ABC and CBS Use Hunter Plea Deal to Exonerate ‘Protective’ Joe Biden

Lessons From Swedish Border Ignored by Biden, Mayorkas (The Foundry)

BACK OFF! McCaskill On Verge of Tears Over GOP Targeting Hunter Biden

Biden Awards Anti-Extremism Grants to British Think Tank Under Congressional Scrutiny for Targeting Conservatives 

Hunter Biden’s Sweet Plea Deal

WATCH: Biden Sabotages Own Admin’s China Outreach With ‘Dictator’ Comment

Arrests of Illegal Immigrants on Terror Watch List Hit All-Time High

ABC Decries GOP Focusing on Hunter’s Crimes Despite Joe’s ‘Heartache’

DOJ ‘Violating Its Own Internal Policies’ With Hunter Biden Wrist-Slap

Hunter Biden Was a Member of $75,000-Per-Year Hollywood Sex Club, Owner Claims

Biden administration moves to reverse Trump-era Endangered Species Act rollbacks (The Hill)

ZMan turns over a rock.

It has been clear for a long time now that Biden is personally corrupt. His son is a drug-addicted degenerate who has made tens of millions for the Biden family by selling access to and favors from his father. Fifty years ago, Biden and all of official Washington would have said such behavior is a threat to the system and the offender must be removed from office. Today, they say talking about this is a threat to our democracy and you need to be removed.

Of course, the news of Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal brings up another great parallel to the Nixon years. That is the modified limited hangout. A “limited hangout” is a bit of tradecraft used when the official story for an operation is blown. The operative then fully admits that the cover story is fake and volunteers some bits of the real story, but omitting the parts that he wants to conceal. This diverts public attention to the new narrative away from the real story.

In a meeting to discuss the unfolding Watergate scandal, H. R. Haldeman described to President Nixon the new public relations plan to contain the scandal. In the conversation he described it as a modified limited hangout. Interestingly, this is now common practice in Washington. We call it spin. Every day that goofy looking African woman reads the latest narratives to the Washington press zombies who then dutifully repeat the story on their platforms.

Washington Free Beacon.

“First of all, my son has done nothing wrong,” President Joe Biden told MSNBC last month. It was but one of a litany of such statements from Biden, who has behaved as if any question from the press about his son’s criminal activity—and there haven’t been many—is an affront, an indignity, and an insult to the office.

Well, he lied.

The younger Biden owed more than $1 million in taxes over several years, and over $200,000 for the years in which he struck the plea deal. Even then, his celebrity lawyer pal didn’t fork over the money to the federal government on his behalf until the Department of Justice started investigating him. He also copped to owning a gun while he was coked up, and lying about it when he bought the firearm in 2018. That’s a felony, but Hunter is getting off with a slap on the wri—uh, probation and enrollment in a “diversion program.”

Rasmussen Poll: 52% Put Biden Behind Recent Peers

Burisma had Hunter Biden help open account with corrupt Malta bank (N.Y. Post)

The Utter Failure Of Merrick Garland: Turley  Let us thank God that this turkey isn’t on the Supreme Court.

Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit on Border Wall

How James Comer Emerged as the De Facto Special Counsel Probing Biden Bribery Scandal

The Biden Admin Says It’s Cracking Down on Illegal Chinese Vapes. You Can Still Buy Them Next Door to the FDA.

‘We’ll Get The Last Laugh’: Hunter Biden Rallied to Buddy’s Side in Massive Indian Tribal Bond Fraud Scheme

Biden Says His Foreign Policy Knowledge Equals Even Kissinger (Bloomberg)

Federal Policy on Homelessness Becomes New Target of the Right (N.Y. Times) Primarily because it’s appallingly incompetent, founded on proglodyte delusions.

Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty in tax, gun case (Washington Post) Two years of ‘probation’ for crimes that have gotten ‘January 6th rioters’ multiple years in prison. Truly, the Crust takes care of its own.

“Election Interference!”: Trump Rages, Comer Condemns Hunter Biden’s “Slap On The Wrist” Misdemeanor Deal

Hunter Gets Indicted, MSNBC Attacks GOP, Hails ‘Good News’ For Joe

Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty on Misdemeanor Tax Charges (N.Y. Times) The NYT breaks out the handwavium. “Nothing to see here … move along, move along….”

President’s Son Gets Sweetheart Deal From Feds on Gun, Tax Charges

Hunter Biden Plea Deal: CNN Whines GOP ‘Not Going to Let This Go’

No Jail Time for Hunter Biden in ‘Sweetheart’ Plea Deal

FLASHBACK: Joe Biden Says Hunter Has ‘Done Nothing Wrong’

CNN’s Presidential Fact Checker Hasn’t Fact-Checked Biden in Months  Why would he? He existed to bash Trump. You know it, and I know it.

Federal Prosecutor on Hunter Biden Case Served as Right-Hand Man to Longtime Biden Family Crony  The fix has been in from the beginning.

Taiwan Kicking Itself For Not Bribing The Bidens (Babylon Bee)

Biden Promises To Send Rescue Train In Search Of Missing Sub (Babylon Bee)

The American Mind.

With the provisos that every American is entitled to a presumption of innocence, and much of what is known of the Biden family crime organization is “alleged,” there is powerful evidence that President Joe Biden committed multiple felonies as a co-conspirator in an international fraud and racketeering scheme, regardless of whether he personally received bribes.

It is only because the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) are weaponized against the right, and give a free pass to Democrat leaders and progressive violence, that the President’s son, Hunter, and brother, James, have not been indicted for their participation in this enterprise, or that the President has not been impeached, though fear that Kamala Harris would replace him also may be at play. The news that Hunter has struck a deal with the DOJ to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and a failure to report drug use on his firearms application in exchange for probation with no jailtime, and a potential partial expungement of his record after two years, is a slap on the wrist that stays far away from implicating the President.

Democrats and the media—which usually functions as an arm of the Democrat Party—defend the President by observing there is no publicly available proof that he received a bribe, and they assert that he has not used his position to benefit the family’s benefactors. This rose-colored analysis fails in at least three respects: (1) there is no reasonable doubt that Joe Biden knew that Hunter, James, and other family members were engaged in influence peddling; (2) Biden assisted these efforts, at a minimum, by creating the appearance that he endorsed the family business; and (3) at least as to Burisma Holdings, there is strong evidence that he acted in his official capacity as vice president to create value for Burisma and its owner. At a trial, there is no distinction between the weight given to direct and circumstantial evidence.

The Antiplanner.

Back when I first began studying light rail, one of my first questions was, “Why rail when buses can work just as well for a lot less money?” That question is becoming less valid today as transit agencies have done their usual job of making something affordable into something grossly expensive.

A case in point is Charleston, South Carolina’s proposal for a bus rapid transit line. Local backers have the audacity to call it South Carolina’s first mass transit system, as if Columbia, Greenville, Charleston, and other South Carolina cities haven’t had bus systems for decades. But the real problem is that they want to spend $625 million on a 21-mile line, or about $30 million per mile.

Back in 2004, Kansas City built one of the nation’s first bus rapid transit lines, a six-mile route for $20.9 million. Not $20.9 million per mile but a total of $20.9 million, or about $3.5 million per mile. That would be about $5.5 million in today’s dollars. Kansas City opened a second line in 2011 that cost $30 million, but it was 13 miles long, so in today’s dollars it was only about $3.0 million per mile. In 2019, Kansas City extravagantly opened a third line costing $5.4 million a mile, under $6.0 million a mile in today’s money.

US National Debt Hits All-Time High Of $32 Trillion

Politifact Rates Biden’s Claim of Restaurants Banning Gays ‘Mostly True’  I’ve never been in a restaurant that ‘bans gays’, nor have I ever heard tell of one.

PolitiFact Defends Biden As ‘Mostly True’ That Gays Are Thrown Out of Eateries

Why Robert Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden (N.Y. Times) And not just for Biden, which is why he’s being witch-hunted in the Narrative media.

Watch: Biden Press Secretary Declares Herself A “Historic Figure”

Joe Biden Wants to Turn Your Elementary Schooler Into a Climate Justice Activist

Biden Monkeypox Adviser Says White House Supports ‘Joy’ of ‘Risky’ Sex

Biden Admin Gave University Over $2M For ‘Monitoring Microaggressions’

CNN: Why Won’t Voters Give Biden Credit for This Great Economy?

WATCH: Biden and Fetterman Make Difficult-To-Understand Press Appearance Together

Tongues Of Fire Come To Rest On Biden And Fetterman As They Speak In Unknown Languages (Babylon Bee)

The Antiplanner.

After wasting billions of taxpayer dollars, transit agencies love to give their transit lines cute names like Link, MAX, BART, and DART. Following this tradition, the Honolulu Authority for Ridiculous Transit (HART) agency has decided to name its new rail line the Skyline. This is a rather lame name, however, so it seems like we should think up a better one.

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Monday, the nineteenth of June, is our newest federal holiday (just 2 years old), Juneteenth, and federal workers get yet another day’s pay without having to work for it.

Who will win the war in Ukraine? The 4 counteroffensive scenarios (The Times UK)

Ukraine Situation Report: Waning Flood Waters Could Provide Opportunity For Kyiv’s Forces

Ukraine war is hurting Africa, South African President Ramaphosa tells Putin (NPR)

Both Sides Suffer Heavy Casualties as Ukraine Strikes Intensify

Biden Strikes Economic Populist Tone During Campaign Rally

‘A Little Worried’: Union Members at Biden’s Philly Speech See Uphill Climb for 2024

Illegal Gun Sales Are Now Illegal?

As Trump Battles Charges, Biden Focuses on the Business of Governing (N.Y. Times) Wannabe dictator gets a tongue-bath from the queen of Narrative media.

State Department’s Narrative Control Unit Letting ‘Highly Ideological Activists’ Decide Discourse

Retired Gen. Keane: New Nuke Deal Not in ‘National Interest’

Judge in Trump’s federal case has acted like ‘Trump advocate in a robe’: Whitehouse  A white robe, naturally.

Ukraine’s counteroffensive is now underway. Here’s what’s happened so far (CNN)

Fighting rages near Bakhmut as Ukrainian counteroffensive presses on (CBS)

Ukraine’s 128th Mountain Brigade Is Probing Russian Defenses—And Finding 70-Year-Old T-54 Tanks (Forbes)

Ukraine counteroffensive has ‘no chance,’ Putin says as Russians brace for long war (NBC)

Will upcoming NATO summit launch forever war in Europe?

Russia To Seize ‘Naughty’ Western Companies As Putin Rails Against “Medieval” Asset Seizures Abroad

The Government Keeps Lying To Us About Ukraine; Where Is The Outrage?

Putin says Russia put nuclear bombs in Belarus as warning to West (Reuters) If you keep poking the bear, eventually the bear will poke back. That never ends well.

Chinese Service Centers in US Contacting China’s Police

Biden bizarrely ends gun control speech with ‘God save the Queen’ (New York Post)

‘GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’ Biden strangely says to end a gun violence event in Connecticut (Fox)

Creepy Joe Strikes Again

Under Biden, Hatch Act Violations No Longer Front-Page Corruption News

Biden’s Elevation of Woke Admiral to Top NATO Post Among Blocked Promotions

If ‘Banned’ Books Are Harmless, Joe Biden Should Read Them to Kids

When ‘Harm Reduction’ Becomes Harm Promotion: Yale Study Shows Biden’s Drug Policy is Misguided

Biden Baffles US Audience, Closing Speech With ‘God Save The Queen’

New York Times Fairy Tale: Biden’s Justice Department is Independent

Comer believes new bank records will show the Bidens accepted as much as $30M from foreign nationals (New York Post)

Biden lashes out at reporter asking why FBI informant file referred to him as ‘the Big Guy’: ‘Dumb question’ (Fox)

Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer in talks to dish about alleged $10 million bribe from Ukraine (New York Post)

Biden’s Open Border Policies Are Killing Innocent Americans and Aliens Alike (The Foundry)

Bidens ‘Coerced’ Burisma Founder To Pay $10 Million In Bribes: FBI Source

Tucker Carlson Takes Aim At “Wannabe Dictator” Joe Biden

Report: Biden Backs Plan to Ease Ukraine’s Path Into NATO  They really do want a nuclear war.

House Passes Bill Letting Courts Void Agency Rules

Biden’s (Iran) Deal That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Ernst Has Plan to Stop IRS ‘Playing SWAT Team Dress-Up’

Analysis: Biden’s IRA climate bill won’t cut deficit as expected (Reuters) Of course it won’t. It was never intended to.

Space Force Chief Says State “Anti-LGBT” Laws Threaten US Military Readiness  She is, of course, a woman (if we’re allowed to use that word any more).

Iranian Oil Is Quietly Flooding Into the Global Market Again (Bloomberg) I guess those ‘sanctions’ really work under a Democrat administration, huh.

Hunter Biden to Reveal Finances in Child Support Case

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 47)

Border Agents Intercept “Cloned” FedEx Vans Full Of Migrants.

Biden Vows To Eliminate All Junk Fees Except The ‘10% For The Big Guy’ (Babylon Bee)

The American Mind.

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) used to be one of those gloriously bipartisan institutions where Democrats and Republicans broke bread and shared ideas about how to expand democracy abroad. But like many once-neutral institutions, whether in the media, the universities, or publicly-funded foundations, the NED has become baldly partisan since the 2016 election. In doing so, it has put its mission and its integrity at risk.

Launched by President Reagan 40 years ago “to foster the infrastructure of democracy” around the world, the NED is governed by a bipartisan board. It gives grants to democracy activists overseas, holds events, publishes books and journals, and brings advocates for democracy from around the world to the U.S. on fellowships. It receives fierce criticism from both the anti-American Left and the isolationist Right—a good sign of its bipartisan nature. It is loud and proud about promoting democracy abroad despite the cavils. Its congressionally-approved budget from the Department of State for fiscal year 2022 was $300 million.

But since the election of Donald Trump, NED has repeatedly violated its supposed neutrality on American politics and engaged in openly-partisan advocacy against Trump and Republicans. This is a remarkable intellectual failure for an organization that lectures other countries about accepting the legitimacy of the political opposition, especially one you detest.

Karine Jean-Pierre ripped for scolding reporter over trans kids question (New York Post)

Riley Gaines slams Karine Jean-Pierre’s response to question about trans participation in girls sports (Fox)

GOP: Where Did Joe Biden’s $10 Million Windfall In 2017 Actually Come From?

Federal Agencies Admit To $3 Trillion In Improper Payments Since 2004

Wednesday Is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Please Don’t Make Joe Biden Run Again.

CNN Can’t Find a Biden Scandal? It’s Not Looking

Watchdog Observes Lack Of Oversight, Says ‘Increased Risk’ US Arms Could Be Lost En Route To Ukraine

Scoop: White House elbows back on “MAGA” Hatch Act violation (Axios) MAGA is the New Nigger.

The Bidens ‘Coerced’ Burisma To Pay $10 Million In Bribes, Says Credible FBI Source (The Federalist)

NASA Blocks Replies To Its ‘Pride Month’ Tweet

Stephanopoulos Melts Down AGAIN When Guest Brings Up Biden Documents Scandal

CIA Knew Ukraine Was Planning To Bomb Nord Stream Pipelines: Report

The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why. (N.Y. Times)

West Told Us ‘Kill As Many Russians As Possible’: Ukraine Defense Chief

Ukraine: Russia Strikes Industrial Facilities in Kryvyi Rih

Watch live: Biden hosts Juneteenth celebration at White House (The Hill)

L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price charged with embezzlement and perjury (L.A. Times) Black Democrat politicians just can’t seem to keep their fingers out of the till.

BLM Activist’s Income More Than Tripled as His Nonprofit’s Revenue Plummeted  Being a race hustler is very profitable. Just ask Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

The Daily Chart: Black Shootings

Wall Street Journal.

The law required companies that used the same machinery to produce sesame-containing foods and non-sesame-containing foods to thoroughly (and expensively) clean the machines between the two. Instead, the companies quite rationally added sesame (not enough to taste) to their non-sesame foods so that they would save the expense.

No government employee thought that through.

The Foundry.

Chief Justice John Roberts famously wrote in a 2007 case: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

He was exactly right in saying so in that Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1.

Too bad Roberts didn’t follow his own admonition in Allen v. Milligan, the Alabama redistricting decision released last week by the Supreme Court.

Roberts has been a consistent disappointment.

Ukraine Situation Report: Advances Made In Grueling Fight

How Ukraine’s dam collapse is turning into a slow-moving ecological catastrophe (PBS)

How JFK Would Pursue Peace In Ukraine

Ukraine: Gains in ‘First Results’ of Counterattack

China Spends $700 Billion on Military, US ‘Behind the Curve’

Israel Drills for War With Iran Following UN ‘Capitulation’ on Nukes

White House accused of US Flag Code violation over Pride Month display (N.Y. Post)

Biden shows love for LGBTQ+ at White House Pride event (Reuters)

The surprising corner of the Senate that’s sinking Biden nominees (Politico)

US Rejoins UNESCO, Pays Back Over $600 Million in Dues  Wasting taxpayer money is what Democrats do best.

Biden deserves same treatment as Trump for his classified documents scandal (N.Y. Post) But he won'[t get it. Rules are for Dirt People, not for Cloud People.

CNN Legal Analysts Rip DOJ for Hunter Biden Inaction

Trump Vows ’25 Retaliation After Biden Broke ‘Seal’  What goes around,  comes around.

Dems Jockey To Replace Biden in Case ‘Slippy Joe’ Doesn’t Survive His Next Fall

Kakhovka dam collapse has made Black Sea a ‘garbage dump and animal cemetery,’ Ukraine warns (CNN)

US Confirms China Spy Base in Cuba Since at Least 2019

Zelensky Belatedly Confirms That Major Ukraine Offensive Has Begun

Europe: Is compulsory military service coming back?

Give War A Chance – A ‘War That Even Pacifists Can Get Behind’

Russia Shells Boats in Ukraine Flood Rescue; 3 Dead

EPA sued over pesticide-coated seeds’ ‘devastating impacts’ on US wildlife (The Guadian)

Top Biden Administration Official Admits To Lying To Congress

Biden Marks Pride Month With WH Celebration  Celebrating abnormality and perversion is what Democrats love to do.

Commodity Prices Debunk The “Blame Ukraine” Excuse For Inflation

Van Drew to Newsmax: WH ‘Purposefully’ Behind Border Crisis

Biden Energy Secretary Granholm admits false testimony about owning stocks (Fox) But nothing will happen because she’s a Democrat.

The IRS is cracking down on a popular small business tax break that could lead to a costly audit (CNBC)

CARES Act Employee Retention Credit (ERC): Increase In Scammers And Delays In Refunds (Forbes)

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 46)

Biden Names New Border Patrol Chief as Immigration Policies Come Under Scrutiny (N.Y. Times)

Dozens Of Capitol Police Riot Helmets Were Confiscated Just Before Jan. 6, Former Lieutenant Says

Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory (Washington Post)

Biden Elevating Islam at the Expense of Christians and Jews

Biden Admin To Appoint Anti-Book Ban Coordinator As Part Of LGBT Push

Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (Dept. of Defense) KA-CHING!

Putin Reveals New Details On Positioning Tactical Nukes In Belarus

Russia’s Gasoline Exports Have Surged By 37% This Year

Iranian Drone Factory To Be Built Outside Moscow, White House Says

Breakthrough Near In Ukraine?

Sweden Will Allow NATO Deployments In ‘Signal To Russia’

Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Underway; Generals Happy

Poland Was Likely Base Of Operations For Nord Stream Sabotage, German Investigation Finds

US Announces New $2.1 Billion Weapons Package For Ukraine

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With experienced pilots and ground crew leaving the service in droves, the Army is struggling to balance equipment modernization and unit training for large-scale, drone-driven war.

Biden dismisses ‘malarkey’ FBI tip claiming he played a role in Burisma bribe scheme: ‘Where’s the money?’ (N.Y. Post) In the Caymans?

The week in whoppers: Pooh-pooing Biden corruption, CNN’s tone-shift on prez and more (N.Y. Post)

Texas to deploy inflatable border along Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass (Fox)

Joe Biden allegedly paid $5M by Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme, according to FBI document (Fox)

Inflation & Biden Regulations Are Making Life Hard; Small Business Owners Say

ATF Rule Effectively Turns Gun Owners Into Felons

Report: FBI Doc Says Burisma Exec Paid Biden $5M in Bribery Scheme

Revealed: Bombshell FBI Document Alleges $5 Million Bribe Paid To Joe Biden By Burisma Exec

White House: DOJ to Work ‘Hand in Hand’ With LGBTQ Groups Against Threats of ‘Domestic Extremists,’ ‘Hate Groups’

Networks Ignore Revelation Joe Biden Reportedly Received $5 Million from Burisma

CIA Slammed For ‘Dystopian’ Pride Tweet

Biden Admin Interfered to Prevent Release of Censorship Docs Exposing DHS

Stephanopoulos Feigns Outrage When (Now Former) Trump Lawyer Brings Up Biden Docs

Nothing to See Here but a Credible Whistleblower Accusing the President of Bribery  (The Foundry)

DHS Sought To Assign Social Credit Style “Risk Scores” To Social Media Users

How the DEA Scrubbed Thomas Jefferson’s Poppy Garden from Public Memory

Biden Let America Get Bullied by Saudis, Leaked Docs Show

Mexico Threatens Legal Action Over Florida Migrant Flights

The Foundry.

Are you ready for the government to take away your car? New proposed regulations on automobile emissions from the Environmental Protection Agency would require 60% of new car sales to be electric vehicles by 2030 and 67% by 2032, compared to the fewer than 6% that were on the road in 2022—for no environmental benefit.?

Those who like electric vehicles, or EVs, are in luck. But those who prefer gasoline-powered cars will see significant increases in their costs, both for new and used cars.

US Munitions Stockpile Too Low To Defend In War Over Taiwan

Russia Blames Ukraine For Ammonia Pipeline Sabotage, Civilians Injured

Yacht Watch: Oligarchs Triumph in Courts (So Far)

Ukraine’s Military Says Counteroffensive Has Begun, Intensified Fighting Confirmed

China to Open Anti-US Spy Base in Cuba

UK Universities Are Helping Iran Develop Military Weapons

Russia Shells Ukrainian City Inundated by Dam Collapse

Biden ‘knew of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream’ three months before explosion (The Guardian)

What Good Economy? NBC Highlights College Grads Losing Job Offers Under Biden

FBI Conduct Sparks Protest At Federal Building In Detroit

2M Immigrants Released Into US ‘Here Indefinitely’

Watch: Biden Press Secretary Defends Him Continually Stumbling And Falling Over

Arkansas Judge Orders Hunter Biden Back to Court, Says Burden Is on Him to Avoid Jail Time

Biden CDC Official Was at Center of Cuomo Nursing Home Deaths Scandal

NYC Gets $104M From FEMA to Deal With Migrant Crisis

Government Considers Releasing Space Aliens In San Francisco Where They Won’t Be Noticed (Babylon Bee)

I was an FBI agent when two top agents were murdered. Bureau was focused on social justice (Fox)

House GOP tees up contempt vote for FBI director as Biden probe heats up (Politico)

‘Highly Credible’ Source Reveals Scandal Bigger Than Biden Bribery: FBI Election Interference (The Federalist)

‘Apostle of Bipartisanship’: Media Spin Biden’s Debt Ceiling Loss as a Win (Washington Free Beacon)

When Your Own Government Confirms It Paid Censors To Silence You…

Networks Ignore FBI Refusing to Hand Over Biden Bribery Docs to James Comer

RFK Jr.: Biden Is Using Ukrainians For Neocon Political Machinations (Real Clear Politics) Well, duh.

No Surprise: FBI Director Playing For Team Biden

Biden Weaponizes the Government’s Terrorism Prevention Program to Attack Conservatives

The Media Is Worried About Biden

Elder Abuse: What the Ghouls of the Biden Family Are Doing to Joe Biden

J6 Defendant on Ray Epps: ‘They Are Protecting Him Like Crazy’

Under Threat of Contempt, Biden Admin Lets Republicans See Document Predicting Afghan Collapse

We Need A New President’

Report: US-Bound Immigrants Flooding Mexican Cities

1 Biden Nominee Wants Wokeness in Air Force’s ‘DNA,’ Another Decries ‘Whiteness’ (The Foundry)

Head of ICE Retiring After Biden Administration ‘Did Not Allow Officers to Do Their Job,’ a Predecessor Says

DHS Faces Backlash Over App Used To Grant Would-Be Illegal Immigrants Entry To US

State Dept Pushes LGBTQ ‘Pride’ Everywhere Except Muslim World

Reuters.

The 11-4 ruling from the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest defeat for gun control laws in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year expanding gun rights nationwide.

The decision stems from a 2020 lawsuit by a Pennsylvania man, Bryan Range, who was barred under federal law from possessing a gun after pleading guilty to welfare fraud. He claimed the prohibition violated his right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Washington Free Beacon.

A Democratic congresswoman who recently claimed she paid “more in taxes” than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was revealed last week to have skipped out on thousands of dollars in business taxes.

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The Biden administration misled investors by prematurely announcing a massive $200 million grant to a lithium battery-maker that has since been revoked, leading to drastic fluctuations in the company’s stock price based on false information, according to the top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee.

The White House and the Department of Energy framed the funding for Microvast as a done deal in press releases last October, but officials later said the companies were still being vetted after the Washington Free Beacon uncovered the company’s extensive ties to China. The administration officially pulled the plug last month on the grant to lithium battery-maker Microvast after facing heat from Congress.

“It is irrefutable the White House and Department of Energy’s deceptive press releases were a major catalyst in misleading investors,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) in a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Monday. “It is clear that in the minds of investors the Department’s loan to Microvast had been perceived as a guarantee.”

How else are you going to get 10% for the Big Guy?

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The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, failing to curtail “vitriolic statements” directed at Cruz’s attorneys by the victims’ families and sometimes allowing “her emotions to overcome her judgement,” a state commission concluded Monday.

 

The Debt Ceiling “Crisis” Is Over And Now US Debt Will Rise From $31 Trillion To $50 Trillion By 2030

Ex-FBI Director Comey: ‘Has to Be Joe Biden’ in 2024

Trump Post Laments ‘Biden Crimes Go Unpunished’

Biden ‘Completely’ Playing Politics With Space Command HQ

Kamala Harris can’t be trusted with AI regulation (Fox) Jambalaya gets put in charge of everything Biden doesn’t care about, like the border and artificial intelligence.

‘People Of Interest’ Within Government Suppressed Critical Intelligence Before J6

#BidenFalls

Failing Up: Biden to Tap Buttigieg Deputy To Lead Flailing Federal Aviation Administration

Oversight Chair Comer to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt of Congress over Biden doc alleging crime scheme (Fox) Meaningless. It’s not like he’s going to get fired or go to jail–nothing every happened to Eric Holder after he was held in contempt.

State Dep’t Absurdly ‘Stands By’ Funding ‘Conservative Blacklister’

Taiwan Strait: footage released of near miss between Chinese warship and US destroyer (The Guardian)

Ramaswamy: Defending Ukraine Isn’t ‘Top Foreign Policy’ for US

Ukraine Officials Openly Taunting Russia As Zelensky Says ‘Ready’ For Counteroffensive

Is The United States Losing Its Control Of Ukraine?

US, UK Navies Reply to Call IRGC ‘Harassed’ Ship

Berlin Warns China to Stop Enlisting Fmr German Pilots

Inside the high-stakes clash for control of Ukraine’s story (Semafor)

INFANTRY: Russian AK-12 In Ukraine

German Police on Nord Stream Saboteur’s Trail

Exclusive: Ukraine has cultivated sabotage agents inside Russia and is giving them drones to stage attacks, sources say (CNN)

Ukraine war: Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive (BBC)

Kyiv: Russia’s Claim of Major Attacks by Ukraine Is Misinformation  But of course you can TOTALLY believe what Ukraine says.

Ukraine’s counter-offensive appears to have begun (The Economist)

An Unwinnable War (Foreign Affairs)

CNN: Pro-Ukraine Forces Behind Attacks Inside Russia

Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History (N.Y. Times) Communist symbols, of course, are not a problem.

Russia Says It Put Down Major Ukrainian Offensive Hours After It Began

Weapons firms influence the Ukraine debate  My, what a surprise.

US Officials Belatedly Confirm NATO Weapons Used In Attacks On Russia  My, what a surprise.

Biden Wants Sanctions Against Uganda Because Its Government Passed Anti-LGBT Laws

Biden’s Strategy to Fight Anti-Semitism Enables Hatred of Jews and Israel

Kamala Harris is a Biden fall away from being in the Oval Office (N.Y. Post) God help the United States….

Inside the Complicated Reality of Being America’s Oldest President (N.Y. Times) Another thumb-sucker from the NYT.

Biden has a theory of MAGA that just might be working (Wasington Post) ‘Theory of MAGA’? (MAGA is the New Nigger.)

Rep. Ronny Jackson: Biden Handlers Must Stop This ‘Shame’

US defence chief warns China against risky behaviour in Indo-Pacific (Financial Times)

India’s Imports Of Russian Oil Hit A Record High

SpaceX Gets Pentagon Ukraine Starlink Contract

US Ditches More New START Treaty Obligations After Tactical Nukes Transferred To Belarus

Tanks, F-16 Jets Won’t Be Ready For Ukraine Counteroffensive: Pentagon

Possible Outcomes Of The War In Ukraine

Chinese warship nearly hits U.S. destroyer in Taiwan Strait during joint Canada-U.S. mission

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Launch of service for Amtrak’s next-generation Acela trainsets has been pushed back into 2024, the Washington Post reports, as testing and computer simulations continue to find problems, most recently with the train’s wheelsets.

That means the new trains will enter service at least three years late, placing increasing pressure on the existing Acela fleet that dates to 2000. Trains News Wire has learned that four of the 20 first-generation Acela sets have been withdrawn from service. Two New York-Washington Acela round trips were dropped from the schedule as of May 8; an Amtrak spokesman said this was “due to a need to perform additional maintenance on Acela equipment.”

The Daily Signal.

Footage shows a Capitol Police officer directing someone to interrupt a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol, yet the police claimed that they did not stop the singing.

The man who conducted the choir that day tells The Daily Signal that the Capitol Police’s claim is an outright lie.

“I was shocked, I was dismayed, I was stunned,” David Rasbach, the founder and director of the Rushingbrook Children’s Choir, told The Daily Signal of the incident, which took place on Friday, May 26. “I couldn’t believe that was happening, that they would stop the national anthem of all songs.”

ABC Whines Republicans Are POUNCING on Biden Falling on His Face

CNN Doctor Recommends Biden Walk With Cane to Stop Falling  How about a wheelchair?

CBS News (Barely) Lets Catherine Herridge Report About the Biden Scandal

House Panel Probing FTC Chair Lina Khan

Ukraine Situation Report: Spent Patriot Missile Narrowly Misses Kyiv Motorists

Oligarch’s Bell 427 Is The Ukrainian Military’s Latest Helicopter

Why NATO Just Sent Hundreds Of Troops To Kosovo

Russia Evacuates Children From Border Villages As Ukrainian Shelling Escalates

RFK Jr Calls For “Mature Conversation” On Ukraine As Admin Is “Lying To Us”

New Stingers in Taiwan Come From US Backlog

“See You In The Hague!”: Lindsey Graham Snarks Back After Russia Issues Arrest Warrant

Fake Signals and American Insurance: How a Dark Fleet Moves Russian Oil (N.Y. Times)

Ukraine war: Three killed in overnight missile attack on Kyiv (BBC)

SUBMARINES: Ukraine Creates an Attack UUV

Iran plans to escalate attacks against U.S. troops in Syria, documents show (Washington Post)

How Biden world gets its Shakshuka (Politico)

Comer: FBI Confirmed Existence of Document That Alleges Joe Biden Bribery Scheme  

CBS Skips Own Scoop on ‘Multiple’ ‘Whistleblowers’ Claiming Hunter Probe Shenanigans

DOJ sues coal firms owned by Jim Justice’s family (The Hill) Pre-emptive strike against Republican governor who might challenge Democrat Senator.

Report: Biden Mulls Keeping Trump’s China Tariffs  Heh.

3 More GOP Govs Send Guard to US-Mexico Border

‘Always Available for You’: Hunter Biden and His Associates Had Direct Contact With Joe Biden’s Staff, Emails Show

Could Hunter Biden be the next poster child for Second Amendment rights? (Politico)

Joe Biden just proved his critics wrong — again (MSNBC) Pushing the Narrative.

Tea Party Group: ‘Disgraceful’ DHS Grant Targeted Us

DISTORTED PICTURE: Biden Antisemitism Push Celebrates CAIR, SPLC, Ignores Left-Wing Jew-Hatred

Mexican TV Spots Cartel Wielding Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher In Border Town Near Texas

U.S. plans to admit nearly 40,000 asylum-seekers per month through mobile app (CBS News)

Jill Biden to Skip Israel on Middle East Trip

WATCH: Biden’s Falls in Slow Motion

18 States Sue Biden Administration Over Redefining ‘Illegal Border Crossings’ as ‘Lawful Pathways’

Biden Speech Hailing NATO Strength Overshadowed By Serious Fall On Stage

The Foundry.

As Congress debates a deal to increase the debt limit, here are four things Americans should know.

House GOP to Hold FBI Director Wray in Contempt, Networks Ignore (NewsBusters) They could impeach him, but they won’t.

Biden Admin Wants Teachers to ‘Partner Directly With Parents’—But Only In Puerto Rico

Kamala-Backed Bail Fund Sees Revenues Plummet By 98 Percent

Biden Admin Unveils $1.5 Million Effort To ‘Empower’ Female Climate Activists in Northern Kenya

Russia Pulled Out of Its Nuclear Transparency Pact With the United States. The Biden Administration Still Shares Sensitive Data.

State Dept. Defends Grant to Conservative Blacklister

Congress threatens to block Space Command headquarters funding as abortion politics affects location decision (NBC News)

The Biden family is under the protection of the nation’s top lawmen (N.Y. Post)

RFK Jr. and the Populist Wave (The Free Press)

The Other Half of Our Immigration Crisis (City Journal)

DHS-Funded Anti-Terror Program Targeting Americans SCRUBS Website

Border Patrol Chief Retires as Reputation ‘Tarnished’ in False ‘Whipping’ Case, Mark Morgan Says

Foldi Blows the Lid Off of a Biden Corruption Scandal the Nets Won’t Touch

Twitter Community Notes Fact Checks Biden Admin Claim On Migrant Assistance

Allies Demand US Step Up as Iran Seizes Tankers

US govt sent $1.3 billion to China, Russia for gender equality, cat experiments and Wuhan lab research (Fox)

The Antiplanner.

Perhaps the Antiplanner is naive, but I’ve always believed that government infrastructure exists to help us be more productive and live the lives we want. To the contrary, I’ve noticed that news reports take it for granted that we exist solely to support the infrastructure that government thinks we should have.

This is most obvious with urban transit which, since we aren’t riding it, “experts” argue we should pay more taxes to keep it running anyway. Lately, the same attitude is creeping into stories about downtowns.