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White House takes action to force government workers to travel via electric vehicle, rail

‘These operational changes will accelerate the clean transportation transformation,’ White House says

…The actions, which the White House said fulfilled President Biden’s promise to “lead by example” on tackling climate change, seek to take advantage of the federal government’s annual business travel purchasing power of $2.8 billion and status as the nation’s largest employer. Overall, government employees on official business took more than 2.8 million flights, made 2.3 million vehicle rentals and took 33,000 rail trips last year.

…Under the guidance, government employees must rent an EV on official travel when the cost of the EV is less than or equal to the most affordable comparable gas-powered vehicle available. Additionally, employees must opt for EVs when using taxis and ride-share platforms when they are cost-competitive.

In addition, employees must only use rail on trips that require less than 250 miles of travel instead of driving or flying.

For local travel, employees will be required to use public transportation, a rule that includes travel upon arriving at an offsite location.

“This will save taxpayer money and reduce pollution that jeopardizes people’s health and fuels the climate crisis,” the White House said.

more here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...possible/ar-AA1lwh1X

"The federal government will save taxpayers money, reduce emissions, strengthen our growing electric vehicle industry and create good-paying union jobs," said White House Council on Environmental Quality chair Brenda Mallory.

Presumably this decree includes everyone. POTUS, VP, congressmen, etc.

I can't wait to see Biden riding Amtrack to then get in a Chevy Volt motorcade!

makes me sick

obama and biden : obamacare is now bidencare

video at link

https://twitter.com/i/status/1735685927027040737

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Originally posted by sdy:
makes me sick

obama and biden : obamacare is now bidencare

video at link

https://twitter.com/i/status/1735685927027040737

Obamacare…Bidencare, whatever.

All I know is before the laughably named “Affordable” Care Act, my yearly deductible was around $600

After Obamacare forced companies onto high deductible health plans, my yearly deductible is $6,850

Fuck Obama AND Biden

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1735685927027040737

Absolutely cringeworthy.

Somehow or other, I got an email from Biden thanking me for my continued support!
I have no idea how his organization got my email address, since I have never contacted them for any reason. Or any Democrat, for that matter.
Instant Unsubscribe!

from the Washington Post ???

James Biden’s dealmaking caught on FBI tapes in unrelated bribery probe
While Joe Biden campaigned in Mississippi, his brother planned to build a powerful consulting business -- a deal that brought him to the periphery of a federal case

https://www.washingtonpost.com...alert&location=alert

Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a famed Mississippi trial attorney, was tantalizingly close to a historic deal to force tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars — but there was one last hurdle. A divided Congress had to sign off. And Scruggs had identified one of the most skeptical senators, Joe Biden, as a key to winning the vote.

Scruggs turned to Biden’s younger brother James, an old acquaintance who ran a D.C. consulting firm with his wife, Sara.

Scruggs paid the firm $100,000 in 1998 for advice on passing the bill, Scruggs said in an interview at his office here — the first time he has disclosed the amount.

“I probably wouldn’t have hired him if he wasn’t the senator’s brother,” Scruggs said.

Biden eventually backed the bill, which ultimately failed to pass Congress.

“Jim was never untoward about his influence,” Scruggs said. “He didn’t brag about it or talk about it. He didn’t have to. He was the man’s brother.”

Scruggs’s deal with James Biden highlights how President Biden’s brother has for decades benefited financially from his proximity to his powerful sibling, a relationship that is newly relevant today as congressional Republicans investigate whether President Biden assisted his family members’ business deals. During Joe Biden’s 36 years in the Senate, eight years as vice president and now three years as president, James Biden’s private business work — as a consultant for hire and behind-the-scenes political fixer — has often intersected with his brother’s public responsibilities.

For months, that probe has focused on the president’s son Hunter Biden, but the House Oversight Committee recently issued subpoenas for James and Sara Biden to testify, drawing attention to James Biden’s unique role in his brother’s life and career. James and Sara Biden’s company Lion Hall, to which Scruggs paid $100,000, also is cited in one of the subpoenas as central to the probe.

Scruggs said he did not know whether James Biden had talked to his brother about his vote, “but I hope he did.” Paul J. Fishman, a lawyer for James and Sara Biden, said in an email that neither had talked to Joe Biden about the tobacco settlement bill. “Jim Biden’s consulting work has never involved speaking with or providing access to his brother for this or any other client,” Fishman said.

The White House did not respond to a list of questions from The Washington Post about President Biden’s action on the tobacco legislation and, more broadly, on his relationship with his brother and whether he has ever used his public position to help him financially.

The deal with Lion Hall also illuminates the Bidens’ decades-long relationship with Scruggs, once one of the country’s most powerful trial lawyers, who made his fortune taking on corporate interests and making friends in politics. Scruggs took James Biden on a boat trip while discussing a potential partnership on asbestos lawsuits; flew Joe Biden on his private plane to a fundraiser; and met with Biden family members at a University of Mississippi football game, Scruggs and his associates said in interviews.

But James and Sara Biden’s ties to Scruggs also later brought them to the periphery of a sweeping federal investigation, one that eventually led to the trial lawyer’s epic downfall in 2008 over a bribery scheme.

As FBI agents circled in on Scruggs and his associates over a plan to deliver $40,000 in bribes to a local judge, they also secretly recorded conversations with James Biden — who, at the same time, was trying to create a consulting firm with the Scruggs partners. Neither James Biden nor his brother was charged or accused of wrongdoing in the case, which led to prison for Scruggs and several of his associates, including James Biden’s would-be partners.

Fishman, asked about this case, responded by email that “more than fifteen years ago, Jim and Sara Biden had serious discussions” with Scruggs’s associates in Mississippi “about starting a firm that would provide legal and consulting services. That venture never got off the ground. Jim and Sara were not aware of or involved in any unethical or illegal behavior” by the associates.

Much of the material related to James Biden in the Mississippi case is not available in court files, but the recordings, transcripts and other material were collected by Curtis Wilkie, who wrote a 2010 book about Scruggs, “The Fall of the House of Zeus,” which reported a number of details about the Biden connections. Wilkie granted permission for The Post to review his archives at the University of Mississippi, including FBI recordings of James Biden. In addition, The Post reviewed thousands of pages of court records and other material and interviewed key participants.

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Patterson said that in the early 1990s he introduced Scruggs to James Biden, who hoped to work on the trial lawyer’s lucrative cases against asbestos manufacturers accused of causing lung disease. Scruggs said in an interview that he took James Biden, along with Patterson, on a 50-foot Hatteras boat to an island off the Mississippi coast.

A partnership on asbestos cases did not materialize, but an even more enticing possibility soon emerged. Scruggs sued cigarette manufacturers, alleging that they had cost states hundreds of billions of dollars through Medicaid, citing insider information showing the companies knew their product was addictive and hid that fact for decades. (The events were later dramatized in the 1999 movie “The Insider,” filmed partly at Scruggs’s Pascagoula home.) Scruggs eventually oversaw a case in which he believed that the companies would have to pay $368 billion.

But members of Congress were divided about the settlement, which required federal legislation to waive antitrust provisions, according to their statements and hearing transcripts from the time. That concerned Biden, then the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, who said in a 1997 news release that he was “not yet convinced that this settlement is a good deal” for the American people. A few days later, Biden said at a hearing that if the deal wasn’t improved, it would go “down the tubes.”

Scruggs was at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees without a deal. Scruggs said Patterson urged him to talk to Joe Biden, so he went to Washington in mid-1997 and met with the senator for the first time, as well as with other lawmakers he considered to be potential roadblocks. He said he realized he needed more help winning over the senator from Delaware and other members of Congress. That is when he turned to James and his wife, Sara, a former congressional aide.

Starting on April 9, 1998, Scruggs made a series of $10,000 payments to their firm, Lion Hall, during a year-long period. Those payments totaled $100,000, according to records that Scruggs provided to The Post.

When a larger version of the tobacco settlement finally reached the Senate floor in June 1998, Biden had gone from being one of its biggest critics to becoming one of its leading defenders — a significant victory for Scruggs.

Biden’s support wasn’t enough. After the vote, Biden said Republicans, who had largely opposed the legislation, had been swayed by an intensive tobacco industry advertising blitz.

At the time, little was known about Lion Hall. But one lawsuit at the time alleged that James and Sara Biden openly sought to benefit from their connection to Joe Biden.

more at link. Washington Post ? turning on biden?

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...federal-tax-charges/

Hunter Biden is scheduled to be arraigned at 1 p.m. on Jan. 11 before Judge Alka Sagar in Roybal Courtroom 640.

Biden was indicted on nine tax-related offenses earlier this month on accusations of failing to pay his taxes, failing to file his tax returns, and filing fraudulent tax returns

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...-our-allies-n2632596

U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Entity List

short snip:

the CCP-owned company arming our foes and those attacking our allies has apparently benefitted from exported U.S. technologies with licenses approved by the U.S. government. "America's adversaries are using DJI drones that contain American cutting-edge technology to harm U.S. national security interests and the security of U.S. partners," lawmakers' warned.

"When an American company applies to export to a company on the Entity List, such as DJI, the DoD has the specific responsibility to examine the potential national security risks of that proposed export," the lawmakers' letter emphasized. "We are requesting clarification on whether the DoD supported the export of U.S. technologies that have enabled DJI to assist the CCP in brutally repressing the Uyghur population and equipping Iranian-backed Hamas and Russian military forces with drones."

Lawmakers' concerns and the apparent approval of export licenses for U.S. tech to DJI come after Biden's Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said earlier in December that "the threat from China is large and growing" and said she wants to make her agency's BIS "more muscular" as Commerce supposedly improves America's footing to compete with China.

Stephen Coonen, a former U.S. Army artillery officer and foreign affairs officer who transitioned from active duty to help spearhead the Pentagon's efforts to keep U.S. tech from getting into the hands of America's foes resigned in November 2021 and subsequently exposed how "the U.S. government’s export control regime is marked by ineffectiveness and a willful blindness to how China is legally capturing controlled American technologies."

In a post about the letter from lawmakers to Secretary Austin, Coonen called the situation with DJI "a damming illustration of the failure of US export control policies for China. Either DoD is recommending approval for the transfer of militarily useful tech to the PRC - a position that is diametrically opposed to its mission of protecting the edge of the American Warfighter; or DoD's calls for denying such export licenses are being overruled by a BIS-dominated process."

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Ashley Biden Owes Thousands in Unpaid Taxes

https://slaynews.com/news/ashl...ign=daily-newsletter

Democrat President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley has failed to pay thousands of dollars in taxes, financial records show.

The 42-year-old daughter of Jill Biden and Joe Biden owes $5,000 in unpaid taxes to the government.

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue’s Philadelphia County put a lien on her property for unpaid taxes going back to 2015.

To her credit, Ashely Biden’s tax bill is a lot smaller than her half-brother’s.

Hunter Biden was recently charged with dodging over $1 million in taxes.

Biden instead spent the money on prostitutes, drugs, girlfriends, expensive cars – “in short, everything but his taxes,” the indictment reads.

The Biden family’s international business deals brought millions in dubious foreign income through Hunter.

House Republicans have opened an impeachment inquiry on the matter.

Hunter Biden is the president’s only surviving child from a previous marriage.

Ashley Biden is the only child of Joe and his current wife Jill Biden.

Ashley is married to an ear, nose, and throat doctor and plastic surgeon, Howard Krein.

Krein was previously accused of potentially benefiting from Biden’s COVID pandemic response through his investment firm.

more at link

Can you imagine the absolute shrieking from the left if Trumps kids had exhibited just a fraction of the irresponsibility, criminal conduct, or disgusting sexual behavior indulged in by the Biden crime syndicate members?

Where is Hunter Biden? That’s the burning question at the moment, especially after his bizarre press conference where he declined to testify before Congress. Now, it’s likely he’ll be held in contempt. After all, Democrats have consistently maintained that ignoring a Congressional subpoena is an offense worthy of jail time.

https://revolver.news/2023/12/...nter-off-marine-one/





Ironically, the criminal accused of not paying his taxes is now flying on the American taxpayer’s dime. And the same guy who touts “transparency” is trying to hide this from the American people. How’s that for Biden privilege? Honestly, is there a family more reprehensible than the Bidens? It’s a tough call, but they might just surpass the Clintons in that regard.

This is FAKE / SATIRE however the FACTS are TRUE and well made. Enjoy and God Bless !!!


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Yeah, 'doubling down on everything'...

James Biden received $600,000 after promising political favors, witness testifies

https://www.washingtonexaminer...ing-political-favors

A healthcare company gave James Biden more than half a million dollars in 2018 with the expectation that he would, in turn, use his prominent last name to obtain funding from the Middle East for the company, but Biden never delivered on his promise, according to a witness who spoke to Congress on Monday.

The bankruptcy trustee who testified, Carol Fox, also said there were no documents to back up this agreement that James Biden, President Joe Biden’s younger brother, made with Americore Health, according to a source familiar with the closed-door interview Fox gave.

Americore filed for bankruptcy a year after it paid James Biden, and Fox sued the younger Biden in July 2022 on behalf of the company over allegations he misled it and helped drive it into financial ruin.

The portions of Fox's testimony relayed to the Washington Examiner support the allegations she made in court documents at the time.

The court records showed the payments to James Biden comprised two wire transfers that totaled $600,000 and were designated as “loans” despite their lacking paper trail.

Fox’s firsthand knowledge of the payments has made her a relevant witness to House Republicans, who are leading an impeachment inquiry into allegations Joe Biden used his political influence to help his family members profit. The president denies having any involvement in his family's business dealings.

Republicans have tied the Americore payments to Joe Biden because on March 1, 2018, the same day James Biden received a $200,000 wire transfer from Americore, he wrote a check to Joe Biden for $200,000 with the description “loan repayment.”

The check was one item among thousands of financial records Republicans have obtained through their investigation, and while it could indicate Joe Biden had knowledge of and personally benefited from his brother’s shady dealings with Americore, Democrats have argued that is not the case.

They point to records showing that an account controlled by Joe Biden’s attorneys wired James Biden $200,000 two months before James Biden made the “loan repayment” to his brother using the Americore money he'd received.

That is “clear evidence that this transaction was a short-term, interest-free loan between brothers, which occurred while President Biden was also a private citizen,” House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said.

Republicans have countered that the origin of the initial $200,000 wire payment to James Biden, which Democrats used as evidence to support claims of a loan, was not actually clear because the attorney-controlled account may not have been solely associated with Joe Biden and could have also been affiliated with other Biden family members. Republicans also noted the reason for the loan remains a mystery.

Fox, for her part, reached a settlement agreement with James Biden last year as part of her lawsuit to recover the funds he had taken from Americore.

Fox testified that she has looked to recipients of money transfers as part of the process of clawing back funds in bankruptcy cases, according to the source familiar with her testimony.

However, Fox said that despite her intimate knowledge of the Americore payments to James Biden, she had never before seen the $200,000 payment he transferred to Joe Biden on the same day the younger Biden received a portion of the Americore funds.

A second source with direct knowledge of Fox's testimony said she explained that her lack of awareness of that transfer was not a cause for concern in this case.

“Fox explained that James Biden’s use of the funds he received from Americore was not relevant to her work as a trustee given that she was able to negotiate a fair and equitable settlement with James Biden,” the source said.

Throwing cold water on the relevance of the testimony to the impeachment inquiry, the source added that Fox said she had "no evidence of Joe Biden being involved in any of James Biden’s business dealings.”

An attorney for James Biden did not respond to a request for comment.

While Republicans have not uncovered conclusive evidence that Joe Biden leveraged his political influence to help his family members' business dealings, James Biden has indisputably profited from his proximity to his brother.

The dubious healthcare venture is among James Biden's most recent string of business endeavors. However, the Washington Post recently reported on an incident from the late '90s, when James Biden and his wife Sara raked in $100,000 from Richard Scruggs, a renowned trial attorney who was later convicted and sentenced to prison for bribery.

Scruggs hired the Bidens' consulting firm to help him push high-stakes tobacco legislation through Congress, while, at the same time, Joe Biden was a key senator opposed to the bill. Joe Biden flipped his position during the same months Scruggs was paying James and Sara Biden, the Washington Post reported.

"I probably wouldn't have hired him if he wasn't the senator's brother," Scruggs said.

James Biden did not "brag about" or "talk about" his influential position, Scruggs added. "He didn't have to. He was the man's brother."

Biden has a lot of balls to be running his fat mouth again about Trump when he himself is literally committing treason and allowing our country to be flooded with illegal invaders.

In short.. GFYS you old demented man

You can sense the panic, can't you? I can and it's great!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Southern border crisis: Authorities encounter nearly 27,000 immigrants in 48 hours in unprecedented surge

https://www.washingtonexaminer...-immigrants-48-hours

In just 48 hours, authorities have encountered almost as many immigrants illegally attempting to enter the United States from Mexico as in entire months during the Obama and Trump administrations.

United States Customs and Border Protection data revealed that federal law enforcement encountered 26,751 immigrants Monday and Tuesday amid the unprecedented surge, the Washington Examiner learned Wednesday.

The nearly 27,000 encounters in two days are not far off from the 34,243 total encounters in the entire month of December 2015. The past 48 hours are higher than six months during former President Donald Trump's first year in office before the coronavirus pandemic and border restrictions.

More at link

SMDH

https://x.com/dc_draino/status...878726346502498?s=46

From the Washington Post:

James Biden’s dealmaking caught on FBI tapes in unrelated bribery probe

https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3...ted-bribery-probe%2F