"My position on Khashoggi has been so clear. If anyone doesn’t understand it, in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else, then they haven’t been around for a while." Said President Biden, quoted in "Biden lands in Saudi Arabia — a country he once vowed to make a 'pariah'" (Axios). https://althouse.blogspot.com/2022/07/my-position-on-khashoggi-has-been-so.html excerpt: In any case, if Biden is visiting Saudi Arabia and seeking favor from them, he's quite specifically not treating them like a pariah. And yet he doubles down with this idea that if we don't "understand it," we're the one with the problem. We must be naive and lacking in experience. more at the link
wow, this is big. Apparently "factcheck.org" is sidin' with Biden Social Media Posts Misleadingly Edit and Misrepresent Biden Remarks from Teleprompter https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/s...misrepresent-biden-remarks-from-teleprompter/
commentary The Most Reliable Of The Factcheckers Turns Full Propagandist https://ethicsalarms.com/2022/07/16/the-most-reliable-of-the-factcheckers-turns-full-propagandist/
https://apnews.com/article/russia-u...-environment-120f8a3fc440e3b2cccce6100e65b912 Mexico agrees to invest $1.5B in ‘smart’ border technology Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed to spend $1.5 billion over the next two years to improve “smart” border technology during meetings Tuesday with President Joe Biden — a move the White House says shows neighborly cooperation succeeding where Trump administration vows to wall off the border and have Mexico pay for it could not.
.... Obama’s Last Three Years Of Job Growth All Beat Trump’s Best Year https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckj...th-all-beat-trumps-best-year/?sh=1f811d5b6ba6 this was before COVID. President Trump says he ended the "war on coal." But industry casualties have accelerated under his turbulent leadership, with coal plant retirements eclipsing those that occurred during the last four years of Barack Obama's presidency. https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063430425 According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (USEIA), total U.S. coal production in 2019 was 705.3 tons, down 6.8 percent from the previous year and the lowest level of output in over 41 years. In 2018, production likewise fell by 2.4 percent. According to the Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2020, the state’s coal production likewise fell 5.2 percent in 2018 to 39.6 million tons, the lowest level of output since 1954. https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article244088642.html how about farmers? The rate of bankruptcies were at its highest in 8 years. This was also before COVID. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...t-an-eight-year-high-court-data-idUSKBN1ZT2YE The CHINA-US deficit also hit record highs, The overall trade deficit was $67.1 billion, reflecting a surplus in services trade with the rest of world — the highest since 2006. The deficit for U.S. goods trade by itself was $83.9 billion, the highest ever recorded. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/goods-trade-deficit-august-record-high-426739
Jill Biden on President Joe Biden’s hindered progress: ‘He had so many hopes’ https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/16/poli...atic-national-committee-fundraiser/index.html
Ellie probably revised a bit during her schooling and got away with it. Some shady Type A bullshit going on in there.
lol. When you've lost Robert Reich . . . As a 76-year-old let me say: Joe Biden is too old to run again Robert Reich https://www.theguardian.com/comment...-let-me-say-joe-biden-is-too-old-to-run-again excerpt: Joe, please don’t run. more at the link
Prob a big reason why Biden fist bumped pariah MBS (but got nothing for it) Infographic: Energy Costs Are Hitting Black, Latino Communities the Hardest | Statista
keep on slidin' with Biden Biden Plumbs New Depths: Net Approval Rating Now Underwater in 44 States Trump was more popular than Biden at a similar point last midterm cycle https://morningconsult.com/2022/07/18/biden-approval-rating-all-50-states/
Reuters polling https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa/index.html excerpt: Biden approval rating falls to 36%, matching record low JULY 19, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating fell to 36% this week to tie the lowest rating of his 19 months in the White House as inflation takes its toll on American life, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday. The two-day national poll found that 59% of Americans disapprove of Biden's job performance. Biden's approval rating has been below 50% since August 2021 and has hovered around its record-low since first hitting it in May, raising alarms his Democratic Party is on track to lose control of at least one chamber of Congress in the Nov. 8 midterm election. Biden's rating fell three percentage points from 39% a week earlier. Biden's popularity has suffered from a surge in inflation, which rose to a 40-year high in June at 9.1%. more
Liberals want voters to blame Biden’s age, but his progressive playbook is just as much of a problem https://thehill.com/opinion/white-h...essive-playbook-is-just-as-much-of-a-problem/ excerpt: It took the New York Times two years to discover that President Biden is 79 years old. Now that they have caught up, they are not entirely convinced that Uncle Joe is capable of tackling the toughest job on the planet. He’s a little slow, they admit sotto voce, a little behind the curve. They are especially concerned about him running for a second term in 2024. No kidding. Many of us reached that conclusion back in 2020, when Biden was campaigning from his basement and rarely available for interviews or even fundraisers. It was pretty clear something was not right. Now, Biden’s apparent mental deterioration is suddenly the talk of the town. The Washington Post opens a recent analysis piece with: “President Biden is … not young.” Insightful reporting like that surely earns the confidence of readers. CNN, MSNBC and most of the rest of the liberal media has turned on the president with a vengeance, questioning whether he is fit for office and downplaying his prospects of running again. What is going on here? Why this sudden about-face? Simple. The liberal media sees Biden failing and they want voters to turn their wrath on Biden, not the awful policies he brought with him to the Oval Office. The Times, the Washington Post and other liberal outposts would like Americans to think the failures of the Biden White House are due to the president’s age and fragility and not the Bernie Sanders playbook that rules the West Wing. more at the link
