A disastrous legacy
In 1994 there was a movie called "The Hudsucker Proxy." It was a comedy about a corporation that deliberately installed a not so bright employee (from the mailroom) as the president of a manufacturing company. He was somebody that the board of directors could control. Recently Joe Biden has come out of his forced retirement to salvage his legacy, which is unsalvable. Most recently he appeared on The View with his wife Jill who fielded most of the friendly questions.
Many are now writing books about the great scam that was perpetuated on the American people in 2020. Ironically, some are being written by those who tried to help with the scam.
At any rate, I will provide my own little synopsis of this American tragedy: In the election year of 2020 the American leftwing media pushed the false narrative that the covid pandemic that hit the world that year was made worse by the response policies of President Trump.
The democrats were holding a primary and they needed somebody in the race who was electable. That meant Bernie Sanders had to be screwed again, and many others had to be forced out of the race. Jim Clyburn played a role in that race by helping to resurrect Joe Biden from the dead via ordering black voters in South Carolina to vote for Biden. Then the party elites got together, beginning with Barack Obama and confidentially told people like Liz Warren to drop out leaving only Biden.
I assume Biden was told to stay in his basement and not to talk to the media. He could blame covid. With a massive push by many powerful people and a dramatic change in voting laws, Biden was incredibly elected president. Once elected, I have to believe he was instructed to mouth the words he was given and to pursue the radical policies that others around him enacted.
We know the results. The border was opened to about 12 million unvetted illegal aliens, who were never tested or required to wear masks for "covid." An insane green new deal energy bill was passed, among others, which was the primary cause for the inflation that followed. The US ran from Afghanistan leaving unnecessary dead soldiers and huge stockpiles of military equipment. That helped to encourage rogue regimes to attack Isreal and Ukraine. The family of Joe Biden was involved in massive influence peddling schemes and the Biden Justice Department waged lawfare against Biden's opponent in 2024.
They left a wealth of material for future historians.
In the news:
After a weekend of meetings in Geneva, the U.S. and China said they would cut tariffs for 90 days while a trade deal is hammered out. The U.S. said its tariffs on Chinese goods would be 30 percent, instead of 145 percent. China’s rate on American goods will be 10 percent, down from 125 percent. The announcement sent this morning's stock futures soaring.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio helped arrange a cease fire between India and Pakistan which appears to be holding thus far.
Trump will tour the Gulf this week. He is encouraging investment in the US. Saudi Arabia has promised to invest $600 million in the U.S. over Trump’s presidency. Trump wants $1 trillion.
As the US begins to consider giving up on negotiations, Russia offered direct talks with Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky said that he would travel to meet with Vladimir Putin himself, but that he wanted an immediate cease-fire before negotiations.
Hamas said it would release Edan Alexander, the last American hostage still alive in Gaza.
Rodrigo Duterte, the former Filipino president, is being detained in The Hague, accused of crimes against humanity.
House Republicans released a plan that would remove millions of able bodied, working age Americans from Medicaid coverage. It was Barack Obama who extended Medicaid to such people.
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Good morning and welcome to the news.
We are only 2 days from the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in one of the most important cases of our time.
The question of how much authority a District Judge has.
The amount of damage the Democrats and their media did to themselves with their lies about Biden, covid etc will be almost impossible to recover from. Young adults will probably never trust either institution.
I don't know if I can call it a "bright side," but the American people finally got to see what the democrats were all about in those 4 terrible years.
I guess in the MAGAverse that might have been true since they were going out of their tiny minds screaming about fake voter fraud and were so busy defending the Jan 6th failed insurrectionists. For the rest of America, things were pretty good.
The democrats will have a hard time regaining power.
If someone goes to work at a very low paying job, lets say thats all they can get. Will they be able to afford traditional health insurance? Uh, no. But but but, they are working now. Would you extend Medicaid to the working poor ?
I'll rephrase this comment a little. Should everyone in America be paid a salary sufficient enough for them to be able to afford health insurance?
Ideally the answer would be yes. Then the question becomes: why did we just let in 12 million unskilled laborers?
Are you trying to claim that low wage workers could afford health insurance before Biden became president?
And then you say "ideally". Ideally Trump and MAGA would disappear from the face of the earth. So "ideally" doesnt mean much does it?
Obamacare was in effect before Biden, but I never tied Biden into that, did I?
Obama already did. It is called "Obamacare." Other people pay for it in various ways. Those getting the insurance they never paid for now depend on it.
My answer is that your question should go unanswered.
So you have always been a supporter of Obamacare and Obamacare expansion? Somehow that doesnt have the ring of truth.
Never and never did I say that.
So you are a supporter of low paid working Americans NOT being able to afford health insurance?
I wish it wasn't so.
Nonsensical answer.
If you do not want to be a supporter of low paid working Americans NOT being able to afford health insurance, you simply stop doing it. You start supporting the side that tries to help.
I support work requirements for young able-bodied people who were provided Medicaid by Barack Obama.
Which has nothing to do with my statement. Why are you afraid to directly respond to what I said?
Then they need to better themselves.
If we go with the original version of "Obamacare" that Democrats forced on the country, who cares. They WILL have insurance or face financial penalties.
So if people cant "better themselves" to your satisfaction they should get sick and die? That was the position of Ebenezer Scrooge, who was such a despicable character he need three ghosts to frighten him and get him to change his ways.
Has nothing to do with Jeremy's satisfaction, it has to do with PERSONAL satisfaction. We all have a choice, no matter how daunting it may seem, and those who can, do.
Exactly where did I say anything even remotely close to that?
Ten states declined to expand Medicaid. What about the working poor in those states? The expansion of Medicaid to subsidize Obamacare wasn't about benefiting the working poor. Obama used health insurance to pump taxpayer money into the financial sector. Obamacare did not lower the cost of healthcare; the program only redistributes taxpayer money to the rich.
MAGA is obsessed with Joe Biden for a couple reasons - first , many of them are simply assholes. They live to have enemies they can mock and Biden fits that bill nicely. Secondly, the endless attacks on Biden water down the justified attacks on Trump for being an obvious traitor.
Been waiting on proof of that since the 2016 election.
The treason was opening the southern border.
I wrote an article yesterday comparing MAGA's excuses for Trump to the "Lost Cause" myth perpetuated by Confederacy apologists for about a hundred years. Jan 6th and Trumps traitorous attempt to steal the 2020 election are being actively "whitewashed" by right wing media and social media, almost entirely without a factual basis. This is what the south did when they put up all those statues and when they had their childrens history books lie about the cause of the Civil War. And to a large extent it worked for a long time. Honesty is not always the best policy it seems.
An odd comparison.
Jan 6th and Trumps traitorous attempt to steal the 2020 election are being actively "whitewashed" by right wing media and social media, almost entirely without a factual basis.
Prove it.
This is what the south did when they put up all those statues and when they had their childrens history books lie about the cause of the Civil War.
The statues that you are obsessed about were regarded by some as a way of reuniting the country and allowing the decedents of those who died during the Civil War to have closure. The same people who tore them down, tore down statues of Lincoln and Frederick Douglas. I still have no clue what that has to do with President Trump.
I'll take "Excerpt from a Joe Biden Speech" for $100 Alex.
Its not odd at all. The "Lost Cause" myth whitewashed the souths reason for causing the Civil War and the J6 mythology whitewashes Trumps traitorous behavior surrounding the 2020 election.
One could make that case.
the J6 mythology whitewashes Trumps traitorous behavior surrounding the 2020 election.
Can you explain the J6 mythology?
And now the Democrats and the left are fighting to keep their "slave labor" for a second time.
Much of that will end when the SCOTUS finally rules on District Judges who tie up national policies.
That will work for the District Judges overstepping their jurisdiction but it won't stop Democrats and the left from fighting to keep illegals in the country.
Odd way to say you can't prove it. But, hey, if that makes you happy then have at it.
They'll be left having to defend a losing issue.
Just another day that ends with a "Y"
The myth is that it was just a peaceful protest and some patriotic conservatives going for a tour of the capital building. It's truly fascinating that there do appear to be some who continue to push such hilarious lies.
" These were not insurrectionists. They were sightseers.” - Tucker Carlson
Well that certainly rings true. Sometimes wading through all the bullshit coming from conservatives makes one question whether it's worth it. Telling a pig it's wallowing in mud and shit isn't going to get it to stop, it's just going to excite it and likely get yourself splattered with mud and shit.
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Oh, I see, Tucker Carlson created a myth. I thought he only spoke for himself. Everyone involved, even marginally, in the Jan 6th protest was held more than accountable. Many sat in prison long before they had a trial. I fail to see a myth.
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Biden did what he was told. He wanted to be president and have a legacy.
He got his wish, but not the way he thought.
DC insiders say Chief Justice John Roberts is considering retirement.
Yes, now would be the perfect time.
Breaking: Trump in Oval Office to sign executive order to lower prescription drug costs
Price controls don't work and the unintended consequences are going to be a disaster. This is AOC type idiocy from Trump. Though it's yet another exhibit in how batshit crazy it is to call Trump "far right."
I think they did work for Europe, as we are paying the bill.
I do have a major disagreement with Trump, but this is not it.
So when Europe stops buying our products and licence them for generic domestic production or gets them from China who will have no problem simply immediately stealing the formulas, what happens?
Prices get raised at home. It seems unfair, but selling at a discount to other countries does subsidize prices here. Reducing sales in Europe will result in higher prices here and fewer new products because companies can't afford the R&D.
If Trump wants to reduce the cost of drugs, tear a hole in the FDA and reduce the red tape so it doesn't cost billions to bring a new drug to market. Bernie Sanders policies only work for Bernie Sanders
I've heard those very arguments from a woman who works for big pharma.
We seem to have the worst of all combinations. We have socialist methods for getting health care & health insurance for people, but we allow doctors, hospitals and big pharma to exist in a world of wide-open free enterprise on the pricing end.
How do we reconcile that?
I agree with the first part, but I'd argue it applies to the second group as well. There's no free market anywhere in the health care space. There's so much regulation and distortion from government regulation that we've ended up where we are today, with Pharma companies spending billions to see if a drug can pass FDA approval and eats the cost when it can't. If we want companies to keep trying to innovate and bring new life saving drugs to market, we have to allow them to profit off the drugs that succeed to make up for their losses on drugs that didn't work out. If they can't, they'll stop innovating and just become producers of what we already have.
Price controls cause shortages and inferior products. As tempting as the solution is, I think it's a disaster long term.
As we speak many insurance companies are going to stop covering those popular weight loss drugs, some costing $900 per month for a single prescription. Blue Cross reported that they were fully 20% of their covered prescriptions. They were actually wonder drugs with unintended benefits, such as reducing cancer and diabetes. The prices have crept up to the point where Americans are paying about 10 times more than people in Europe.
The bottom line is that legislation will eventually be required to place a lid on how much they can charge. Trump's EOs won't be enough.
Bernie Sanders is going to have a fit over this.
Bernie might say: "Trump's got it right!"
Trump just said democrats will be forced to vote for it. Then he called on a reporter from what he called "NBC Fake News."
I don't know. Lower prices could mean less money into his bank account.
JUst like tariffs, DEmocrats will claim what they supported a few years ago is the worst thing in the world.
Bernie actually played it shrewdly. He just said he would give Trump credit, as soon as he sees legislation.
publicans released a plan that would remove millions of able bodied, working age Americans from Medicaid coverage. It was Barack Obama who extended Medicaid to such people.
These are people who do not qualify for medicaid. They are fraudulently receiving benefits. Look at the reaction from Democrats when Republicans merely try to enforce the laws we have. We are facing a debt explosion from entitlement spending and even these tiny attempts at simply enforcing the law to stop cheating causes hysteria. It's enough to make you realize how much trouble we are in because entitlement reform is the most pressing medium term issue our country faces.
Those folk are qualified for Medicaid, Republicans want to change the requirements making it much harder to qualify and harder to stay qualified.
We'll see how those millions of extremely poor MAGAites who have been living off social security and relying on Medicaid will react when they realize this is going to affect them too and it's not just about throwing the kids of undocumented immigrants off Medicaid.
And it seems like you're claiming that was somehow all Democrats fault?
Traditionally, Republican administrations increase deficit spending and Democrat administrations reduce it, it's been this way for the last 40+ years.
And he is free:
Final thoughts:
It was only about a week ago that the Chinese were telling us that they weren't talking with the Trump team. Then they told us they would fight the tariffs until the end. Now the manufacturing giant has decided to sit down with the President of the world's greatest marketplace. They really had no choice. It was either that or they would have to downsize their industrial sector.
Tomorrow yours truly will be reporting from Riyadh.
Until then: "Good night and good luck."
trump caved.