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Student loan forbearance will be lifted September 1st, 2023 resulting in student payments resuming in October.  As we approach the October pivot, expect the Administration to whip support for a modified version of loan forgiveness, e.g. something beyond REPAYE, further payment postponement, or some other restructuring of student loan obligations.  More, expect them to assert […]

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Quote of the Day: Helping Politicians

 

“My heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.” — Paul the Apostle, Romans 10:1

Bunch of questions today, and some rambling: I wonder if I have the same desire for my fellow countrymen as Paul did for his. When was the last time I prayed for my countrymen as this passage says? Have I ever? And what about the rest of us? Do we sincerely pray for our fellow countrymen’s conversion?  I confess to giving it occasional lip service.

REPOSTED FROM OCTOBER: With the Supreme Court finally discussing President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, it’s a great time for anyone who missed it to check out our previous episode on the economics of student loan forgiveness!

Dr. Beth Akers, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who specializes in higher education finance, discusses the economics of student debt, and what the Biden relief plan will and will not achieve.

Biden Did You Know?

 

The Babylon Bee mirrors the rhetorical device used in “Mary Did You Know?” to ask, Biden Did You Know? Much like in the original song, the answer is yes. Of course Biden* knew he was destroying America. That is the goal. Trump was working to make America great again and on the first day Biden* revoked anything of Trump’s that he could. Biden’s handlers are probably the same as Obama’s, who had the goal of fundamentally transforming America into a third-world banana republic. Then Biden* hired a bunch of freaks and perverts just to rub our noses in it and show that he can do whatever he wants. We are post Constitutional.

Failure Is the Only Option

 

As I watch the work of the Biden Administration unfold, I can’t help but wonder if there is an overarching and hidden lesson that we are supposed to learn. Does anyone remember a time when any administration has made so many disastrous decisions in just over one year? It’s as if we are supposed to learn from all these outcomes that the US has failed, and will continue to fail, at every level.

Here is a partial list of the devastating results of their policies: lack of response to the Russian threat; meaningless response to China; ineptitude of Kamala Harris; gas prices; re-emergence of energy dependence; withdrawal from Afghanistan; shortages in supply chain; colluding with media; chaos at the border; inflation now over 8%; crime; war on parents; empowering Iran; damaging our relationship with Israel.

Again, it’s just a partial list. (Feel free to add more in the comments.)

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This week’s episode of the Center for Immigration Studies’ weekly podcast covers the Biden administration’s decision to not publish the 2021 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “Enforcement and Removal Operations Report”. This detailed annual report, which allows policymakers, law enforcement officers and the public to compare enforcement metrics over time, has been published by December 31 for at least the last decade.

Is Hunter Biden Advising Policy Now?

 

The Biden Administration has launched a $30 million program to distribute crack pipes. (Don’t look at me, I didn’t vote for that guy.) 

The $30 million grant program, which closed applications Monday and will begin in May, will provide funds to nonprofits and local governments to help make drug use safer for addicts. Included in the grant, which is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, are funds for “smoking kits/supplies.” A spokesman for the agency told the Washington Free Beacon that these kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and “any illicit substance.”

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As we’ve seen with the Biden Administration, Departments never let an Observance Day go to waste.  The most recent round of Sanctions announced by the State Department has epitomized this. If you ever had a hard time thinking about how best to observe International Human Rights Day (or International Anti-Corruption Day), don’t worry, the State […]

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Three statements, posted on the Senate web pages of Senator Manchin (D-WV) and Senator Sanders (S-VT) are worth reading. Each address the Xiden-Socialist scheme to truly transform America through the means of one massive piece of legislation fraudulently styled a budget reconciliation bill for the purpose of evading the Senate 60 vote cloture rule. They […]

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The Sniffer in Chief has betrayed our troops, the real Afghan patriots, and the American people. He is directly responsible for abandoning both American citizens and courageous, decent Afghans in favor of the sort of material the Squad and the rest of the Red-Green alliance of socialists and Islamists find useful in transforming one community […]

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Governor DeSantis Ready to Rumble

 

Governor Ron Desantis official RumbleGovernor Ron DeSantis is ready to Rumble* with the radical Democrat regime and their social media wing. In April, Google/YouTube discriminated against his viewpoint and sought to silence a governor and real medical experts competing opinions by deleting a video conference recording. Governor Desantis did not engage in phony posturing.

Instead, he had his staff establish an official Rumble channel and change all video links in official press releases to point to Rumble. This means that the governor’s office of Florida is directing traffic away from YouTube toward a newer platform, Rumble. Governor Desantis shows what an aggressive, informed executive looks and sounds like.

INFRASTRUCTURE RHETORIC AND RESULTS:

Greg and guest host Rob Long discuss Jon Stewart’s hilarious lab-leak rant, the Biden administration’s ties to a Chinese foreign policy lobbying firm, and a Massachusetts school board’s decision to ban “microaggressions” on all federally protected classes.

On this episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Samantha Dravis, senior vice president at Clout Public Affairs and visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the Biden administration’s approach to energy and why conversations about climate change and other environmental policies are so difficult to have.

On this episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Federalist Political Editor John Daniel Davidson joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why, despite the Biden administration’s firm denial, there is indeed a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and how it can be stopped.

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Biden has issued a number of Executive Orders in his first 24 hours of office.  A current list of them is found here, and I go through a few of them that stood out to me below. Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-WearingI’m from the Smoky Mountains, and my parents’ property […]

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It seems as though the current holder of the “Office of the Presidential-Elect”, Joe Biden, with his nosy nostrils and healing touch of unity, has issued his global campaign of “Build Back Better” (aka The Great Reset) which seems to require quite a bit. It requires over 25,000, fully-vetted, partisan troops that are politically loyal […]

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Regulatory Climate Change

 

I work for a municipal utility that operates a small power plant in Missouri. Built in 1928, the plant houses nine diesel/natural gas generators, the oldest of which is a 1946 model (see video below). The plant served as the city’s primary source of power up till the 1980s when it became more economical to contract energy from larger plants. While they’re no longer the primary source of power for the city, they still serve a major role in fulfilling capacity and peaking needs for the city.

As part of my job, I handle the environmental compliance for the plant. Over the last decade, we’ve spent over $2 million to comply with Obama era EPA regulations. These engines run less than 75 hours each a year. Such a waste of money and time.

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The headline in the WSJ reads “Economy’s struggles will shape new term”.  The sense of the article is that, in a new “Biden” administration, the government will have to shepherd the economy that was ruined by the government, back to health. Will someone please tell me how such an administration, guided by a party which […]

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