^^^ Isn't all of that true in Asia as well? Maybe the better analogy given the possibility of two wars and heightened domestic divisions is the period immediately before we went to war with Mexico in the 1840s.

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just floundering with no clear idea of what to do, if anything.

This is the one explanation that seems to me to consistently ring true.

Tell us Jen, who do you work for?
Who’s really running the country?

^^^. The hits just keep on coming.

Georgia suing Biden administration over Medicaid rejection


Georgia sued the Biden administration Friday over its decision to revoke approval of a work requirement in the state’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income Georgians.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia, says the decision last month by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was an illegal and arbitrary "bait and switch of unprecedented magnitude." It seeks a court order reinstating the original plan with the work requirement.

"Simply put, the Biden administration is obstructing our ability to implement innovative healthcare solutions for more than 50,000 hardworking Georgia families rather than rely on a one-size-fits-none broken system," Georgia Gov Brian Kemp, a Republican, said in a news release announcing the lawsuit.

He accused the Democratic president’s administration of playing politics.

CMS said it does not comment on litigation.

The work requirement was approved by then-President Donald Trump’s administration, but CMS announced last month that it was revoking approval of both that plan and a related Georgia proposal to charge some Medicaid recipients monthly premiums for their health coverage.

"This case is about whether the federal government must keep its promises," the lawsuit says.

CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a letter to the state that the work requirement could be impossible for people to meet during the pandemic, when it was critical that low-income Georgians have access to health coverage. The Kemp administration said at the time it planned to challenge the decision in court.

Republicans had presented Georgia’s plan as a financially responsible alternative to a full expansion of Medicaid services under the Affordable Care Act, which 38 states have already done. The plan sought to add an estimated 50,000 poor and uninsured Georgia residents to the Medicaid rolls in its first two years. But to be eligible, new Medicaid recipients would have to engage in a minimum number of qualifying hours through work, job training, education, volunteering, or other similar activities.

Democrats in Georgia say full expansion would cover hundreds of thousands of people at a much lower cost to the state. That’s because the ACA, President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, gave states the option of expanding Medicaid to low-income adults who make up to 138% of the federal poverty level, with the federal government picking up 90% of the cost. More than 10 million people in the U.S. have gained coverage that way.

Kemp has said full expansion would cost the state too much money in the long run.

The Biden administration is separately reviewing Georgia’s plan to overhaul how residents buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. That plan — under which Georgia residents would bypass healthcare.gov and shop for federally subsidized health insurance through private agents — was also approved by the Trump administration.



https://www.fox5atlanta.com/ne...tHyQIs7lAyzHzrI3mU6c

This stupid, senile sack of shit reads speeches prepared for him by his commie speech writers, then acts indignant when he's questioned about the rhetoric. How about you review the speech before you mumble it in public, you idiot? Then again, you wouldn't know the difference anyway, would you? Because you were a fool even before you became senile.

Yeah, this is what we need- a president and a vice president who are unable to hold their temper.

Listen, Joe- no one is buying your fucking fake outrage. When you pull this crap, it makes you look like even more of a horse's ass than you look already.

And, really, just fuck you, you drooling, senile sack of shit. You're pulling this country down and all you can do is try to act tough. Really, fuck you, you blithering idiot.

Philip Wegmann of Real Clear Politics sounds like a real reporter.

https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2...-from-russia-n443494

One year since President Joe Biden canceled approval for the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, and the United States’ thirst for oil is as strong as ever and rising.

U.S. oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Russia have increased, and gasoline prices are higher than they have been in the last five years.

“[Keystone XL] was a missed opportunity to increase North American energy security, lower costs for American consumers and reduce dependence on foreign energy sources that are hostile to U.S. interests,” says Frank Macchiarola, senior vice-president with the American Petroleum Institute.

“The Keystone XL pipeline would have provided good-paying union jobs to American workers while delivering affordable, reliable energy to American consumers from a close U.S. ally.”

our imports from Russia more than tripled from February of 2019 through September of 2021

Less than two years ago, America had become the dominant oil and gas producer on the planet, with much of the credit going to our partnership with Canada.

Gas prices dropped to the lowest levels in a generation and stayed there. We were a net energy exporter for the first time in our history .

Now, after barely one year under the new administration, we are once again going to some of our adversaries with our hats in our hands and asking for more oil. At the same time, we’re sticking a knife in Canada’s back. To try to write this off as some sort of coincidence that isn’t a result of Joe Biden’s energy policies is a fool’s errand.

Here we go. Ramping up.

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Biden weighs sending thousands of troops to counter RussiaBiden has been briefed on the possibility of sending 3,000-5,000 troops

President Biden is considering sending a few thousand troops to Eastern Europe and the Baltic states as part of a broader NATO effort to bolster NATO allies that border Russia and Ukraine, given recent tensions, Fox News confirms.

https://www.foxnews.com/politi...ps-to-counter-russia

CBS Host Stunned NOT ONE Participant in Face the Nation’s Focus Group Believes America is in a Better Place After One Year of Joe Biden

A good twelve minutes without a single positive thing to say for Joe.

"Listening to America"

HA!

You can't hear a thing but your own voices inside your hermetically sealed echo chamber. You don't have a single clue.

Good Lord, this vegetable's puppet handlers are going to try and wag the dog here to take the focus off this utter failure of a "President"

Biden IS poised to deploy US forces: President is in 'final stages' of identifying up to 50,000 troops to send to NATO allies in Eastern Europe over fears Russia will invade Ukraine and will talk to European leaders at 3pm about his plan

Well, if there's two things Biden's handlers know (whether they'd admit it or not) they're that Biden is universally despised as an incompetent pussy and Harris is universally despised as incompetent.

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Good Lord, this vegetable's puppet handlers are going to try and wag the dog here to take the focus off this utter failure of a "President"

Biden IS poised to deploy US forces: President is in 'final stages' of identifying up to 50,000 troops to send to NATO allies in Eastern Europe over fears Russia will invade Ukraine and will talk to European leaders at 3pm about his plan

This telecon will be nothing like the “Willy-Nicky” telegram exchange in July 1914 in an effort to stem the mobilizations prior to WW1. It’ll more likely be the “prepare to receive a message in 14-parts” in December 1941. Obfuscation at its maximum.

https://asiatimes.com/2022/01/...-nasdaq-by-end-2022/


The latest reading for the Zillow Index of US rents shows no letup in the worst bout of housing inflation in US history.

Year on year, the average US rent rose 14%, according to the real estate website. That should worry equity investors, who have watched the NASDAQ give up nearly 8% of its value during the past week as bond yields rose.

biden calls Peter Doocy a "stupid son of a bitch"

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...-son-of-a-b-n2602303


In a major hot mic gaffe for President Biden on Monday, the leader of the free world got caught calling Fox News' Peter Doocy a "stupid son of a bitch."

The comment from Biden came after the official White House video feed on YouTube had been cut, but not before C-SPAN's feed ended. Following Biden's opening remarks, White House handlers were trying to shoo members of the press corps out of the room when Doocy shouted his questions: "Will you take questions on inflation? Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?"

Biden, seemingly not aware that his mic was still on and being fed out to broadcast networks including C-SPAN, responded with "What a stupid son of a bitch."

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The president's words Monday are a far cry from what Biden promised on day one of his presidency just more than one year ago. "I am not joking when I say this, if you are ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect...talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot," Biden pledged. "On the spot. No ifs, ands, or buts," he emphasized. "Everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity," Biden told the country before adding "that's been missing in a big way the last four years."

^^^Projecting, he is...

Pot, kettle, black!
For Joe Fucking Biden to call anyone a stupid son of a bitch is pretty rich considering that sorry piece of shit is the epitome of a stupid son of a bitch.

Worst-President-Of-All-Time.