Joe calls Jill former VP for Obama.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfr...22/04/02/id/1064038/

President Joe Biden during the commissioning ceremony of the USS Delaware on Saturday referred to first lady Dr. Jill Biden as the then-vice president under the Obama presidency — at a time when he was the vice president.

"I'm deeply proud of the work [Jill is] doing as first lady with Joining Forces initiative she started with Michelle Obama when she was vice president," Biden said, according to a tweet from RNC Research.

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Originally posted by Ironbutt:
Joe calls Jill former VP for Obama.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfr...22/04/02/id/1064038/

President Joe Biden during the commissioning ceremony of the USS Delaware on Saturday referred to first lady Dr. Jill Biden as the then-vice president under the Obama presidency — at a time when he was the vice president.

"I'm deeply proud of the work [Jill is] doing as first lady with Joining Forces initiative she started with Michelle Obama when she was vice president," Biden said, according to a tweet from RNC Research.

Actually, I think the sentence structure is saying that Michele Obama was VP (instead of First Lady of Obama). It's a mistake, but not the one you mentioned.

flashguy

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Actually, I think the sentence structure is saying that Michele Obama was VP (instead of First Lady of Obama).

flashguy

Correct.

What a dumb shit Biden is.

Imagine if Trump had exhibited a tenth of the obvious signs of mental instability that Biden does. It would be 24/7 on every single news platform.

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki is set to leave her gig later this spring to join MSNBC, according to a new report.

Q: "A Chinese energy company paid $4.8 million to entities controlled by Hunter and the president's brother. Is the president confident his family didn't cross any ethical lines?"

BIDEN CHIEF OF STAFF: "Ah, George, the president's confident that his family did the right thing."

video at

https://twitter.com/i/status/1510623566152278016

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chief of staff probably telling the truth. biden is confident his family did the "right thing" by taking $4.8 mil. "right thing" for biden and his family

Another rat jumps off World-Salad-Queen-Kamala's sinking ship:

Another One? Kamala Harris Deputy Chief-Of-Staff Quits

Working for her has got to be absolutely toxic

In reference to SDY's post above.

Biden’s ‘absolute’ defense of Hunter leaves media and Justice Department in a muddle

https://thehill.com/opinion/ju...artment-in-a-muddle/

“We absolutely stand by the president’s comment.” With those words, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield reaffirmed that President Biden maintains his son Hunter Biden did “nothing [that] was unethical” and never “made money” in China.

Those claims appear demonstrably false — and they make the positions of both the media and Attorney General Merrick Garland absolutely untenable.

For the media, the ongoing investigation of Hunter Biden by U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware has presented a growing danger of self-indictment over its prior coverage (or noncoverage). Weiss has called a long line of witnesses before a grand jury, and there is growing expectation of criminal charges against Hunter Biden.

Nothing concentrates the mind as much as a looming indictment.

Thus, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and other media faced the embarrassing prospect of an indictment based on a story they previously suggested was either a nonstory or Russian disinformation. Suddenly, in recent days, they all rushed to declare the story legitimate, 18 months after the New York Post reported it in October 2020.

What quickly emerged, though, was a new narrative: None of this implicates President Biden. On CNN, White House correspondent John Harwood declared, “There is zero evidence that Vice President Biden, or President Biden, has done anything wrong in connection with what Hunter Biden has done.” Anchor Brianna Keilar then added for emphasis that Harwood was making “an important distinction.”

It was important, but not because it was true. While many media figures now willingly admit the legitimacy of Hunter Biden’s abandoned-laptop story, they are avoiding what the emails found on that laptop actually contain. Hundreds of emails appear to detail a multimillion-dollar influence-peddling enterprise by the Biden family, including Hunter Biden and his uncle James Biden.

Influence peddling has long been the way Washington’s elite enriches itself. This common source of political corruption involves the relatives of powerful government figures who shake down corporations or countries for access and influence.

The Bidens would seem to be standouts in this common practice, engaging in a virtual family business. James Biden has been accused of marketing his connection to his brother. And in the emails discovered on his abandoned laptop, Hunter Biden practically sold timeshares of his father by dangling meetings and dinners for investors.

The key in any influence peddling scheme is to protect the principal. People apparently were told to avoid directly referring to President Biden. In one email, Tony Bobulinski, then a business partner of Hunter’s, was instructed by Biden associate James Gilliar not to speak of the former veep’s connection to any transactions: “Don’t mention Joe being involved, it’s only when u [sic] are face to face, I know u [sic] know that but they are paranoid.”

Instead, the emails apparently refer to President Biden with code names such as “Celtic” or “the big guy.” In one, “the big guy” is discussed as possibly receiving a 10 percent cut on a deal with a Chinese energy firm; other emails reportedly refer to Hunter Biden paying portions of his father’s expenses and taxes.

Despite President Biden’s repeated claims he knew nothing about these dealings, Bobulinski has said he personally met with the senior Biden to discuss Hunter Biden’s business activities. Bobulinski had been selected by the family to handle these deals.

As vice president, Joe Biden flew to China on Air Force Two with Hunter Biden, who arranged for his father to meet some of his business interests. Hunter Biden’s financial interest in a Chinese-backed investment firm, BHR Partners, was registered within weeks of that 2013 trip. Yet, President Biden repeatedly insisted that he never discussed such dealings with his son, a claim Hunter Biden has contradicted.

There are emails of Ukrainian and other foreign clients thanking Hunter Biden for arranging meetings with his father. There are photos from dinners and meetings that tie President Biden to these figures, including a 2015 dinner with a group of Hunter Biden’s Russian and Kazakh clients.

It is important to note that when these foreign interests were clamoring to give Hunter Biden millions of dollars, he was, by his own admission, a hopeless addict. In his 2021 memoir, Hunter Biden admits he was “drinking a quart of vodka a day” and “smoking crack around the clock,” up until his father’s 2020 presidential campaign began. So why would Russian, Chinese and other foreign figures give Hunter Biden all of this money, if not to influence his father?

The new narrative suggests that, while Hunter Biden maintained one of the largest influence-peddling schemes in recent history, it did not involve the object of that scheme — his father.

Even if President Biden was not influenced by all of this, it’s hard to believe he didn’t know his son was selling access. In his book, Hunter Biden claims his father repeatedly intervened due to his addictions — and yet we are to believe that Joe Biden did not express curiosity about how his addicted son was raking in millions from foreign sources?

The point is that President Biden really did not have to ask: Hunter Biden had nothing to sell but influence. All President Biden had to do to facilitate such schemes was to be accessible — to allow his family to deliver face-to-face meetings and photo ops.

And that brings us to the untenable position of Garland.

It is hard to imagine a stronger case for a special counsel. Any effort to investigate Hunter Biden’s dealings will lead investigators to encounter repeated references to the president and how he may have benefited from those schemes. At the same time, the president is “absolutely” standing by his denial that his son did anything wrong or made any money from China.

The White House statement this week serves as a reminder to investigators that the president is heavily invested in this narrative and his denial of now-established facts.

This is not to say that Weiss, the U.S. Attorney investigating Hunter Biden, will not be independent in his efforts. However, the concern is the appearance of how a conflict might affect the investigation or limit the scope of any potential charges. Moreover, absent a special counsel, there is unlikely to be a report on these apparent influence peddling schemes.

Garland pledged to protect the Justice Department from such conflicts and to avoid even the appearance of political influence. He now has a president stating that alleged wrongdoing by his son is “absolutely” untrue, including dealings possibly impacting the president personally and financially. If Garland declines to appoint a special counsel, he will absolutely fail on his pledge.

Can't let Trump have a win, no sir

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- Biden administration officials are now seeking ways to boost oil imports from Canada
- But they don’t want to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline that Biden killed
- Deliberations are in early stages; no clear-cut solutions have emerged.

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This Michael Knowles Twitter video shows Obama, Pelosi, Biden and others. He calls it "Brutal". I call it insane.

https://twitter.com/michaeljkn...lLnLaC4c70_g6zsZvbTQ

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Originally posted by oddball:
This Michael Knowles Twitter video shows Obama, Pelosi, Biden and others. He calls it "Brutal". I call it insane.

https://twitter.com/michaeljkn...lLnLaC4c70_g6zsZvbTQ

look who everyone is gravitating toward stage left, says it all

^^^^^^^^

Yeah, his hands tell us either that he was expecting a hug from Pelosi or someone, or a gesture of "WTF" as he stumbles about on stage all by himself. This clip really shows how way off this whole POTUS situation is. Crazy.

A Roomba vacuum has more direction and purpose in its movement than the apricot running our country. FFS.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
A Roomba vacuum has more direction and purpose in its movement than the apricot ruining our country. FFS.

Fixed it for you.

flashguy

Barry referred to Biden as "Vice President" in his speech today (says it was a joke).

What a hug, eh?

Can't let him out without his minders

Here is another short clip from today of FBHO upstaging FJB.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ben.../1511481594963701760

Look how FJB tries to get himself back into the action by putting his hand on FBHO’s shoulder and braaaaaack does not even glance back.

It’s pathetic.

The GIs behind them look really impressed too.

If I had a heart I'd almost feel sorry for the guy.