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Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the federal debt has increased by more than $7 trillion. On Jan. 20, 2021, the day of Biden’s inauguration, it was $27,751,896,236,414.77, according to data published by the U.S. Treasury Department. As of this Fourth of July, it was $34,847,568,990,054.13. That is an increase of $7,095,672,753,639.36—in less than four years. No other president has increased the debt that much between his inauguration and the Fourth of July in his fourth year in office. When President Donald Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2017, the debt was $19,947,304,555,212.49. On the Fourth of July in 2020—the year of the COVID-19 pandemic—it was $26,447,922,718,271.66. That was an increase of $6,500,618,163,059.17. When President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009, the debt was $10,626,877,048,913.08. On the Fourth of July in 2012, it was $15,880,986,464,325.29. That was an increase of $5,254,109,415,412.21. When President George W. Bush was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2001, the federal debt was $5,727,776,738,304.64. On the Fourth of July in 2004, it was $7,259,602,983,923.51. That was an increase of $1,531,826,245,618.87. According to the Treasury Department data, the total debt of the federal government first exceeded $7 trillion on Jan. 15, 2004. So, what does that say about the more than $7 trillion increase in the debt that happened between Biden’s inauguration and this Fourth of July? It says that in less than four years under Biden, the debt has increased more than it did under all American presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton. The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week released its monthly employment report for June. It indicated that there were 161,199,000 individuals employed in civilian jobs in the United States last month. The $7,095,672,753,639.36 that the federal debt increased between Biden’s inauguration and this Fourth of July equaled approximately $44,018 per every one of those workers. The $34,847,568,990,054.13 in total debt the federal government held as of the Fourth of July equaled approximately $216,177 for each of them. What could someone do with $216,177? It would almost cover, for example, four years of undergraduate tuition at Harvard. According to that university’s website, the annual tuition for the upcoming school year there will be $56,550. Four full years at that rate would run $226,200. In Iowa, according to Redfin data published by Forbes, the median price of a home in 2023 was $229,000. In Ohio, it was $235,000. On July 29, 2023—before Biden’s cognitive abilities became a major issue—he made a remarkable statement (noted in this column before) about what he called the “debt.” According to the White House transcript of a speech delivered at a campaign event on July 29, 2023, in Freeport, Maine, Biden said: “So, folks, look, imagine—and, by the way, all the stuff we did in the economy, all these programs that we’ve put forward—in the process, I cut the federal debt by $1.7 trillion in two years. More than any other president of the United States has come close.” On July 28, 2023, in a speech in Auburn, Maine, Biden had made a similar statement. According to the White House transcript and a video on CSPAN, he said then: “Guess what? In the four years that the last guy was president, he raised the national debt by almost 40%. You know that $2 trillion tax cut? Raise your hand if you got any of it. Two tril– —not, not a penny paid for. “But guess what?” Biden continued. “In two years, I’ve cut the national debt by $1 trillion, 700 billion while doing all of this—while doing all this—$1 trillion, 700 billion.” Had Trump “raised the national debt by almost 40%” as Biden claimed? Yes. When Trump handed the presidency over to Biden on Jan. 20, 2021, the debt was $27,751,896,236,414.77. That was up $7,804,591,681,202.28—or 39.1%—from the $19,947,304,555,212.49 in debt that existed on the day of Trump’s inauguration. But had Biden “cut the national debt by $1 trillion, 700 billion” as he claimed in that 2023 speech in Maine? No. As of July 28, 2023, when Biden said these words, the federal debt was $32,657,120,596,498.01—up $4,905,224,360,083.24 from the $27,751,896,236,414.77 it was on the day of Biden’s inauguration. It is true that the annual deficit—not the debt—declined from Trump’s last full fiscal year in office to Biden’s term. From fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020 (the COVID year), the annual deficit spiked from $984.388 billion, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement, to $3.1319 trillion. In fiscal years 2021 and 2022, it did drop before rising again in fiscal 2023. But in none of those years did the annual deficit fall back to its pre-COVID Trump-era level of 2019. In fiscal 2021, it was $2.775 trillion. In fiscal 2022, it was $1.375 trillion; and, in fiscal 2023, it was $1.695 trillion. The drop in the annual deficit from the fiscal 2020 COVID-year high of $3.1319 trillion to the fiscal 2022 level of $1.375 trillion equaled $1.7569 trillion—approximating Biden’s claim that he had “cut the national debt by $1 trillion 700 billion.” But the $1.375 trillion deficit of fiscal 2022 did not cut the debt. It increased it. Why would Biden in 2023 confuse the “deficit” with the “debt”? Maybe he had a cold. 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If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. While authentic videos coming out during this US campaign season show some of the leading actors proving with their behavior that truth can indeed be stranger than fiction (in this case, than any deepfake) – Big Tech continues with its obsession with deepfake technology as a serious threat. A threat of such proportions, as far as the likes of Meta are concerned – or are pressured to be concerned – that it calls for some fairly drastic measures. Take, for example, a new patent application filed by the giant, detailing a method of authenticating users by combining vocalization – “and skin vibration.” … and what? The filing reveals that this is the kind of biometric data which uses not only a person’s voice but also how speaking causes that person’s skin tissue to vibrate. This level of “creepiness” in biometric information collection and use is explained as a need to solve security problems that come with activating systems only with one’s voice. That’s because, Meta says, voice can be “generated or impersonated.” But, say some experts, if skin vibration is “a second factor” – then that protects from deepfakes. Meta doesn’t state if it thinks that what’s true of voice also applies to fingerprints – but the “skin vibration authentication” is supposed to replace both fingerprints and passwords in device activation. Needless to say, Meta insists that “user experience” is improved by all this. Meta talks about things like smart glasses and mixed reality headsets as use cases where the technology from this new patent can be applied – yet that’s a whole lot of very invasive biometrics-based authentication for a very small market. For now, those are some of the examples, with built-in “vibration measurement assembly” that makes this method possible, but once there, the tech could be used in almost any type of device – and for different purposes. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Meta’s Creepy Skin Deep “Security” Idea appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Biden administration reinforces its ranks with what some reports see as yet more ardent censorship advocates. This time it’s Andy Volosky, whose “claim to fame” thus far has been to wholeheartedly support the banning of President Donald Trump by former Twitter (while Trump was still president). Unsurprisingly, his other efforts are advocating for even stricter online censorship (“content moderation”) than what social platforms have been doing for almost a decade now. Volosky has now been given the right to serve this administration as deputy director of platforms for the White House’s Office of Digital Strategy. Serving the people, critically minded cynics might remark, would probably require a different mindset and a different set of skills. But depending on how long the current administration manages to hang on to power, Volosky may not be on in the new job for long. George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley makes a note of this appointment as he explores what might turn out to be one of the nadirs in US history where freedom of expression is concerned. Turley goes as far as to assert that President Biden is “the most anti-free speech president since John Adams.” This is a bold statement, not least because more than two centuries of “enlightenment” in many areas of politics in the US separate the two figures. But, not when it comes to progress in the realm of free speech, according to the legal scholar. And moves like bringing Volosky in certainly do little to discredit these claims. Other than revealing a particular mood now developing among the Biden administration, months before he is to face Trump again, the appointment is indicative as Volosky previously made sure to be known as a Trump-basher. “What took them so long?” was Volosky’s comment about former Twitter banning a sitting president – a censorship decision so unprecedented even many of those opposing Trump and wanting him gone second-guessed it on principle alone. But Volosky didn’t seem to be about principles as his focus was setting “new standards” for branding political opponents as “autocrats” etc. – if that serves the purpose of shutting them up. Yet, Twitter manages to outlast its own censorship, and as Turley points out, come November – “Democracy is not on the ballot, but free speech is.” If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Biden Appoints Social Media Censorship Advocate To White House Digital Strategy Team appeared first on Reclaim The Net.