One of the first actions Joe Biden took after becoming President was to put a halt on a Trump Executive Order which made insulin and the EpiPen more affordable to those who need them. Now good ole compassionate and caring Uncle Joe is at it again, this time rescinding a Trump Executive Order which was designed to get opioid addicts some medication they need to kick the habit. Here is more:
the Biden Administration seems so focused on stripping away former President Trump’s legacy that they don’t care how their actions affect the people.
Biden intends to take presidential action to rescind Trump’s previous order expanding access to a medication called Buprenorphine used to treat Opioid addiction.
According to anonymous sources reported by the Washington Post, Biden’s impending move will reinstate the rule requiring practitioners to obtain the “X-waiver” before prescribing Buprenorphine.
A draft of Biden’s announcement released by the Post allegedly states, “Unfortunately, the Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder announced by the Trump administration in its last days had significant legal and clinical concerns.”
Therefore, “The Biden Administration will not issue the Guidelines previously announced.”
This news comes just over two weeks after Trump’s Administration announced the new guidelines “cutting the red tape” to access to the medication.
You have to have priorities I guess, and between this Executive Order and the one on insulin and the EpiPen, it is clear that Joe Biden and the Democrats have prioritized reversing everything Donald Trump did even if that means hurting the people Donald Trump helped.
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Sunday, January 31st open thread: ‘Fight’
“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 The Cure performing “Fight” live in 2012:
“So when the hurting starts
And when the nightmares begin
Remember you can fill up the sky
You don’t have to give in“
Last week a judge put a 14 day hold on Joe Biden’s Executive Order which put a halt to the deportation of illegal immigrants. That seemed like a short period of time but now, according to this story, that same judge has extended the hold until February 23rd. Here is more:
A federal judge in Texas said Friday that he’ll likely extend his hold on the Biden administration’s deportation moratorium until February 23.
Earlier this week, Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, blocked the administration’s 100-day pause on deportations, delivering a blow to one of President Joe Biden’s first immigration actions. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, had sued, leading to the first legal block of one of Biden’s executive actions.
Tipton initially blocked the administration from executing its deportation pause for 14 days. The temporary restraining order, Tipton argued, was appropriate under the Administrative Procedure Act.
The Department of Justice has not appealed the ruling as of yet but I think it is safe to assume it is only a matter of time.
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The overseers in Los Angeles are allowing restaurants and bars which have not permanently closed due to the county’s draconian COVID-19 lockdown orders to reopen outdoor dining with one strange caveat. They are not allowing the patrons of these establishments to watch television, here is more on this baffling rule:
Outdoor dining in Los Angeles County reopened Friday with a catch: restaurants and bars can’t have their televisions turned on for customers, according to a new health order.
“Televisions or any other screens that are used to broadcast programming must be removed from the area or turned off. This provision is effective until further notice,” guidance issued Thursday reads.
It’s unclear why the county is prohibiting restaurants from using their televisions given no scientific evidence that television contributes to the spread of the coronavirus.
Of course they offered no reason because there is no reason. This is not about keeping people safe, there is no science behind this decision, this is about showing the people they still have control over them and can take away their freedoms again any time they chose if the plebeians do not comply.
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We all know about Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 nursing home directive which led to the deaths of over 6,000 of New York’s elderly residents. Back in August of last year there were reports that the deaths were underreported and there were calls for an independent investigation into Andrew Cuomo’s disastrous and deadly policy, with one Democrat in New York claiming the Governor underreported the deaths about about 2,000.
There was never an independent investigation but New York’s Attorney General had no choice but to look into the matter and she has released her report. According to the report the Attorney General found that Andrew Cuomo underreported the nursing home deaths by 50%. Here is more:
New York Attorney General Letitia James said that the state Department of Health underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50%, according to a report released Thursday.
The report holds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s feet to the fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the early months of 2020, after he directed nursing homes in the Empire State to accept patients who had or were suspected of having COVID-19. The decision created an onslaught of COVID-19 cases that infected thousands of elderly patients and resulted in hundreds of deaths among the state’s most vulnerable population.
The governor was silent Thursday following the new AG report and did not respond to Fox News’ immediate request for comment.
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Joe Biden promised a flurry of Executive Orders to reverse Trump policies and so far in his first week on the job he has delivered with his pen and his phone, and not for the good. He has signed so many orders that he had to admit he has no idea what he is even signing.
Today the President signed an order which Donald Trump put into place last December which would lower the cost of insulin and the EpiPen, here is more:
President Joe Biden froze a December rule signed by President Donald Trump aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for insulin and epinephrine.
On Thursday, Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the new rule would be put on hold, along with several other Trump-era orders pending a 60-day review. Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain directed federal agencies on Wednesday to pause orders that had been signed and published by the previous administration but not yet effective.
“This freeze is part of the Biden administration’s large-scale effort announced this week that will scrutinize the Trump administration’s health policies,” reported Bloomberg Law. “If the previous administration’s policies raise ‘fact, law, or policy’ concerns, the Biden HHS will delay them and consult with the Office of Management and Budget about other actions.”
I am not going to give Joe Biden the I-didn’t-know-what-I-was-signing out because I believe he knew exactly what he was doing. He chose siding with big Pharma and spiting Donald Trump over the little guy.
And I do not think we should forget his brother and his son-in-law are both in the healthcare industry (just for the record these are two different people, I know it is not easy to tell with the Biden family relations) and he has used his position to help them before…
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Hunter Biden still holds interests in Chinese firm
You may remember several months ago Hunter Biden was under some scrutiny for his China dealings and the Ministry of Propaganda informed us that he would be divesting himself of his Chinese interests so there would be no apparent conflict of interest while his father was running for President. We found out several months later that Hunter Biden did relinquish an UNPAID position in a Chinese firm but still held a 10% stake in BHR.
Fast forward to today and you will be shocked, SHOCKED I say, to learn that the First Son still holds interests in China. Here is more:
Hunter Biden continues to hold a 10% stake in the Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners, Chinese business records show, despite multiple reports from December suggesting he was divesting his position in the company.
Hunter Biden continues to hold his equity stake in BHR through his company, Skaneateles LLC, as of Wednesday, according to Qixinbao and Baidu, two independent services that provide business records on Chinese corporations based on China’s National Credit Information Publicity System.
Hunter Biden is the sole beneficial owner of Skaneateles LLC, according to Washington D.C. corporate records.
Move along, nothing so see here. It is not like we are talking about Russia after all…
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Judge blocks Joe Biden’s Executive order halting deportations
One of the many Executive Orders Joe Biden signed on his first day in office was an order which halted the deportation of illegal immigrants for at least 100 days. Texas filed suit against the President and today a Federal Judge put a temporary halt on the order. Here is more:
A federal district judge has blocked President Joe Biden’s halt to deportations for illegal aliens after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the administration.
Hours after taking office on January 20, Biden signed an executive order that halts deportations of most illegal aliens for at least 100 days. The order came as illegal immigration has spiked in recent months and a migrant caravan heads to the United States-Mexico border in the hopes of taking advantage of the Biden administration’s lax enforcement policies.
Last week, Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, asking a federal judge to block the order noting the negative impact it would have on the state of Texas and its social services.
Following a hearing, U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton blocked the order for 14 days
The 14 day halt can be extended another 14 days and this is apparently to give Texas time to seek an injunction. This is just the first step, we have seen how this works over the last 4 years. This will be fought all the way to the Supreme Court and how that schizophrenic court will rule is anybody’s guess.
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Democrats do not have votes to end the filibuster
Over the last several years we have seen the filibuster eliminated for the confirmation of judges and cabinet positions and it was just assumed that as soon as one party had the chance the filibuster would be eliminated for legislative purposes as well. With the Democrats now in charge of both houses of the Congress it was thought that time was now, but it looks like two Democratic holdouts have ended that possibility. Here is more:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put the idea of abolishing the filibuster to rest, for now, mentioning the fact two Democrats confirmed that they would not vote to change the Senate rules.
“Today two Democratic Senators publicly confirmed they will not vote to end the legislative filibuster. They agree with President Biden’s and my view that no Senate majority should destroy the right of future minorities of both parties to help shape legislation,” McConnell said in a statement.
Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will not support eliminating the filibuster and her mind “cannot be changed,” her spokesperson said Monday.
With Sinema coming out against abolishing the filibuster, it makes it highly unlikely it could happen, as Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has also said he will not vote to do so.
Mitch McConnell is claiming victory as if he had something to do with this, but I think we all know what is going to happen in the end and I like to think Mitch McConnell is smart enough to realize it, although I cannot be sure. When push comes to shove and there is a stalemate on a key Democratic agenda item an offer will be made that these two holdouts cannot refuse, and in the unlikely event they still hold out Joe Biden does have a pen and a phone...
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Sunday, January 24th open thread: ‘Reapers’
“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 Muse performing “Reapers” live:
“Home, It’s becoming a killing field
There’s a cross hair locked on my heart
With no recourse and there’s no one behind the wheel
Hell fire, You’re wiping me out, killed by drones“
“You rule with lies and deceit
And the world is on your side
‘Cause you’ve got the CIA, babe
But all you’ve done is brutalise
Drones!“
“You kill by remote control
The world is on your side
You’ve got reapers and hawks babe
Now I am radicalized
Here come the drones!“
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