A Maryland woman dubbed the "Black Widow" for murdering two husbands and a boyfriend for insurance money is now free after President Joe Biden commuted her 40-year prison sentence, undercutting the White House's claim that Biden released only "non-violent" offenders in a clemency bonanza last week.
Aides Successfully Covered Up Biden's Failing Health Until Exposed at July's Debate, Per WSJ Probe Here are 15 ways aides covered it up, per the report...
-Adjusted the presidential schedule, starting at the beginning of his term, due to "Biden’s advanced age"
- Limited Biden's schedule because he "became tired if meetings went long" causing him to "make mistakes"
- Told "visitors to keep meetings focused," including meetings with senior Democrat lawmakers and some cabinet members
- Excluded negative stories about the president in his daily news clips, including negative polling about his 2024 campaign
- Implemented greater than normal "controls" over who Biden "spoke with," what they "said to him"
- Limited "the sources of information he consumed"
- Gave Biden great assistance at public events, which was characterized as “hand holding” unlike "other recent presidents have had"
- Allowed Biden to start his day later in the morning, "since Biden has never been at his best first thing"
- Caused "[a]t least one cabinet member stopped requesting calls with the president, because it was clear that such requests wouldn’t be welcome"
- Dictated agency "decisions and expect cabinet agencies to carry them out"
- Fielded concerns from cabinet members, who were mostly not allowed to take their concerns directly to the president
- Tried to protect the president, who "couldn’t recall lines that his team had previously discussed with him" during meetings
- Prevented the press, donors, and stakeholders in Biden's campaign from direct contact with the president
- Often repeated "basic instructions to him, such as where to enter or exit a stage"
— Looked for a "voice coach to improve the president’s fading warble
-Adjusted the presidential schedule, starting at the beginning of his term, due to "Biden’s advanced age"
- Limited Biden's schedule because he "became tired if meetings went long" causing him to "make mistakes"
- Told "visitors to keep meetings focused," including meetings with senior Democrat lawmakers and some cabinet members
- Excluded negative stories about the president in his daily news clips, including negative polling about his 2024 campaign
- Implemented greater than normal "controls" over who Biden "spoke with," what they "said to him"
- Limited "the sources of information he consumed"
- Gave Biden great assistance at public events, which was characterized as “hand holding” unlike "other recent presidents have had"
- Allowed Biden to start his day later in the morning, "since Biden has never been at his best first thing"
- Caused "[a]t least one cabinet member stopped requesting calls with the president, because it was clear that such requests wouldn’t be welcome"
- Dictated agency "decisions and expect cabinet agencies to carry them out"
- Fielded concerns from cabinet members, who were mostly not allowed to take their concerns directly to the president
- Tried to protect the president, who "couldn’t recall lines that his team had previously discussed with him" during meetings
- Prevented the press, donors, and stakeholders in Biden's campaign from direct contact with the president
- Often repeated "basic instructions to him, such as where to enter or exit a stage"
— Looked for a "voice coach to improve the president’s fading warble
Elon Musk President Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms
When Vice President-elect Donald J. Trump picked “the Great Elon Musk,” the world’s richest man, to slash government spending and waste, he mused that the effort might be “the Manhattan Project of our time.”
By Thursday, that prediction looked spot on. Wielding the social media platform he purchased for $44 billion in 2022, Mr. Musk detonated a rhetorical nuclear bomb in the middle of government shutdown negotiations on Capitol Hill.
In more than 150 separate posts on X, starting before dawn on Wednesday, President Musk demanded that Republicans back away from a bipartisan spending deal that was meant to avoid a government shutdown over Christmas. He vowed political retribution against anyone voting for the sprawling bill backed by House Speaker Mike Johnson, who called President Musk on Wednesday to ask that he stop posting about the bill.
Mr. Musk also shared misinformation about the bill, including false claims that it contained new aid for Ukraine or $3 billion in funds for a new stadium in Washington. By the end of Wednesday, Vice President Trump issued a statement of his own, calling the bill “a betrayal of our country.”
ERIN BURNETT, CNN: As you hear the congresswoman, you know, she's putting the blame for this squarely on Elon Musk first and foremost, and Trump after that. And that would be the timeline of how this played out. What do you say to her?
SCOTT JENNINGS, CNN: She said, who's the president right now? I mean, who's the president-elect? But she asked the right question first. Who is the president right now? Joe Biden, who we rarely hear from in the Wall Street Journal reported today, has been diminished for the last four years. And we've had unelected people running around, running the federal government, apparently.
SCOTT JENNINGS, CNN: She said, who's the president right now? I mean, who's the president-elect? But she asked the right question first. Who is the president right now? Joe Biden, who we rarely hear from in the Wall Street Journal reported today, has been diminished for the last four years. And we've had unelected people running around, running the federal government, apparently.
Steve Bannon..pretty interesting read and I think he makes a great poins on locking up the republicans place in history via Tax policy, unfortunately the party will enact massive cuts for the most wealthy.
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‘We have to increase taxes on the wealthy’: Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon talks about populism, the Trump agenda, and which Republicans need to lose.
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Kamala campaign advisor Lindy Li quits the Democrat Party and explains how she was treated “Masks off. They pretend to be so loving and caring.”
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And another one gone and another one gone …
As Joe Manchin prepares to leave Congress after nearly 15 years, the West Virginia senator — who left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent earlier this year — is further distancing himself from his former party, calling the Democratic brand “toxic.”
“The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it’s just, it’s toxic,” Manchin told CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview airing Sunday, citing the shift as the reason why he left the party.
Adding that he no longer considers himself a Democrat “in the form of what Democratic Party has turned itself into,” Manchin — who has long been a pivotal swing vote in the Senate — said the party’s brand has become about telling people what they can and can’t do, blaming progressives for the change.
As Joe Manchin prepares to leave Congress after nearly 15 years, the West Virginia senator — who left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent earlier this year — is further distancing himself from his former party, calling the Democratic brand “toxic.”
“The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it’s just, it’s toxic,” Manchin told CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview airing Sunday, citing the shift as the reason why he left the party.
Adding that he no longer considers himself a Democrat “in the form of what Democratic Party has turned itself into,” Manchin — who has long been a pivotal swing vote in the Senate — said the party’s brand has become about telling people what they can and can’t do, blaming progressives for the change.
bahhabahb delusional a real MAGA nut case (like most)
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Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal
Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal
First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland, the ice-covered semi-autonomous Danish territory.
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New research shows the massive hole Dems are in
Even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites.
In a trio of focus groups, even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites, according to research by the progressive group Navigator Research.
When asked to compare the Democratic Party to an animal, one participant compared the party to an ostrich because “they’ve got their heads in the sand and are absolutely committed to their own ideas, even when they’re failing.” Another likened them to koalas, who “are complacent and lazy about getting policy wins that we really need.” Democrats, another said, are “not a friend of the working class anymore.”
Even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites.
In a trio of focus groups, even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites, according to research by the progressive group Navigator Research.
When asked to compare the Democratic Party to an animal, one participant compared the party to an ostrich because “they’ve got their heads in the sand and are absolutely committed to their own ideas, even when they’re failing.” Another likened them to koalas, who “are complacent and lazy about getting policy wins that we really need.” Democrats, another said, are “not a friend of the working class anymore.”
The Democratic Party brand is "in the toilet," according to party strategists Monday.
The New York Times held a "written online conversation," hosted by contributing Times opinion writer Frank Bruni, with progressive campaign consultant Anat Shenker-Osorio, Democratic communications strategist Lis Smith and former Ohio representative Tim Ryan to discuss the remains of the party after brutal losses in November.
The New York Times held a "written online conversation," hosted by contributing Times opinion writer Frank Bruni, with progressive campaign consultant Anat Shenker-Osorio, Democratic communications strategist Lis Smith and former Ohio representative Tim Ryan to discuss the remains of the party after brutal losses in November.
bahhabahb delusional a real MAGA nut case (like most)
Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal
Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal
First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland, the ice-covered semi-autonomous Danish territory.
