The Shining City Upon a Hill

[Phil B.]

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Bump.

Biden has lost control.




Battered Biden under siege as crises confound the White House




Memo to President Biden: Life moves pretty fast, and now the world is on fire.




Israel is erupting, Americans are utterly confused when masks should be worn for COVID-19 protection and then there are the agita-inducing long lines for gasoline.




And that was just Tuesday.




A lot has changed in a matter of days.




Friday was supposed to be a glorious day for Biden. The latest employment numbers were set to be released, and economists were gushing that a million new jobs had likely been created in April by exuberant employers and their newly vaccinated workers.




His team no doubt was prepared to unleash Biden to perform a little victory dance at the White House celebrating the stupendous number. But the show had to be hastily revamped when the actual tally came in nearly three-quarters-of-a-million jobs lower than expected; just 266,000 jobs created and unemployment unexpectedly rising to 6.1%.









Far from being a disappointment, a jobs report that included 734,000 jobs fewer than expected was good news.




"Today, there is more evidence our economy is moving in the right direction," Biden said. "This is progress. This is a testament to our new strategy," he said. "We've got work to do, to state the obvious, we have work to do."




You might think.




The jobs figures were just the first in a series of out-of-nowhere body blows hitting the president during a remarkable five days of bad developments that stretched from Israel to the Mexican border and up the East Coast via the Colonial Pipeline.




After delivering a few remarks Friday, taking in the "Weekly Economic Briefing" and meeting with his "Jobs Cabinet," the president knocked off at 5:45 pm and headed for the peacefully wooded Catoctin Mountain Park, where the presidential refuge Camp David awaited in Maryland.




He was ready for a rest, but the world wasn't ready to give him one.




By Saturday morning, the Colonial Pipeline, which transports nearly half of the East Coast's fuel supplies up from Texas, had been turned off, the victim of a ransomware cyberattack by a group of nasty hackers who, by the way, might be working with the Russian government. Biden was "briefed" on the situation Saturday morning.




By late Monday, more than one in 20 gas stations in Virginia was out of fuel. Tuesday, governors throughout the Southeast were declaring states of emergency, and the Biden administration was begging drivers not to hoard gasoline.




BIDEN REACTS TO WEAK JOBS REPORT, SAYS US 'STILL DIGGING OUT OF AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE,' BUT ON 'RIGHT TRACK'




Meantime, Palestinians had begun violently clashing with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, an escalation of tensions that had been simmering and occasionally boiling over for weeks. Hamas began launching rocket attacks into Israel, which responded by bombing Gaza.




Back in Washington, Republicans began accusing Biden of tilting too far toward the Palestinians while failing to at least verbally sock it to Hamas. From the other side, leftists in his own party hit the White House for supposedly coddling Israel, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., accusing Biden of "enabling" Israel with foreign aid.


By Tuesday, an echo of the violence had spread to the streets of New York, where there were dustups between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian supporters in front of the Israeli consulate.




As new crises broke out all over the place, there were searing reminders that an old one was still festering.




U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed Tuesday that migrant encounters jumped yet again this past April: over 178,000 in all, nearly a tenfold increase from 2020 and still above levels seen in the 2019 surge at the Mexico border.


In a heartbreaking scene, five unaccompanied migrant girls were found abandoned by a Texas farmer on his land. And reports emerged that border agents in Texas had seized $4.6 million in methamphetamine and cocaine, while a member of the National Guard had found an abandoned bag of "AK-47-style pistols" in the border region.




TEXAS FARMER FINDS MIGRANT GIRLS ABANDONED NEAR BORDER WITHOUT FOOD, WATER: 'IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE'




A new poll reminded the president that the border crisis was dragging him down, with only 43% of those surveyed approving of his immigration policy.




In a bit of beguiling partisan moves that has befuddled many Americans, Senate Democrats pressed ahead Tuesday with their plans to overhaul the nation's election laws -- after many states, such as GOP-guided governments in Florida and Georgia, enacted different changes for their own constituents. Divisive racial undercurrents have developed amid all this, all on the watch of the so-called unity president.









On the COVID-19 front, the once-unimpeachable Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was taking shots on the chin for some dubious recommendations to a populace ready to get back to normal.

sleepyjoe NEVER had control. Jill and the Ho have been yanking his leach since the start of the campaign. even Psaki admitted " Do our best to keep Joe from taking questions" that's because he is just a facade for the left, he claims to be a moderate but even a moderate wouldn't surround himself with the socialists / freaks he has appointed.

he is failing at everything 'cept maybe the vax's ... but Trump had that up n running in Dec 2020 that's when Joe n the HO got theirs... that's right Dec 19th 2020 under he Trump rein .. even though they said many many times I will NOT get the Trump vaccine.

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hahaha Ben always wins the debate with you flakes... WHY? because he can pull facts from memory faster the you flakes can Goggle them.

I have watched Shapiro's program. He strikes me as more a a whiny conservative snowflake.(typical) He must know he is spreading manure because he really has trouble looking into the camera or looking people in the eye.

[BillyCarpenter]

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sleepyjoe NEVER had control. Jill and the Ho have been yanking his leach since the start of the campaign. even Psaki admitted " Do our best to keep Joe from taking questions" that's because he is just a facade for the left, he claims to be a moderate but even a moderate wouldn't surround himself with the socialists / freaks he has appointed.

he is failing at everything 'cept maybe the vax's ... but Trump had that up n running in Dec 2020 that's when Joe n the HO got theirs... that's right Dec 19th 2020 under he Trump rein .. even though they said many many times I will NOT get the Trump vaccine.

Liberals always fail to grasp that their agenda is a loser but this time they may have really fucked up. This could prove to be the end of the party as we know it. Things are about to get REALLY bad. I don't need to be a genius to see that coming.

[Phil B.]

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Now the biden admin is requiring all WH reports to show them their reports. The are deciding which reports can be released and which ones can't!

what the fuck are they afraid of? bad press? doesn't sound like they are as transparent as they claim to be.

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I have watched Shapiro's program. He strikes me as more a a whiny conservative snowflake.(typical) He must know he is spreading manure because he really has trouble looking into the camera or looking people in the eye.

They like Wimps look at TRUMP

[Phil B.]

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Liberals always fail to grasp that their agenda is a loser but this time they may have really fucked up. This could prove to be the end of the party as we know it. Things are about to get REALLY bad. I don't need to be a genius to see that coming.

You are just like that guy running around yelling "the world is ending today". And when asked why he keeps running around yelling "the world is ending today" every day, he responds "Well, it's bound to happen one day".
You have been crying wolf every day and the world hasn't ended.
BTW, you aren't a genius.

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You are just like that guy running around yelling "the world is ending today". And when asked why he keeps running around yelling "the world is ending today" every day, he responds "Well, it's bound to happen one day".
You have been crying wolf every day and the world hasn't ended.
BTW, you aren't a genius.

For a guy who CAN'T figure out how to install a Black toner it's Hilarious

[BillyCarpenter]

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You are just like that guy running around yelling "the world is ending today". And when asked why he keeps running around yelling "the world is ending today" every day, he responds "Well, it's bound to happen one day".
You have been crying wolf every day and the world hasn't ended.
BTW, you aren't a genius.

Were you around when Jimmy Carter was president? If not, google him. Biden is the 2nd coming. But worse. You better enjoy this time while you can. 8-10 months from now, you won't be able to deny what a disaster Joe is. It's about to get UGLY.

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Were you around when Jimmy Carter was president? If not, google him. Biden is the 2nd coming. But worse. You better enjoy this time while you can. 8-10 months from now, you won't be able to deny what a disaster Joe is. It's about to get UGLY.

Would you like a tissue?

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Biden touts economic recovery steps as more American Rescue Plan funds become available - CBS News

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People of color suffer disproportionately more police violence than white people and this is where the the "defund the police" movement started.

According to the latest FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table released (calendar year 2019) people of color are far more likely to die at the hands of other people of color. FBI — Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

[Phil B.]

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According to the latest FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table released (calendar year 2019) people of color are far more likely to die at the hands of other people of color.

AND WHITES are more likely to die at the hands of blacks.... not so much with Hispanics/Asians

[Phil B.]

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Two months in a row we have had the largest numbers of illegal criminals crossing the border into the USA. YUP Biden Built This!


Border crisis worsens: Highest number of migrants in two decades crossed into US illegally during April

Border apprehensions during the month of April reached a new 20-year record, breaking the previous record set in March.
"CBP continues to see a large influx of illegal migration along the Southwest Border," Customs and Border Protection chief Troy Miller said.
How many migrants came in April?

CBP agents encountered 178,622 migrants attempting to enter the U.S. via the southern border last month, a 3% increase over March.
The number is more than 10 times greater than April 2020under the Title 42 public health ordersaid. "With all due respect, it's all been a shell game."
Cuellar has been one of Biden's most vocal critics during the border crisis. Cuellar represents a congressional district on the U.S.-Mexico border, so he understands the realities of the border crisis. Cuellar has said that Biden's immigration policies and his promises to reverse former President Donald Trump's deterrent policies have contributed to the border crisis.
Anything else?

reported

[Phil B.]

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Why didn't she tell biden this when he canceled the XL?


Biden Energy Sec Now Says 'Pipe Is the Best Way' to Transport Fuel Even Though Admin Canceled Keystone Pipeline

the crucial pipeline last week, causing it to be shut down.
On Tuesday, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was on the case during a White House media briefingGranholm, the former governor of Michigan. This is a woman who, just a couple of months ago, braggedhopefully happen by the end of this week. Granholm said people need to be patient with the pipeline while tankers fill in the supply gaps.
Granholm, when discussing the Colonial pipeline with reporters, then said something which calls into question everything this radical and inept administration has said about pipelines since before Jan. 20.

Despite the Biden administration using its first day in office to cancel the Keystone XL Pipelinea pipeline one of its first intentional mistakes is now saying that pipelines are the best way to transport a lot of fuel really quickly? Admitting one is wrong late is better than never.

Pipelines can move oil and gas quickly and consistently. Pipelines put error-prone human drivers or the motorists they encounter on highways at risk when hauling tons of explosive liquids around the country. Pipelines areBidencrisis