Tag: Joe Biden

Beto O’Rourke Blames Biden for Latino Voters’ Rightward Shift

Beto O’Rourke has blamed Joe Biden’s actions during the 2020 election as playing a part in Latino voters’ rightward political shift in recent years. “Candidate Biden didn’t spend a dime or a day in the Rio Grande Valley—or really anywhere in Texas, for that matter—once we got down in the homestretch of the general election,”…


Psaki Admits Democrats Will Lose If Midterms Are a ‘Referendum’ on Biden

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday said the Democrats will lose if the November midterm elections are a “referendum” on President Joe Biden. “If it is a referendum on the president, they will lose. And they know that. They also know that crime is a huge vulnerability for Democrats, I would say…


Biden Declares State of Emergency in Florida as Ian Expected to Strengthen Into Hurricane

President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Florida as Tropical Storm Ian is forecast to significantly intensify before hitting the state next week. In a Sunday afternoon update, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that Ian is forecast to “rapidly” strengthen on Sunday night with “significant wind and storm surge impacts” in western Cuba….


Capitol Report (Sept. 23): House GOP Outlines Vision Before Midterms; Biden Makes Election Promises in DNC Speech

House Republicans showcased their “Commitment to America” plan—their promise to the people in the run-up to the midterms. We’ll hear from the House Republican leader himself to find out more about the GOP’s plan for a “new direction.” President Joe Biden pushed back against the Republicans’ proposed agenda Friday, attending an event by the Democratic…


The Hegelian Logic of the Biden-Harris Administration

Commentary Over the last three decades, law enforcement entities have become increasingly dependent on federal grants to fund their day-to-day operations. The U.S. Department of Justice, office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), was born after President Bill Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (H.R. 3355) in 1994. Since that date,…


GOP Lawmaker Pushes to End COVID Emergency After Biden Says ‘Pandemic Is Over’

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) urged on Sept. 22 for the repeal of the years-long national emergency declaration following President Joe Biden’s recent remarks that the COVID-19 pandemic “is over.” The Republican lawmaker of Kansas introduced on Thursday a privileged resolution that calls for a vote to end the undergoing emergency declaration over the global pandemic,…


GOP Lawmaker Push to End COVID Emergency After Biden Says ‘Pandemic Is Over’

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) urged on Sept. 22 for the repeal of the years-long national emergency declaration following President Joe Biden’s recent remarks that the COVID-19 pandemic “is over.” The Republican lawmaker of Kansas introduced on Thursday a privileged resolution that calls for a vote to end the undergoing emergency declaration over the global pandemic,…


Why Australia Should Not Follow Biden’s Footsteps and Cancel Student Debt

A nanosecond after U.S. President Joe Biden announced the partial cancellation of American student loans, a collection of interest groups demanded the Australian government do the same. The government should not comply. Cancelling Australian student loans is unfair, unnecessary, and unlikely to influence the courses that students choose to study. Why Is It Unfair? Contrary…


Keystone XL Revisited: Did Biden Give Putin the “WherewithOIL” for World War III?

Commentary It may prove to be the mother of all unintended consequences, dwarfing death by virtually any friendly fire or even an errant nuclear missile striking the wrong city. When the newly elected (or selected, if you prefer) president put an end to the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day, leading to an economic…


Powell Contradicts Biden on Inflation: ‘Running Too High’ Rather Than ‘Hardly at All’

In his much-anticipated remarks on the economy following the Fed’s policy meeting that saw another jumbo interest rate hike to tame soaring prices, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said inflation was “running too high,” contradicting President Joe Biden’s recent assertion that prices had risen “just an inch, hardly at all.” Powell’s press conference on Sept….