[CommitteePressRelease] WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released a third bank records memorandum detailing new information obtained in the Committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes. The memorandum outlines how the Bidens and their business associates received millions from oligarchs in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine during Joe Biden’s vice presidency. After Hunter Biden received millions of dollars in payments, then-Vice President Joe Biden dined with his son’s foreign associates in Washington, D.C. Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, recently testified that then-Vice President Joe Biden was "the brand" sold to enrich the Biden family and was used to send "signals" of access, power, and influence------ This memo covers about $5M in payoffs to Biden family shell companies in 2014.
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Tom the only coverage they give it is that it's a Republican witch hunt. Nothing to see here.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
08/09/2023 12:01 Comments ||
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At this point it's "We have to destroy 'democracy' to save it..."
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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After the Constitution was ratified, James Madison sought election to the House because he felt that the social requirements for a Senator would bankrupt him. Joe, on the other hand, who purports to have no interest in the family business, is packing pate in his lunch pail with no corruption-free explanation for his sudden financial windfall. Has he been selling his finger painting artwork in secret auctions?
Posted by: Super Hose ||
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#1 tom: joe was under the guidance of barak. I wouldn't be surprised if they both were indicted when Trump gets the opportunity.
[Gateway] Last month, a bag of cocaine was discovered in the West Wing of the White House. Recent claims suggest it might belong to an individual closely associated with the Biden family. According to sources per New York Post, President Biden may know the identity of this individual.
In a report published on Sunday by Soldier of Fortune, publisher Susan Katz Keating cited information from three security sources.
"All three sources independently told Soldier of Fortune the same name, which arose from an investigation into the incident. The sources currently work for a U.S. government agency, and are not authorized to speak to the media," Keating wrote.
Susan Katz Keating is an award-winning writer and investigative journalist who has covered military, defense, and security issues. Over the years, she has written for various publications such as Washington Times and Washington Examiner and has reported from several conflict zones, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Northern Ireland. Keating has a reputation for her in-depth reporting on U.S. military and related matters.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The board of North Carolina's flagship public university has voted to strictly ban the use of 'race, sex, color or ethnicity' in admissions and hiring decisions, including through the use of essays.
The Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved the resolution after the US Supreme Court struck down their school's race-conscious admissions plan as violating the Constitution.
In a pair of decisions announced June 29, the court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, ruling against the measure at both UNC and Harvard University, respectively the nation's oldest public and private colleges.
'I'm confident that we're taking all the necessary steps to fully comply' with the court decisions, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said at the board's recent meting to pass the resolution, according to the News and Observer.
But while other schools are seeking out loopholes to boost student body diversity, UNC's new policy strictly bars certain measures, including the use of essays related to a prospective student's racial background or struggles with discrimination.
The board resolution at UNC promises not to grant 'preferential treatment' to any individual or group on the basis of race.
The school also must not establish 'through essays or other means' any process premised upon 'race-based preferences' in hiring and admissions, according to the resolution.
UNC's approach goes beyond that other schools, some of which seem to be seeking out ways to factor race in admissions decisions without technically violating the ruling.
In New York, Sarah Lawrence College now has an essay prompt asking applicants how they were personally impacted by the Supreme Court decision, according to Inside Higher Ed.
Harvard has also hinted that it may use essays about race to weigh applicants, in keeping with the court decision that schools can consider 'an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.'
At UNC, board member Ralph Meekins urged, without success, for members to postpone the vote, saying the resolution 'goes well beyond the Supreme Court ruling.'
Meanwhile, trustee John Preyer criticized how UNC handled the litigation brought in 2014 by a conservative group that accused the school's undergraduate admissions policies of discriminating against white and Asian students.
A trial judge in 2021 upheld the school's affirmative action policy, leading to appeals that eventually reached the Supreme Court.
'This is a moment of humility,' Preyer said. 'For nine years, we've spent in the neighborhood of $35 million to lose a high-profile case. Why did we do that? Was that the right thing to do?'
The trustees also discussed other ways to comply with the June court ruling, which found the school's consideration of race in admissions violated the Constitution's equal protection clause.
'What we´re trying to do is be proactive with this and make sure that we're in compliance and that we´re providing equal protection,' trustee Marty Kotis said. O
ne school administrator mentioned having an internal diversity, equity and inclusion audit but didn´t provide details.
Guskiewicz announced several weeks ago that the school would offer free tuition to students whose families make less than $80,000 annually.
The program, which could help expand diversity efforts, is being paid for with private funds.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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From what I understand, the Board of Trustees at UNC is actually pretty good. The administration, bureaucracy, and faculty, on the other hand, are as awful as at any other university and go out of their way to ignore and/or circumvent decisions and directives of the Board. How they get away with it I don't know.
Posted by: Tom ||
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If only there were some test you could administer to prospective students to gauge their Scholastic Aptitude.
#1
If she can't make it to the Senate floor, that's one less vote for donks.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
08/09/2023 12:15 Comments ||
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I hate to say I have no sympathy but she should have resigned a long, long time ago to spend her remaining days in the dignity and comfort of home.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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I'm sure some "principled" pub like Pierre Delecto or Droopy Collins will withhold their vote in the spirit of "collegiality" if it comes to that.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
08/09/2023 12:18 Comments ||
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Nancy Pelosi’s daughter has Power of Attorney for Feinstein. Sounds like they have decided to expedite the natural process of aging.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
08/09/2023 12:21 Comments ||
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#5
I'm waiting for them to revise the headline to:
"NOT BREAKING, just really bruised".
Posted by: ed in texas ||
08/09/2023 12:30 Comments ||
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#6
Diane is done. Newsome wants to be President, so look for Karen Bass, LA Mayor and political heavyweight in California demokrat politics to be a strong consideration.
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For the record, that's "Dianne" con dos enes, as in "superannuated" (not know-it-alling, just happened to notice I got it wrong the other day meself).
Posted by: Super Hose ||
08/09/2023 8:57 Comments ||
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Compared to Joe Biden, compared to any Democrat these days, Nixon was a Boy Scout.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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This was a war between the Democrat media apparatus (post) and Nixon. This showed the power the media being used as a useful tool. The resulting Pulitzer prize was a gift.
Richard Nixon was an isolated,
much maligned political figure,
hated by the left and deeply
flawed by understandable paranoia.
Never mentioned is his enormous
political popularity, landslide
victories, and successful ending
of the Viet Nam War.
The Watergate cover-up, which he
did own, was to protect one of
his few, dear personal friends
and political allies, Attorney General
John Mitchel. He was not the
author of the break-ins, but he
was determined to protect Mitchell
at all costs, and White House
John Dean owns much of the advice
that led to the disaster as a way
to hide his own deep culpability.
The irony of Nixon's disgrace is
that much of the criminality was
unknown to him, it was John Dean
who was behind the Watergate
Break-in to protect his ex-hooker
wife. They were trying to find
the phone book of high-end
democrat donors and their
preferences in the little anteroom
off the DNC Directors's secretary
office.Read St. Martin’s Press, in 1991,
of the book Silent Coup: The
Removal of a President, by Len
Colodny and Robert Gettlin. , and
the long but fascinating article
by James Rosen in Real Clear
Politics. The best of the Rosen
article is in the last quarter
of this lengthy but fascinating story.
[Gateway] Former National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, Keith Kellogg, has issued a searing critique of his former boss.
Kellogg, who worked close to both Pence and President Trump during their tenure in the White House, expressed deep disappointment in Pence’s recent actions vis-a-vis the former President.
"I’ve worked alongside many leaders in my years of service to this Nation. Among them, President Donald J. Trump stands apart," Kellogg began, highlighting the former President’s "unwavering determination, a deep vision for America, and the courage to take a stand where others wilt." He hailed Trump’s "bold and dramatic leadership style" that he claims has ushered in numerous achievements for the nation.
Turning his attention to Pence, Kellogg stated, "While I respect his service to our Nation, I must express my disappointment in his recent actions regarding President Trump."
#2
The postmortem of his campaign will be: "I was just saying what (I thought) people wanted to hear. We didn't do a good enough job of getting our message out."
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
08/09/2023 7:28 Comments ||
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Finger in the air, another gutless wonder.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike ||
08/09/2023 9:33 Comments ||
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Pence has always been a squish and an establishment man.
#5
The evil GOP donors have shopped at politician Harbor Freight and purchased several assorted unelectable tools in the hopes of damaging Trump’s re-election. Based on Trump’s poll numbers, they have wasted their money. Pence, in particular, is so hated by most Americans that he probably help’s Trump fundraise with every appearance.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
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DeSantis' campaign appears to be imploding. That's unfortunate. He should have waited until he didn't have to run against Trump.
The question now will be if he has damaged the Republican party in Florida with the perception, he will end his term as governor labelled a loser.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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If he is measured against Charlie Crist and Andrew Gillum, I think Ron will come out looking ok. If Gillum had been elected, the disinfecting procedure for the governors mansion would have been prohibitively expensive. It would have been more cost effective to burn it down.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
08/09/2023 12:18 Comments ||
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Pence, in particular, is so hated by most Americans that he probably help’s Trump fundraise with every appearance.
First he was a non-entity and now he is a backstabber ...progress I guess. He shares the I will Destroy My Image award with Bud Lite.
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If Pence dyed his hair Rapinoe blue you would know that he was either Bud Lite’s newest spokesthem or planning to run against HeatMeizer for some elected office.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
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[Federalist] Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley adopted White House talking points Tuesday when she condemned Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on military promotions over the administration’s embrace of far-left social policy.
In a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt, the Republican presidential candidate said Tuberville’s standoff with the Pentagon over the military’s embrace of abortion and transgenderism jeopardized national security.
Tuberville placed a hold on military promotions when the Defense Department implemented a new abortion policy allowing servicemembers three weeks of paid leave and travel in pursuit of the deadly procedure. Federal law prohibits U.S. tax dollars from funding abortion. So, it's Tommy, not the Pentagon embracing abortion, that's the problem? FOAD Haley. Buh bye
The administration’s "new abortion policy is immoral and arguably illegal," Tuberville said on the Senate floor in March, noting if Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "wants to change the law, he needs to go through Congress."
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When I think of Nikki or Hugh, two words come to mind: disappointment and irrelevance.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
08/09/2023 8:55 Comments ||
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Buh-Bye, Biatch.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike ||
08/09/2023 9:41 Comments ||
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She was at best mediocre as a governor here in SC. When I ask her supporters to name one of her accomplishments (in eight years--two terms), I always get a blank stare.
Posted by: Tom ||
08/09/2023 11:22 Comments ||
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"But, she has electrolytes! It's what plants want..."
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
08/09/2023 11:30 Comments ||
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Is it possible that she never had a prime.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
08/09/2023 12:05 Comments ||
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They don't call 'em RINO for nothing.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Gateway] Last month, a bag of cocaine was discovered in the West Wing of the White House. Recent claims suggest it might belong to an individual closely associated with the Biden family. According to sources per New York Post, President Biden may know the identity of this individual.
