March 14, 2025
Cheating on Air Traffic Tests
Timothy Birdnow
It used to be called "race norming" which was the pracitce of giving minorities at least ten points on their civil service exams to make them competitive when it came to government jobs. It's why the Post Office and other such agencies have a huge disproportionate number of minorities working in them; the applicants were clearly being given a leg up.
The USPS website, for instance, has this to say:
How is that if there is not active discrimination for minorities and open discrimination against white people? We know for a fact black people in America get inferior educations by and large (being mostly schooled by public educrats) and that they tend to do poorly on standardized tests. African Americans make up just 14.4% of the population. According to the last U.S. centus 71% of Americans are classified as white. So clearly they are discriminating against white applicants.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against reverse discrimination repeatedly yet here we have solid proof it is still ongoing. And that is in government hiring. We know full well that the private sector is pressured by government and can hire in ways that are even more discriminatory as long as they do not violate current federal law, which is all aimed at promoting minorities and not protecting the majority.
At any rate, an investigation is ramping up into attempts to steal jobs as air traffic controllers for minorities. It seems there has been cheating going on to aid DEI hires in passing the Air Traffic Control exam.
Is it any surprise? I've had little doubt that white candidates have had to jump higher hurdles than minorities for decades and now we have good reason to suspect minorities have been cheating all along. Certainly black candidates haven't been passing the Civil Serivce exam and getting jobs in government at higher rates than whites if the tests were equal and fair. Government should "look like America" at worst, meaning the racial numbers should be about as they are in the country. (Actually fewer black folks would probably be hired as they would score lower than whites by and large.) But instead we see higher numbers in these positions. I have no doubt they did that with air traffic controllers either.
And controllers not capable of doing their jobs properly lead to crashed like the ones we've seen lately.
No doubt the media will paint this as untruthful (if they cover it at all) and if it turns out to be true they will try to make it appear to be an isolated incident. But I am quite sure it's systemic.
Many years ago I took the air traffic controller's exam and scored a very high score. Guess what? I never got hired or even contacted again. I always suspected it was because of the color of my skin.
Granted they might have done me a favor as the stress could have put me in the ground. But it's just the point that people who didn't do as well as did I got high paying careers and I wound up laboring in mediocre jobs.
I also took the civil service exam and a few other government job exams and never once was offered a job, despite doing well on each and every one of them. The Federal Archives was the only place that ever got back with me and they told me I was qualified but there were "more qualified people" ahead of me, despite my score in the high nineties on the test.
The tail has wagged the dog in America for a long, long time. It's time we started exposing exactly what has been happening in this country. The Trump Administration appears to be eager to do so.
I hope and pray America doesn't just tune it all out. Injustice is injustice no matter for whom it is intended.
It used to be called "race norming" which was the pracitce of giving minorities at least ten points on their civil service exams to make them competitive when it came to government jobs. It's why the Post Office and other such agencies have a huge disproportionate number of minorities working in them; the applicants were clearly being given a leg up.
The USPS website, for instance, has this to say:
"The Postal Service is one of the leading employers of minorities and women, with minorities comprising 39 percent and women comprising 40 percent of the workforce. 21 percent of employees are African-American; 8 percent are Hispanic."
How is that if there is not active discrimination for minorities and open discrimination against white people? We know for a fact black people in America get inferior educations by and large (being mostly schooled by public educrats) and that they tend to do poorly on standardized tests. African Americans make up just 14.4% of the population. According to the last U.S. centus 71% of Americans are classified as white. So clearly they are discriminating against white applicants.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against reverse discrimination repeatedly yet here we have solid proof it is still ongoing. And that is in government hiring. We know full well that the private sector is pressured by government and can hire in ways that are even more discriminatory as long as they do not violate current federal law, which is all aimed at promoting minorities and not protecting the majority.
At any rate, an investigation is ramping up into attempts to steal jobs as air traffic controllers for minorities. It seems there has been cheating going on to aid DEI hires in passing the Air Traffic Control exam.
Is it any surprise? I've had little doubt that white candidates have had to jump higher hurdles than minorities for decades and now we have good reason to suspect minorities have been cheating all along. Certainly black candidates haven't been passing the Civil Serivce exam and getting jobs in government at higher rates than whites if the tests were equal and fair. Government should "look like America" at worst, meaning the racial numbers should be about as they are in the country. (Actually fewer black folks would probably be hired as they would score lower than whites by and large.) But instead we see higher numbers in these positions. I have no doubt they did that with air traffic controllers either.
And controllers not capable of doing their jobs properly lead to crashed like the ones we've seen lately.
No doubt the media will paint this as untruthful (if they cover it at all) and if it turns out to be true they will try to make it appear to be an isolated incident. But I am quite sure it's systemic.
Many years ago I took the air traffic controller's exam and scored a very high score. Guess what? I never got hired or even contacted again. I always suspected it was because of the color of my skin.
Granted they might have done me a favor as the stress could have put me in the ground. But it's just the point that people who didn't do as well as did I got high paying careers and I wound up laboring in mediocre jobs.
I also took the civil service exam and a few other government job exams and never once was offered a job, despite doing well on each and every one of them. The Federal Archives was the only place that ever got back with me and they told me I was qualified but there were "more qualified people" ahead of me, despite my score in the high nineties on the test.
The tail has wagged the dog in America for a long, long time. It's time we started exposing exactly what has been happening in this country. The Trump Administration appears to be eager to do so.
I hope and pray America doesn't just tune it all out. Injustice is injustice no matter for whom it is intended.
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DEI Goes to Ground
Timothy Birdnow
The dirty little secret is DEI was alive and well in corporate boardrooms long before it actually had a name. The formalization of the radcical agenda only came about recently because the Left thought they had won and could now do this openly. But it was and has been the practice in corporations and in government for decades.
S&P 500 Companies Play "Hide the DEI”
It will just go back underground until the political climate is more amenable to it.
We've had such concepts in government since the seventies. For twenty years or better there was "race norming" and other such policies which they denied they were doing. When it was finally proven they were doing it they came clean and kept right on doing it -e even with court cases that said reverse discrimination was illegal. Corporations have all had this in their personnell departments and had been quietly practicing it all along.
What is needed is for lawsuits for reverse discrimination to be filed against these corporations, and for boycotts to be organized. There needs to be pain in these companies.
The dirty little secret is DEI was alive and well in corporate boardrooms long before it actually had a name. The formalization of the radcical agenda only came about recently because the Left thought they had won and could now do this openly. But it was and has been the practice in corporations and in government for decades.
S&P 500 Companies Play "Hide the DEI”
It will just go back underground until the political climate is more amenable to it.
We've had such concepts in government since the seventies. For twenty years or better there was "race norming" and other such policies which they denied they were doing. When it was finally proven they were doing it they came clean and kept right on doing it -e even with court cases that said reverse discrimination was illegal. Corporations have all had this in their personnell departments and had been quietly practicing it all along.
What is needed is for lawsuits for reverse discrimination to be filed against these corporations, and for boycotts to be organized. There needs to be pain in these companies.
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Buttigieg May Run for President
Timothy Birdnow
This from the guy under whom doors blew off flying airplanes and trains crashed and ships sank!
Pete Buttigieg Reported to be Skipping 2026 to Focus on Big 2028 Move
He actually thinks he has a shot at the Presidency.
It's know that the door-knob Minnesota Governor is also looking to run in '28.
It'll be a real pleasure watching Booteycall or Waltzing with Timbo debate J.D. Vance...
This from the guy under whom doors blew off flying airplanes and trains crashed and ships sank!
Pete Buttigieg Reported to be Skipping 2026 to Focus on Big 2028 Move
He actually thinks he has a shot at the Presidency.
It's know that the door-knob Minnesota Governor is also looking to run in '28.
It'll be a real pleasure watching Booteycall or Waltzing with Timbo debate J.D. Vance...
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Trump End Run Around Friviloous Lawsuits
Timothy Birdnow
Some time back I posted an essay about how the Trump Administration could end all the nuisance lawsuits against his Administration by simply requiring a security deposit in every case (as is applicable by current law). I do not remember the name of the author nor have the link, alas,but I thought it a good idea at the time - make these endless legal challenges expensive and difficult to file and a lot of them will stop.
Well, by gosh by golly, Mr. Trump gone and done just that.
Now if they want to sue they will have to pony up and file lots of paperwork to boot.
Fromthe Wokespy article:
Under the current rules any Tom, Dick, or Harry can file multiple lawsuits and they all must go to court. In addition, they judge shop so often wind up with temporary victories that slow or stop the policy initiatives of the Administration. But if this rule is implemented (and it will no doubt be challenged and some judge-shopping activist with a gavel will stay the rule) it will make many of these lawsuits go away.
For instance, as of March 6 Trump had already been hit with over a hundred lawsuits, just 17 days after taking office.
The President of El Salvador had a similar problem and he solved it by impeaching judges who were simply obstructing. But that won't work so well in the U.S. with our coequal branches of government.
So this is the next best thing and it should help.
The Democrats and their NGO buddies are pulling out all the stops in using lawfare to circumvent the Will of the People and there must be consequences for that.The Law can indeed be a two-edged sword. I've argued for some time that the only solution to lawfare is mutual assured destruction, and that is where we need to go. I don't like it at all but the aggressors in any type of warfare set the rules of engagement. They wanted to play it this way.
This also illustrates the importance of getting good Constitutional judges on the bench. The Democrats have always understood the importance of the judiciary and sought to infest it with activists. We were content to put in guys who would follow the law, even when the law was completely idiotic. Sadly many of them have wound up carrying the water for Liberals because they do NOT think ideologically. We need more Scalias and Thomases and fewer Amy Coney Barretts or John Roberts.
At any rate this is a welcome development. Trump really seems to know what he is doing this time around!
Some time back I posted an essay about how the Trump Administration could end all the nuisance lawsuits against his Administration by simply requiring a security deposit in every case (as is applicable by current law). I do not remember the name of the author nor have the link, alas,but I thought it a good idea at the time - make these endless legal challenges expensive and difficult to file and a lot of them will stop.
Well, by gosh by golly, Mr. Trump gone and done just that.
Now if they want to sue they will have to pony up and file lots of paperwork to boot.
Fromthe Wokespy article:
The order requires department heads to work with the Attorney General in requesting federal courts to demand a security deposit from petitioners as required by FRCP 65(c). The court can use the security deposit to cover its costs or compensate the restrained party if it determines that the injunction was wrongly issued. Additionally, the amount must be sufficient to cover potential costs and damages if the court determines that the activists abused the judicial process to the detriment of the restrained party. Additionally, the enjoined party can argue for a higher bond, while the mover can also request a lower amount.
The executive order lamented that the activists face no consequences when their requests for frivolous injunctions were rejected. This regrettable situation encourages radical left activists to request more temporary injunctions, essentially crippling government policy. Using this tactic, activist organizations and judges insert themselves into the executive policy-making process, undermining the federal government’s democratically-issued mandate.
"This anti-democratic takeover is orchestrated by forum-shopping organizations that repeatedly bring meritless suits, used for fundraising and political grandstanding, without any repercussions when they fail,” the lawsuit stated.
The order highlighted the negative impacts of unnecessary TRO requests. It warned that taxpayers bear the cost of the litigation process and must wait for government services before the issues are resolved. The Department of Justice also dedicates substantial resources to fighting frivolous lawsuits instead of defending public safety.
"The effective administration of justice in the Federal courts depends on mechanisms that deter frivolous litigation, protect parties from unwarranted costs, and streamline judicial processes.”
Subsequently, the security deposit ensures that taxpayers do not pay the costs of litigation or damages if activist judges wrongly issue preliminary injunctions. The risk of the injunctions being reversed should also deter activists from requesting them and judges from issuing them.
The executive order lamented that the activists face no consequences when their requests for frivolous injunctions were rejected. This regrettable situation encourages radical left activists to request more temporary injunctions, essentially crippling government policy. Using this tactic, activist organizations and judges insert themselves into the executive policy-making process, undermining the federal government’s democratically-issued mandate.
"This anti-democratic takeover is orchestrated by forum-shopping organizations that repeatedly bring meritless suits, used for fundraising and political grandstanding, without any repercussions when they fail,” the lawsuit stated.
The order highlighted the negative impacts of unnecessary TRO requests. It warned that taxpayers bear the cost of the litigation process and must wait for government services before the issues are resolved. The Department of Justice also dedicates substantial resources to fighting frivolous lawsuits instead of defending public safety.
"The effective administration of justice in the Federal courts depends on mechanisms that deter frivolous litigation, protect parties from unwarranted costs, and streamline judicial processes.”
Subsequently, the security deposit ensures that taxpayers do not pay the costs of litigation or damages if activist judges wrongly issue preliminary injunctions. The risk of the injunctions being reversed should also deter activists from requesting them and judges from issuing them.
Under the current rules any Tom, Dick, or Harry can file multiple lawsuits and they all must go to court. In addition, they judge shop so often wind up with temporary victories that slow or stop the policy initiatives of the Administration. But if this rule is implemented (and it will no doubt be challenged and some judge-shopping activist with a gavel will stay the rule) it will make many of these lawsuits go away.
For instance, as of March 6 Trump had already been hit with over a hundred lawsuits, just 17 days after taking office.
The President of El Salvador had a similar problem and he solved it by impeaching judges who were simply obstructing. But that won't work so well in the U.S. with our coequal branches of government.
So this is the next best thing and it should help.
The Democrats and their NGO buddies are pulling out all the stops in using lawfare to circumvent the Will of the People and there must be consequences for that.The Law can indeed be a two-edged sword. I've argued for some time that the only solution to lawfare is mutual assured destruction, and that is where we need to go. I don't like it at all but the aggressors in any type of warfare set the rules of engagement. They wanted to play it this way.
This also illustrates the importance of getting good Constitutional judges on the bench. The Democrats have always understood the importance of the judiciary and sought to infest it with activists. We were content to put in guys who would follow the law, even when the law was completely idiotic. Sadly many of them have wound up carrying the water for Liberals because they do NOT think ideologically. We need more Scalias and Thomases and fewer Amy Coney Barretts or John Roberts.
At any rate this is a welcome development. Trump really seems to know what he is doing this time around!
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Columbia Fellow and Civil Rights Activist Judge is a Slaver
Timothy Birdnow
This guy is a fellow at Columbia U. Is it any wonder they are so nuts?
Former Columbia University fellow, a current UN judge, found guilty of forcing young woman into slavery
From the Blaze:
This shows that what passes for "human rights" these days has nothing to do with rights but everything to do with a revolutionary view of society and attempt to remake the whole world. And this is the U.N. in a nutshell - slavers who seek world government and international socialism but do so by claiming to work for "social justice" and human rights. Guess that only matters where the right people are involved, eh?
This woman got her slave a passport and enticed the poor woman with the promise of a U.N. job then took her passport and other documentation and forced her into domestic servitude.
These are the kinds of people who are promoting all this leftist nonsense.
This guy is a fellow at Columbia U. Is it any wonder they are so nuts?
Former Columbia University fellow, a current UN judge, found guilty of forcing young woman into slavery
From the Blaze:
An African U.N. Criminal Tribunal judge who was a fellow at Columbia University and has written extensively about human rights has been convicted of slavery.
Lydia Mugambe, a 49-year-old Ugandan living in Kidlington, England, was found guilty Thursday by a unanimous Oxford Crown Court jury of conspiring to violate U.K. immigration law; "requiring a person to perform force or compulsory labor"; conspiracy to intimidate a witness; and arranging travel for another person "with a view to exploitation."
Besides her work for the U.N., the African slaver has been a judge of the High Court of Uganda and a member of several professional associations, including the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the International Association of Women Judges.
Mugambe's virtue-signaling and judicial activism regarding "gender-based justice" earned her the so-called People's Choice Gavel Award from Women's Link Worldwide in 2017. According to a 2022 piece in Stellar Woman magazine celebrating the slaver's supposed accomplishments, Mugambe also won the Vera Chirwa human rights award of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, for her work "ensuring gender-based justice in Africa."
Columbia University, no stranger to criminals and extremists, notes on its website that the slaver was a fellow at its Institute for the Study of Human Rights in 2017.
Lydia Mugambe, a 49-year-old Ugandan living in Kidlington, England, was found guilty Thursday by a unanimous Oxford Crown Court jury of conspiring to violate U.K. immigration law; "requiring a person to perform force or compulsory labor"; conspiracy to intimidate a witness; and arranging travel for another person "with a view to exploitation."
Besides her work for the U.N., the African slaver has been a judge of the High Court of Uganda and a member of several professional associations, including the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the International Association of Women Judges.
Mugambe's virtue-signaling and judicial activism regarding "gender-based justice" earned her the so-called People's Choice Gavel Award from Women's Link Worldwide in 2017. According to a 2022 piece in Stellar Woman magazine celebrating the slaver's supposed accomplishments, Mugambe also won the Vera Chirwa human rights award of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, for her work "ensuring gender-based justice in Africa."
Columbia University, no stranger to criminals and extremists, notes on its website that the slaver was a fellow at its Institute for the Study of Human Rights in 2017.
This shows that what passes for "human rights" these days has nothing to do with rights but everything to do with a revolutionary view of society and attempt to remake the whole world. And this is the U.N. in a nutshell - slavers who seek world government and international socialism but do so by claiming to work for "social justice" and human rights. Guess that only matters where the right people are involved, eh?
This woman got her slave a passport and enticed the poor woman with the promise of a U.N. job then took her passport and other documentation and forced her into domestic servitude.
These are the kinds of people who are promoting all this leftist nonsense.
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Trump Goes to SCOTUS to Implement Immigration Rule
Timothy Birdnow
Trump moves inexoribly towards ending birthright citizenship.
Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship to Partially Take Effect
FTA:
Trump is now asking SCOTUS to allow him partial implementation.
Birthright citizenship is both highly unusual and just plain ridiculous. You can't find other countries practicing it (there may be one or two but as far as I know the U.S.is the only one) and that never happened until the Constitution was amended to protect freed black slaves. It was never intended to make citizens of invading aliens or foreign agents. And in fact the children of diplomats or others who are "subject to the jurisdiction" of a foreign power - which illegal aliens most assuredly are subject to.
It is interesting to note that the huge influx of immigrants in the late 19th century largely dovetailed with the widespread interpretation of the fourteenth Amendment to guarantee citizenship to anyone born here.
And SCOTUS has never ruled on this. Lower courts only, and none of them have ever ruled on it as a constitutional matter but primarily in practicality over specific cases.
Right now citizenship is like scoring a touchdown in football; you just have to break the plain of the end zone to win. If a pregnant woman slides feet-first to the border and her bottom breaks the plain of the boundary her kid becomes a U.S. citizen. It's just mind-blowingly ridiculous. Maybe "citizen birthing" should become the new national sport, with pregnant women racing to score and win the big prize!
At any rate if SCOTUS does not grant this I fear it signals they won't take the case or will decide against Trump.
We need to settle this once and for all.
Trump moves inexoribly towards ending birthright citizenship.
Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship to Partially Take Effect
FTA:
The order reads: "It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.”
Trump is now asking SCOTUS to allow him partial implementation.
Birthright citizenship is both highly unusual and just plain ridiculous. You can't find other countries practicing it (there may be one or two but as far as I know the U.S.is the only one) and that never happened until the Constitution was amended to protect freed black slaves. It was never intended to make citizens of invading aliens or foreign agents. And in fact the children of diplomats or others who are "subject to the jurisdiction" of a foreign power - which illegal aliens most assuredly are subject to.
It is interesting to note that the huge influx of immigrants in the late 19th century largely dovetailed with the widespread interpretation of the fourteenth Amendment to guarantee citizenship to anyone born here.
And SCOTUS has never ruled on this. Lower courts only, and none of them have ever ruled on it as a constitutional matter but primarily in practicality over specific cases.
Right now citizenship is like scoring a touchdown in football; you just have to break the plain of the end zone to win. If a pregnant woman slides feet-first to the border and her bottom breaks the plain of the boundary her kid becomes a U.S. citizen. It's just mind-blowingly ridiculous. Maybe "citizen birthing" should become the new national sport, with pregnant women racing to score and win the big prize!
At any rate if SCOTUS does not grant this I fear it signals they won't take the case or will decide against Trump.
We need to settle this once and for all.
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Another Taxpayer Heist
Timothy Birdnow
Another day, another Biden money scam uncovered.
A New Beltway Mystery - Fo.low the Biden EPA Money
From the Real Clear Investigations article:
Is it any wonder the country is broke?
Another day, another Biden money scam uncovered.
A New Beltway Mystery - Fo.low the Biden EPA Money
From the Real Clear Investigations article:
Zeldin has asked the EPA’s inspector general and the Department of Justice to investigate the unorthodox arrangement.
"I think it will be an uphill battle to recover the money, but it’s impressive to see Trump and Zeldin running with it,” said Daren Bakst of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, which has labeled the Greenhouse Gas money "slush funds.”
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"Even if you look past the entities that receive the money, or how they figured out how to get the money to them, this is a setup that is prone to corruption, abuse and cronyism regardless of party,” Bakst said. "The whole thing looks questionable.”
The process began before the April 4 announcement. In December 2022, Jahi Wise, an executive with the Coalition for Green Capital, joined EPA as a senior adviser. In July 2023, the EPA published a request for proposals from applicants to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
The Fund was broken into three parts. The two largest, the National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA), received huge sums, totaling $20 billion. Notably, as RCI reported last October, grants went to nonprofits that had paltry assets, had been granted their nonprofit status only the month before, or had people associated with them that had previously served various federal or state Democratic administrations. For example, the Coalition for Green Capital, Wise’s former outfit, was awarded $5.1 billion.
Three weeks later, an arrangement was made between OMB and EPA in which the money was designated "non-exchange” rather than "exchange” – a first for EPA funds, according to current officials. That label allowed for the money to be moved to recipients in lump funds rather than parceled out over the length of the deals with the nonprofits, which in most cases were slated to run until 2029, 2030, or later, records show. It also called for an outside financial institution to manage the money, in part because the agency had zero experience in handling grants of this size.
Although the language in the Inflation Reduction Act dealing with the Greenhouse Gas funds does not use "shall,” the word Congress usually employs to indicate that something is required, the law did impose a deadline of Sept. 30 – the end of the fiscal year – EPA officials and legal experts agree.
On June 27, as the EPA was making its deals with the nonprofits, Biden had his disastrous debate with Donald Trump, and on July 21 Biden ended his re-election campaign and threw his support to then-Vice President Kamala Harris. The Greenhouse Gas fund money remained unobligated at that point, according to EPA officials.
The deals were finally completed and the National Clean Investment Fund and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator money was obligated to the nonprofits on Aug. 16, according to a timeline provided to RCI. That left $7 billion, the portion that comprised the third component of the fund, Solar For All.
At that point, the $20 billion, though obligated, remained with the Treasury, officials said. A memorandum of understanding between EPA and the Treasury Department on moving the mountain of cash was not signed until Sept. 6.
Two weeks later, the Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing to learn more about EPA funding oversight, calling the agency’s inspector general Sean O’Donnell to testify. O’Donnell made clear he had never seen the maneuvers the EPA was making with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and said neither he nor his staff would be able to stay on top of it.
"I can’t say enough about how complex this system will be,” O’Donnell testified. "It’s like they created an investment bank. It’s fantastically complex. I think it’s unusual.”
Yet it was not until Nov. 12, three working days after Trump beat Harris in the 2024 election, that the EPA began talks with Citibank about taking control of the $20 billion, Trump administration officials told RCI. During those negotiations, on Dec. 5, Project Veritas released an undercover video of an EPA official laughing about what he considered an extraordinary process, likening it to "throwing gold bars off the deck of the Titanic.”
The Citibank arrangement effectively removing direct EPA oversight, and with interest on the $20 billion going to the grant recipients, was signed on Dec. 27, agency officials told RCI. The deal thus represents a carve-out for the two aspects of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that accounted for the $20 billion; the $7 billion comprising Solar For All remains with Treasury. The Trump administration has frozen that money, although some of it has already been distributed, according to federal records.
Critics of the spending said the timeline smacks of shady politics.
No question this is a slush fund and it's sole purpose was to avoid oversight. "I think it will be an uphill battle to recover the money, but it’s impressive to see Trump and Zeldin running with it,” said Daren Bakst of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, which has labeled the Greenhouse Gas money "slush funds.”
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"Even if you look past the entities that receive the money, or how they figured out how to get the money to them, this is a setup that is prone to corruption, abuse and cronyism regardless of party,” Bakst said. "The whole thing looks questionable.”
The process began before the April 4 announcement. In December 2022, Jahi Wise, an executive with the Coalition for Green Capital, joined EPA as a senior adviser. In July 2023, the EPA published a request for proposals from applicants to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
The Fund was broken into three parts. The two largest, the National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA), received huge sums, totaling $20 billion. Notably, as RCI reported last October, grants went to nonprofits that had paltry assets, had been granted their nonprofit status only the month before, or had people associated with them that had previously served various federal or state Democratic administrations. For example, the Coalition for Green Capital, Wise’s former outfit, was awarded $5.1 billion.
Three weeks later, an arrangement was made between OMB and EPA in which the money was designated "non-exchange” rather than "exchange” – a first for EPA funds, according to current officials. That label allowed for the money to be moved to recipients in lump funds rather than parceled out over the length of the deals with the nonprofits, which in most cases were slated to run until 2029, 2030, or later, records show. It also called for an outside financial institution to manage the money, in part because the agency had zero experience in handling grants of this size.
Although the language in the Inflation Reduction Act dealing with the Greenhouse Gas funds does not use "shall,” the word Congress usually employs to indicate that something is required, the law did impose a deadline of Sept. 30 – the end of the fiscal year – EPA officials and legal experts agree.
On June 27, as the EPA was making its deals with the nonprofits, Biden had his disastrous debate with Donald Trump, and on July 21 Biden ended his re-election campaign and threw his support to then-Vice President Kamala Harris. The Greenhouse Gas fund money remained unobligated at that point, according to EPA officials.
The deals were finally completed and the National Clean Investment Fund and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator money was obligated to the nonprofits on Aug. 16, according to a timeline provided to RCI. That left $7 billion, the portion that comprised the third component of the fund, Solar For All.
At that point, the $20 billion, though obligated, remained with the Treasury, officials said. A memorandum of understanding between EPA and the Treasury Department on moving the mountain of cash was not signed until Sept. 6.
Two weeks later, the Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing to learn more about EPA funding oversight, calling the agency’s inspector general Sean O’Donnell to testify. O’Donnell made clear he had never seen the maneuvers the EPA was making with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and said neither he nor his staff would be able to stay on top of it.
"I can’t say enough about how complex this system will be,” O’Donnell testified. "It’s like they created an investment bank. It’s fantastically complex. I think it’s unusual.”
Yet it was not until Nov. 12, three working days after Trump beat Harris in the 2024 election, that the EPA began talks with Citibank about taking control of the $20 billion, Trump administration officials told RCI. During those negotiations, on Dec. 5, Project Veritas released an undercover video of an EPA official laughing about what he considered an extraordinary process, likening it to "throwing gold bars off the deck of the Titanic.”
The Citibank arrangement effectively removing direct EPA oversight, and with interest on the $20 billion going to the grant recipients, was signed on Dec. 27, agency officials told RCI. The deal thus represents a carve-out for the two aspects of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that accounted for the $20 billion; the $7 billion comprising Solar For All remains with Treasury. The Trump administration has frozen that money, although some of it has already been distributed, according to federal records.
Critics of the spending said the timeline smacks of shady politics.
Is it any wonder the country is broke?
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March 12, 2025
Light Blogging Continues
Dear readers,
Light blogging will continue for a time yet. My wife has been moved to a skilled care facility and still requires a lot of attention. I'll keep pecking away when time permits. I know that Friday I'll be taking the day off and will try to do some updating at that time.
Thank you for your patience.
Light blogging will continue for a time yet. My wife has been moved to a skilled care facility and still requires a lot of attention. I'll keep pecking away when time permits. I know that Friday I'll be taking the day off and will try to do some updating at that time.
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Grime and Punishment
This from Judicial Watch courtesy of Common Sense and Wonder:
Supreme Court Asked to Review California’s Retaliation against Judicial Watch Over YouTube Election Integrity Video
https://www.judicialwatch.org/youtube-election-integrity-video/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=tipsheet&utm_term=members(Washington, DC)– Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a petition for awrit of certiorariin the United States Supreme Court concerning a Judicial Watch lawsuit asserting that the California Secretary of State retaliated against Judicial Watch because of an accurate election integrity video posted to YouTube just before the 2020 Election (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Shirley Weber, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of California(No. 2:22-cv-06894)). The California Secretary of State used its well-established working relationship with Big Tech to have YouTube remove and censor Judicial Watch’s video.
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March 10, 2025
Out of Africa
Timothy Birdnow
U.S. Marshall had to escort DOGE into the offices of the U.S. African Development Foundation and locks had to be changed. the Foundation staff was refusing entry to Musk and his team and Steve Marocco, head of international aid for the Trump Administration.
What do they have to hide?
U.S. Marshall had to escort DOGE into the offices of the U.S. African Development Foundation and locks had to be changed. the Foundation staff was refusing entry to Musk and his team and Steve Marocco, head of international aid for the Trump Administration.
What do they have to hide?
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Mexico Befouls Water to America
Timothy Birdnow
So they want to play this game, eh?
Mexico Dumps Raw Sewage into River Used by San Diego Residents
I hate to tell the Mexicans but the Colorado river runs through the U.S. before it reaches Mexico. Be a shame if anything should happen to all that water the Mexicans depend on so much...
So they want to play this game, eh?
Mexico Dumps Raw Sewage into River Used by San Diego Residents
I hate to tell the Mexicans but the Colorado river runs through the U.S. before it reaches Mexico. Be a shame if anything should happen to all that water the Mexicans depend on so much...
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The Road to Jerusalem
Timothy Birdnow
Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade over not much worse.
West-Backed Jihadists In Syria Massacre Over 1000 Alawite & Christian Men, Women & Children
Urban launched the First Crusade after Muslims massacred 1400 pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. This was the last straw; the Turks had been systematically harassing Christian pilgrims, kidnapping and ransomong them and generally abusing Christians in the area. But it wasn't much worse than what we are seeing today with the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.
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Where is Richard the Lion-Hearted when you need him?
Oh, the Crusades are usually blamed on the Christians these days but the reality is they were a response to centuries of aggression against Christendom on all fronts and while there were excesses and very bad things done by some of the western armies by and large the Crusades were not about conquest nor were they any more cruel than the Turks had been. The Crusades primary goal was to reopen the pilgrimage roads to Jerusalem.
Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade over not much worse.
West-Backed Jihadists In Syria Massacre Over 1000 Alawite & Christian Men, Women & Children
Urban launched the First Crusade after Muslims massacred 1400 pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. This was the last straw; the Turks had been systematically harassing Christian pilgrims, kidnapping and ransomong them and generally abusing Christians in the area. But it wasn't much worse than what we are seeing today with the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.
FTA:
"After several days of radical Sunni Islamist militants targeting religious minorities in Syria for mass killings, mainly in coastal areas, the mainstream media has belatedly begun to cover it (as the killings are growing to the point of getting too hard to ignore). Some correspondents estimated that there are thousands dead and wounded, mostly Alawites but also Syrian Christians among them, as post-Assad Syria unravels under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's (HTS) Jolani.
"The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago," The Associated Press reports.
The jihadists, which include foreign fighters as well as ruling HTS members, in some cases are simply going into the homes of non-Sunnis and massacring whole families. The terrorists haven't been shy about uploading their killings on the internet as well as in livestreams. Men, women, children, and even babies are being brutally murdered.
"The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago," The Associated Press reports.
The jihadists, which include foreign fighters as well as ruling HTS members, in some cases are simply going into the homes of non-Sunnis and massacring whole families. The terrorists haven't been shy about uploading their killings on the internet as well as in livestreams. Men, women, children, and even babies are being brutally murdered.
Where is Richard the Lion-Hearted when you need him?
Oh, the Crusades are usually blamed on the Christians these days but the reality is they were a response to centuries of aggression against Christendom on all fronts and while there were excesses and very bad things done by some of the western armies by and large the Crusades were not about conquest nor were they any more cruel than the Turks had been. The Crusades primary goal was to reopen the pilgrimage roads to Jerusalem.
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Cause of Death in Hackman Case
Timothy Birdnow
Gene Hackman's death appears to have been a result of a heart condition coupled with advanced-stage Alzheimers. Apparently Hackman lived a week after his wife passed from sudden onset of Hanta virus. He appears to have been confused and just left her lie.
The dry desert mountain air preserved both corpses. And the dog that died was crated, so likely died of thirst.
It's a very sad story. Read more here.
No doubt Hackman died because he wasn't taking his medications or caring for himself. Alzheimers is a terrible disease.
Gene Hackman's death appears to have been a result of a heart condition coupled with advanced-stage Alzheimers. Apparently Hackman lived a week after his wife passed from sudden onset of Hanta virus. He appears to have been confused and just left her lie.
The dry desert mountain air preserved both corpses. And the dog that died was crated, so likely died of thirst.
It's a very sad story. Read more here.
No doubt Hackman died because he wasn't taking his medications or caring for himself. Alzheimers is a terrible disease.
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Squeeze the Chinese
Timothy Birdnow
Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada to keep China from backdooring goods - including Fentanyl - into the U.S. and avoiding trade restrictions, according to this piece in the Epoch Times.
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Moreover, with European and Asian companies still eager to access U.S. markets, there is hope they will increase investment and manufacturing within the United States. The higher prices Americans experience are the cost of increasing foreign investment in the United States, expanding U.S. manufacturing, combating fentanyl, and reducing the flow of taxpayer money to the CCP.
Canada and Mexico generally have lax policies on China and immigration, which have allowed China to gain access to the United States over the past decade. Despite U.S. pleas to tighten policies and close these backdoors, Mexico and Canada have been slow to act. However, in late February, Sheinbaum’s administration proposed that rather than the U.S. imposing tariffs on Mexico, Mexico would match U.S. tariffs on China. This move aims not only to avoid U.S. tariffs on Mexico but also to counter the influx of cheap Chinese goods, especially counterfeit products.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Mexico’s proposal "very interesting" and suggested that Canada should also consider implementing similar tariffs, which could create a ”fortress North America” against Chinese imports. However, Mexican tariffs on Chinese imports would not impact Chinese companies already manufacturing in Mexico, meaning this move may not fully achieve Trump’s desired outcome. Meanwhile, Canada has completely rejected the idea, refusing to impose similar tariffs on China and instead threatening retaliatory action.
In addition to raising tariffs on U.S. imports, the CCP has accused the United States of violating World Trade Organization norms while ignoring its own extensive history of trade violations—one of the key reasons behind Trump’s aggressive stance. Trump has urged Americans to bear with him in the short term, believing that standing firm against China will yield long-term benefits..”
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I've come to trust Trump knows what he is doing in most instances, most especially where trade and economics are concerned. He's angering long-standing allies, but these allies haven't been as good a friends as they make themselves out to be and it's showing now. Things will be patched up in due course; Canada and Mexico need us and they know it. But China is another matter entirely and we never should have allowed things to wind up where they are with China - we built them into a superpower.
What Trump is trying to do is exactly what Reagan did the the Soviets in the eighties. Everyone thought the U.S.S.R. was an economic monster, a huge superpower. But it turned out they were all hat and no cattle. China is similar; the numbers make her appear to be an economic monster but that's because nobody wants to actually compete with her and push her. Everyone loves the cheap labor, the cheap goods, and are happy to give sweetheart deals to China. All of this was led by the U.S., starting under Bill Clinton (remember, they helped get him re-elected in '96 with illegal campaign contributions.) Just as nobody realized how weak the Russians were until Reagan pushed them, so too does nobody realize that China isn't really as strong as we all believe. Trump understands this and that's why he's squeezing them -and that's why they are so very upset with him.
I've long argued China is a paper tiger and Trump's policy will show that IF it is allowed to come to fruition. Of course, in '26 the Democrats could well retake the House or the Senate or both and the policy won't be allowed to come to fruition as the old "investigate and impeach" strategy is redeployed.
Mexico and Canada are now more or less in the Chinese orbit and that has to be ended. Trump is squeezing them to squeeze the Chinese.
Let's hope he has the time to make it work.
Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada to keep China from backdooring goods - including Fentanyl - into the U.S. and avoiding trade restrictions, according to this piece in the Epoch Times.
FTA:
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Moreover, with European and Asian companies still eager to access U.S. markets, there is hope they will increase investment and manufacturing within the United States. The higher prices Americans experience are the cost of increasing foreign investment in the United States, expanding U.S. manufacturing, combating fentanyl, and reducing the flow of taxpayer money to the CCP.
Canada and Mexico generally have lax policies on China and immigration, which have allowed China to gain access to the United States over the past decade. Despite U.S. pleas to tighten policies and close these backdoors, Mexico and Canada have been slow to act. However, in late February, Sheinbaum’s administration proposed that rather than the U.S. imposing tariffs on Mexico, Mexico would match U.S. tariffs on China. This move aims not only to avoid U.S. tariffs on Mexico but also to counter the influx of cheap Chinese goods, especially counterfeit products.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Mexico’s proposal "very interesting" and suggested that Canada should also consider implementing similar tariffs, which could create a ”fortress North America” against Chinese imports. However, Mexican tariffs on Chinese imports would not impact Chinese companies already manufacturing in Mexico, meaning this move may not fully achieve Trump’s desired outcome. Meanwhile, Canada has completely rejected the idea, refusing to impose similar tariffs on China and instead threatening retaliatory action.
In addition to raising tariffs on U.S. imports, the CCP has accused the United States of violating World Trade Organization norms while ignoring its own extensive history of trade violations—one of the key reasons behind Trump’s aggressive stance. Trump has urged Americans to bear with him in the short term, believing that standing firm against China will yield long-term benefits..”
fin
I've come to trust Trump knows what he is doing in most instances, most especially where trade and economics are concerned. He's angering long-standing allies, but these allies haven't been as good a friends as they make themselves out to be and it's showing now. Things will be patched up in due course; Canada and Mexico need us and they know it. But China is another matter entirely and we never should have allowed things to wind up where they are with China - we built them into a superpower.
What Trump is trying to do is exactly what Reagan did the the Soviets in the eighties. Everyone thought the U.S.S.R. was an economic monster, a huge superpower. But it turned out they were all hat and no cattle. China is similar; the numbers make her appear to be an economic monster but that's because nobody wants to actually compete with her and push her. Everyone loves the cheap labor, the cheap goods, and are happy to give sweetheart deals to China. All of this was led by the U.S., starting under Bill Clinton (remember, they helped get him re-elected in '96 with illegal campaign contributions.) Just as nobody realized how weak the Russians were until Reagan pushed them, so too does nobody realize that China isn't really as strong as we all believe. Trump understands this and that's why he's squeezing them -and that's why they are so very upset with him.
I've long argued China is a paper tiger and Trump's policy will show that IF it is allowed to come to fruition. Of course, in '26 the Democrats could well retake the House or the Senate or both and the policy won't be allowed to come to fruition as the old "investigate and impeach" strategy is redeployed.
Mexico and Canada are now more or less in the Chinese orbit and that has to be ended. Trump is squeezing them to squeeze the Chinese.
Let's hope he has the time to make it work.
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Abrams Admits She Got the Big Bucks from Biden
Timothy Birdnow
From the horses mouth! (And I do mean horse.)
Stacey Abrams Admits Involvement in Alleged $2 Billion Biden ‘Vote Buying’ Scandal
Power Forward,Abrams NGO, was clearly a slush fund laundering taxpayer dollars to the Democrats.
From the horses mouth! (And I do mean horse.)
Stacey Abrams Admits Involvement in Alleged $2 Billion Biden ‘Vote Buying’ Scandal
Power Forward,Abrams NGO, was clearly a slush fund laundering taxpayer dollars to the Democrats.
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Raskin Calls for Trump Censure over Pocahontas jab
Timothy Birdnow
Uh, Jamie - you can't censure the President since he isn't in Congress, you dope.
Raskin: Trump Should be Censured for Racial Pocahontas Slur
Pocahontas was a heroine in American lore, by the way; not sure how it's a "slur" except it points out Lizzy Warren is a liar and hypocrite, as she is not Native American except in her own mind and to the university she scammed.
BTW Raskin is big on accusing Republicans of "slurs". He accused James Comer of slurring when Comer said the DOJ was weaponized under Joe Biden - a fact that should be obvious to even the dullest of observers.
Given some of what RAskin has said over the years, such as accusing Trump of purposely fomenting a violent overthrow of the government, maybe HE should be censured.
Uh, Jamie - you can't censure the President since he isn't in Congress, you dope.
Raskin: Trump Should be Censured for Racial Pocahontas Slur
Pocahontas was a heroine in American lore, by the way; not sure how it's a "slur" except it points out Lizzy Warren is a liar and hypocrite, as she is not Native American except in her own mind and to the university she scammed.
BTW Raskin is big on accusing Republicans of "slurs". He accused James Comer of slurring when Comer said the DOJ was weaponized under Joe Biden - a fact that should be obvious to even the dullest of observers.
Given some of what RAskin has said over the years, such as accusing Trump of purposely fomenting a violent overthrow of the government, maybe HE should be censured.
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War with Iran?
Timothy Birdnow
War draws near with Iran.
Why Does Hardly Anyone Seemto Realize that We are Literally on the Brink of War with Iran
While I suspect Iran would not be as tough as the author seems to believe I do know it would be a lot harder to invade Iran than Iraq or most other countries. The population of iran is almost 91 million (double that of Iraq), and she has a solid economic base thanks to oil. The Iranians are well educated too. And geographically Iran is defensible; a series of high mountains surrounding the interior plain have always made it hard to invade. Shoot; the Romans never could subdue Iran (then known as Parthia) and that was the most powerful military on Earth.
So it wouldn't be a cakewalk, although being a third world country Iran should fold militarily fairly easily to us (the guerilla war will be the big problem). Taking Iran will definitely be easier than holding it.
Not that taking it would be all that easy.
The sad thing about this is that Obama and then Biden fumbled the ball in handling Iran, to the point where ther is no longer any wiggle rooms with them. (Bush flubbed it up too; he should have invaded Iran and not Iraq.) We've had thirty years of bad policy that has allowed Iran to reach the point where we no longer have good options for dealing with her.
At any rate we are facing a grim prospect - either let Iran have nukes or try to kick the can down the road again and hope it buys more time. That seems to be what Trump is trying to do right now.
The whole world increasingly resembles the Titanic when the passengers went out and collected iceberg ice for their cocktails; it was a wonderful party and they danced until the ship was sinking. The party is now over and the ship is sinking.
Is it any wonder Trump is so eager to end the Ukrainian war now? He needs to get Russia out of the mix so he can deal with Iran. Russia and Iran are close allies. If it comes to war Russia could well go in on Iran's side. Trump needs them to stay out of this.
These are grim times.
War draws near with Iran.
Why Does Hardly Anyone Seemto Realize that We are Literally on the Brink of War with Iran
While I suspect Iran would not be as tough as the author seems to believe I do know it would be a lot harder to invade Iran than Iraq or most other countries. The population of iran is almost 91 million (double that of Iraq), and she has a solid economic base thanks to oil. The Iranians are well educated too. And geographically Iran is defensible; a series of high mountains surrounding the interior plain have always made it hard to invade. Shoot; the Romans never could subdue Iran (then known as Parthia) and that was the most powerful military on Earth.
So it wouldn't be a cakewalk, although being a third world country Iran should fold militarily fairly easily to us (the guerilla war will be the big problem). Taking Iran will definitely be easier than holding it.
Not that taking it would be all that easy.
The sad thing about this is that Obama and then Biden fumbled the ball in handling Iran, to the point where ther is no longer any wiggle rooms with them. (Bush flubbed it up too; he should have invaded Iran and not Iraq.) We've had thirty years of bad policy that has allowed Iran to reach the point where we no longer have good options for dealing with her.
At any rate we are facing a grim prospect - either let Iran have nukes or try to kick the can down the road again and hope it buys more time. That seems to be what Trump is trying to do right now.
The whole world increasingly resembles the Titanic when the passengers went out and collected iceberg ice for their cocktails; it was a wonderful party and they danced until the ship was sinking. The party is now over and the ship is sinking.
Is it any wonder Trump is so eager to end the Ukrainian war now? He needs to get Russia out of the mix so he can deal with Iran. Russia and Iran are close allies. If it comes to war Russia could well go in on Iran's side. Trump needs them to stay out of this.
These are grim times.
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March 09, 2025
Trump Cuts Funding to Columbia U.
Timothy Birdnow
Why are these big schools getting all this money in the first place?
Trump admin slashes $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University over attacks from anti-Israel protesters
Why are these big schools getting all this money in the first place?
Trump admin slashes $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University over attacks from anti-Israel protesters
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Hostin Calls for Violence
Timothy Birdnow
"Ain't No Sunshine Where She's Gone" Hostin is calling for violence against Republicans.
Hostin: Trump Presidency an ‘Existential Crisis,’ Dems Must Be Willing to ‘Fight and Die’
I seem to remember the J6 self-guided Capitol tour was called an "insurrection" and we were told it was caused by Trump's rhetoric. Well, what is this but incendiary and violent insurrectionist rhetoric?
Hostin says the Democrats don't know how to fight as opposition. That is true; they've always been in the majority, even when they are numerically fewer, because the media has always treated them as the majority and they just behave that way. Always have. When Republicans have run things they have never actually tried to accomplish anything in the past.
And apparently she doesn't remember the Democrats behaved this exact same way when George w. Bush was President. Ditto when Bush Sr. was boss, and under Reagan. It's nothing new.
All that is happening now is they are actually losing because they haven't updated their playbook (which goes back to Roosevelt) and it's just not working anymore. Why not? Technological innovation has helped,and also they have in many ways worked themselves out of a job (for instance, they have destroyed big labor by opening the borders) but mainly because Trump is not following the script. He's actually trying to win, something Republicans never did in times gone by. The Democrats are flabbergasted at this; it goes against all convention and tradition. Who do these Republicans think they are!
So they rage and scream and threaten. If they weren't doing this I would be worried.
So Sunless joins Joyless in the alt-reality world of the insane Liberal who simply cannot understand how they went too far and blew it. Good luck trying to figure that out Sunny, with your limited intellect!
"Ain't No Sunshine Where She's Gone" Hostin is calling for violence against Republicans.
Hostin: Trump Presidency an ‘Existential Crisis,’ Dems Must Be Willing to ‘Fight and Die’
I seem to remember the J6 self-guided Capitol tour was called an "insurrection" and we were told it was caused by Trump's rhetoric. Well, what is this but incendiary and violent insurrectionist rhetoric?
Hostin says the Democrats don't know how to fight as opposition. That is true; they've always been in the majority, even when they are numerically fewer, because the media has always treated them as the majority and they just behave that way. Always have. When Republicans have run things they have never actually tried to accomplish anything in the past.
And apparently she doesn't remember the Democrats behaved this exact same way when George w. Bush was President. Ditto when Bush Sr. was boss, and under Reagan. It's nothing new.
All that is happening now is they are actually losing because they haven't updated their playbook (which goes back to Roosevelt) and it's just not working anymore. Why not? Technological innovation has helped,and also they have in many ways worked themselves out of a job (for instance, they have destroyed big labor by opening the borders) but mainly because Trump is not following the script. He's actually trying to win, something Republicans never did in times gone by. The Democrats are flabbergasted at this; it goes against all convention and tradition. Who do these Republicans think they are!
So they rage and scream and threaten. If they weren't doing this I would be worried.
So Sunless joins Joyless in the alt-reality world of the insane Liberal who simply cannot understand how they went too far and blew it. Good luck trying to figure that out Sunny, with your limited intellect!
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Missouri Wins Against China
Timothy Birdnow
China owes the state of Missouri $24 billion dollars as a result of a lawsuit filed by state attorney general Andrew Bailey and he's going to seize their assets to force them to pay up.
From the article in Lifezette:
So China not only unleashed this thing on the world and on the good state of Missouri but they also tried to impede efforts to protect our citizens. They need to be held accountable.
China owes the state of Missouri $24 billion dollars as a result of a lawsuit filed by state attorney general Andrew Bailey and he's going to seize their assets to force them to pay up.
From the article in Lifezette:
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced the ruling as a significant legal victory.
"This is a landmark victory for Missouri and the United States in the fight to hold China accountable for unleashing COVID-19 on the world,” Bailey said in a statement.
"China refused to show up to court, but that doesn’t mean they get away with causing untold suffering and economic devastation. We intend to collect every penny by seizing Chinese-owned assets, including Missouri farmland.”
The lawsuit, originally filed in 2020 by former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, accused China of obstructing the production, purchase, and export of critical medical equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), at the height of the pandemic.
The case had faced legal challenges, including an initial dismissal by a lower court.
However, a court of appeals ruled in Missouri’s favor in January, reviving the lawsuit but limiting it to claims regarding supply hoarding.
"This is a landmark victory for Missouri and the United States in the fight to hold China accountable for unleashing COVID-19 on the world,” Bailey said in a statement.
"China refused to show up to court, but that doesn’t mean they get away with causing untold suffering and economic devastation. We intend to collect every penny by seizing Chinese-owned assets, including Missouri farmland.”
The lawsuit, originally filed in 2020 by former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, accused China of obstructing the production, purchase, and export of critical medical equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), at the height of the pandemic.
The case had faced legal challenges, including an initial dismissal by a lower court.
However, a court of appeals ruled in Missouri’s favor in January, reviving the lawsuit but limiting it to claims regarding supply hoarding.
So China not only unleashed this thing on the world and on the good state of Missouri but they also tried to impede efforts to protect our citizens. They need to be held accountable.
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