Yeah, I don't think that's going to work out for him


Germany Calls Biden’s Afghanistan Pull-Out the “Biggest Debacle” for NATO
U.S. allies “embittered,” as rogue states and terrorist groups cheer Taliban victory.


German Chancellor Angela Merkel and members of her government condemned the Biden administration’s catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan in harsh terms.

The debacle in Afghanistan was “an extremely bitter development. Bitter, dramatic and terrifying,” Chancellor Merkel said while speaking to reporters on Tuesday.

In her sharpest attack on Biden’s decision yet, the German chancellor suggested that the Biden administration’s hasty and messy withdrawal was motivated by “domestic political reasons” rather than geostrategic necessities.

https://legalinsurrection.com/...st-debacle-for-nato/

So; Will Biden defy a Federal court order?


Appeals Court Denies Biden Plea to Block Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

https://www.breitbart.com/immi...court-remain-mexico/

A federal appeals court denied President Joe Biden’s plea to block the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy that kept migrants in Mexico while awaiting their asylum hearings rather than releasing them into the interior of the United States.

Last week, Trump-appointed Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk ordered the Biden administration to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), commonly known as Remain in Mexico, after it ended the program in June and started releasing thousands of MPP migrants into the U.S.

Biden’s DHS appealed the permanent injunction by Kacsmaryk, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to issue a stay blocking the injunction. On Thursday, Judge Jennifer Elrod, appointed by former President George W. Bush, along with Judges Andy Oldham and Cory Wilson, both appointed by Trump, denied Biden’s request.

Elrod, Oldham, and Wilson write that DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed to weigh the impact on border states that ending Remain in Mexico would have. Likewise, the court asserts that Texas, in particular, is harmed by the elimination of Remain in Mexico.

The three-judge panel writes:

DHS “failed to address whether there was ‘legitimate reliance’ on” MPP. In its seven-page June 1 Memorandum, DHS does not directly mention any reliance interests, especially those of the States. The closest the June 1 Memorandum gets is a reference to “the impact [terminating MPP] could have on border management and border communities.” But the Memorandum makes clear that “border communities” do not include border states. And the vague reference to “border management” is insufficient to show specific, meaningful consideration of the States’ reliance interests. [Emphasis added]

In response, the Government concedes that it failed to consider the States’ reliance interests. But it argues that is irrelevant because “the States have no cognizable reliance interest in a discretionary program.” We reject that argument for several reasons. [Emphasis added]

…

As the Supreme Court explained, “[w]hen an agency changes course, … it must be cognizant that longstanding policies may have engendered serious reliance interests that must be taken into account.” Those reliance interests included states’ interests. So if the termination of DACA — a discretionary, immigration program — must consider states’ “potential reliance interests,” then so does termination of MPP. That is particularly true here because the district court found as a matter of fact — and the Government does not contest — that states like Texas face fiscal harm from the termination of MPP. [Emphasis added]

The court also found that Mayorkas’ ending of Remain in Mexico “failed to consider DHS’s prior factual findings on MPP’s benefits.”

“In its October 2019 Assessment of MPP, DHS found that ‘aliens without meritorious claims—which no longer constitute[d] a free ticket into the United States—[were] beginning to voluntarily return home,'” the New Orleans-based court writes:

DHS also found that MPP addressed the “perverse incentives” created by allowing “those with nonmeritorious claims … [to] remain in the country for lengthy periods of time.” These benefits, DHS emphasized, were a “core component” or “cornerstone” of the agency’s prior immigration policy.
[Emphasis added]

Nonetheless, the June 1 Memorandum did not expressly mention, let alone meaningfully discuss, DHS’s prior factual findings. Instead, the Secretary changed policies based on his own findings that contradict DHS’s October 2019 findings. But an agency must provide “a more detailed justification” when a “new policy rests upon factual findings that contradict those which underlay its prior policy.” The Secretary did not provide the required “more detailed justification.” This further indicates that the termination of MPP was arbitrary and capricious. [Emphasis added]

The court states that DHS, in following federal statute, “can parole an alien” into the U.S. on a case-by-case basis, can release an alien on bail or conditional parole while they await deportation proceedings, or hold them in federal custody.

“What the Government cannot do, the district court held, is simply release every alien described in § 1225 en masse into the United States,” the appellate court writes:

The Government has not pointed to a single word anywhere in the [Immigration and Nationality Act] that suggests it can do that. And the Government cannot claim an irreparable injury from being enjoined against an action that it has no statutory authorization to take. [Emphasis added]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt first filed their lawsuit challenging Biden’s end to Remain in Mexico in April, arguing that the move spurred “a huge surge of Central American migrants, including thousands of unaccompanied minors, passing through Mexico in order to advance meritless asylum claims at the U.S. border.”

The case is Texas v. Biden, No. 21-10806 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Burn baby, burn!

It's all crashing down around them and it's been just over a half a year.

Yeah, it would be great, except we have Americans abandoned to the biggest psychopaths on the planet, we gave them billions in equipment, and the US looks like a complete fool and unworthy of trust.

I hate to even think how much ole Joe is going to screw up in his remaining time left if he's managed as much as he has in only six months in office...

Heard a great description of Biden today.

They said listening to him is like listening to a kid in school give a book report on a book they haven't read.

Biden contradicted by Pentagon on claims al Qaeda ‘gone’ and Taliban letting Americans reach Kabul airport

https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/...ans-can-reach-kabul/

President Biden on Friday claimed that al-Qaeda is “gone” from Afghanistan and that the Taliban is letting Americans reach Kabul’s airport, before Pentagon leaders contradicted the commander in chief on both claims.

Biden stumbled repeatedly when taking his first questions from reporters on Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban — also claiming that US allies were not displeased by the chaotic US pullout, despite rare public rebukes.

“What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point with al Qaeda gone? We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al Qaeda in Afghanistan,” Biden said in the White House East Room, defending the US departure.

Attempting to put a positive spin on ongoing evacuations, Biden said “we know of no circumstance where American citizens are carrying an American passport and are trying to get through to the airport.”

When an NPR reporter pointed out that was untrue, Biden changed his answer, saying that “to the best of our knowledge, the Taliban checkpoints, they are letting through people showing American passports” and that some Americans are struggling to reach the airport because of “the mad rush of non-Americans” crowding the area.

But shortly after Biden spoke, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin briefed members of Congress on reports that Taliban troops had indeed been attacking US citizens in Kabul. Austin called the attacks “unacceptable,” two lawmakers confirmed to The Post.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing following Biden’s remarks that there remains an al Qaeda presence in Afghanistan and that the Pentagon is aware of Taliban fighters impeding transit to the airport.

“We’re certainly mindful of these reports and they’re deeply troubling and we have communicated to the Taliban that that is absolutely unacceptable and we want free passage through their checkpoints for documented Americans. And by and large, that’s happening,” Kirby said.

Kirby confirmed al Qaeda’s continued presence in Afghanistan. A recent United Nations report said that the terror network is present in at least 15 of 34 Afghan provinces.

But shortly after Biden spoke, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin briefed members of Congress on reports that Taliban troops had indeed been attacking US citizens in Kabul. Austin called the attacks “unacceptable,” two lawmakers confirmed to The Post.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing following Biden’s remarks that there remains an al Qaeda presence in Afghanistan and that the Pentagon is aware of Taliban fighters impeding transit to the airport.

“We’re certainly mindful of these reports and they’re deeply troubling and we have communicated to the Taliban that that is absolutely unacceptable and we want free passage through their checkpoints for documented Americans. And by and large, that’s happening,” Kirby said.

Kirby confirmed al Qaeda’s continued presence in Afghanistan. A recent United Nations report said that the terror network is present in at least 15 of 34 Afghan provinces.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Heard a great description of Biden today.

They said listening to him is like listening to a kid in school give a book report on a book they haven't read.

The retired grade school teacher bride says that's a GREAT analogy.

quote:

So; Will Biden defy a Federal court order?

Unfortunately, reinstating will make only a minimal difference. The barn door is open at too many locations; the border is WIDE open and the only people that will be affected are the ones that want a legitimate path to citizenship. The fast track toads have learned that they can sneak in just about anywhere there’s a break in the wall. For it to be even slightly effective, border wall construction would have to be reinstated and completed at warp speed.

And now the video.
Pre-screening questions, thought no one would notice.

A big part of our problem is that it is no longer acceptable to call liars liars. We have to tiptoe around it and say time-wasting, pointless shit like "It would seem..."

All that does is let liars continue to get away with lying.

You know who doesn't dick around with this false language? Donald Trump

Apt description from a meme Ive seen is that this so called "presidency" is like being tied to a chair while watching a toddler play with a loaded pistol

quote:

Originally posted by Ripley:

quote:

Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Heard a great description of Biden today.

They said listening to him is like listening to a kid in school give a book report on a book they haven't read.

The retired grade school teacher bride says that's a GREAT analogy.

No way they (UK, Germany) knew about this decision in advance or they would have already had troops in country to get their civilian citizens out.

Heard on radio this am a German citizen was shot on the way to the airport, but that cant be right because Mr. Potato Head said that wasnt happening!

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Originally posted by chellim1:
This should generate news: Biden claimed that he told all of his European allies of his decision to withdraw (did he mention he would do it haphazardly and precipitously?) at the G7 meeting, and they all "agreed" with his decision.

Angela Merkel has already said she doesn't agree with the decision.

We'll see if what the European leaders say about this claim that they "agreed" with Biden's decision. He's now forced the media to ask them about this.

I want to know if this is a real thing that happened or another confabulation by a dementia-ridden brain.

He's getting actual questions. There is now an open conflict between Biden and the Deep State and the media is siding with the Deep State.

^^^^^^. You mean, Gender Neutral Lying Faced Pony Soldier Potato Head?

Perfect

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Originally posted by chellim1:
He's getting actual questions. There is now an open conflict between Biden and the Deep State and the media is siding with the Deep State.

You know, I've actually wondered for a while whether there was simply no point at which sheer embarrassment would make it impossible for the political insiders and the press to both shield Biden and prop Biden up. Could this be the moment when Biden's inertia ("let Joe be Joe!") has finally overcome their will to brazen their way through the theft of the election and everything that followed?

Biden scheduled to head to Delaware as Afghanistan crisis spirals

https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/...-afghanistan-crisis/

President Biden will travel to his home in Delaware Saturday, as thousands of Americans and Afghan allies remain stranded in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover last weekend.

The White House announced that Biden would leave for Wilmington around midday following a meeting with his national security team to get updated on the situation. Vice President Kamala Harris, who was traveling to Southeast Asia, is expected to attend virtually.

As of Friday evening, Biden had no public events scheduled for Saturday or Sunday.

The president was originally scheduled to take a long weekend with an early-afternoon departure from the White House on Friday. But the White House said he changed his mind.

He gave an address on the status of the chaotic evacuations from Hamid Karzai International Airport outside Kabul on Friday afternoon.

Later, Biden spoke by phone Friday evening to Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Qatar Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani from the Executive Mansion.

Biden’s trip on Saturday will be his 19th to his home state since taking office on Jan. 20.

The president faced intense backlash for being at Camp David in Maryland last weekend as the Taliban rapidly swept through Afghanistan, taking the capital of Kabul on Sunday.

He eventually curtailed his trip and returned to the White House to address the nation on Monday, admitting that “this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated.”

He then returned to Camp David, before turning back around and heading back to the White House on Tuesday night.

Punxsutawney Joe will scurry back into his stump and hope all of this goes away on its own.