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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Biden Got Lost in His Own Closet in the Morning, Senator Hawley Reveals
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Former US President Joe Biden, during his years in power, often could not find his way out of his own wardrobe in the White House in the morning. This was reported by US Senator Josh Hawley, citing information from a Secret Service employee providing security for the American leader.

"He (a Secret Service specialist - Ed.) told me that Biden was getting lost in his own closet in the White House in the mornings. A man wandering around the White House, unable to find his way out of his closet," the senator said on Fox News.
Elder abuse, straight up.
According to Hawley, the American people were lied to for years about the condition of the head of the White House, which is confirmed by the information that has come to light.

In May, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again was published. It chronicles Biden's period as the president's mental and physical faculties deteriorated by the day. The book was written by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 30, Biden jokingly promised to “ beat to death ” everyone involved in writing a book with examples confirming the decline of his cognitive abilities.

Posted by: badanov || 06/01/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [183 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I think this may be only the third time we’ve had a closeted president. Joe is sort of a special case.
Posted by: Super Hose || 06/01/2025 9:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Does Baraq and Mooch count as one or two?
Posted by: Frank G || 06/01/2025 9:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Been done already.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/01/2025 12:04 Comments || Top||

#4  Biden has some lucid moments but when he has them he doesn't remember his dementia moments. And during his dementia moments he doesn't remember his lucid moments.

Sadly, that's the way this happens in many, many cases.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 06/01/2025 16:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Narnia?
Posted by: James the lesser || 06/01/2025 16:45 Comments || Top||

#6  There is an effort to make invalid the robo-pen signatures of Biden; I would argue his actual signature on bills and pardons are more egregious and should be null and void.
Posted by: Airandee || 06/01/2025 19:40 Comments || Top||

#7  It was a crime to install Biden in the WH and keep him there by any means possible. That put the country in a dangerous spot. Laws were ignored and the Constitution was trashed. The lust for power moves people to do all sorts of crimial acts. Still waiting for the accountability for these acts.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/01/2025 22:46 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Dem Rep. Jerrold Nadler's aide detained by DHS agents in Manhattan office
[NY Post] Longtime Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler slammed President Trump for "sowing chaos" nationwide after federal agents handcuffed one of his aides inside his lower Manhattan office.

The lawmaker’s verbal tirade came after Department of Homeland Security officers entered the Big Apple office Wednesday and accused his staff of "harboring rioters" in a dramatic confrontation caught on video.

"President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security are sowing chaos in our communities, using intimidating tactics against both citizens and non-citizens in a reckless and dangerous manner," he said in a statement to Politico.

"If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone — and it is happening."

The video, obtained by Gothamist, showed one agent aggressively restraining a teary-eyed female staffer, while another employee asked for a warrant and blocked a second officer from entering a private section of the congressional office, located in the same Varick Street building as federal immigration court.

"I’m a federal officer, we’re here checking on something," the male agent said to the employee standing in his way, the footage showed.

"We have the right to check. You are harboring rioters in the office," he argued in the heated back-and-forth that ended with the staffer granting him access to the back office.

Nadler said that the "deeply troubling" incident showed a clear violation of legal protocols.

Federal Protective Service officers went to the congressman’s office to conduct a security check after receiving reports that protesters were hiding inside, DHS told The Post in a statement.

"Based on earlier incidents in a nearby facility, FPS officers were concerned about the safety of the federal employees in the office and went to the location to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those present," Homeland Security officials said.

When they arrived, one individual — the woman who was briefly detained — was "verbally confrontational and physically blocked access to the office" after the officers identified themselves and explained why there were there.

"The officers then detained the individual in the hallway for the purpose of completing the security check," DHS said.
Posted by: Frank G || 06/01/2025 09:58 || Comments || Link || [81 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Proof of complicity with ANTIFA etc?
Posted by: 3dc || 06/01/2025 10:25 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
A Senator Chris Murphy (Conn) email
Senator Chris Murphy
(D-Connecticut)
sent out this report from the Senate Floor:

Last night in the Senate, something really important happened. Republicans forced us to debate their billionaire bailout budget framework. We started voting at 6 PM because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is.

So I want to explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back. The apex of Republicans’ plan to turn over our government to their wealthy cronies is a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations. And they plan to pay for it with cuts to programs that working people rely on. Popular and necessary programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP, are all being targeted. In order to pass the tax cut, Republicans have to go through a series of procedural steps. Last night, they took the first step which requires them to pass an outline of their plan, but with it, any senator can offer as many amendments as we want. So my Democratic colleagues and I did just that.

Now, we knew that Republicans would largely unanimously oppose them, but we had two objectives here. One, Republicans were forced to put their opinion on record — many for the first time — on the most corrupt parts of Trump and Musk’s agenda. Two, as I’ve been saying, I am going to make every process and procedure as slow and painful as possible for as long as my colleagues choose to ignore the constitutional crisis happening before our eyes.

So what did we propose? We proposed no tax cuts for anyone who makes a billion dollars a year. We made them vote on whether or not Elon Musk and DOGE should have limitless access to Americans’ personal data. We made them vote on whether to protect IVF and require insurers to cover it. Every single amendment Democrats proposed was shot down. On almost every single amendment, Republicans universally opposed it. Every Republican voted against our proposal to prevent more tax cuts for billionaires. The corruption and theft is happening in the open here.

The whole game for Republicans is taking your money and giving it to the wealthiest corporations and billionaires — even if it means kicking your parents out of a nursing home or turning off Medicaid for the poorest children. They know what they are doing is deeply unpopular. They are offering a tax cut to the most wealthy that is 850 times larger than what they are offering working people. Oh and by the way, any tax cuts for working people are going to be washed out by higher costs for basic necessities, like health care and food. It’s a fundamental injustice.

Thanks to your pressure and support, many of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do everything we can to make sure they cannot destroy democracy and steal your money in the dark of the night. We are being loud about what is happening. I’m going to continue to grind the gears of Congress down as much as possible to make it that much harder and slower to get away with this corruption. That’s why the votes lasted until nearly 5 AM.

This is a five-alarm fire. I don’t think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months. It’s still in our power to stop the destruction of our democracy with mass mobilization and effective opposition from elected officials. So we can’t miss any opportunity to take advantage of opportunities to put Republicans on the record and shine a light on what is happening.

And you have a role to play in this as well. I need you to amplify what’s happening, support the leaders who are fighting for you to make sure they can continue speaking truth to power against Musk and Trump’s billionaire cronies, and show up at rallies and town halls. Use every tool at your disposal to send a message loud and clear about how you expect my colleagues to lead and fight in this moment.

Every best wish,

US Senator Chris Patrick Murphy
Posted by: 3dc || 06/01/2025 09:32 || Comments || Link || [99 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  "America doesn't need to see the tax returns of billionaires. America needs to see the tax returns of public servants who became millionaires while being public servants."
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/01/2025 10:54 Comments || Top||



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