https://nypost.com/2021/04/04/..._campaign=SocialFlow

Hunter Biden recalled how he used to scrounge through the carpet looking for crack cocaine after getting high — saying he probably wound up smoking “parmesan cheese.”

“I spent more time on my hands and knees picking through rugs, smoking anything that even remotely resembled crack cocaine. I probably smoked more parmesan cheese than anyone,” President Biden’s son said on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

“ I went one time for 13 days without sleeping, and smoking crack and drinking vodka throughout that entire time,” he said during an interview to promote his memoir, “Beautiful Things,” out April 6 from Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

He said his then-vice president dad tried to intervene after he began binge-drinking vodka following the death of brother Beau Biden in 2015.

Hunter tested positive for cocaine in 2013

“He came to my apartment one time. And this was when he was still in office as vice president, and so he kinda ditched his Secret Service, figured out a way to get over to the house,” Hunter said.

“And I said, ‘What are you doin’ here?’ He said, ‘Honey, what are you doing?’ I said, ‘Dad, I’m fine.’ He said, ‘You’re not fine.'”

Hunter later teared up in the interview saying his dad still calls him every night.

“We talk at least every night,” he said. “By the way, not only does he talk to me every night; he calls every one of my daughters and he talks to each one of them every day. And I know that he talks to me, and I know that he talks to my sister.”

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...source=breakingemail

Joe Manchin Delivers a Blow to Biden Administration's 'Infrastructure' Plan

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) delivered a blow to President Biden’s “infrastructure” plan, which is already facing a steep challenge in the Senate. Manchin said publicly that he opposes an increase in the corporate tax rate, to 28 percent, that is included in the plan proposed by the administration.

The “swing vote” Democrat lawmaker said that the increase was a non-starter for him.

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one study found that innovation in the United States will quadruple if women, people of color, and children from low-income families invented at the rate of groups who are not held back by discrimination and structural barriers.

This might be the dumbest study ever. It is tantamount to saying that if you took the JV basketball players from St Marks Jesuit school and put them on the Lakers, if they perform at the same rate as the rest of the team the Lakers will have 10 times their current point scoring ability. There is no correlation nor is there evidence that those groups would even add value let alone equal the innovation of the currently employed groups. None whatsoever.

Pure drivel.

So is Warner saying he's joining Manchin in opposing Biden's infrastructure plan, or that it's going to take a bit more to successfully buy his vote to support the Biden's infrastructure plan? It's not quite clear, but it sounds to me like Warner would like a line in his resume in that he'd like to claim he was an "architect" of the infrastructure policy when he runs for the White House - which (IMHO) would be a neat little piece of positioning for the future.

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from 2 Dem Senators Balk At Biden's New Spending Plan, Burgess Everett, Politico, 4/5/2021

Indeed, Manchin is no outlier. A few hours later at the Capitol, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Monday that he needs to have more input into the White House's plan than he's received so far: "I expect to have that input before there's any package I could support."

"I've had some outreach from the White House, but it was more heads-up than input into the development of the package. So I've already expressed some concerns," Warner said. He declined to address his specific issues but said he would communicate them to the White House.

Full original text at http://www.yahoo.com/news/manc...nding-124454732.html

Soros Group Pledges $20M to Boost Biden Plan

https://www.newsmax.com/politi...21/04/05/id/1016378/

The George Soros-founded Open Society Foundations are pledging $20 million for a campaign to rally progressives to support President Joe Biden's infrastructure proposal, Axios reported on Monday.

Financial support from the group could help spur a vital call to action for Democrat donors and activists who back Biden's initial $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan but are determined to see the president do more.

Biden is considering revealing later this month a second part of his overall proposal, which would have a broader focus on social welfare proposals — such as health care, the care-giving economy, climate, and community colleges.

The idea of the $20 million pledge is to help jumpstart as much as $100 million in funding to help encourage support for Biden’s overall agenda.

The money is expected to help activate many of the grassroots progressive groups that led the fierce opposition to the agenda of former President Donald Trump.

The $20 million is expected to be funneled to such grassroots organizing — and not be used for paid advertising.

"We hope this effort on the part of organizers and donors will give the Biden administration and Congress the assurance that they need to go as big, bold and fast as possible,” said Leah Hunt-Hendrix, who co-founded Way to Win, a progressive donor network.

Tom Perriello, the executive director of Open Society-U.S., said that "Every initiative proposed by President Biden has broad public support. But we’ve seen popular reforms get demonized before by partisans and special interests, and we are not going to let that happen."

Perriello added that "Facts don’t always win without some real muscle put behind getting those facts in front of the American people."

The funding for the campaign comes as progressives are walking a fine line between encouraging and antagonizing the White House, accordinig to Axios.

Some progressive insist that Biden is not going nearly far enough in his proposals with, for example, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demanding $10 trillion in spending.

However, any such ultimatums that jack up the price tag and lead to more significant increases in taxes more could alienate moderate Democrat votes that Biden cannot afford to lose in his political battles.

Already, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that his party will do all it can to oppose Biden's plans in their current form "every step of the way."

This, however, has not deterred Biden officials, who have said they are determined not to moderate their ambitions too much.

Those officials are strident in their belief that the Obama administration did not exert enough energy in battling for a larger stimulus package back in 2009, and they do not intend to repeat that move this time around.

The funding effort also comes as Republican congressmen are criticizing both the size of Biden’s proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan and the fact that its funding is based on an increase in the corporate tax rate, while Democrats are touting it as a way to generate long-term job growth, The Hill reported.

JP has been so on point.

Globalist shitheads.

The International Monetary Fund says it backs U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's proposal for a global minimum corporate tax.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it backs a U.S. proposal for a global minimum corporate tax.

IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath said that the fund has been calling for international cooperation on tax policy “for a long time,” adding that different corporate tax rates around the world have fueled tax shifting and avoidance.

“That reduces the revenues that governments collect to do the needed social and economic spending,” Gopinath told Yahoo Finance Tuesday. “We’re very much in support of having this kind of global minimum corporate tax.”

Gopinath’s remarks are likely to add momentum to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s efforts to start an international dialogue on a new framework. The European Commission on Tuesday also said it supported discussions, but said the ultimate rate should be deliberated through the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Yellen recently called on the 20 largest economies to work together to “stop the race to the bottom” by setting a new minimum that would allow governments more stability in collecting tax revenue. The Biden administration is targeting a 21% global minimum tax for U.S. multinational corporations.

“It is important to work with other countries to end the pressures of tax competition and corporate tax base erosion,” Yellen said in a speech Monday.


Yellen is among the many finance ministers and central bank governors that will be convening virtually this week as part of the IMF’s annual spring meetings.

Gopinath also backed Yellen’s push forward on an aggressive infrastructure bill, as the Biden administration continues to work through a $2 trillion plan to overhaul American roads and highways, expand high-speed broadband access, and build a more resilient electric grid.

As the IMF continues to encourage countries with fiscal room to continue spending through the recovery, its chief economist said investment into infrastructure is one way to boost economic activity.

“This package serves that purpose in terms of climate mitigation, improving roads and bridges, all of which raise productivity and have a positive effect on the economy,” Gopinath said.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news...e-tax-144331721.html

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Originally posted by wcb6092:
Soros Group Pledges $20M to Boost Biden Plan

https://www.newsmax.com/politi...21/04/05/id/1016378/

Gee, so we're going to be treated to a re-run of what Time Magazine described as 'woke' corporations saving America from civil war by stealing the 2020 election? It'll be interesting to see how well it works when the same strategy is run a second time. Perhaps even more interesting will be to see whether the same woke corporate players participate this time around - since some of the silicon billionaires have won a couple of corporate battles and others have lost a couple of corporate battles since the election.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Globalist shitheads.

The International Monetary Fund says it backs U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's proposal for a global minimum corporate tax.


https://finance.yahoo.com/news...e-tax-144331721.html

I'm sure countries like Afghanistan, Brazil, Congo, Egypt, etc, will be all over the chance to pay that!!

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Originally posted by sdy:
Another obvious lie by Biden. So bad the Wash Post calls him on it

The Washington Post has awarded Joe Biden four Pinocchios (the max) for a patently false claim he made about the new Georgia law on voting


https://www.powerlineblog.com/...orgia-voting-law.php

Biden:

"What I’m worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is. It’s sick. It’s sick … deciding that you’re going to end voting at five o’clock when working people are just getting off work."

"Among the outrageous parts of this new state law, it ends voting hours early so working people can’t cast their vote after their shift is over."

But the Georgia law does no such thing

Biden, or whoever feeds him his material, is just making it up.

Glenn Kessler, the Post’s lead fact checker, blows the whistle:

On Election Day in Georgia, polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and if you are in line by 7 p.m., you are allowed to cast your ballot. Nothing in the new law changes those rules.

However, the law did make some changes to early voting. But experts say the net effect was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians, not limit them.

Election Day hours were not changed.


As for early voting, the law made a modest change, replacing a vague “normal business hours” — presumed to be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — to a more specific 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. time period. But that’s the minimum. Under the new law, counties have the option to extend the voting hours so voters can start casting ballots as early as 7 a.m. and as late as 7 p.m. — the same as Election Day in Georgia.

The president earns Four Pinocchios.

What I find interesting about this facet is the Georgia state legislature has fired a very interesting shot concerning a statement put out Delta Airlines criticizing their new voter law. They basically said really? You know that tax break on jet fuel we gave you? Well, you're losing that. This is exactly what these red states under assault need to start doing. Can the same tactic be applied to MLB, Coke, and Amazon? How far can this go without stepping over some Constitutional concern?

We have played nice for far too long and have always rolled over.

Time to play nice has ended. I am in favor of doing to them what they have been doing to us. And if we can step up the game so be it.

As for Delta I’m pretty sure we do t need them as an airline for the country to ultimately be successful again.

So yes if private companies want to play the arbiter of social justice, we should treat them accordingly.

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We have played nice for far too long and have always rolled over.

Time to play nice has ended. I am in favor of doing to them what they have been doing to us. And if we can step up the game so be it.

As for Delta I’m pretty sure we do t need them as an airline for the country to ultimately be successful again.

So yes if private companies want to play the arbiter of social justice, we should treat them accordingly.

I agree. But, states taxing or targeting taxes, or other punitive measure aimed at corporations not within their boundaries as a state. How much power would a particular red state have?

Well, that depends - how hard is it for corporations to avoid accommodating that one red state, and exactly how many red states are we talkin' here?

Gun control announcement tomorrow:

President Biden will announce new executive action on gun control on Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki indicated.

Psaki, during her press briefing Wednesday, declined to go into details on what the action would entail but said the president would have "more to say" tomorrow.

Earlier Wednesday, Politico first reported that an executive order is coming – after three recent mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, and Orange, California.

Sources told the outlet Biden would begin the process of requiring those who buy "ghost guns," firearms that lack serial numbers since they’re sold in pieces and put together at home, to undergo background checks. Biden is expected to be joined at the event by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

It’s not clear what other action will be announced. Last week 100 House Democrats wrote to Biden urging him to take action on concealed assault-style rifles.

Biden has called for a ban on "assault weapons" and high-capacity magazines, which would likely take an act of Congress. He could, however, use regulatory authority to restrict access to such guns.

"I got that done as a senator. It brought down mass shootings, we can do it again," Biden said last month. "We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again."

"I think that President Biden will try to get away with as much as he can with executive orders," Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, told Fox News, adding that his organization is "very prepared to go to court" if Biden oversteps.

"What we’re expecting him to do is anything with foreign commerce – if the firearm is being imported in or magazine or ammo is being imported in – he could by executive order try to do something in that nature," Gottlieb continued.

Gottlieb said Biden could use the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to tighten regulations. Biden has yet to nominate a director for the ATF.

The Biden administration has also pushed for legislative action, calling on the Senate to pass two bills that recently made their way through the House.

The bills expand federal gun background checks on all firearms sales and extend the background check review period from three days to a minimum of 10 business days. One bill would close the "Charleston loophole," in which a gun sale is allowed to proceed if the background check is not completed in three days.

https://www.foxnews.com/politi...-actions-gun-control

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after three recent mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, and Orange, California.

It's odd that these "mass shootings" always occur in liberal gun control states.

Joe Biden is an idiot who is going to executive order a bunch of crap that wont do a damn thing and they know it. It will be a direct attack on our liberties. God I miss Donald Trump.

Well, this should minimize coverage of the border chaos, Covid fear-mongering, dishonestly named stimuli money grabs and identify "gun control" opponents so as to be dragged through the mud so win/win for totalitarian bastards. At least for a while...

The UK Daily Mail calling out Cackling Kamala for hiding after China Joe supposedly put her in charge of this border debacle:

A bakery, a water plant and her LA home: Everywhere Kamala has flown in the 14 days since she was placed in charge of migration crisis (but not, obviously, the border)

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--The Vice President was tasked with addressing the crisis at the border amid a surge in migrant numbers
--In two weeks she has only held one phone call with the Guatemalan President and offered no interviews
--She did not visit the border despite traveling home to California for four days with no public commitments
--More than 170,000 migrants were caught trying to cross the border in March, its highest level in two decades
--Harris is yet to hold an interview or make a trip to see the 'humanitarian crisis' despite her new role

I didn't think it would be possible for this country to have a worse president than Jimmy Carter. Then Bill Clinton came along. I figured he would be the worst, then Obama was elected twice no less. Biden has already eclipsed all three of those clowns as the worst president by far of my lifetime.