If you hang around on Xwitter long enough‚ youre going to run into some of the DNCs paid trolls who vomit forth the usual propaganda about their candidate‚ the decrepit pervert Joe Biden who deserves blame for misgoverning a country three-quarters of us believe is on the wrong track. (Except that it isnt really Biden doing the misgoverning‚ is it? Hes more like Ron Burgundy reading off a teleprompter than Lyndon Johnson directing bombing runs over North Vietnam.)READ MORE from Scott McKay: The Strange‚ Growing Demands of the Alphabet PeopleMost of these people are right out of Central Casting. Oh‚ look heres the stylish Gen Z soy boy. Heres the Navy vet granddad. Heres the very bright‚ very enthusiastic Asian-American teenager. Heres the angst-ridden 20-something obsessed with her right to off her offspring right up until the day the kid is born.And‚ magically‚ these uninteresting‚ bot-like influencers all happen to say the exact same things on the exact same days. But theyre all Totally Individual‚ You Guys.A recurring theme among these people Im being generous‚ mind you; maybe I give AI too much credit to think theres a computer out there calling itself Harry Sisson and dumbing itself down to the level of that accounts tweets is that Joe Biden is a decent man.Hes a decent man‚ all right. He supposedly takes very decent showers naked with his teenage daughter. And he very decently sniffs the hair of other peoples kids when they make the mistake of letting him get close enough. And the only thing more decent than the Chinese bribes he and his family have taken were the Ukrainian bribes. And the Romanian bribes were‚ of course‚ the very pillar of decency.Speaking of decent bribes‚ is it not strange that Biden Inc. couldnt find any Americans to bribe?In any event‚ you do have to give the DNC trolls a little bit of your sympathy‚ because its hard to do this kind of work for Joe Biden.How do you tout this guy when he goes to Wisconsin and makes an abject fool out of you?Im speaking about this‚ of course:Joe Biden just said in a speech in Wisconsin I‚ like an awful lot of people in this audience‚ was the first in my family to go to college.That is a lie.One of the reasons we know its a lie is because Biden has bragged several times in the past about how his grandfather pic.twitter.com/1ppP90RDnD Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 8‚ 2024Joe Biden has told this lie about how hes the first member of his family to go to college so many times and had it debunked so many times that its time to call the shrinks in.Of course‚ lying to the American people from the campaign trail is something Joe Biden has done perhaps more shamelessly than any politician in memory. It absolutely never ends with him. And it goes back four decades. For example‚ this was an all-time favorite:Every element of those claims was fraudulent‚ and Biden was eviscerated for them. That and when it became evident that his stump speech had been plagiarized from a leftist British politician named Neil Kinnock. (RELATED: Joe Biden Is Not Senile Hes Stupid)And part of Kinnocks shtick was that he was the first one in his family to attend college.Biden is a third-generation college man. He had a grandfather who went to Santa Clara College‚ as Biden claims‚ and may or may not have been an All-American football player. One of Bidens lies about his own college background is that he played football at the University of Delaware when there is no record of his ever appearing in a game.And his father didnt just go to college; he went to Johns Hopkins. Which is a lot more prestigious institution than either Delaware or Syracuse University‚ where Biden went to law school.You would think that continuing to make such a repeatedly debunked claim wouldnt happen anymore. Youd think that hed have learned to leave it alone.And yet Biden cant.He cant because hes told so many lies‚ and hes shown so much contempt for the voters hes taken a podium to address for so long‚ that Joe Biden cant differentiate between his lies and reality.His lies have become his reality.He believes his own bullshit now.And hes so demented‚ so senile‚ that its all a cloud in his head that he cant see through.So a claim he made when running a failed campaign for president in 1988 is just as true to him as something that actually happened.Thats why you have stories about Corn Pop‚ and thats why he acts like its inconceivable he and his family might have done something wrong in taking all that money from those sketchy foreigners.In the cloud‚ its all true. Or none of it is. And so‚ he picks and chooses what he wants to believe on a given day.Reality? The world? Consequence? Those things have never mattered to Joe Biden. His is a song sung by a fool to an audience of idiots‚ and hes never known any real trouble for singing it.Sure‚ he was disqualified as a presidential candidate multiple times for his lies and the grotesquely insignificant record of achievement they papered over. It didnt matter. Barack Obama made him vice president and then president anyway. And those bribes‚ the classified documents he stole and squirreled away or used for whatever sketchy purpose he might have intended none of it ever mattered.It never mattered because Joe Biden is a decent man.Or‚ at least‚ so say the new generation of liars.The post Bidens Never-Ending Lies Spawn a New Generation of Liars appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Last night‚ during the eclipse‚ I was having a few drinks. Thats not the news. The news is that I was having drinks with a retired paratrooper who put his life on the line during various special operations in the 80s and 90s‚ especially in the Yugoslav wars‚ stationed in Bosnia and Kosovo. He spoke to me with a mixture of envy and sadness as he compared the treatment given to veterans in the United States with that given in Spain.READ MORE fromItxu Daz: New York Times: The Country Is Going to Hell‚ but Be HappyHe told me that it was not just a question of economics‚ although that‚ too; it was also a question of social indifference toward past merits. He was engrossed in the recital of his stories of impossible jumps in the midst of savage combats‚ he became emotional upon recounting the death or mutilation of his entire unit‚ and he seemed genuinely happy to finally be able to tell someone about it. Almost 20 years have gone by without anyone showing even the slightest interest in hearing these stories‚ he confessed to me.One of the most interesting topics of conversation has to do with the precision of operations in a war. Surgical precision in operations and other exaggerations are something we journalists have made fashionable‚ and we are the only ones who are idiot enough to talk about a surgical strike when you are talking about launching missiles loaded with hundreds of kilos of explosives. The only thing surgical happening there comes after the explosion‚ in the nearest hospital.Obviously civilized countries try to minimize damage and stick to the target. But even though technology has advanced infinitely‚ comparing a Tomahawk to a scalpel is a sick joke that could only be invented by some idiot who has never set foot on a battlefield.We were talking about all this when I was reminded of what happened in Gaza a few days ago‚ when seven members of the NGO World Central Kitchen‚ who were delivering food‚ were killed when they were hit by a misdirected bombing from Israeli forces. This was a regrettable event‚ and Israel has responded by punishing five of its army commanders for the mistakes that led to the fatal outcome and has also ordered an internal investigation.It is always a tragedy when an aid worker or journalist dies in a war‚ but my friend is absolutely right: It is something that can happen. Its a possibility. It sounds like a stupid comment‚ but its true. Sometimes we forget the bottom line: that when youre somewhere thats at war and bombs‚ explosions‚ and bullets graze your skin on a daily basis‚ the chances of you becoming a collateral victim are very high. This is the first generation in history to whom this needs to be explained.Be that as it may‚ what happened in Gaza has served to reactivate the usual anti-Semitism‚ and as an opportunity for the Western Left there is no longer any distinction between countries here to feel a little closer to Palestinian terrorism. And‚ of course‚ the first one who did not want to miss the party was Nancy Pelosi.It doesnt matter what issue youre facing. If you want to get it right‚ look at which side Nancy Pelosi has taken‚ and take the opposite one. Now 36 Democratic congressmen led by Pelosi have sent a letter to Joe Biden. They ask him to stop sending arms to Israel‚ after the strike against aid workers. In fact‚ they are misleading right from the very beginning of their letter. Israel did not organize any attack against aid workers. That is just a fantasy of the extreme left. Israel missed its target‚ and those who intervened in the operation grossly bypassed the usual protocols and behaved negligently and really stupidly; and for that they have been punished. You will never see a Hamas leader ask for an explanation from his terrorists for the murder‚ torture‚ or rape of Israeli civilians.Its not that Pelosi and the 36 Democrats are outraged by the accident and have decided to reposition themselves now against Israel and in support of Palestinian terrorism. Its just that they were dying to do it. Because the post-modern Western Left is far left‚ and this means they hate democracies and free nations (including their own) and sympathize with dictators and terrorists.Error is a possibility. The death of innocent people is terrible. But using a military accident for your political gain quite simply defines what kind of person you are. Or animal.Translated by Joel Dalmau.Buy Itxu Dazs new book‚I Will Not Eat Crickets:An Angry Satirist Declares War on the Globalist Elite‚heretoday!The post Pelosi and 36 Democrats Were Dying to Kiss the Hand of Hamas appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Editors Note: When asked why‚ after thousands of years and millions of words‚ he felt that the world needed still another book arguing the case for Gods existence‚ Evan Sayet said:I wanted to write a book for the lay-reader and non-believer; a book that was not only factual and persuasive but fun to read. Most of the others are so darn earnest as they attempt to litigate the case. To me‚ attempting to litigate against atheism is like attempting to litigate against the emperors clothes; once you begin to discuss hemlines and stitch-counts‚ youve already given the emperor too much credibility. With atheism‚ there is simply no there there‚ and this needs to not so much be debated as pointed out‚ ridiculed and laughed at.Sayet‚ a longtime television writer (Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher) and popular political speaker‚ seems to have accomplished just what he set out to do. Jeremy Adams‚ the bestselling author of Hollowed Out: A Warning about Americas Next Generation and a recent California Teacher of the Year‚ concluded his review of Sayets new book‚ Magic Soup‚ Typing Monkeys‚ and Horny Aliens From Outer Space: The Patently Absurd‚ Wholly Unsubstantiated‚ and Extravagantly Failed Atheist Origin Myth‚ by saying:Believers often purchase C.S. Lewiss Mere Christianity to help convince their unbelieving friends and family that there is an unmoved mover somewhere betwixt time and eternity. That book is a classic. So‚ too‚ is this one‚ or at least it deserves to be. Buy it for anyone searching for answers who also has a sense of humor. They might do more than laughthey might just be saved.*****Even if someday scientists were finally able to use their combined intelligence to create life from insentient materials‚ all that this will have then served to have proved is that life is even possible. But no one doubts that life is possible. Were here. In fact‚ the only people who still wonder if life is possible are those Woke thirty-somethings who are still living in their parents basements.The question isnt can life exist but rather how did life first come to be? and‚ after all of these years‚ the Materialists still dont have even the very first clue. Do you know who else didnt have even the very first clue? Whoever it was who came just before the worlds second caveman.Dawkins‚ the Oxford University professor‚ considered by many to be the single most effective spokesmodel for the Atheists various origin myths‚ was once asked for his expert understanding as to how life might have first come into being without God.Dawkins‚ who likes to be called an evolutionary biologist even though the chair for propagandist is in the history department‚ took a moment to compose himself and then‚ with that very same look of chagrin on his face that my friend Ed had had‚ he said that it was all just a happy accident!Happy accident is not a scientific theory. Its how a fifty-year-old describes his newborn child through gritted teeth. In fact‚ not only is happy accident not a scientific theory; it is the very opposite of one. It is just yet one more way the professional Atheists have for saying Duh‚ I dunnoshit happens.RELATED: Those Who Disavow God Entrust Their Faith to Aliens and BigfootWe are now a full third of the way into the Big Questions upon which all of science itself is based‚ and while the Bible has given us the very laws and constants upon which all other science is contingent‚ the Atheists can still do nothing more than just point and grunt‚ albeit in Dawkins case‚ with a relatively charming British accent.Its not as if the Atheists dont have any other theories about the origin of life on earth besides happy accident. After ten thousand years‚ of course they do. They‚ in fact‚ have exactly one left that hasnt yet been totally debunked by that which is already known. The Atheists call their last remaining viable theory Directed Panspermia.The concept behind the theory of directed panspermia is that a horny drag queen from outer space came to earth on a transit beam and thenoh‚ wait. Im sorry. Thats The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In the Atheists theory‚ the horny space aliens came to earth on a rocketship.Seriously‚ this is the Atheists latest‚ best and‚ since shit happens isnt actually a theory‚ only remaining theory as to how life might have begun on Earth without God. According to the Atheists‚ the horny space aliens then somehow impregnated the planet and‚ in doing so‚ became not only Earths baby-daddies but also the universes very first deadbeat dads.While the notion of horny aliens from outer space having had sex with the earth is just as absurd as is the Flying Spaghetti Monster that Dawkins has cynically compared to the God of the Bible‚ the difference is that while Jews and Christians dont actually believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster‚ the worlds leading Atheistic scientists including Dawkins really do say that they believe in flying horndogs from outer space who then had sex with the earth.If you think Im kidding‚ heres Hargons comments on Overbyes report:The most startling revelation in Overbyes article is that scientists have resuscitated a proposal once floated by [Francis] Crick. Dissatisfied with conventional theories of lifes beginning‚ Crick conjectured that aliens came to Earth in a spaceship and planted the seeds of life here billions of years ago.Crick is no crank. He is‚ in fact‚ the legendary geneticist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for co-discovering the DNAs double-helix design.Crick didnt propose the Atheists Flying-Horndogs-from-Outer-Space-Having-Had-Sex-With-the-Earth theory because hed just seen a starship racing away at warp speed when Earths husband returned home early from work‚ or because hed suddenly discovered remnants of alien sperm on the arctic ice sheets. In fact‚ the only evidence that supports the Atheists theory of horny aliens from outer space having had sex with the earth is the fact that the aliens havent called once since.Crick didnt propose FHFOS because there was any evidence for it; he proposed it wholly by default. Just as the Atheists totally made-up their alternative universes and additional dimensions only after having concluded that there is simply nothing in ours that could possibly provide the Materialists with an answer that would allow them to keep their prior political commitment‚ Crick understood that there is simply nothing on earth a Materialist can use to possibly even begin to explain how life might have first come from the lifeless without God. Once again and as always when youre an Atheist‚ no evidence is always your best evidence‚ because all of the known evidence has fully debunked your every other effort.Crick‚ then‚ only did what all good scientists do; he simply proposed the next‚ least implausible theory that hasnt yet been totally debunked by the known facts‚ which‚ at this point for the Atheists‚ is flying horndogs from outer space having had sex with the earth. Thats it. Thats all they have left.When Crick first proposed FHFOS in 1973 it was‚ of course‚ rejected out-of-hand by the scientific community as the wholly unsubstantiated‚ patent absurdity that it is. A full half-century later‚ though with the quantum leap forward in technological capabilities having only further confirmed that no materialistic answer can possibly ever be found on earth without God Cricks theory of the Flying-Horndogs-from-Outer-Space-Having-Had-Sex-With-the-Earth is now the leading theory amongst Atheistic scientists. In fact‚ since happy accident isnt actually a theory‚ FHFOS is the only remaining theory that the Atheists have left for how life might have begun on earth without God.Heres how Dawkins explains the scientific method that the Atheists use to arrive at their theory about flying horndogs:Given the weaknesses of all theories of terrestrial genesis‚ Directed Panspermia should be considered a serious possibility.Thats it. Thats the entirety of the evidence for the Atheists only remaining theory as to how life might have begun on earth without God; all of their previous theories were even worse. Not only is Atheistic science a joke; its actually an old one:This guy was just such a miserable human being in every conceivable way that when he died no one could think of even a single kind word to say about him at his funeral. Finally‚ one of his neighbors made his way to the altar‚ cleared his throat and said: His brother was even worse.The entire scientific basis upon which the Atheists current‚ best and only remaining theory as to how life might have begun on earth without God is that all of their other theories are even worse. Even worse than horny space aliens having humped a flying rock? Just how bad must those other theories be? Well‚ well soon find out.Meanwhile‚ with FHFOS having in no way advanced the scientific case for atheism‚ the Atheists have‚ once again‚ further made the case for God. Even when theyre just totally making up stories wholly unconstrained by the need for such pesky things as evidence and reason‚ the Atheists still cant even conjure a tale that doesnt require preexisting life (the aliens) with‚ in this case‚ the intelligence to have designed rocket ships capable of intergalactic travel. Youd think‚ being that advanced‚ theyd have also have invented the condom.Not to be missed‚ then‚ is that just as the Atheists have already conceded the most essential elements of the science of Intelligent Design with regard to the first of the Big Questions by admitting that the universe simply had to have been created by something or someone outside of our physical laws and/or perceivable dimensions‚ they have now conceded the most essential element of the second question as well. By their embrace of FHFOS‚ the Atheists have admitted that life could not have started on earth without a preexisting and intelligent lifeform from somewhere else.Once again‚ then‚ both sides are in total agreement about what it is that the known science shows and where it is that that science leads; the only difference is found in the fact that‚ while believers in the science of Intelligent Design and the revelations of the Bible are convinced that that preexisting intelligent life is from one of those universes and/or dimensions that the Atheists have already been forced to concede‚ the Atheists combined efforts‚ cutting edge technology and many and massive computers has led them to conclude that it must have been a couple of horny aliens‚ cruising the galaxies in their rocketship‚ until they took sexual advantage of a planet that they saw was looking a little blue.Buy Evan Sayets new book‚ Magic Soup‚ Typing Monkeys‚ and Horny Aliens From Outer Space: The Patently Absurd‚ Wholly Unsubstantiated‚ and Extravagantly Failed Atheist Origin Myth‚ here today!The post Horny Space Aliens and Deadbeat Dads: The Latest Origin Theory of Atheist Scientists appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

On March 21‚ the U.S. Department of Justice filed a sweeping lawsuit accusing Apple‚ one of the Big Tech companies the Biden administration loves to hate‚ of engaging in business practices that violate the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act.Joined by the attorneys general of 16 states‚ the DOJscomplaint alleges that Apples exclusionary tactics have allowed it to monopoliz[e] the U.S. market for smartphones or‚ keeping its legal options open‚ perhaps a submarket for performance (high-end) smartphones. According to the DOJ‚ Apples iPhone accounts for about 65 percent of the former market and 70 percent of the latter. Those market shares‚ however‚ may be larger among younger smartphone customers (Americans born after 1996).READ MORE: Another Phony Justice Department Yakety Sax Case ConcludesPut another way‚ 30 to 35 percent of the U.S. smartphone market‚ as the DOJ defines it‚ is served by Apples competitors‚ the two most meaningful being Google (parent Alphabet) and South Koreas Samsung Group. Meaningful indeed.Apple is not a monopolist as economists understand that concept because it does not control anything close to 100 percent of the antitrust-relevant smartphone market. Apple may be big‚ and the iPhone may now dominate U.S. smartphone shipments‚ but large market shares today do not guarantee future market supremacy.Rewind the tape to May 18‚ 1998. On that date‚ the DOJ filed a complaint against Microsoft alleging that the company possesses (and for several years has possessed) monopoly power in the market for personal computer operating systems. At the time‚ Microsoft shipped roughly 90 percent of Intel-compatible computer operating systems. Sales of desktops running Apples MacOS were then so small that it was excluded from the DOJs market definition.United Statesv.Microsoft Corp.‚ one of the few legal precedents cited in the DOJs just-issued Apple filing‚ ultimately was decided in the governments favor. One of the key issues raised at trial was that Microsofts monopoly was built in part on its inclusion of a web browser (Internet Explorer‚ or IE) in its Windows 95 operating system (OS) at no additional charge.Although supporters of the Microsoft case argued that competition would be restored only if the company was forced to separate IE from Windows 95‚ the presiding federal judge did not impose that remedy. Never mind! Internet Explorer has given way to Edge‚ released in 2010‚ and it too is bundled with Windows 11 OS. Meanwhile‚ Microsofts share of the U.S. desktop OS market has declined to about 60 percent; the market share of Apples OS X (formerly Mac OS) has climbed to just under 28 percent; nerdy open-source Linux‚ ignored by the DOJ in 1998‚ nowadays represents about 2 percent of desktop computer operating systems.Microsofts anticompetitive bundling strategy evidently has not seriously undermined its rivals ability to enter the market for desktop operating systems and to expand their sales.Thats to be expected in marketplaces characterized by so-called network effects in which the value to consumers of joining a network goes up as the number of others connecting to the same network rises. In network industry after network industry (from telephones to video-recording and video-playback technologies to computer hardware and software)‚ we observe what might be called not monopoly but serial market dominance.Because of product quality or functionality that was unknown previously or that consumers deem superior to available alternatives‚ one or a few sellers rise to a markets commanding heights. But continuous innovation (Schumpeters gale of creative destruction) threatens such market dominance.The threats can arise beyond a markets current boundaries or from the players on its competitive fringe. That fringe was tiny in 1998‚ composing just 10 percent of Intel-compatible computer operating systems. In 2024‚ Apples rivals account for 35 to 40 percent of the smartphone market‚ as the DOJ defines it.And those rivals‚ Google and Samsung‚ are no shrinking violets needing protection by the Justice Departments antitrust lawyers‚ who apparently think they know better than smartphone buyers and sellers what the market should look like today and tomorrow. Antitrust law enforcement processes have morphed over the past few years into an ersatz industrial policy that pays lip service to consumers welfare but ignores consumers choices in favor of indulging the preferences of bureaucrats.William F. Shughart II‚ Distinguished Research Adviser of the Independent Institute in Oakland‚ California‚ is J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice at Utah State Universitys Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.The post Tilting at Antitrust Windmills: Department of Justice Sues Apple appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

I was a freshman in college in the Boston area in the spring of 1970‚ and a solar eclipse was coming to Nantucket Island. A bunch of us guys piled into my friend Georges beat-up Plymouth convertible early in the morning to be first in the ferry line.Ha ha. Not a chance. We were stuck outside totality.READ MORE: Eclipse ManiaBut we had a shot at the very point of the elbow of Cape Cod‚ at the beach near Chatham‚ it would be 99.99 percent total so off we went to the beach.I had seen pictures of a solar eclipse first in a kids book on astronomy that I loved early in grade school. I was so disappointed that they were rare and small. I had to make do with lunar eclipses‚ which I thought were pretty cool. Now at last I was going to see the big time a real solar eclipse was in reach.It was more than I had expected. It was more than just the sun going dark it was the stars coming out. It was the sudden silence of the birds as gulls came wheeling in over the ocean with no sound. It was the cold wind that blew in with it.The dark was over quickly. It didnt matter.In the past seven years‚ it got easier to see them. In 2017‚ it took me only a five-hour ride to see the eclipse. My wife and I pulled into a McDonalds crammed with about 100 people. People were tenting in its parking lot as well. It was in southern Kentucky‚ a mile or two from the Tennessee border. Folks with no frills‚ lots of kids it was a country get-together. When totality came in‚ everyone clapped and cheered. We drove away having felt among friends(and then it took about 10 hours to drive home to Ohio).Today‚ I could just go out on my front stoop. Almost three full minutes of totality well‚ maybe two and half or so. Didnt matter too much.Eclipse at 3:10 p.m. (Shmuel Klatzkin/The American Spectator)A friend stopped by for some eclipse shades; neighbors sat out in their lawn chairs. I snapped some pics‚ having gotten a filter for the purpose.Everybody all over the town today was excited in a calm kind of way. Lots of smiles‚ not party smiles‚ but a different sort. The local radio chat show was all about the eclipse how the birds started to sing their morning song as the sun reappeared‚ and then‚ in response to a question‚ a farmer phoning in to say that the roosters crowed just like at dawn.What got to people? It was as if the darkness in the middle of the day brought light. Suddenly‚ this ordinary world was shown as a majestic and beautiful. There is more to it that a watchmakers mechanism‚ left to run by itself. Isaiahs reflection seemed a lot closer to home: Lift your eyes up on high and see who created these!We cant afford to shut out the numinous‚ the awesome‚ to choose to give our attention only to the machines that clamor and insist they are all there is.As the astronomer Arthur Eddington once said in gentle irony‚ Show me the square root of a sonnet.We are in the midst of something far greater than ourselves. In the midst meaning that we are of it and within it‚ for all that we are unique and individual. That we are merely observers of this great reality is an indulgent fantasy masquerading as wisdom. We are‚ rather‚ participants‚ choosing to attend to it‚ and our attention shapes the world we live in‚ for better or worse.A little bit of darkness interrupted the day today‚ but it brought much to light. People are thinking and talking. In a grim year of war and belligerent politics‚ the eclipse seized our attention effortlessly.God is here too‚ even in the darkness. He beckons us through that darkness‚ to emerge from that darkness together into a new light.The post The Eclipse Transcends Politics and Division appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

WASHINGTON From day one‚ my administration has been committed to fixing the broken student loan system‚ President Joe Biden said to begin a video about his latest attempt to buy the college-graduate vote.Whenever Biden calls something broken‚ reach for your wallet.According to the White House‚ Bidens student-loan forgiveness package should result in 4 million Americans seeing their college debt wiped clean; more than 10 million enjoying a reduction of $5‚000 in debt relief; and the elimination of accrued interest for 23 million additional borrowers.I said I wouldnt back down from using every tool at our disposal to get student loan borrowers the relief they need.Thats why today were announcing new plans that‚ if implemented‚ would cancel student debt for millions more. pic.twitter.com/rNiCxzzlU3 President Biden (@POTUS) April 8‚ 2024Forget‚ just for the moment‚ the cost to taxpayers.What frosts me is the Lefts apparent belief that loans shouldnt be treated like‚ well‚ loans at least for folks who went to college. To liberals‚ it is just plain mean to argue that adults who benefit from higher education should pay off the loans they accepted with open eyes.They dont seem to notice that college grads expect to make more money than most Americans‚ who never saw the inside of a college classroom.READ MORE from Debra J. Saunders: Border Is Big Issue for 2024During President Barack Obamas tenure‚ newspapers discovered people who had borrowed huge amounts of money to go to college; after they graduated‚ they had an ugly run-in with reality about the heft of their monthly payments. That was an especially painful revelation for those who enrolled in college only to drop out.Obama himself complained in 2012 that his wife‚ Michelle‚ a fellow Harvard Law School graduate‚ and he had not paid off their loans until eight years earlier.Well‚ that can happen when you choose the Ivy League.Forgiving loans‚ House Education and the Workforce Committee chair Virginia Foxx noted in a statement‚ is a nonsensical term‚ since the loans dont disappear but instead are forced upon taxpayers.These forgiveness schemes send the message‚ Foxx added‚ that loans will never have to be paid back. The result is a vicious cycle of colleges raising prices and students borrowing more. When you add room and board‚ the cost of attending some name schools already is approaching $100‚000 per year.One thing the Left doesnt seem to appreciate is that higher education is a choice. Ergo‚ going to an expensive school isnt something you should expect other people to bankroll.High school graduates are free to apply not only to pricey universities but also to more affordable institutions‚ including community colleges.And really‚ the quality of an education is a function not only of a schools reputation but also of how much work students put into their studies and how well they challenge themselves.The other affront to Democrats sensibilities is the notion that some people should go to community college. According to the highly regarded NAEP test‚ just 37 percent of U.S. high school graduates were proficient at reading in 2019.I know the president wants to take on income inequality‚ but thats not done with the wave of a wand when so many students graduate unprepared for college.As November approaches and young liberals have shown themselves unenthusiastic about the incumbent‚ Team Biden is spinning this scheme as a noble effort opposed by Republicans‚ who stopped Bidens first effort to forgive student loans unilaterally by executive order.All I can say is: Go‚ GOP. The right should fight against welfare for the better educated.Contact Review-Journal Washington columnist Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@reviewjournal.com. Follow @debrajsaunders on X.COPYRIGHT 2024CREATORS.COMThe post Bidens Loan Amnesty Passes the Buck appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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Bombshell undercover video reveals a CIA Officer/former FBI official bragging how Americans are targeted for destruction!A CIA Officer/former FBI official is on an undercover video boasting about using the might of the federal government to jail anyone by setting them up.Gavin OBlennis‚ a Contracting Officer for the CIA told an undercover journalist with Sound Investigations that the FBI can put anyone in jailset em up!We call it a nudge‚ OBlennis said‚ adding the FBI can put problematic right-wing journalists like Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones in jail.OBlennis said of Infowars founder Alex Jones: The FBI took his money away‚ and chopped his legs off.Gavin OBlennis said at least 20 undercover FBI agents were at the US Capitol on January 6‚ 2021.URGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray &;amp; contribute atDefendJones.comtoday!I thought you said that there were FBI agents in the crowd at January 6? the undercover journalist asked OBlennis.He replied‚ There are. There always are when theres a big protest in DC. Just in case it gets out of hand like thatI mean‚ Im talking they maybe had 20. You needed 1‚000 to get rid of that crowd.He also said the FBI uses embellished news and fake social media to really get people mad.WATCH:BREAKING: CIA Officer/Former FBI Boasts Can Put Anyone in JailSet Em Up! We Call It a NudgeFBI Did What We Wanted with Alex Jones @RealAlexJones Took His Money Away Chop His Legs OffEstimates 20 Undercover FBI Agents at J6‚ Works with Some of Them Now at CIAFBI pic.twitter.com/QxP20emKB5 Sound Investigations (@SoundInvestig) April 9‚ 2024Alex Jones responds:Alex Jones Responds To Revelation That FBI/CIA Attempted To Silence Him And Shut Down Infowars

";Any responsible leader that receives an endorsement and support from proven conspiracy theorist and liar Alex Jones would';ve immediately denounced that‚"; Trudeau tells Parliament.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ranted on the floor of Parliament against his main political rival Pierre Poilievre for not denouncing an endorsement by Alex Jones.After Poilievre called out Trudeaus radical policies that decimated Canadas economy and squeezed Canadians with soaring rent and grocery prices‚ Trudeau launched into a bizarre ad hominem rant of his own against Poilievres character.While the conservative leader continues with his misinformation and disinformation‚ the reality is the Parliamentary budget office officer said that 8 out of 10 Canadians do better with our price on pollution and the Canada carbon rebate‚ Trudeau began.WATCH: Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau calls out #PierrePoilievre for not yet denouncing endorsement by conspiracy theorist and liar Alex Jones: He did absolutely nothing because those kinds of endorsements fit within his political strategy.#cdnpoli #QP pic.twitter.com/2LkMEVaVVH Jason Pugh (@TheJasonPugh) April 9‚ 2024 Trudeau then condemned conspiracy theorist and liar Alex Jones recent endorsement of the conservative leader.URGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray &;amp; contribute atDefendJones.comtoday!But speaking of misinformation and disinformation‚ any responsible leader that receives an endorsement and support from proven conspiracy theorist and liar Alex Jones wouldve immediately denounced that‚ Trudeau said to an eruption of boos.But thats not what the leader of the opposition did‚ he did absolutely nothing because those kinds of endorsements fit within his political strategy‚ he added as his fellow Liberal MPs cheered.I love it! The man child who says he admires Chinas basic dictatorship is attacking me! https://t.co/qG4SfpvfCo Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 10‚ 2024Jones last week expressed his support for Poilievre on X in response to his characterization of Trudeau as an illiberal tyrant to wants to control everything from bank accounts to speech in Canada.Been following this guy for years and he is the real deal! Canada desperately needs a lot more leaders like him and so does the rest of the world‚ Jones posted.Been following this guy for years and he is the real deal! Canada desperately needs a lot more leaders like him and so does the rest of the world. https://t.co/9so1lKrBQp Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 5‚ 2024 Conservatives are leading over the Liberals by 18%‚ and have been ahead in the polls for nearly two years in the face of Trudeaus crippling economic policies that include a new carbon tax.Many Canadians have gone viral on social media sharing their horror stories about the skyrocketing cost of living:Is anyone else feeling very worried about the future for us as Canadians with the cost of living?Its paycheck to paycheck even on a 2 person incomeJust feeling very hopeless in this situationHow are single people surviving in this economy?Ever since COVID its pic.twitter.com/YywQSthbNF Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) March 27‚ 2024 Im literally having such a CRISISI had a really good jobI was about to buy a houseThen 2 months ago I moved to CanadaNow Ive been here for 2 monthsIts quite EXPENSIVEI have a bachelors in nursing and Im getting turned away from reception jobsI pic.twitter.com/WQhmXnrhKy Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) April 9‚ 2024 Im literally so BROKE that Im eating cabbage and mustardThis girl is from Canada. Justin Trudeau has destroyed Canada. pic.twitter.com/3kRmEvQiXT Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) April 8‚ 2024 I didnt buy groceries last pay periodYou know why?I currently am being charged over $200 a month‚ for a CARBON TAXTheres an extra $40 on my gas bill and $187 extra on my hydro billCanadians are sufferingI fill my SUV to go to work and it used to cost me pic.twitter.com/cx1NJJKxxR Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) April 7‚ 2024 The economic reality has become so dire that a recently leaked (and heavily redacted)RCMP reportwarns the Canadian governmentto expect civil unrest once citizens realize how totally screwed their economic situation is.The coming period of recession willaccelerate the decline in living standards that the younger generations have already witnessed compared to earlier generations‚the report reads. For example‚many Canadians under 35 are unlikely ever to be able to buy a place to live.But since Trudeau cant defend his policies against the hard reality of everyday citizens lived experiences‚ all he can do is invoke Alex Jones to smear his top political opponent.Watch the Parliamentary session:Follow Jamie White on X | Truth | Gab | Gettr | Minds

Jones says he';s looking into filing a lawsuit against the federal agencies over potential civil rights violations.Alex Jones joined Benny Johnson to discuss the bombshell undercover footage that emerged Tuesday from Sound Investigations‚ showing a CIA contractor admitting the agency vindictively went after the Infowars radio host.In the discussion‚ Jones tells Johnson following the revelations hes looking into filing a lawsuit against the FBI and CIA over potential civil rights violations.BOMBSHELL:Alex Jones CONFIRMS he will SUE the FBI &;amp; CIA after a CIA Agent ADMITTED Agency targeted Jones to destroy his career";I';m planning on launching a lawsuit against the CIA &;amp; FBI. I';ve retained firms to sue for Civil Rights violations Gov. Racketeering operation"; pic.twitter.com/sRRNNwpEUV Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 9‚ 2024He needs to be subpoenaed by Congress‚ Jones said referring to Gavin OBlennis‚ the CIA contractor featured in Sound Investigations video. I am planning to launch a lawsuit against the CIA and the FBI. We have to bring all this out and right as my bankruptcy comes to a close and right as all this stuff is being finalized its really Gods work working here that this came out at this time.Jones added hes currently speaking to several lawyers and would like to see congressional inquiries into the mans claims so that the full scope of the intel agencies efforts could come to light.URGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray &;amp; contribute atDefendJones.comtoday!Absolutely‚ Ive got to get the wheels on this thing rolling andweve got a lot of options‚ Jones said‚ adding‚ But again‚ its not for me. Its about to put it out in court and show the evidence and then drag them out in the light with discovery and show what theyve really done. And its about congressional hearings and its about stopping these rogue agencies that have become domestic KGB operations.";It';s about stopping these rogue agencies that have become domestic KGB operations.";@RealAlexJones joined @bennyjohnson to respond to a bombshell recording that the CIA and the FBI targeted him: pic.twitter.com/F6DMPQYona TENET Media (@watchTENETnow) April 10‚ 2024Check out other clips below:Alex Jones thanks @ElonMusk for calling out the BOMBSHELL footage showing a CIA Agent ADMITTING they targeted him and Tucker Carlson:Hes calling it very disturbing‚ we know hes their new big target along with Trump.. the harder they hit Musk the harder he hits back. pic.twitter.com/kPaXPVIVfj Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 9‚ 2024Alex Jones on Undercover CIA Agent';s Admission that Tucker Carlson is being targeted by Federal intel agencies:Of course Tucker';s on the list. The list goes:1. Donald Trump2. Elon Musk3. Tucker Carlson4. Alex Jones5. Joe Rogan just told me ";Thank God for Elon Musk"; pic.twitter.com/IaGLsyfAjQ Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 9‚ 2024Earlier Tuesday‚ Jones urged tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to call for a congressional investigation into the matter following concerns the targeting could be a violation of free speech.Breaking bombshell! FBI/CIA deep state manager confirms FBI agents were in the crowd on Jan 6th. Officer confesses to three letter government agencies targeting Alex Jones to silence him. More info set to break soon. @elonmusk please call for a congressional investigation https://t.co/IuMTtyTTWu Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 9‚ 2024Watch Jones full discussion with Benny Johnson:More on this as it develops