One thing that the last two Presidents learned was that when you govern by Executive Order you can expect pushback from the opposition party–upset at not having the opportunity to negotiate though legislation–by way of the courts.
Joe Biden is now finding this out as well. First 12 States banded together to sue the Biden administration over his Climate Change Executive Order and now, according to this story, 21 States are filing a lawsuit over his Executive Order which put a halt on the Keystone Pipeline. Here is more:
A coalition of attorneys general from 21 states sued President Biden and members of his administration for rescinding the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking to undo the president’s attempt to effectively nix the 1,200 mile-long pipeline.
Led by the attorneys general of Texas and Montana, the states argued in their complaint that the president exceeded his authority when he issued his executive order January 20 revoking permits for the oil pipeline. The order targeting Keystone was one of several executive actions Mr. Biden has taken since assuming the presidency that focus on the environment and addressing climate change.
“Revocation of the Keystone XL pipeline permit is a regulation of interstate and international commerce, which can only be accomplished as any other statute can: through the process of bicameralism and presentment,” the states argued in their complaint. “The president lacks the power to enact his ‘ambitious plan’ to reshape the economy in defiance of Congress’s unwillingness to do so.”
This is what constitutes governing in America nowadays, the President issues royal decrees and the courts decide which ones are allowed to stand.
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John Kerry violates mask mandate on flight
We have seen several masks for thee, not for me politicians who have decided to flaunt their position by refusing to wear a mask despite them being mandated. Hell, we even saw Joe Biden violate his own Federal mask mandate nearly immediately following his signing of the Executive Order.
You can now add John Kerry to the list of powerful figures who does not believe has to follow the rules that have been set out for the rest of us, he was seen on an airplane maskless sitting next to another passenger. Here it is:
Being a climate superhero has its perks I guess, you can take a flight while telling others they should drive less and take the train and you can do so maskless…
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Joe Biden tells illegal immigrants to ‘stay home’
With 13,000 migrant children having been locked in cages, with families being separated at the border, and with thousands more streaming into the country CBS was forced to admit there is a crisis on the Southern border. These people can not be blamed for coming here, after all during the campaign Joe Biden pleaded with them to flood the border because it would be un-American to turn anybody away.
Here is what he said back then:
“I would, in fact, make sure that there is, we immediate surge to the border, all those people seeking asylum they deserve to be heard, that’s who we are, we are nation that says if you want to flee and you are fleeing oppression you should come.”
Now that there is surge at the border and he has started to get a small amount of bad press he is singing a different tune. During an interview he told potential illegal immigrants to stay home, apparently he does not want them here. Here is more:
“Do you have to say quite clearly, ‘Don’t come’?” ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Biden in an interview Tuesday.
“Yes, I can say quite clearly: Don’t come over,” Biden said. “Don’t leave your town or city or community.”
Sounds a little Xenophobic and racist if you ask me…
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Back on March 9th it was reported that there were more than 3,000 migrant children being held in cages at the border, which was a much higher number than at any point during the Trump administration when the Democrats pretended to care about them.
However, CBS has reported that the number is much, much higher and apparently the Biden administration is underreporting the number, (sound familiar?) which is actually more than 13,000. Here is more:
CBS Evening News, citing unnamed sources, reports that the Department of Homeland Security has detained more than 13,000 unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border since Joe Biden’s inauguration. What was becoming a more orderly, if still unruly, border across 2020 is now in crisis — CBS reports, even using that word the Biden administration has avoided, in its video package, which you can watch in the tweet.
“Sources tell CBS News more than 13,000 migrant children who entered the country without their parents are now in U.S. custody,” CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell reports. “The government says even more adults are being turned back every day, the secretary of Homeland Security admitting today that so many people are now crossing the border, his department is on pace to stop more migrants than in the past 20 years.” O’Donnell emphasized those last two words. She added that with so many migrants flooding the border, the Biden administration is “running out of space to house them, and people to process their claims.”
The federal government is reportedly planning to house 3,000 unaccompanied children at a convention center in Dallas. The government is also setting up a tent city for another 1,000 in Midland, Texas. That was as of Monday, when the federal government reportedly had about 4,200 children in custody. CBS, citing unnamed sources, reports the real number is triple that.
In addition to the fact the Biden administration is lying to the American people about how many migrant children they have thrown behind bars and separated from their families they are also illegally holding them longer than permitted by law.
No Democrat could be reached for comment, apparently this was never about the children…
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Well, here we go. During the 2020 election Democrats promised that if they won the majority they would open up investigation after investigation into the Trump administration and according to this story it look like they are going to begin with an issue that really sticks in their craw, Brett Kavanaugh. You might be asking yourself what this issue is other than hurt feelings because Brett Kavanaugh was nominated and confirmed according to the process. The Democrats are going to go after the FBI, accusing the agency of conducting a “fake” investigation into the nominee.
Here is more:
The FBI is facing new scrutiny for its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh, the supreme court justice, after a lawmaker suggested that the investigation may have been “fake”.
Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic senator and former prosecutor who serves on the judiciary committee, is calling on the newly-confirmed attorney general, Merrick Garland, to help facilitate “proper oversight” by the Senate into questions about how thoroughly the FBI investigated Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing.
The FBI was called to investigate the allegations during the Senate confirmation process but was later accused by some Democratic senators of conducting an incomplete background check.
“This was unique behavior in my experience, as the Bureau is usually amenable to information and evidence; but in this matter the shutters were closed, the drawbridge drawn up, and there was no point of entry by which members of the public or Congress could provide information to the FBI,” Whitehouse said.
That sounds a lot like the way the FBI investigated Hillary Clinton over her emails, or Bill Clinton and Lorretta Lynch over the tarmac meeting so it sounds like business as usual to me…
But regardless, I remember a time not all that long ago when the Democrats were attacking Donald Trump for questioning the integrity of the FBI. They were screaming about how it was un-American and how it was undermining Democracy and sowing the seeds of doubt in Americans’ minds about the integrity of an American institution. But now apparently this is okay and we are not supposed to notice the hypocrisy.
The plan here is obvious, the Democrats are going to try to impeach Brett Kavanaugh in what they believe will be the delicious irony of using Merrick Garland to begin the process, or they are going to use this as an excuse to pack the Supreme Court.
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De Blasio says Andrew Cuomo is standing in the way of saving lives because of scandal distractions
It has been a tough several days for the serial molesting Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. You know it is bad for you when Chuck Schumer calls for your resignation and the mayor of the State’s largest city does likewise. And speaking of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, he upped the ante even higher today because in addition to calling again for Andrew Cuomo’s resignation he accused the Governor of standing in the way of his efforts to save lives from COVID-19.
Here is more:
When asked if Cuomo will resign, De Blasio said, “I think he’ll try to hold out Margaret. I think he is used to getting things his way, and it’s been almost an imperial governorship. But I gotta tell you, the folks in this state and political leadership don’t believe in him anymore. He doesn’t have any credibility.”
He continued, “So I think an impeachment proceeding will begin. And I think he will be impeached, and perhaps right before that, he’ll decide to resign. That’s probably the most likely outcome right now, but I got to tell you something. He should resign right now because he’s holding up our effort to fight COVID. He’s literally in the way of us saving lives right now.”
Notice he did not use hyperbole here, he came right out and said Andrew Cuomo was “literally” standing in the way of saving lives because he is distracted by all the sex scandals coming his way. This type of talk coming from the left is usually reserved for Donald Trump and his response to the pandemic, so that tells you how deep this is getting.
By the way, didn’t de Blasio hear? Does he not know Andrew Cuomo wrote the book on how to deal with COVID-19? Literally…
As for more lives being lost as a result of Andrew Cuomo being distracted, New Yorkers are probably better off if he ignores the pandemic, his record is not all that good on it in the first place…
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Sunday, March 14th open thread: ‘Clown World’
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 KJV)
Here is this week’s open thread. Please feel free to post links to interesting articles and to discuss whatever issues arise during the course of the day. Nothing is off-topic here.
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Here is another one by Tom MacDonald, this one is entitled “Clown World.” Enjoy:
“This is what they wanted, this is how they planned it
This is to control everyone on the planet
Then we put each other in caskets, protest in panic
And they take advantage to manage the damage“
“I think the elites are real but they ain’t drinking babies’ blood
They’re creating chaos so they have something to save you from
Black lives matter, all lives matter, what’s all this division for?
It’s modern segregation, this is setting up a civil war“
For some strange reason when Joe Biden decided he approved of Donald Trump’s policy of keeping migrant children in cages so much so that he expanded the detention centers the Democratic leaders and the Democratic voters were no longer outraged at the deplorable policy.
The mainstream media has been silent on this issue as well, until now. CNN has now released a report on Joe Biden’s detention center and the numbers of kids in cages is higher now than at any time during Donald Trump’s administration. Here is more:
The number of unaccompanied migrant children in US Border Patrol facilities, which are akin to jail cells and not intended for kids, has reached dramatic highs, according to internal agency documents reviewed by CNN, underscoring the urgent challenge facing the Biden administration.
More than 3,200 unaccompanied migrant children were in Customs and Border Protection custody, according to the documents dated Monday. Of those, around 2,600 were awaiting placement in shelters suitable for minors, but there were just over 500 beds available to accommodate them.
The numbers are overwhelming. To compare, at the peak of the 2019 border crisis — when there were overcrowded facilities and children sleeping on the ground — there were around 2,600 unaccompanied children in Border Patrol custody, a former CBP official told CNN.
What happened to the concern about the children? What happened to the declarations that this is not what we do in America? Why are the Democrats suddenly silent about the abhorrent conditions these children are being kept in by a racist and Xenophobic President?
Of course we know this was never about the children in the first place…
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Stop me if you think you have heard this one before. John Solomon is reporting that there has been a big break in the Spygate investigation and criminal charges could be brought forth in 6-8 weeks. Here is more:
Here is more still:
Solomon says this senior FBI executive that is now cooperating with Durham has “opened up a tremendous amount of internal knowledge being able to describe the nuances of evidence.”
“Some of the witnesses I talked to and their defense lawyers feel like John Durham is getting ready to pull the trigger on some criminal charges. Again, he has to get permission from the Biden justice department – we’ll have to see if that happens. But all the signs are that they are moving toward criminal charges.”
What do you think the chances are that Joe Biden will give him permission to press charges against Obama administration officials? And even in the off chance that he does, to paraphrase Hillary Clinton, what difference at this point does it matter? This investigation was supposed to be completed almost a year ago and now that the election is over and nothing can be done we might finally see a conclusion to this sham investigation, which will end in the White House trash heap anyway.
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According to this story 12 States have banded together claiming the President overstepped his boundaries and violated the sovereignty of the States when he issued his climate change Executive Order and are suing to stop its implementation. Here is more:
A coalition of 12 states is suing President Biden’s administration over a climate executive order that they claim has the potential to have a serious economic impact across the country through the expansion of federal regulatory power.
The suit, which is being led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, was filed on Monday. State attorneys general from Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah also joined the action.
It alleges that Biden’s Executive Order 13990, titled “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,” does not have the authority to issue binding numbers for the “social cost” of greenhouse gases to be used in federal regulations.
Schmitt said that those potential regulations will stifle manufacturing and harm agriculture in Missouri, where state figures show that hundreds of thousands of people work in those industries.
“Under President Biden’s executive order, which he didn’t have the authority to enact, these hard-working Missourians who have lived and worked this land for generations, could be left in the dust,” Schmitt said in a written press release.
I have to be honest, I am glad these States were paying attention because I do not remember Joe Biden even signing a climate change Executive Order. But then again, Joe Biden does not even know what he was signing so I guess I can be forgiven for not being able to keep up.
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