knew was perhaps the most corrupt and compromised politician of his generation.  Nonetheless, the nation be damned as nothing was more important than defeating Trump.  Thus, a malleable Joe Biden served the purpose of someone they could endlessly promote as a so-called "moderate".  They were aware that the litany of allegations swirling around Joe Biden and his family and his long history of fabrications and corruption made him susceptible to political blackmail.  Yet, in their profound arrogance in believing they could control the American Marxists, they chose him anyway.

Enduring Biden's corruption and incompetence.  It's Weekend at Biden's now that Dementia Joe is back in the USA after what will likely be one of his last visits to anywhere other than his second assisted-living facility on the Delaware Shore.  Brandon's junket this week to the Mideast was so catastrophic that even state-run media could no longer ignore his senile babbling.  After stumbling off Air Force One, he vowed to "keep alive the truth and honor of the Holocaust."  He meant to say, "horror."  Just as he was supposed to read "hallowed" when he slurred out "hollowed ground."  But there was so much more, and as usual, all dialogue guaranteed verbatim.  At least twice he called the Israeli prime minister "Mr. President."  He referred to "Palestinian counties."  He discussed the "United Avrab Ememirates."

Resign, Joe.  It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to describe just how bad President Joe Biden is at his job.  Comparisons to Jimmy Carter are pervasive, but trite — and too flattering to Carter. [...] These are not mere frivolous "gaffes," the sort of thing one can laugh off.  These are horrific misstatements with harrowing diplomatic and geopolitical implications, at best, and indications of a palpable senility, at worst.  There is something very, very clearly wrong with the president of the United States.  Even the New York Times, which for former Biden boss Barack Obama functioned as Democratic Party Pravda, ran a recent piece entitled, "At 79, Biden Is Testing the Boundaries of Age and the Presidency."

What is Joe Biden's Life Expectancy?  President Joe Biden is suffering from dementia, and it's worsening before our eyes.  You know it, I know it, everyone knows it.  His handlers know it.  Why else would they issue him absurdly detailed cue cards telling him when to stand and sit?  His vice president knows it.  Kamala Harris explicitly noted her future running mate's cognitive problems during the 2020 Democratic debates.  Even the president's drug-addicted, prostitute-frequenting, influence-peddling son knows it. [...] The notion of a second Biden term raises another question about the man, one even more existential than his undeniable cognitive dysfunction.  The question is, would Joe Biden even live through a second term as president?

Biden's Collapse Exposes Rot in the Establishment.  Democrats used every dirty trick in the book to push Biden past the finish line and remove the Bad Orange Man from power, but they never had a plan for what would come after the election.  Everything about Biden's campaign was a cynical sham.  To the undeceived, the signs of Biden's incapacity were obvious even then.  Biden spent much of the campaign sequestered at home.  An irresponsible, overtly political media campaigned on his behalf.  They refused to cover his mental decline, covered up his family's treacherous, salacious dealings with China, the evidence of which is now undeniable, and portrayed Biden as a saint, the John Paul II of "democracy."  Of course, this was all a load of poppycock.  Americans are well-acquainted now with the real Biden.  He is a nasty, corrupt, tired old man.  But the establishment rallied behind Biden for lack of alternatives, and this factor hasn't really changed.

Hunter and Joe Biden Often Met After First Son Traveled Abroad:  Report.  Hunter Biden held dozens of talks with his father from 2008 to 2016, often shortly after returning home from trips abroad on business, according to data from the first son's abandoned laptop.  At least 30 such talks took place, the New York Post reported on July 16, based on a personal calendar on the laptop.  The meetings took place at either the White House or the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory.  The latest revelation comes amid President Joe Biden's continued claim that the two have never spoken about Hunter Biden's business dealings, which included transactions with entities and individuals in countries such as Russia and China.  One of the talks occurred in February 2012, when the young Biden met with his father at the Naval Observatory.  The meeting came four days after Hunter Biden was wined and dined by billionaire oligarchs in Moscow.

Biden Visits Saudi Arabia, Returns with an Empty Tin Cup and Urgent Need for More Windmills.  Joe Biden is heading back from an embarrassing trip to Saudi Arabia and the middle east.  Putting aside the fact that physically and mentally Biden looked weak, foolish, and generally incoherent, in an odd way he was appropriately representative of the current of U.S. influence on the global stage.  Before getting to detail, first it is important to emphasize a point that doesn't get attention domestically.  Democrats are exceptionally weak on all aspects of foreign policy, specifically because their modern ideology is based on hypocrisy of a stunning magnitude.  Domestically, the U.S. media protect democrats by spinning everything into the best light possible.  However, on the world stage the non-western leaders like Putin, Xi and MbS use that hypocrisy like geopolitical ammunition.

Hunter Biden laptop shows dozens of meetings with dad, business partners.  Hunter Biden met with his father at least 30 times at the White House or the vice president's residence, often just days after he returned home from overseas business jaunts.  The breakfasts, lunches and other gabfests between 2008 and 2016 raise questions about whether Hunter was relaying messages to his father on behalf of foreign clients, and cast new doubt on the president's repeated denials that he had any role in his son's shady overseas business dealings.  The meetings were found in a review of the personal calendar on Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop.  Eric Schwerin, the president of Hunter Biden's investment company Rosemont Seneca Partners, is named as a calendar invite recipient on 21 of 30 listed meetings, with a green check frequently indicating his confirmed receipt of the invite for meetings with the vice president.  Schwerin was a longtime Hunter Biden business confidante, and had access to the elder Biden's personal financial information.

America's First Lady Leads A Biden Family Trifecta Of Buffoonery.  [Scroll down]  The real damage that the First Lady caused was much more than just vocalizing a clumsy ethnic stereotype and the temporary annoyance it caused with Latinos.  There's no doubt that her speechwriters thought the wording was a good idea, but Jill Biden had to approve the verbiage.  She's the one who spoke it, and in doing so showed how out of touch she, her staff, and the entire Democratic leadership are with everyday Americans.  They don't value the various Hispanic cultures, they value power.  And their identity politics approach to attaining and retaining that power is utterly insincere.

Tucker Carlson claims that witness from 2020 campaign says Biden took 'pills' under wife Jill's supervision before every public appearance.  Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed that President Joe Biden takes 'pills' to boost his cognitive performance before public appearances.  Biden, 79, has strenuously rejected similar allegations in the past, but Carlson claimed on his Friday evening [7/15/2022] show that he had spoken 'directly' to a witness who saw the alleged medication on the 2020 campaign trail.  'His staff, supervised by Dr. Jill, his wife, was giving him pills before every public appearance.  Checking the time, and at the certain hour giving him a dose of something,' said Carlson. 'Before taking the medications, this person said Biden was 'Like a small child.'  You could not communicate with him, he changed completely because he was on drugs and he clearly still is on drugs,' the pundit alleged.

Forget Jill Biden's Stupid Taco Quip — There's Much Worse.  I'd say producing a tourism commercial to boost the income of the terror-sponsoring regime whose lifelong obsession is the destruction of the nation Jill Biden presides over as First Lady is much worse than the taco quip — especially when this tourism commercial was co-produced with a KGB-trained spy who was booted from the U.S. for espionage.  To wit:  "Dr. Jill Biden in Cuba to study Cuba's achievements in health and education," read a headline in Stalinist Cuba's media, Oct. 6, 2016.  More interestingly, during Jill Biden's co-production with communist apparatchiks of her Potemkin tourism commercial to boost the income of Castro's military and secret police who majority own Cuba's tourism industry[,] her frequent escort was a Cuban lady named Josefina Vidal.  The KGB-trained Vidal was expelled from the U.S. in October 2003 for her suspected operational links to Cuban spy Ana Belen Montes, responsible for the deepest and most damaging penetration of the U.S. Department of Defense in recent history.

Biden Claims Inflation Numbers 'Out of Date' Because of Lower Gas Prices the Last Two Weeks.  This is a good example of a desperate man reaching for a life preserver that turns out to be a shark fin.  Joe Biden is in the Middle East, where the Muslims don't like him or the country he leads very much at all.  No American flags greeted Biden as his motorcade made its way through Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's capital.  Biden spent the better part of his first year in office blasting Saudi Arabia and its leader, Mohammed bin Salman, for his part in the death of a Washington Post writer.  Now, he's coming to the Saudis on his knees, begging them to increase oil production.

Biden Lied About Hunter.  In the early days of the 2020 Democrat race for the nomination, when most journalists were backing Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders, the conventional wisdom was that Joe Biden was too old, too out of touch, and oh-by-the-way, that Hunter Biden thing makes him a non-starter.  The New Yorker wrote a blistering expose on the former Veep's son with the hopeful title, "Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father's Campaign?"  But, by the time Spring of 2020 rolled around, and Biden looked to be a lock for the nomination, thereby making him the one person who could stop Trump, there was a virtual news blackout on all things Hunter.  The legacy, corporate media, and their partners in Big Tech went so far as to ignore, censor, and even punish any promotion of the New York Post's astounding work on the infamous "Laptop from Hell" story just two weeks before election day.

Twitter Is Suppressing Hunter Information to Protect 'The Big Guy'.  In 2019, when The New York Post broke the Hunter Biden story, Twitter dutifully turned into the information KGB.  The second any news of Hunter appeared, it disappeared like a dissident with a sign in Red Square.  For information distribution Twitter was Pravda.  It amplified propaganda disparaging the Hunter news as "classic Russian disinformation."  So did MSNBC and CNN and their cadre of faithful DNC mouthpieces.  The irony was not lost on anyone.  Twitter hid the story and the DNC hid Joe in a basement.

Of the 18 percent, how many are Republicans?
Survey: Only 18% of Americans Want Joe Biden to Run Again.  One in five Americans want President Joe Biden to run for reelection while the vast majority say it is time for Biden to call it quits, a Yahoo News/YouGov survey released Thursday [7/14/2022] found.  While he is not even halfway into his presidency, Biden is struggling to find mass support for reelection come 2024.  According to the survey, just 18 percent, overall, believe Biden should run again.  Yahoo! describes the figure as "the lowest number to date."  Further, it reflects a seven point drop from the number who said he should run in May.

We Now Know Who 'Pedo Peter' on Hunter Biden's iPad Is, and I Have Serious Questions.  Last weekend, anonymous 4chan users claimed to have cracked the password of Hunter Biden's iCloud account and leaked data from his iPhone and iPad to the site.  In addition to disturbing videos and chats that have since been leaked, it was revealed that Hunter Biden had tagged someone in his contact list with the name "Pedo Peter."  At the time, it was not clear who "Pedo Peter" was, but that question has now been answered.  Breitbart News has learned that Pedo Peter is the name assigned to his 17-year-old niece, Natalie Biden — the daughter of his late brother Beau, and of Hallie Biden, Beau's widow, with whom Hunter had a romantic relationship after Beau's passing.  So, yeah, I have some questions.  Serious questions.

Biden's Real Problem Isn't Age.  It's Biden.  I've had as much fun cracking senility jokes as anyone else, but tracking Biden's career, he spent his Senate era telling crazy lies, spewing word salads, rambling inanely and generally embarrassing himself and everyone around him.  This isn't a recent development.  Talking about Biden's age is a copout.  The real issue with Biden isn't that he's old, it's who he is and who he's always been, corrupt, egotistical and utterly over his head.  Biden has no principles and so he panders to whatever the current sentiment is.  That's how he's gone from anti to pro-busing and abortion.  He's a creature of his staffers, manipulated by his family, and yet is convinced of his own genius and sense of rightness.  Age has no doubt worsened Biden's functionality, but the issue with his administration isn't age.  We're not in this mess because Biden is in his late 70s.  We would have been in this mess if he were in his forties.

Twelve Serious Questions for the Next Twelve Months.  [#2]  Are aspects of U.S. foreign policy being influenced by Hunter Biden?  This is a scary thought.  This goes back to Hunter's appointment to the board of directors of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.  When Burisma was being investigated by Ukrainian authorities, Vice President Joe Biden famously threatened to withhold one billion dollars of foreign aid to get the Ukrainian chief prosecutor fired.  This action protected Hunter's position and his salary of $1 million per year.  Hunter later bragged that his father would talk about anything he wanted, including working Hunter's suggestions into his political platform.  Considering Hunter's previous ties to China, does this influence extend to disbanding an initiative to combat Chinese espionage?  What about removing restrictions on TikTok, a Chinese social media platform whose managers can access U.S. users' personal data, or possibly eliminating tariffs on Chinese imports?

Biden Backs Canada Helping Restart Russian Pipeline After Killing US Pipeline Projects.  President Joe Biden's administration is supporting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to ship natural gas pipeline equipment to Germany, which will lead to the European economic hub importing more Russian natural gas.  State Department spokesman Ned Price expressed Washington's support for the move in a statement Monday.  Trudeau's government plans to ship the equipment for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline back to Germany after it had been kept in Montreal due to sanctions on Russian gas, according to Bloomberg.  The decision is aimed at preventing serious economic turmoil in Germany due to high energy prices.

The coming word-salad bar in the Oval Office.  [Scroll down]  I remember thinking, one morning, that my senile mother seemed pretty alert and upbeat.  Then I found her pocketbook in the fridge, and when I gave it back to her, she angrily asked who [...] I was.  So, I'm unfortunately well aware of the stages of dementia.  And poor Joe Biden is far along that sad path.  He can't really speak extemporaneously anymore, too many moving mental parts for him to make sense.  Of late, even his ability to read has gone downhill, he's having problems making sense even while staring at a large-font teleprompter.  It won't be long before he can no longer read at all.  Biden's increasingly frail, stooped, and unsteady on his feet.  When he's not falling up the stairs to Air Force One, he's falling off his bike.  He'll need a walker or a wheelchair before long, maybe sooner if he takes a bad tumble, a common occurrence in elderly dementia sufferers.  Emotionally, Biden's entered the phase of dementia where little things — like softball questions from the Democrat-boot-licking press — make him angry.

At least she did not call us 'burritos'.  As you know, Jill Biden was in San Antonio doing a little "outreach" to the Hispanic community.  Here's what she thinks of as outreach:  "Raul helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community, as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio, is your strength..."  Jill thinks of Latins as "tacos."  By the way, Raul is UnidosUS President Raul Yzaguirre.  I should add that I debated a member of that group on TV earlier this year.  I don't think that UnidosUS represents the diversity in the Hispanic community.  It is a left-wing group.  Was recently elected Representative Mayra Flores invited to speak?  How about our Hispanic U.S. senator Ted Cruz?  Did any speaker make a case for school choice?  What about the Biden border crisis?  So the First Lady was speaking to a left wing group and decided to get cute or pander with a joke that only a liberal would laugh at.

As Democrats And The Press Turn On Biden, Remember:  They Are The Regime That Empowered Him.  "Biden, At 79, Shows Signs Of Age And Aides Fret About His Image," reads a headline on the front page of Sunday's New York Times.  It's a goofy article; one that reluctantly tries to tackle the president's publicly deteriorating mental faculties while claiming he's still more fit than either Presidents Ronald Reagan or Donald Trump (Republicans).  At one point, the reporter even cites "experts" who "put Mr. Biden in a category of 'super-agers' who remain unusually fit as they advance in years."  But foolishness aside, there it sits: an article questioning Biden's fitness for office on the front page of the Sunday Times.  And they weren't done:  "Democrats Sour on Biden, Citing Age and Economy," the top headline read in Monday's New York Times.  "Poll Shows Most Want New '24 Candidate as Pessimism Becomes Pervasive."

Democrats Must Jettison Joe Biden BEFORE the Midterm Season Heats Up.  As the Hunter Biden story continues to explode in scandal and scope, it's becoming impossible to hide. [...] I previously predicted that party handlers would keep Biden in place until after the midterm elections, then use him as a sop for all the Democrat's failure vibes before jettisoning him ahead of the 2024 election season.  But now, I don't think they can wait that long:  Hunter's laptop and iPhone disaster is ballooning out of control.  Ordinarily, we on the right would disregard a story like Hunter Biden's leaked videos and communications because it's too perfect.  It's got everything: hookers, drugs, dysfunction, and massive Biden family corruption straight up to the top.  It validates everything the right has been saying so perfectly, it simply has to be fake.  But, no:  it's real.

Hunter Biden payments to Eastern European escort ring were flagged by bank:  Report.  Hunter Biden's payments to a Ukrainian woman linked to an Eastern European escort ring were flagged by JPMorgan Chase in late 2018 and early 2019 in a report filed with the federal government, according to a new report.  Hunter spent over $30,000 on escorts, many of them linked to ".ru" Russian email addresses, who worked with a "model agency" called UberGFE between November 2018 and March 2019, the Washington Examiner previously reported.  Biden claimed to members of his family that he was broke during that time, but he was able to make payments to the escorts thanks in part to President Joe Biden committing to wiring him a total of $100,000 to help pay his bills from December 2018 through January 2019.  The release of the suspicious activity report, or SAR, comes after top Republican senators demanded that the Department of Justice in a letter Thursday investigate Joe Biden's apparently unwitting financing of his son's participation in the Eastern European escort ring.

Hopelessness is all the Democrats have left.  It looks like President Gremlin may be done.  The Dems are starting to turn on him.  Both the New York Times and The Atlantic have run stories that Democrat party leaders are questioning old Joe's ability to do the job.  Duh!  In fact, according to the Daily Mail, one anonymous Democrat lawmaker called the Biden administration, "rudderless, aimless, and hopeless."  And that was from somebody on his own team — ouch.  But I have to disagree with whoever coined that term.  They're more wrong than right.  There has been nothing aimless or rudderless about anything Biden has done.  The Biden administration has been misguided, not unguided. [...] You've got to give the man credit.  He knows what his base wants.  Unfortunately, he foolishly decided to serve his base, and not all Americans.  That's going to cost him.

Why Biden Is Putting Us In Danger.  There is no evidence that DOE went out of its way to sell American oil to Unipec, and little reason to believe that the U.S. could have refined that oil into gasoline, diesel, and other products had it remained in the U.S.  After all, U.S. oil refineries are operating at 94% capacity. [...] But the reason our refineries are at maximum capacity is because Biden revoked a permit for a massive refinery expansion in the U.S. Virgin Islands in March and halted its operations entirely in May.  And where the U.S. released 50 million barrels of oil in 2021 and 180 million barrels of oil in 2022 so far, China has only released 7.4 million barrels of oil, which is just a half day's consumption.  Is that because China is oil-poor?  No.  It has equal-sized petroleum reserves to the U.S.  In fact, despite promises in November and again in January to release oil from its reserves, China has instead been increasing its reserves.  And there is no evidence that any non-Chinese firms, much less American firms, bought any of its released reserve oil, which undercuts the Biden Administration's claim that the SPR release was being reciprocated.

Jill Biden mocked for comparing Hispanics to tacos at 'Latinx Incluxion' conference.  First lady Jill Biden faced some mockery and ridicule after she spoke at a "Latinx Incluxion" conference and compared Hispanics to tacos.  Biden was the keynote speaker at the Latinx IncluXion Luncheon held at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday [7/11/2022].  While addressing the mostly Hispanic audience, the first lady mispronounced "bodegas" as "bogedas," and then compared the Hispanic community to breakfast tacos.  "The diversity of this community as distinct at the bogedas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio, is your strength!"

Hispanic Journalists Drag Jill Biden for Comparing Them to 'Breakfast Tacos'.  No, that headline isn't satire.  Jill Biden did actually compare Hispanics to "breakfast tacos" on Monday while speaking in San Antonio.  She also apparently can't pronounce the word "bodega," instead going with "bo-gah-da."  Was she trying to cop a faux-Spanish pronunciation to up her street cred?  The First Lady has a history of such, including her infamous "si-se-podway" gaffe during the 2020 campaign.  As RedState reported, these latest flubs came during something called a "LatinX IncluXion" conference, which can be translated to "Democrats want to lose Hispanic voters."  And while the right has had a good time with the "breakfast tacos" comment, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists didn't find it funny at all.  They released a statement dragging Jill Biden and her speech writers for coming up with such a line.

Biden Family Sought To Make Money By Giving China 'Preferential Access' To US Energy.  Relatives of President Joe Biden worked to give China "preferential access" to American gas following a Chinese energy magnate's pledge to lend millions of dollars to the Biden "family," materials on Hunter Biden's laptop reviewed by The Daily Wire show.  The shocking bid to transfer American liquid natural gas (LNG) to an adversarial communist nation came in 2017, when Hunter and James Biden — the now-president's son and brother — and their business partners sought to help build an LNG facility in Louisiana called Monkey Island using Chinese materials, then sell the gas to China.  In May of that year, Hunter Biden met with Ye Jianming, the founder of corrupt Chinese energy giant CEFC Energy, who gave Hunter Biden a large diamond, the New York Times reported in 2018.  A document sent to Hunter Biden by JiaQi Bao, who advised the future president's son on energy deals, said the cooperation set up to run Monkey Island wanted a Biden-linked firm called Hudson West to invest between $350 million and $1.5 billion in the project, but that onerous U.S. government review process made the investment less attractive.

What's it gonna take for Hunter Biden's pervy, corrupt, doings to matter?  It probably shouldn't surprise anyone that denizens of the 4Chan anonymous bulletin board claim to have hacked into Hunter Biden's cellphone cloud account and are busy posting its pervy pictures. [...] Hunter, recall, is Joe Biden's closest advisor.  He "earns" as much as $500,000 a pop for his "paintings" which even top gallery artists don't pull in, and nobody's allowed to know who his buyers are.  He hasn't dumped his China holdings, yet has admitted that he's dealing with top Chinese spies in some of his previously disclosed laptop disclosures.  He's clearly unstable, engages in illegal drug and gun activity, has been in trouble for tax evasion, owes money to hookers and strippers throughout the narrative, and takes big payments from the world's gamiest regimes, who would have to know all his "secrets."  Worse still, Biden's closest advisor does seem to be having an impact on foreign policy.

You'll Never Believe the Contacts on Hunter's iPhone.  Hunter's iPhone has been the source of the most prurient interest since 4Chan users this weekend began releasing data reportedly hacked from the backup stored on his Laptop from Hell.  Presidentish Joe Biden's son's phone was apparently loaded with sex, drugs, and... FBI cyber specialists? Among Hunter Biden's contacts is the FBI's Cyber Division Section Chief Michael Harrington.  Did you catch Hunter's note at the bottom?  "Only contact if absolutely necessary."  By his own admission, Biden lost not one but three laptops during his various crack binges, so I'm guessing that "absolutely necessary" might have come more often than anyone would have guessed.

Biden's Mental Decay.  The President of the sole global superpower is confounded by a teleprompter.  The Commander in Chief of the most powerful military in the world, with 700+ military spanning the globe and nearly 4,000 nuclear warheads, can barely make it through public appearances. [...] Apparently he goes nowhere without the paper crutch prepared by his handlers.  Issues relating to Russia — from the war in Ukraine to the expansion of NATO, etc. — are certainly briefed to the President on a daily basis.  And his memory is so bad, his intellect is so defeated, that he cannot recall his constant briefing.  If you need further proof of his mental state, there's this "cheat sheet," where he is instructed on how and when to enter the room and leave the room. [...] Make no mistake, Biden's senility is one of the biggest stories in the world.  The media's silence on this matter is telling.  Never before has the press tried to so hard to ignore so big a story (I venture this is bigger than Hunter's laptop), as they're afraid of what a correct assessment of Biden's facilities might reveal.

Amid Hunter's ongoing scandals, Biden is going soft on China.  It took a certain bloodless chutzpah for the president to place his scandal-ridden son front and center at a White House function last week.  Hunter Biden, 52, popped up at Thursday's Medal of Freedom ceremony, to glad-hand and network from his front-row perch even as he awaits indictment by a grand jury in Delaware over his shady foreign business dealings, most lucratively in China.  Just one day earlier, FBI Director Christopher Wray and his British MI5 counterpart made a rare joint public appearance in London to sound the alarm over the growing "serious security and economic threat" posed by China, which aims to steal our intellectual property and corrupt our politics.

White House Goes Weapons Hot on the Democrat Base as Divisions Explode Into the Open.  For my money, the Biden administration has been the most incoherent and disjointed of the modern era, and that qualifier is only included due to a lack of recorded detail prior.  Press consternation over the "chaos" inside the former Trump administration seems laughably quaint now, as the current White House sets records for staff turnover.  No one seems to know what's going on, and that includes the president himself.  Every public appearance just accentuates the dysfunction.

13 Times Joe Biden Was Involved in Family Business Corruption.  President Joe Biden was involved in his corrupt family business at least 13 times over nine years.  While Joe Biden and his staff have claimed seven times the president has had no part in the family business, overwhelming evidence suggests Joe Biden has not just been involved in the family business but has played a key role with his son Hunter and brother James.  The evidence includes photos of Joe Biden meeting family business partners, Hunter's former business partner's testimony about Joe Biden's involvement, Joe Biden flying to foreign countries to meet with Hunter's business partners, and a voice recording of Joe Biden calling Hunter about a Chinese business deal.

Shock As 4chan Allegedly Cracks Hunter Biden's iCloud Account And Leaks Everything.  Rumours circulating on social media on Sunday, July 10 suggest that 4chan, an anonymous English-language imageboard website, has apparently cracked Hunter Biden's iPhone backup password and has begun leaking everything on the site.

4Chan Users Claim to Have Cracked Backup of Hunter Biden's iPhone and Are Leaking Info.  4Chan users claim to have cracked the password for a backup of Hunter Biden's iPhone and then were also able to access an iPad that he used.  They also claim to have accessed iCloud notes.  The password was alleged to be a woman's name with an age after it.  They announced that they had 450 gigabytes of data and then began leaking some of the information onto 4Chan.

An Intriguing Exchange Between Jill and Joe Biden.  Over the time that Joe Biden has been in office, we've seen him continue to deteriorate, until now, he can barely get through remarks on abortion without descending into incoherence and a "Ron Burgundy" moment.  They've even had to give him note cards with step-by-step instructions on how to handle a brief meeting.  The cards read like instructions for a five-year-old.  His chief handler, most of the time, seems to be his wife, Jill.  She's pulled him away from reporters in the past, no doubt to prevent him from gaffing.  We saw, on July 4th, how Jill tried to prompt Joe Biden to say 'God Bless America" at the end of his remarks, but Joe just was unable to grasp what she was trying to get him to do.

The Look On Kamala's Face Says It All.  With Vice President Kamala Harris and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra standing behind him, President Joe Biden stumbled and bumbled his way through remarks before signing an executive order on abortion on Friday.  The occasional Biden gaffe has given way to at least one gaffe during every public appearance.  His last performance was marked by several.

Biden Declared Illegitimate in Langland County.  Republicans in Langland County, WI, passed a resolution that declares Joe Biden an illegitimately elected president based on solid evidence that suggests rampant voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election. [...] In an effort to bring awareness and justice to widespread election fraud, Langland County Republicans joined Maricopa County in AZ and the Texas GOP in rejecting the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, which claims Biden won by a landslide 81 million votes.  And we all know this is ridiculous for a man who campaigned from his basement.

Biden to sign executive action on abortion access to circumvent court.  President Joe Biden is expected to announce that he will sign an executive order on abortion Friday in an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade after getting intense pressure from Democrats who are demanding he "do something."  Three sources have reportedly told the Associated Press that Biden will speak "on protecting access to reproductive health care services."  The president will allegedly outline actions he intends to take to prevent women seeking an abortion from being slapped with penalties following the SCOTUS ruling.  Rumored actions involve military bases, the use of federal lands, and the mailing of abortion pills nationwide.  It's anticipated that Biden will instruct the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to hamper state efforts to limit a woman's ability to cross state lines in order to terminate a pregnancy or to receive abortion medication.

Biden Will Sign Meaningless Executive Orders on Abortion After Massive Pressure by Democrats.  Joe Biden wants and needs to satisfy his rabid, ravenous base of pro-abortion fanatics by expanding access to the procedure and allowing more women to kill their unborn babies.  Unfortunately for him, there's a little thing called the Constitution of the United States that's standing in his way.  Try explaining that to the faces contorted with rage marching in the streets demanding Biden do something about abortion.  The entire radical left of the Democratic Party has become unhinged.  They have suggested all kinds of ludicrous alternatives, like building abortion clinics on federal lands or allowing a "carveout" for the filibuster to force a vote on making abortion legal nationwide.

Hunter Biden tied to Chinese company that bought oil Joe released.  There really seems to be no limit to the convolutions that develop when the Biden family works on its international business schemes.  Probably one of the most famous was when Joe Biden was vice president and traveled to Ukraine for Barack Obama.  At that time Hunter Biden was taking in tens of thousands of dollars a month from a Ukrainian company under investigation for corruption.  Joe came to the rescue, ordering officials there to fire the prosecutor, threatening to withhold $1 billion in scheduled U.S. aid if they didn't.  They did.  And he came home to brag about it.

Top Oversight Republican in Congress Demands Testimony, Documents from Biden Officials on Oil Reserve Sale to Hunter-Linked Chinese Firm.  House Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement that when Republicans take control of the House, they plan on investigating reports that President Joe Biden sold nearly one million barrels from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to a Chinese state-owned gas company that has financial ties to a private equity firm cofounded by Hunter Biden.  The Washington Free Beacon's Collin Anderson released a bombshell report that Biden's Department of Energy sold one million barrels to Unipec, the trading arm of Sinopec.  Sinopec is wholly owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party.

Report: Joe Biden Sold Nearly One Million Barrels from U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to CCP-Owned Oil Company Linked to Hunter Biden Firm.  President Joe Biden's administration sold 950,000 barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-owned gas company that has financial ties to a private equity firm cofounded by Hunter Biden, according to a Washington Free Beacon report.  In April, Biden's Department of Energy announced the nearly one million barrel sale to Unipec, which is the trading arm of Sinopec.  Sinopec is wholly owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party.  Unipec reportedly purchases oil across the globe and then apparently sells it through its Sinopec Marketing subsidiary.

Treasury Dept. blocking probe into Hunter Biden's business dealings, says top GOP lawmaker.  The Treasury Department has been accused of stonewalling lawmakers' requests into the business dealings of President Biden's son Hunter Biden.  Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said Treasury officials refused to hand over suspicious activity reports, or SARs, unless the committee's Democratic leaders signed off on the request.  "Despite Treasury's assertion in the press that it 'provides SARs to Congress in a manner that enables robust oversight,' Treasury is refusing to release SARs connected with Hunter Biden or his family and associates — including the President," Mr. Comer wrote in a letter Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

Two more reasons to be mad at Joe Biden.  [#1] Biden is selling our petroleum reserves to China.  Biden is selling off 180 million barrels (one third of the total) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.  The stated goal:  softening the pain on American citizens from higher gas prices.  Releasing the oil should have reduced the price at the pump.  Why isn't that happening?  Because the oil being released is going to Europe, India, and China.  "The Biden administration is selling off our emergency oil reserves to China," said Tucker Carlson on Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight.  "An impeachable offense.  Selling off our most valuable asset to a government whose goal is to crush us."  The irony, Carlson points out, is that there is no reason to sell the reserves "when we can produce the energy here."  Biden could end inflation and fix the entire economy TODAY.  Hidden a thousand feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world — more than 2 trillion barrels.  This is more than all the other proven reserves of crude oil on Earth.  Why are we not extracting this?  Because Biden, the Democrats, and environmentalists have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil.

Treasury Dept. blocking probe into Hunter Biden's business dealings, says top GOP lawmaker.  The Treasury Department has been accused of stonewalling lawmakers' requests into the business dealings of President Biden's son Hunter Biden.  Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said Treasury officials refused to hand over suspicious activity reports, or SARs, unless the committee's Democratic leaders signed off on the request.  "Despite Treasury's assertion in the press that it 'provides SARs to Congress in a manner that enables robust oversight,' Treasury is refusing to release SARs connected with Hunter Biden or his family and associates — including the President," Mr. Comer wrote in a letter Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

Biden Faces Open Rebellion From His Own Party.  The Democrats are fully aware that the lay of the land is not in their favor come November.  They are now willing (some of them on the record) to blast the Biden administration as inefficient, rudderless, etc., and in dire need of some energy at the very least.  And they are absolutely correct on that note, by the way.  Biden gives public statements and just sounds like a tired old man.  His statements, as well as those from his administration officials, are a mix of blame-shifting or claims of ignorance.  They aren't addressing any of the issues facing Americans, and they are losing not just independent voters, but large swaths of their base to the Republican Party.  But that isn't even the biggest reason why the Democrats are mad.  You can expect shifts in voter allegiance in midterm elections.  It's a historic trend.  No, the biggest reason so many Democrats are mad right now is Biden's inability to even keep his own base energized.  They lost on abortion as a constitutional right, they lost on gun control, and they lost on environmental activism from the bureaucracy.  They know that their most active base voters are going to be depressed to the point that they just stay home in November and there is nothing they can do about it.

Four Photos Appear To Show "Sad-Looking" Joe Suffering Elder Abuse By Jill.  [W]e're living in a time when the seemingly pervasive mainstream media keeps insisting that what we can plainly see with our eyes and hear with our ears isn't really happening.  We knew during the 2020 presidential campaign that Joe Biden was in decline.  It was difficult to get a bead on exactly how mushy his brain had gotten for a couple of reasons.  The first is that even at the peak of his mental acuity when he was younger, Joe Biden was far from being the sharpest tool in the shed.  The second is that the pandemic gave his handlers and his nakedly ambitious wife an opportunity to hide him in his basement for most of the campaign.

Dem Lawmakers Are Blowing the Whistle on Biden: 'Rudderless, Aimless, Hopeless'.  Democrats are in a desperate state, knowing they're about to get wiped out in November and they're looking to cast blame.  Many, including more than two dozen lawmakers and political operatives, are talking and blowing the whistle on how bad they think Joe Biden is.  They don't feel that Biden is doing enough to reflect their anger and concerns about things; they want strength and action.  But they're not seeing it.

Democrats — and the media — are giving up on Biden.  "The giant sucking sound you're hearing is the panicked divestment of elected Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and the mainstream media from the Biden administration," Michael Brendan Dougherty wrote today.  "The word is definitely out that the president's stock is going to zero — and it's time to get out while you still can."  I agree, and so should you if you've been reading the site over the past 48 hours as political media is suddenly awash in stories about liberal apparatchiks furious with Biden for not showing more "urgency" in addressing the many crises bedeviling the left and the country more broadly.

Biden falsely claims GOP is blocking 'efforts to lower your gas taxes'.  President Biden took aim at the opposing party Wednesday by falsely claiming that Republicans — rather than members of his own party — are preventing Congress from implementing his proposed federal gas tax holiday to blunt fuel costs.  "All Republicans do nothing [and] obstruct our efforts to lower your gas taxes," Mr. Biden said in Cleveland, Ohio, during remarks about the economy and employer pension plans.  "I proposed that, and I've asked the Congress to eliminate the federal gas tax for as long as this crisis goes on."  Last month, the president called on Congress to temporarily suspend the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal tax that drivers pay at the pump for regular fuel and the 24-cent-per-gallon tax on diesel for three months.

Those US Oil Reserves Joe Biden's Tapping to Lower Our Gas Prices Are Going Overseas.  The nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve was created in 1975 after the Arab oil embargo caused fear and angry gas-station lines across the country.  The underground reservoirs, believed to be the world's largest, were intended as an emergency oil-savings account for an actual energy crisis threatening national security.  The SPR was not intended for a political crisis when Joe Biden's Democrats face midterm election annihilation over inflation and outrageous gasoline prices above $6 a gallon caused by the same president's ideological war on fossil fuels.  Biden's announced "plan," which drew considerable criticism, is to draw down a million barrels a day for 180 days from the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve stored in vast underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana. [...] But it turns out, contrary to what you might have thought and hoped with all the Biden administration hype about easing gas prices for his countrymen, the consumers who will directly benefit from using up American reserves are not Americans.

Joe Biden Ships U.S. Oil Reserves to Foreign Countries.  Because he hates Americans, President Joe Biden is shipping much-needed American oil to foreign countries, including... China.  The whole idea of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which is owned by the U.S. government, specifically the U.S. Department of Energy, is to hold on to about 700 million barrels of oil in the event of an emergency or disruption.  But now, because His Fraudulency Joe Biden has closed pipelines, killed oil and gas leases, refused to allow refining to expand, and has gone to war with affordable energy; the SPR is releasing about a million gallons a day into the U.S. economy.  Instead of doing something permanent and useful; instead of solving the crisis he created (that put a gallon of gas over five dollars), he's looking to steady  gas prices  his collapsing poll numbers by squandering our reserves. [...] Why would Biden do something like this?  Why would Biden okay this when 1) this oil is about protecting America's national security, and 2) this oil can help bring down American gas prices?

Who benefits?  Your first guess should be China!
Joe Biden has allowed five million barrels of oil from US national supply to be shipped abroad.  Joe Biden has shipped five million barrels from the United States' Strategic Oil Reserve abroad, after claiming that releasing them would help ease Americans' pain at the pumps.  The president faces accusations of a sneaky sleight of hand as it was revealed that between a fifth and a sixth of the reserve oil he bragged about releasing to boost supply made its way offshore to Europe and Asia in June.  Biden authorized the release of a million barrels a day from April onwards.  But his action has done little to combat soaring gas prices, with the national average sitting at $4.74 as of Tuesday — still far above the $2.28-a-gallon average from just before he took office.

Biden releases U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves ... to China.  [Scroll down]  The American Energy Alliance points out that it's actually worse than it looks — China isn't even using the oil — it's stockpiling it for its own strategic petroleum reserves, meaning, the U.S. oil taken off the market is not helping to lower the price of crude even on a worldwide basis. [...] Our SPR energy is being drained by the Chicoms to fill their SPR, and the group notes that China is hoping to clean up on expanding refinery capacity, too, as Biden stymies America's.  China, unlike Biden, always plans ahead.  The whole disaster is Biden-made and all we are getting out of it is the same high fuel prices, a lost stockpile of energy intended for emergencies, and the beefing up of the reserves of our competitors and enemies.  This is incompetence in the extreme.

The Editor says...
Yes, it could be "incompetence in the extreme," or it could be corruption in the extreme.

Now That Fake Media Want Biden Gone in 2024, They Protest Press Restrictions.  For the past 18 months His Fraudulency Joe Biden has been in office, the corporate media have said nothing about Biden using the China Flu to restrict access to big press avails.  Worse still, for 18 months, Biden has almost always called on "reporters" based on a pre-screening process from his staff.  He uses an actual list from his staff, something I have never seen before. [...] Nevertheless, for 18 months, the fake media rolled over like the good, little lapdogs they are and took it.  Until now. [...] Put another way; the corporate media want Joe Biden out.  They want to force him out.  They want another Democrat at the top of the 2024 ticket, someone who has a chance at holding on to the White House.  That's all that's going on with this protest.  This is just more left-wing activism from a left-wing media that was more than happy to roll over like dogs when rolling over aided The Cause.

The LGBT Hostile Work Environment.  On May 31, 2022, President Biden delivered to the American people "A Proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, And Intersex Pride Month 2022."  A presidential proclamation is a directive that grants to the chief executive of the United States certain powers of mandatory ceremony and observance.  The power of presidential proclamations is especially operative in enforcing mandatory observances in the federal military and civilian workplaces, as those are the domains over which the president holds direct constitutional authority. [...] Biden rages:  "An onslaught of dangerous anti-LGBTQI+ legislation has been introduced and passed in States across the country, targeting transgender children and their parents, and interfering with their access to health care.  The unconscionable attacks have left countless LGBTQI+ families in fear and pain."  The unconscionable attackers whom Biden's proclamation vilifies are otherwise known as the American people.  He is outraged at the diversity of viewpoint about the needs of children, and he attacks the American people in the strongest terms for resisting sexuality indoctrination of children.

Biden Plan to Cap Russian Oil Prices Could Seriously Backfire, Which Means It's Likely to Happen.  The G7 plan to create another economic sanction against Russia by capping the price anyone could pay for Russian oil has a serious downside.  If Russia slows down the export of oil, global oil prices will jump dramatically.  That policy outcome would mean a massive increase in the price of gasoline for U.S. consumers.  Because the consequences are horrible, that's precisely the reason Joe Biden might push to have the Russian price cap.  Every policy Joe Biden has historically supported, has been the exact opposite of what should have been done.

Joe Says No:  Biden White House Blocks New Atlantic, Pacific Oceans Drilling as Global Energy Demand Soars.  U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed blocking all new drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as the world cries out for more energy from more sources far from Russia, the Middle East, and the OPEC oil cartel.  Biden is also moving to shut down exploration and production of oil and gas on onshore federal lands while acknowledging the importance of fossil fuels in the U.S. energy landscape, as Breitbart News reported.

Biden: 'I Don't Count Drunk Driving as a Felony' for Illegal Immigrants.  A recently rediscovered video shows Joe Biden as a 2020 presidential candidate inexplicably declaring, "I don't count drunk driving as a felony," to the astonishment of his stunned interviewers.  To put his statement in context, Biden's baffling declaration of the insignificance of DUI for illegal immigrants came during a VICE news town hall on minority issues.  He was asked about his stance on illegal immigration and deportation of immigrants who have been convicted or charged with felony law-breaking while in the United States.  The Democratic candidate promised listeners that if he was elected to the White House in 2020, he would waste no time issuing an executive order (EO) that would prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) agents from deporting any illegal immigrant who had not committed a felony.  In essence, Biden said he would decide the seriousness of a crime, not law enforcement.

Pincer Movement to Dump Biden Taking Shape.  It's pretty clear that the left is organizing to dump Joe Biden when it becomes evident that he's a certain loser in 2024.  Rather that waiting for a Ted Kennedy-like figure to challenge him in the 2024 primaries, which would likely doom Democrats to certain defeat, the left will need to push him out early, and clear the calendar for one or more Democrats to organize a serious presidential campaign.  (It goes without saying the Democratic Party intelligentsia knows that Kamala Harris is a hopeless candidate.)  There really isn't a towering Ted Kennedy-like figure in the Democratic Party today.

Joe Biden has a new scapegoat:  Your local gas station.  President Joe Biden is proving that patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.  Recall that over the last couple of months, Biden has been desperately trying to explain away the high cost of gasoline.  When people didn't buy Democrats' scapegoating of oil companies, he claimed it was Vladimir Putin's fault.  Never mind how far gas prices had risen before Putin invaded Ukraine.  But people were not fooled, and so last week, Biden began appealing to our sense of patriotism.  The new message was that when you pay $7 for gas, you are paying for the "liberal world order."  Big surprise — even that message isn't getting the desired results.  So this weekend, Biden's team has found a new scapegoat:  your local gas station.

Yes, You CAN Blame Biden For High Energy Prices.  [O]n May 12, Biden's Interior Department blocked a proposal to open up more than one million acres of land in Alaska for oil and gas drilling.  Two days later, Biden's Environmental Protection Agency blocked plans to expand an oil refinery in the US Virgin Islands.  Biden and his defenders said he had to block the expansion of the Virgin Islands refinery, given how polluting it was.  But had Biden's EPA allowed the Virgin Island refinery to expand, the owners would have poured nearly $3 billion into retrofitting the plant so it produced gasoline and other products more cleanly, while significantly increasing production at the same time.  Furthermore, anybody who cares about air pollution and climate change should want more oil and gas drilling, not less.  US emissions declined 22% between 2005 and 2020, mostly because cheap natural gas has replaced coal.

Biden Is Going Green, Even if It Kills Us.  Hubris can get us all killed.  The Biden administration's determination to make its climate agenda a central factor in U.S. foreign policy could be the greatest threat to human survival in our times.  This leap into the climate-change rabbit hole has distracted the White House from the old-fashioned — but painfully present — task of making sure Americans are not devastated by a major war.  By stirring partisan politics and dubious science into their recipe for national security, this administration risks getting the single most important responsibility of the federal government horribly wrong.  For starters, their climate agenda lacks legitimacy.  Declaring that it is validated by "settled" science neither settles the science nor validates their agenda.

David Axelrod Says the Really, Really Scary Part Out Loud.  David Axelrod, the man who masterminded the winning presidential campaigns of Barack Obama, believes that no one is in charge in the White House.  Discussing the filibuster "carve-out" for an abortion vote in the Senate that Biden has proposed, David Axelrod dismissed the idea, saying "I mean, this is the lot that Biden finds himself in.  There is this sense that things are kind of out of control and he's not in command.  And this lends to that."  This from a Democrat?  Axelrod isn't saying there's a "hidden hand" at work behind the throne.  He's not claiming Obama or anyone else is actually running the show.  His point is even scarier:  no one is in command.

Hunter Biden's laptop had contacts for Google execs, US officials for China policy.  Hunter Biden's hard drive contained an enviable lineup of contacts for top US officials tasked with overseeing the US-China relationship, and at least 10 senior Google executives — raising new questions about the extent to which Joe Biden's well-connected son could have leveraged his connections for personal profit, The [New York] Post has learned.  Many of the top-level government officials would have been in position to help Hunter Biden's business aspirations in China during father's term as vice president from 2008 to 2016.  Throughout that period, he infamously looked to capitalize from his family name and connections — often while his father conducted sensitive state business.  As for the Google braintrust, one former exec there told The Post that Hunter Biden sought the tech giant's cash for Chinese ventures, and that several of the company's bigwigs wound up working for the Obama-Biden administration during his father's vice presidency.

Other than the Biden family, name an American who has any financial stake in Ukraine.
U.S. pledges $820M in new military aid to help Ukraine repel Russian invasion.  The U.S. announced $820 million in new military aid to Ukraine to help it repel the Russian invasion, including a sophisticated Norwegian anti-aircraft system that is used to protect the White House and Capitol.  The latest tranche of arms for Kyiv announced Friday includes sophisticated new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radar that the Pentagon hopes will limit Russia's ability to strike Ukrainian cities with long-range missiles.

Who's In Charge?  People notice.  Every time I speak to a conservative audience, I am asked who is really in charge in the White House.  My answer has been that the president is in command.  After all, institutions take on the character of their leaders.  If all the White House has to offer is excuses, if decisions are made either slowly or randomly, if the communications team and the president and vice president seem to live on different planets, if incompetence and mismanagement appear throughout the government, it is because the chief executive allows it.  No conspiracy is required to explain the ineptitude.  This is Joe Biden we are talking about.  Lately, though, I have been having second thoughts.  Not that Barack Obama or Ron Klain or Dr. Jill are running the show in secret.  What I have been wondering, instead, is whether anyone is leading the government at all.

Which Crisis Will Be The Next To Catch Biden 'Off Guard'?  little over 500 days into his presidency, Joe Biden has an unblemished record — of being "caught off guard" by every major crisis that has engulfed the country since January 2021.  The question now is, what's the next crisis that will catch Biden flat-footed and for which he will have no solutions?  Search for "Biden caught off guard" and see for yourself how often this has made news over the past year and a half.  To save you the effort, here are just a few examples:
  •   Even Biden caught off guard by his administration's foreign policy crises
  •   Coronavirus resurgence catches Biden off guard
  •   How the border problem caught the Biden team off guard
  •   Biden Caught Off Guard By Reporter's Question On The Baby Formula Crisis
  •   Joe Biden caught off guard by ruling to scrap facemasks
Biden was caught off guard by the Taliban's rush to victory in Afghanistan.  Caught off guard by inflation.  Caught off guard by the supply chain crisis.  And remember, this is the guy who, we were told repeatedly, would surround himself with experienced pros.

White House press corps demands end to Biden event restrictions.  Yesterday [6/30/2022], the New York Post reported that 68 journalists from the White House press corps sent a letter to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre urging the Biden administration to open press events to all journalists. [...] The 'selection process' mentioned in the letter became apparent in August 2021, the last time Biden held a solo presser.  The exchange was held in the 3,000-square-foot White House East Room, yet Biden aides permitted only specific reporters to attend citing "spacing constraints."  Individual reporters claim to have received an array of conflicting explanations about the selection criteria that left them baffled.  White House press secretary Jean-Pierre claimed ignorance about the selection criteria during a briefing in June, and so did her predecessor Jen Psaki in October 2021.  Since they are all struggling, the obvious deserves to be stated — only pliable reporters who are either willing to share questions in advance or perhaps ask questions that are written by the White House staff, are allowed in.  Calling it a 'selection process' is a euphemism; what the Biden administration is doing is the blacklisting of outlets and reporters who intend to challenge Biden for his myriad catastrophes.

Joe Biden Attacks Reporters For Trying To Ask Him Questions — His Easter Bunny Comes To The Rescue Yet Again.  Biden's handlers came up with a new way to deflect when Joe has one of his "cognitive spells," he simply fluffs it off with a self-deprecating joke, and the audience awkwardly laughs.  The entire "Alzheimer's moment" is just laughed off, and brushed aside as if it's some normal, everyday occurrence.  However when he needs to face reporters his handlers are doing everything they can to remove the reporters or to keep them quiet!

A Recipe for Biden Authoritarianism.  [Scroll down]  Biden on Saturday signed what some call the most significant gun control measure in decades, a bipartisan compromise that includes a provision to help states put in place red flag laws making it easier for authorities to confiscate weapons from those adjudged as dangerous.  Despite the Supreme Court's ruling Friday upholding the Second Amendment, we know that the Biden administration will unfairly use anything and everything at its disposal to drive its narrative and silence political opponents.  That's part of the reason the Department of Homeland Security's short-lived "disinformation" board received such deserved pushback from many Americans.  Although DHS officially paused its Disinformation Governance Board, let's not be so naïve as to believe the board was the be-all, end-all of the Biden administration's thought control efforts.

Biden Is the Economy's Supply Chain Problem.  Joe Biden has become America's "it's not my fault" president.  Whether it's the inflation, the border, the crime, the gas prices, the Afghanistan exit fiasco or the stock market collapse, Biden has become an expert at pointing the finger at someone else. [...] Why is it just now that we are confronted with the goblins of supply chain disruptions?  Biden says it is because we had the economy shut down, and then Trump left him with an economy in miserable shape.  According to this narrative, Biden had to "build back better" and solve bottlenecks with cargo ships, airlines, warehouses and factories.  But that's not even close to the truth.  The economy soared out of the COVID shutdowns that had paralyzed the economy in early 2020.  In the second half of 2020, the economy snapped back with a rapid rebound.  These were the last six months of the Trump presidency.  There were few shortages or delays (except when companies couldn't get workers back because of sky-high welfare and unemployment benefits). Prices were stable in the first six months of the COVID recovery.  When Trump left office, inflation was 1.5%, even though the economy grew by about 20% in the six months before Biden left office.  But then, when Biden took over, right from the get-go, here, there and everywhere "supply chain" problems emerged.

Joe Biden spoke with Hunter about his business dealings with a Chinese criminal.  President Joe Biden spoke with Hunter about his business dealings with a Chinese criminal his son dubbed the 'spy chief of China,' a voicemail to his son reveals.  The president has repeatedly denied personally and through his press secretary that he ever talked about Hunter's foreign business with his Hunter — despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.  Now, in a voicemail left on Hunter's iPhone, the evidence has come from POTUS' own mouth.

The Supreme Court Just Did Exactly What Joe Biden Voted for in 1982.  One thing that Old Joe Biden wants to make sure you know about the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision is that it's "extreme."  In his statement on the decision, he calls it "extreme" seven times.  This is in line with the Democrats' general strategy of portraying all opponents of their radical far-Left agenda as violent racist rednecks who pose an imminent threat to "our democracy," by which they mean "Leftist hegemony."  But who is really extreme here?  What the Supreme Court did Friday is exactly what Senator Joe Biden himself voted for in 1982:  overturning Roe and leaving the authority to legalize or outlaw abortion with the states.  So which side has really moved to the extreme?

Joe Biden's "Easter Bunny" Spotted At G7 Summit — Listen to The Panic In Her Voice When a Reporter Asks Biden a Question.  Something is wrong with President Joe Biden, and everyone knows it.  But it would at least be nice if the president knew what he was talking about. [...] However when he needs to face reporters his handlers are doing everything they can to remove the reporters or to keep them quiet!  Their failed attempt to put a handler into an Easter bunny was a really stupid way to take Joe away from reporters! [...] Well, it seems that his "Easter Bunny" was in action again today at the G7 summit!

Joe Biden Sets His Sights on Little Girl as Soon as He Arrives in Germany.  Joe Biden on Saturday traveled to Munich, Germany to meet with G7 leaders and NATO allies.  Biden set his sights on a young girl as soon as he deplaned.  Joe Biden raced down the steps after exiting Air Force One and chatted with a little girl in traditional dress.  Biden asked the child her age — of course he did.  He just can't help himself.

Video Surfaces Of Joe Biden Saying Abortion Is Not A Right, Should Be Limited.  A video has surfaced of President Joe Biden in a 2006 interview explaining that he did not view abortion as "a right" after he strongly criticized the controversial Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.  In a Friday ruling, the Supreme Court in a 6 to 3 decision overturned nearly five decades of precedent and ended abortion rights in states across the country with its majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson.  Biden and other leading Democrats condemned the ruling from the conservative justices, warning that it undermined women's freedom and health care.  Later on Friday afternoon, the RNC Research Twitter account resurfaced a clip of Biden sharing a different view of abortion in 2006.  The video came from a March 2006 interview with Texas Monthly.  [Video clip]

Hunter Biden met with Russian oligarch now wanted for murder.  When his father was the second most powerful man in the world, Hunter Biden met in Russia with at least four oligarchs closely aligned with Vladimir Putin — including one who is now wanted for murder in the country, The [New York] Post has learned.  The meeting with Telman Ismailov took place on Feb. 17, 2012 at the Moscow headquarters of AST Group, his vast holding company which once owned a publishing house, a tour company, and had a telecom division, according to the Moscow Times.  Ismailov was accused in 2017 by Russian authorities of paying $2 million for the murder of two entrepreneurs a year earlier, Agence France-Presse reported.  Vladimir Savkin, a shopping mall magnate and Yury Brilev, founder of Lyublino Motors, were both bumped off on the Novorizhskoye highway in Moscow, allegedly over a business dispute with Ismailov, according to the Investigative Committee of Russia, the country's primary federal investigations agency.

Joe Biden Just Told Us Who He Really Is.  [Scroll down]  What the Biden administration has done, however, since the draft majority SCOTUS opinion leak in early May is to fan the flames of outrage by encouraging radical activists on the left to continue "protesting" outside the homes of the Justices. [...] Further, in the speech Biden gave earlier, he noted his administration was going to use every tool in their power to do an end-run around the SCOTUS ruling, something also confirmed by DOJ Attorney General Merrick Garland.  As all of this sinks in, keep in mind that Biden and other Democrats (and their allies in the mainstream press) have been lecturing Republicans for the last year and a half since the Capitol riot about the need to "respect the courts" and to not "undermine democratic norms" in our society.  And yet what do they do in response to today's 6-3 decision?  Exactly what they've said their political opponents shouldn't — this from the same people who once gloated after the Supreme Court voted to uphold Obamacare that it was "settled law" so "deal with it."

White House Press Secretary Won't Say Whether They'll Respect SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe as 'Legitimate'.  Although the U.S. Supreme Court handed down many noteworthy cases on Thursday, including one further protecting the Second Amendment, it still has yet to hand down Dobbs v. Jackson.  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was still asked about it during the day's briefing, though, in preparation for when the decision does come down.  A reporter had asked "just to be clear, will the president accept this decision as legitimate even if he disagrees with it," speaking about about Dobbs overturning Roe v Wade.  [Video clip]  As one can see from Jean-Pierre's response, though, she didn't provide any clarity at all.  "It's going to come from the Supreme Court, so it's going to be a decision that, uh, we're certainly going to respond to, so I'll leave it at that."

Kamala Harris Needs To Spend Some Time At Toastmasters.  [Scroll down]  Certainly, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the two leaders of the Free World, should be able to speak coherently in public.  Some observers give Joe Biden a pass on his frequent ludicrous ramblings believing that he suffers from dementia or another mental acuity issue.  Others wonder if Doctor Jill Biden ignores Joe's obvious mental issues because being First Nurse (aka First Lady) is more important than protecting her husband's dignity.  Of course, this ignores the fact that the frail and mentally challenged Biden sits in the Oval Office with his finger on the nuclear button.

'YOU take YOUR seat': Very specific cheat sheet reminds Biden how to act.  President Biden on Thursday inadvertently held up a comically detailed cheat sheet prepared by his staff instructing the gaffe-prone leader of the free world to "take YOUR seat" and to limit his remarks to "2 minutes."  A photographer snapped an image of the document when Biden held it up backward at a meeting with wind industry executives, which he attended after skipping his administration's morning meeting with oil companies about combating record gas prices.  The prepared instructions for Biden — titled "Offshore Wind Drop-By Sequence of Events" — tell Biden to "enter the Roosevelt Room and say hello to participants."  Then, the paper says, "YOU take YOUR seat."  The typed-up note says that after reporters arrive, "YOU give brief comments (2 minutes)."

Why the Left Will Cut Biden Loose.  Republican pundits and conservative activists are debating whether they can win in 2024 with the successful Trump agenda, but without the controversial former President Donald Trump as their nominee.  The Democrats have a similar, but far more serious dilemma with President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee in 2024.  Unlike the Trump Administration's successful four years, Biden's tenure has been an utter disaster.  There are no policy offsets to the personal liabilities and unpopularity of Biden himself.  Biden's liabilities transcend his physical infirmities, his advanced age, and his seeming geometric rather than arithmetic rate of mental decline.  Biden, moreover, proves daily that he is not a nice guy.  His excesses, past and present, are precisely those the Left considers mortal sins.

And the babies to go with it.
Biden Admin will Import Baby Formula from Mexico.  Did you ever think you'd live to see American parents relying on Mexico for their baby's survival?  Back in May The Gateway Pundit reported that American parents were traveling to Tijuana to purchase baby formula.  The out-of-stock rate hit 70% in May nearly double the rate from April.  The country is still facing shortages of the critical food product.

Operation Fly Formula flops as White House intervention fails to fill store shelves.  A month after President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to import emergency supplies of infant formula, store shelves are still half empty and brands shipped on U.S. military planes from other countries are not yet helping many families struggling to find critical specialty brands.  The U.S. government began importing infant formula from Switzerland, the United Kingdom and elsewhere one month ago.  It launched Operation Fly Formula to address a shortage that was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, a major formula recall and a decision by the FDA to shutter one of the nation's top formula-producing plants for several months citing health violations.  Despite government intervention, many families with infants are still desperately searching for their next formula can.  They have had to rely on social media groups to learn when store shelves are restocked or to buy from people who are selling or trading a can or two.

Biden Confidant:  Start Firing People or Pack Your Bags.  One of President Joe Biden's closest friends and staunchest supporters has a simple message:  Big changes need to happen at the White House or Democrats will want a different nominee in 2024.  For South Carolina Democratic state senator and longtime Biden adviser Dick Harpootlian, voters are awaiting any evidence that the president is making a meaningful effort to turn the economy around.  An easy first step?  A staffing overhaul.  "If I had any advice to Joe Biden, it would be to fire someone," Harpootlian told the Washington Free Beacon in a wide-ranging interview.  "The people who are supposed to be serving you are not serving you.  I'm not saying they're malicious, I'm not saying they're lazy — I'm just saying whatever they're doing, it's not working."

Biden Is Doomed and Has Nowhere to Run.  Yesterday's Rasmussen survey of likely voters finds that 57% consider Joe Biden's performance on the economy to be "poor."  That strikes me as a death knell: there is no way a president viewed in such a negative light on the economy can be re-elected.  No matter how unappetizing their alternatives — Kamala Harris?  Pete Buttigieg? — the Democrats have no choice but to put Biden out to pasture and find someone else for 2024.  The voters' antipathy toward Biden is driven in large part by the fact that 52% say he is mostly responsible for sky-high fuel prices.  The majority is right, but the real problem for Democrats is that there isn't much they can do (or are willing to do) to get out from under the fuel price fiasco.  In truth, various Democrats have admitted off and on for some years that their policies are intended to raise the price of energy, which they see as a good thing.

Biden Says White House Needs More Money for Next Pandemic.  Earlier today, touting vaccines for babies and children 6months through 5 years of age, Joe Biden explained they needed more taxpayer money to give to pharmaceutical lobbyists to pay for vaccines and organize the next pandemic.  [Video clip]

Biden Celebrates His Green Policies that Will "Take Millions of Cars Off the Road".  Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered remarks on soaring gas prices from his fake White House set in the South Court Auditorium.  Biden repeated the same lies in his speech and blamed Vladimir Putin for high gas prices.  "Let's remember how we got here:  Putin invaded Ukraine," said Biden.  This is a lie.  Gas prices spiked before Putin invaded Ukraine.

Joe Biden's New Best Friends.  It's hard to say there is anything really new about Joe Biden's friendship with a growing list of despots such as Iran's Khamenei, Venezuela's Maduro, Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, China's Xi, and Russia's Putin.  All those oil potentates must have celebrated their good luck on day one of his administration when Biden signaled his obeisance to the reactionary (yes, that's what they are in real-world terms) green crowd by putting the kibosh on the Keystone XL pipeline.  (Oil importer Xi had his own reasons to celebrate.)  It's been all downhill for homegrown U.S. energy from there.  But, in the case of Iran, at least this behavior was nothing new.  The mullahs have known that the Democrats were secretly on their side — desperate to make almost any nuclear deal — for over a decade.  That's when Obama didn't respond — at least at first and then very weakly — to the democracy demonstrators in the streets of Tehran who cried out in the night, "Obama, Obama, are you with us or are you with them?"

Biden Admin Quietly Nukes Trump-Era 'Transparency' Initiative Tracking Settlements And Payouts To Left-Wing Activists.  President Joe Biden's Department of the Interior (DOI) has quietly rolled back a Trump-era "transparency and accountability" order creating a public litigation website so people can track details pertaining to lawsuits from outside interest groups that Republicans argue cost taxpayers unwieldy sums.  Interior Secretary Deb Haaland revoked the order, which was issued in September 2018, on Friday.  The order made details concerning settlements and consent decrees, as well as cash amounts paid to lawyers of private entities, accessible online.  The website was scrubbed following the Biden revocation order and sought to "alleviate" any concerns by the public that it may not have a voice in "policymaking."  It made the Office of the Solicitor and the Office of the Chief Information Officer "post" a "searchable list" of final decrees and settlements "that continue to govern departmental actions," according to the Trump order.

Five Reasons to Impeach Joe Biden.  [#1] Biden's corrupt activities constitute treason.  Evidence exists that during Joe Biden's tenure as vice president, access to his office was sold by Biden's son Hunter to China, Russia, Ukraine, and others willing to cough up huge sums of money.  American foreign policy was impacted by those transactions.  Biden himself bragged openly that he stopped Ukraine from investigating Hunter in return for a billion dollars in U.S. aid.  Where is the evidence of Biden's corruption?  First there is the New York Post article that broke the story.  Then there is Peter Schweizer's well-researched book, Secret Empires, that traces the Biden Crime Family's complicity with the corrupt Ukrainian energy company Burisma.  Next, we have the incriminating emails from Hunter Biden's laptop.  Let's not forget the video where Biden brags about extorting favors from Ukraine.  And finally, there is the testimony of former Biden business partner, Tony Bobulinski.  Bobulinski's testimony refuted Joe Biden's denial that he was aware of Hunter's slimy business ventures.  Joe knew about his son's dealings, participated in them, profited from them, and lied to the American people about it.

Biden Lets Cat out of the Bag About the 'Second Pandemic'.  Joe Biden seems to be saying the quiet part out loud a lot lately, raising a lot of questions.  He made a telling comment the other day about who is making up his mind when he was asked about China tariffs.  He replied, "We are in the process of making up my mind."  He implied he was waiting for the go-ahead from someone else, saying he was "prepared to sign it and I'm ready to go."  That of course raised questions about who is controlling him and who's making the decision there.  Then when he was pressed on gas prices his response was this was good because "we have a chance here to make a fundamental turn toward renewable energy, electric vehicles, and not just luxury vehicles, but across the board."  So if you suffer, just remember it's for the common good of Our Dear Leader's climate goals.  I don't know what he's on lately but he let more out of the bag today — and the way that he said it added to the creepiness of it all.

Biden Denies Likelihood of Recession Hours After Talking to Larry Summers who Warned Him Recession is Certain.  Joe Biden gave an impromptu interview with media at the beach in Delaware early this morning.  There is a lot going on in the video of the interview below.  First, Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden (jean shorts and green shirt), is obviously on alert and assigned to the role of Joe's handler during this outing. [...] Secondly, if you have watched the video, you will notice Joe Biden said he talked to Larry Summers this morning.  Yesterday on Meet the Press, Summers stated a recession was a certainty given the status of the economic conditions.  However, creepy Joe says today he doesn't believe a recession is likely.  [Video clip]

Buyer remorse growing in Democrat ranks.  Last week, I lunched with a longtime friend, in a popular Orange County, Florida restaurant.  He is a 68-year-old professed JFK Democrat who had predicted a return to 1990's moderation at the time of Joe Biden's election.  The optimism of 18 months ago had disappeared.  "Yes, things are looking a bit grim," he admitted.  "My son is trying to find a new home for his growing family.  But there are none to be found in Fort Lauderdale, or anyplace close to his office in Broward County.  When I recommended Weston, he said, 'come on, Dad! have you seen the gas prices recently?'  He has a point."

Joe Biden Admits 'We're In the Process of Making up My Mind' on China Tariffs.  President Joe Biden was asked about the issue of tariffs on China during his calamitous bike trip on Saturday.  This is when he gave a soundbite that has to be seen to be believed:  [Video clip] [...] The president's response to the reporter's question is a glaring admission that he is not the one in charge.  It reveals that Biden is merely signing whatever his administration puts on his desk.  The Biden administration is reviewing the removal of some Chinese tariffs and a potential pause on federal gas tax as a way to bring down soaring gasoline prices and curb inflation, two top officials said on Sunday.  U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that some tariffs on China inherited from the administration of former President Trump served "no strategic purpose" and added that Biden may remove them as a way to tame rampant inflation.

The Mysteries of Hunter Biden's Laptop.  The whole world knows that Old Joe Biden is not really the man in charge.  Biden himself has made this clear on numerous occasions, with his many oblique references to getting in trouble if he deviated from the instructions he was given.  But it has never been fully clear who is running this dumpster fire known as the Biden administration; speculation has run to chief of staff Ron Klain, Barack Obama, and others.  Now, however, another name must be added to the mix: that of none other than Hunter Biden. [...] Is Hunter Biden calling the shots in the White House?  Someone is.  Joe Biden has many times intimated that he is not the one who is doing so and that he knows this.  [Examples omitted for brevity.]  There is also evidence, provided by Joe Biden himself, that his press conferences are scripted and carefully directed.  On June 19, 2021, he said, "I'll take your questions, and as usual, folks, they gave me a list of the people I'm going to call on."  Who gave him the list?  No one asked.  He has referred to his list of reporters on other occasions as well; apparently, he knows what questions he is going to be asked, and has prepared answers ready.

Biden and Oil:  Destroy America in Order to Save It.  Try to follow the Joe Biden energy plan of frantically trying to get his hands on more of something that his own party despises.  During the Democratic primaries, Biden ran on the premise that he would end all fossil fuels during his tenure.  In 2019-2020 that bluster seemed easy demagoguery at a time of near-record low gas and diesel prices.  The American people shrugged at such utopianism since they often were filling up their cars for less than $50.  Biden's video clips from the primary campaign now seem surreal, as he tried to out-green Bernie Sanders in boasting about what has now become his own self-created energy disaster.  Biden monotonously promised at rallies, such as they were, that he would cancel pipelines, stop new federal leasing to oil and gas companies, persuade lenders to restrict loans to them, put the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve off limits, and embrace the green new deal.  Those were certainly campaign boasts that he has followed up on.

The O'Keefe Project:  Tucker goes to town.  We have covered the FBI's investigation of the case of Ashley Biden's diary in a series of 17 posts under the heading of "The O'Keefe Project."  This is the eighteenth.  I don't think anyone has devoted as much attention to the story as we have.  The collaboration of the FBI with the New York Times attracted my interest, but my judgment is that every aspect of the story merits attention.  Something's happening here.  Tucker Carlson opened his FOX News show on Friday evening [6/17/2022] with an 18-minute segment on Ashley Biden's diary. [...] If Biden were a Republican, the diary would have been authenticated and we would have been tortured with the contents in loving detail before voters went to the polls in 2020.  As it turns out, the FBI investigation and the Times's coverage have inadvertently authenticated the diary after the fact.


Note:   To conserve (my) time and bandwidth, older news and commentary about Joe Biden has been moved to this page.





Back to the Barack Obama index page
Back to the Home page


Document location http://akdart.com/jb.html
Updated March 28, 2024.

©2024 by Andrew K. Dart