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Democrats admit they've lost hope in Kamala Harris: 'Can't think of one thing she's done'

Harris could be 'one of the most hard-hitting arguments against Biden,' a Democratic fundraiser argued

https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrats-admit-theyve-lost-hope-kamala-harris-cant-think-one-thing-shes-done

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More circus clown antics at affirmative action hire Pete Buttigig's FAA.

Several people were hurt when a plane hit a shuttle bus Friday at Los Angeles Airport, the third similar incident in the past month.

VIDEO: Five Hurt When Plane and Bus Collide at Los Angeles Airport

Meanwhile under China Joe’s "leadership" the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has focused on “LGBTQI+” inclusivity and “gender-neutral” language while struggling to manage commercial air traffic across the nation, Breitbart News reported in January.

“In keeping with the Biden administration’s focus on ‘equity’ — as opposed to the outdated ‘equality’ — the FAA has also focused on creating a more ‘inclusive’ community of drone operators, a ‘safe space’ for Hispanic employees, and ‘herstory’ for women,” the outlet said.

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2023/02/11/video-five-hurt-when-plane-bus-collide-los-angeles-airport/

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DOLE: Fiction Wins Out Over The Cold, Hard Truth Of Social Security’s Future

"...(Biden) wants a debt ceiling increase because he has plenty of plans to spend more of other people’s money. His answer to fighting inflation, largely caused by overspending, is – wait for it – more spending. He’s mad that Republicans in the House are demanding financial accountability in exchange for letting the nation put more money on our federal credit card. Actually, he’s mad that he has to lower himself to negotiate with Republicans at all.

He started his rhetorical bullying this year by branding the debt ceiling increase vote as a crisis. Republicans, he says, are already causing trouble in the House. If they refuse to vote to increase the debt ceiling or impose fiscal restraint measures in exchange for a vote, he claims, Republicans will submerge the country into chaos from which we can’t recover. This is a fever dream. Fiction.

The national debt is the crisis – the floor, not the ceiling. As this is being written, the national debt is ticking away north of $31.5 trillion. For the “tax the rich” crowd, the Forbes 100 list has a total estimated net worth of just $4 trillion. That’s everyone. If you just tally the United States, it’s $2 trillion. So Biden could – hypothetically, because it would be illegal – shake every last cent out of the richest U.S billionaires and we wouldn’t even have a down payment on paying off our debt.

So, a rational discussion about increasing the debt ceiling isn’t a crisis – the debt itself is. The debate, in fact, may very well be the most important thing Congress does during the next two years.

But Joe Biden didn’t stop with that alarmist rhetoric. Now he’s moved on to the Democrat’s favorite play in their playbook – deceptively invoking the safety nets. With a straight face, no less. Without raising the debt ceiling, Social Security will be at risk. Medicare. Sound the alarms. Stephen King couldn’t fictionalize horror this well.

Make no mistake, Social Security really is in crisis, but not because of the debt ceiling vote. It’s in crisis because its economic model isn’t sustainable. More old people living longer are needing more medical treatment that’s getting more costly. Do the math – you’ll gasp. But every time leaders worried about our financial future dare to acknowledge that truth, they’re accused of hating old people and wanting to eliminate Social Security. Democrats are much more interested in exploiting the crisis for political gain than solving it for the good of the people.

The public policy irony here is, of course, that without having to pay interest on the debt, we’d have plenty of money to stabilize the safety nets. But Joe Biden was doing the George Santos routine from way back and he knows: fiction sells.

President Biden’s fabrications aren’t isolated incidents. Like the Congressman from New York, Biden’s resume is peppered with falsehoods. And like Santos, the media is at least partly to blame. In Santos’ case, they lazily covered a relatively uneventful congressional race. In Biden’s case, it’s intentional complicity. President Biden is treated, at worst, like a gentle grandpa telling another whopper. But these aren’t fishing stories.

George Santos will be a footnote to history, thanks in large part to a media that missed the story now making amends. But the media’s soft treatment of Joe Biden isn’t a footnote; it’s the enablement of behavior that has led to foreign policy gaffes and economic blunders resulting in record inflation and real crises ignored while “The Joe Biden Story” is a run-up the bestseller list – for fiction. And it’s going to have terrible consequences for our seniors and everyone else.

More - https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/13/dole-fiction-wins-over-the-cold-hard-truth-of-social-securitys-future-and-other-fiscal-matters/

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2016 Hillary Clinton campaign manager and current Senior Advisor to Joe Biden on Clean Energy Innovation John Podesta called the president’s $739-billion Inflation Reduction Act the “most significant climate legislation that’s ever passed in US history.”

“The IRA, the inflation Reduction Act is the largest and most significant piece of clean energy legislation,” Podesta said. “It’s estimated to be about $370 billion over 10 years. It’s transformative and attacking all the sectors of the economy that are involved in emissions, causing climate change, clean power, clean buildings, clean transportation, clean manufacturing.”

https://theanswerhawaii.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/john-podesta-praises-biden-over-inflation-reduction-act-most-significant-climate-legislation-ever-passed

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The White House heavily controlled which reporters had access to President Joe Biden’s remarks on “aerial objects” Thursday, telling the media to “comply,” and asking reporters — including the Daily Caller’s correspondent — to leave the room.

Biden’s remarks were scheduled for 2:00 p.m., and reporters were notified less than an hour before that they would need a “pre-credentialed” pass to attend the press conference. Biden’s team walked the press over to the South Court Auditorium, where the remarks were to be delivered, at approximately 1:50 p.m.

When reporters entered the auditorium, White House staff approached every correspondent and pressed each of them to show an email containing a “pre-credential,” as there was not enough space in the room.

There were approximately 23 open seats in the auditorium, enough space to accommodate everyone.

Despite the space, White House staff told reporters to “comply” with the rules.

Open seats in South Court auditorium. More open seats were available on the other side of the room.

The email indicating who had been “pre-credentialed” had been sent out while reporters were being escorted to the auditorium, and a handful of reporters were asked to leave and wait in the hallway until they could be escorted back to the White House.

The reporters that were asked to leave included correspondents from the Daily Caller, the New York Post and Fox News Radio.

The New York Post’s Steven Nelson refused to leave the room after being asked repeatedly by White House staff, pointing out that there was plenty of space for everyone. Other reporters in the room applauded his comebacks, and staffers eventually let him stay.

Biden did not answer any questions from the press after his remarks on the recent “aerial objects” shot down by the U.S. military but did choose to respond to a shouted question from Nelson.

https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/16/white-house-demands-media-comply-kicks-specific-reporters-out-of-bidens-ufo-brief/

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The Federal Reserve won’t be able to get US inflation down to its 2% target without “crushing the economy,” economist Mohamed El-Erian warned on Friday, but he said the central bank is unlikely to officially change that goal post.

“You need a higher stable inflation rate. Call it 3 to 4%,” El-Erian, the chairman of Gramercy Funds and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, told Bloomberg Television. “I don’t think they can get CPI to 2% without crushing the economy, but that’s because 2% is not the right target.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-17/mohamed-el-erian-says-us-can-t-reach-2-inflation-without-crushing-economy?leadSource=uverify%20wall

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NPR cancels four podcasts amid layoffs


NPR is canceling four of its podcasts as it lays off 10 percent of its staff members and tries to close a budget shortfall.

The cuts will mean the end of the seasonal podcasts “Invisibilia,” “Louder Than a Riot” and “Rough Translation” and the comedy podcast “Everyone & Their Mom.” The number of employees being laid off is the largest for the company since the Great Recession in 2008.

More: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3916777-npr-cancels-four-podcasts-amid-layoffs/?fbclid=IwAR2PppWBZqMThFW4PR7Goit_Qlcdc252KietPuyVCWOW0OiKTd9sy2QxVG8