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Originally posted by sdy:
https://www.breitbart.com/poli...-diplomatic-failure/

President Joe Biden phoned President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday to smooth over their frayed relationship after the United States effectively sank their submarine deal with Australia.

“The two leaders agreed that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners,” a diplomatic White House readout of the call read.

The White House said Biden called Macron at his request.

Macron agreed to send the French Ambassador back to Washington the following week and the two leaders planned a meeting in Europe at the end of October.

All pure theater by the weakling and the retard. Simply astounding two utterly worthless human beings are at the helm of two countries.

"Which aspect?" Bwaahahahahaa!

Jen doesn't care, because she won't be there, but precedents are being set. The next Republican press weasel is going to have a field day with the White House Press Corps.

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
"Which aspect?" Bwaahahahahaa!

Jen doesn't care, because she won't be there, but precedents are being set. The next Republican press weasel is going to have a field day with the White House Press Corps.

Well to be fair, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, & Kayleih McInanny were some pretty sharp ladies, and they had no problem whatsoever making the press slugs look like idiots on any subject the reporters chose to bring up. They came out there everyday with an attitude like, "OK, which one of you pussies wants a beat down today?"

I didn't like Psaki when she worked for obama, and I don't like her now, but I can see why she'd want to move on. Imagine having the task of coming out every single day and trying to explain away all the fuckups that happened since yesterdays press briefing.

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Originally posted by Ironbutt:
Imagine having the task of coming out every single day and trying to explain away all the fuckups that happened since yesterdays press briefing.

Pssssh...since breakfast that morning 30 minutes ago!!!

I'm pretty sure the "Iron Lady", Margaret Thatcher, never sobbed on the floor of the House of Commons.

AOC is such an empty vessel. She originally voted no on funding Iron Dome then changed it to present at the last minute. (Someone probably told here she had Jewish people in her district). So she started crying. Pathetic. The fact that people like her have taken over most of the institutions in this country amazes me.

Why is AOC Sobbing on the House Floor?

The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to replenish Israel’s life saving Iron Dome despite best efforts by the Democrats’ Hamas caucus to defund the missile defense system. At the last second, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) changed her planned vote against Iron Dome funding to “present.” She then started sobbing and hugging colleagues.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...house-floor-n2596396

Because she really fucking cares. No, really.

Hunter Biden Tried To Charge Libya $2 Million To Recover Billions Frozen By Obama Administration: New Emails

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...obama-administration

Four years after Hillary Clinton famously said of executed Libyan leader Mummar Qaddafi "We came, we saw, he died," Hunter Biden, son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, offered to recover roughly $15 billion in assets which had been frozen by the Obama administration - for the tidy sum of $2 million dollars per year.

In emails obtained by Business Insider that are not related to the laptop fiasco, the $2 million would have been for a "retainer" plus "success fees."

Via Business Insider:

The first email, dated January 28, 2015, was sent from Sam Jauhari, a Democratic donor with businesses in the Persian Gulf, who was helping spearhead the Libya project. It was addressed to Sheikh Mohammed al-Rahbani, another Obama campaign donor involved in the proposal. In the email, Jauhari is frank about what Biden would bring to the table, and what he says Biden wanted in return:

"Per phone conversation I met with #2 son. He wants $2 per year retainer +++ success fees. He wants to hire his own people - it can be close circle of people for confidentiality. His dad is deciding to run or not.

His positives are he is Chairman of UN World Food Program, son of #2 who has Libya file, access to State, Treasury, business partner SofS [Secretary of State] J. [John] Forbes K [Kerry] son and since he travels with dad he is connected everywhere in Europe and Asia where M. Q. [Muammar Qaddafi] and LIA [Libya Investment Authority] had money frozen. He said he has access to highest level in PRC [China], he can help there.

His negatives are that he is alcoholic, drug addict - kicked [out] of U.S. Army for cocaine, chasing low class hookers, constantly needs money-liquidity problems and many more headaches.

We should meet in Gstraad or London to decide next steps."

Jauhari was incorrect that Biden was discharged from the Army - it was the Navy, and it was technically never confirmed that his positive test for cocaine was what led to the discharge.

Unpacking the email, BI's Mattahias Schwartz notes: "the tally of his "positives" reflects a keen sense of what he could offer the project. Biden's position at the United Nations meant he enjoyed face-to-face access to heads of state. In his memoir, Biden recalls a sit-down with King Abdullah II of Jordan. "The only reason the king had agreed to meet," he wrote, "was out of respect for my dad. I guess you could chalk it up to nepotism, in the best possible way.""

What's more, Biden told Jauhari that he has "access to the highest level" in the Chinese government - which has been a headache to Libya's new government which was attempting to recover the $15 billion frozen by Obama during the Qaddafi regime.

Business Insider confirmed with two people close to the negotiations that the "$2 per year retainer" meant $2 million.

"My recollection was that anything that had to do with Hunter started at $2 million," said the source.

According to other documents obtained by BI, "Jauhari and his partners expected to pocket as much as 5% of the recovered assets" - meaning a potential payday of hundreds of millions.

Talks with Hunter continued into 2016 - with a Feb 26, 2016 email between Jauhari and al-Rahbani which confirms that they were working on the deal.

The second email, dated February 26, 2016, indicates that the talks with Biden continued into the following year. In it, Jauhari and al-Rahbani receive a report by John Sandweg, a Washington lawyer who had served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Obama. Sandweg had reached out to Biden's team about the Libya deal:

"I spoke with HB's team yesterday. They are interested in the project, but emphasized that for them to get involved, the team (lobbyists, lawyers and PR) would need to be a small group of folks they have a tight relationship with. They do not want a large group involved and they only want people with whom they have a close relationship with due to the sensitivities surrounding their involvement."

Sandweg, who at the time was working at a law firm called Frontier Solutions, confirmed that he was in touch with one of Biden's associates about the project. "They indicated they would consider it and I passed the message back," he told Insider. "Jauhari wound up hiring a different law firm instead."

In other Hunter news, Several emails from Hunter Biden's laptop have been confirmed as legitimate, according to Politico, citing claims in a new book, along with emails released by a Swedish government agency.

Ben Schreckinger’s “The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power,” out today, finds evidence that some of the purported HUNTER BIDEN laptop material is genuine, including two emails at the center of last October’s controversy.

A person who had independent access to Hunter Biden’s emails confirmed he did receive a 2015 email from a Ukrainian businessman thanking him for the chance to meet Joe Biden. The same goes for a 2017 email in which a proposed equity breakdown of a venture with Chinese energy executives includes the line, “10 held by H for the big guy?” (This person recalled seeing both emails, but was not in a position to compare the leaked emails word-for-word to the originals.)

MORE: Emails released by a Swedish government agency also match emails in the leaked cache, and two people who corresponded with Hunter Biden confirmed emails from the cache were genuine. -Politico

Recall that news of Hunter Biden's laptop was broken by the New York Post shortly before the 2020 election - resulting in a multi-week Twitter ban on the outlet, and a baseless claim spread throughout the MSM and by notable Democrats including Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) that it was Russian disinformation.

Is it just us, or are the Bidens everything the left accused the Trumps of?

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/...four-texas-counties/

Texas announces full forensic audits of Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, and Collin Counties.

^^ Excellent, but I'm not sure why they left out Hidalgo, Cameron and/or Duval Counties. They got north, east and west, but left the southern tip of the state dangling in the breeze.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/al-...ont-want-his-trouble

video at link

Al Sharpton speech at border drowned out by protesters: 'We don't want his trouble'

Al Sharpton's speech at the Haitian migrant encampment in Del Rio, Texas, on Thursday was drowned out by protesters who accused him of using the border crisis to stoke racism.

After touring the situation with Democratic Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano, Sharpton held a press conference during which he accused Border Patrol of using tactics reminiscent of the slavery era, but his comments were overwhelmed by protesters who accused him of being "a disgrace" and "a racist."

Among the phrases hecklers hurled at Sharpton were "Why are you stoking racism where it doesn't exist?" and "How much money are you making out of this?"

"Del Rio is not a racist city," someone shouted. "Del Rio is a loving, caring community. We don't want your racism in Texas. Get out of here! Nobody wants to hear your racist nonsense in Del Rio!"

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
^^ Excellent, but I'm not sure why they left out Hidalgo, Cameron and/or Duval Counties. They got north, east and west, but left the southern tip of the state dangling in the breeze.

I originally guessed Harris, Travis, Dallas and Bexar...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sdy:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/al-...ont-want-his-trouble

I am still waiting on Sharpton to pay his fair share of taxes. Anyone else would be in a Federal penitentiary by now.

looks like 'Fair Share' Bidet owes about $500k to the IRS after trying to scheme book sales and speaking fees through sham companies to not pay Medicare taxes

lets see his tax return

How does Sharpton get access to conduct these visits and events? He is not a Government official.

From Axios... a leftist publication, the problem isn't ever the inherent evil of socialism, it's that he's trying to get there all at once:


Biden's bet backfired on the largest social expansion in American history, some Democrats say

President Biden bit off too much, too fast in trying to ram through what would be the largest social expansion in American history, top Democrats privately say.

Why it matters: At the time Biden proposed it, he had his mind set on a transformational accomplishment that would put him in the pantheon of FDR and JFK.

Democrats, controlling two branches of government, saw a once-in-a-lifetime opening. In retrospect, some top advisers say this should have been done in smaller chunks.

An outside White House adviser said: "Reality is setting in that you can’t pass a $3.5 trillion package. It’s going to get scaled back. The question is whether it can be done this year."

In branding some Democrats wish had started months ago, White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Sept. 15 at the SALT financial conference in New York: "The net cost of Build Back Better is zero."

The $3.5 trillion price tag covers the 10-year cost of Biden's infrastructure plans, plus massive social spending, including pre-K for all 3- and 4- years olds, and two years of tuition-free community college.

Biden needs to show lawmakers on the left he's with him on topics like this, when he's being pulled to the right on immigration.
The proposal was always an opening bid. The White House points out that the final figure is still being negotiated.

But the big number stuck and is the near-universal way Biden's plans are described.

https://www.axios.com/biden-in...28-216957e726dc.html

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Democrats, controlling two branches of government, saw a once-in-a-lifetime opening.

What is this author talking about? Is he forgetting the Obama adminstration?

And is he also forgetting that GWB was essentially a big-gov Democrat who went along with the Democrats socialist agenda and open borders?

The idiot in chief is on TV vowing punishment for the mounted border patrol for doing their job. I wonder if this genius has ever seen them clear the streets after Mardi gras?

Hes a liar and a bully and rarely follows through....

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
The idiot in chief is on TV vowing punishment for the mounted border patrol for doing their job. I wonder if this genius has ever seen them clear the streets after Mardi gras?