According to TASS, a Russian state-run news agency, Moscow will provide a safe haven for foreign nationals escaping “neoliberal ideals put forward in their countries.” “Moscow will provide assistance to any foreigners who want to escape the neoliberal ideals being put forward in their countries and move to Russia, where traditional values reign supreme, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin,” TASS reports. “Under the document, such foreign nationals will have the right to apply for temporary residence in Russia ‘outside the quota approved by the Russian government and without providing documents confirming their knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws,'” the outlet added. JUST IN – Putin opens doors of Russia to foreign nationals trying to escape Western liberal ideals – report https://t.co/iwnyKHlQY9 — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 19, 2024 Per TASS: Applications may be based on the rejection of their countries’ policies “aimed at imposing destructive neoliberal ideals on people, which run counter to traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.” The values are listed in the foundations of Russia’s state policy in this field, while the Russian government is expected to compile a list of countries imposing unhealthy attitudes on their citizens. The Foreign Ministry has been instructed to start issuing three-month visas to such applicants as early as in September. In February, Putin supported the idea of Italian student Irene Cecchini that Russia should ease entry rules for those who share traditional cultural and family values. The head of state agreed that each case requires an individual approach. “Putin just dropped a bombshell decree – inviting people from across the globe who are fed up with the globalist, neoliberal nightmare to seek sanctuary in traditional Russia,” Alex Jones said. “This new decree blows the lid off the establishment’s agenda, letting freedom-loving folks bypass the usual bureaucratic nonsense like language tests or history exams. If you’re ready to reject the insane policies of your home countries that push these destructive, anti-human, neoliberal agendas, Russia is rolling out the red carpet!” he continued. “The Russian government is about to compile a list of countries poisoning minds with these twisted ideals, and the Foreign Ministry is gearing up to issue visas to true patriots as soon as September! It’s time to stand up for spiritual and moral values!” he added. BREAKING: PUTIN JUST DROPPED A BOMBSHELL DECREE—INVITING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO ARE FED UP WITH THE GLOBALIST, NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARE TO SEEK SANCTUARY IN TRADITIONAL RUSSIA! This new decree blows the lid off the establishment's agenda, letting freedom-loving folks… pic.twitter.com/lVPHeKWRIC — Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 19, 2024 Huffington Post reports: Yes, Moscow is encouraging people from around the world to seek refuge in Russia via new three-month visas which may be available as early as in September, according to state news agency TASS. In Russia, “traditional values reign supreme”, the report claimed – the Kremlin is known to oppose gender fluidity, homosexuality and immigration. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree this week which would allow foreign nationals into the country “outside the quota approved by the Russian government and without providing documents confirming their knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws”. Applicants may apply via a simplified, expedited system and can request residency if they reject their home countries’ “destructive neoliberal ideals”. Those ideals “run counter to traditional Russian spiritual and moral values”, and end up “imposing unhealthy attitudes on their citizens”, apparently.

The Democrats like to ape the Communists, because, well, that’s kind of what they aspire to be. We all got to see it in full operation Monday night. And they call Republicans weird. You know what’s weird? The President of the United States giving the first night speech at his own party’s convention, having been tossed from the ticket and made a lame duck. What’s also weird? That Biden, after being forced to read his own eulogy, left for a beach vacation, where it’s likely he will spend the next five months until he fades away completely. Biden stood with his wife, who was there to rescue him should he completely lose the plot and start speaking to Chairman Mao. But actually, the president mostly stuck to the 72-point teleprompter text. Mostly. Biden said he ran for president because of what he saw in Charlottesville in August of 2017. What he saw was the media misquoting then-President Donald Trump, out of context, to invent the “very fine people” lie, painting Trump as a foaming racist. Who know who belongs in that category? The androgynous idiot who ran up on the stage at the DNC reception party held Sunday night to scream a Jew-hating rant. Democratic National Convention welcome party:– “Free Palestine” lunatic – Chants of “genocide in Gaza” – Covid mask Looking forward to the DNC itself pic.twitter.com/UBe9lxEo6J— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) August 19, 2024 Tens of thousands of anti-Israel protesters–all from the left–are showing up to march and disrupt the DNC. But Biden only cares about Jew haters when they come from the other party. Extremists coming out of the woods, carrying torches, their veins bulging from their necks, carrying Nazi swastikas and chanting the same exact antisemitic bile that was heard in Germany in the early ’30s. Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the Ku Klux Klan, so emboldened by a President then in the White House that they saw as an ally. They didn’t even bother to wear their hoods.  Such hypocrisy. But then again, Biden has been a hypocrite for 50 years. It’s what he is and what he does. Biden said “COVID not longer controls our lives,” after it was Democrats who closed our schools for almost two years while Republican-led states were back and schools began to reopen by the fall of 2020. “Wages up and inflation down.” It’s like he lives in Looney Tunes world. The crowd cheered at every opportunity as Biden read his own eulogy, presided over by the Harris campaign and Barack Obama. The Biden team couldn’t stand the Harris campaign (they still can’t). The only people they hate worse is Obama. Kamala and Tim understand that this nation must continue to be a place of possibilities. Not just for the few of us, but for all of us. Join me in promising your whole heart to this effort. And where my heart will be, I promise I’ll be the best volunteer Harris and Walz’s camp have ever seen.  Another lie. Biden departed the convention so he didn’t have to share the room with the one person he can’t stand: Barack Obama. He was forced into an early political grave (let’s face it, he shouldn’t have ever been president) by his own party, after being passed over by Obama in 2016. Biden left to cheers of “Thank you, Joe!” It turned to dust in his ears. The only kind of party that knifes its own leader then forces that man to give a speech lauding his own betrayal…well that’s reminiscent of a man named Georgy Malenkov. He was the Soviet official who briefly replaced Joseph Stalin. The Party replaced Malenkov with Nikita Khrushchev, but forced Malenkov to stick around long enough to give his own eulogy. At least Malenkov wasn’t given the same treatment as many who opposed Lavrentiy Beria: a bullet to the back of the head. The party of price controls, lies, and Jew-hatred can add Soviet-style cruelty to its list of horribles. We won’t be seeing much of old Joe anymore. He’s done. Follow Steve on Twitter @stevengberman. The First TV contributor network is a place for vibrant thought and ideas. Opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of The First or The First TV. We want to foster dialogue, create conversation, and debate ideas. See something you like or don’t like? Reach out to the author or to us at ideas@thefirsttv.com. 

President Joe Biden repeated the debunked lie on Monday night at the DNC that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” of an extremist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. “I ran for president in 2020 because of what I saw in Charlottesville in August of 2017,” Biden said. “Extremists coming out of the woods carrying torches, their veins bulging from their necks, carrying Nazi swastikas and chanting the same exact antisemitic bile that was heard in Germany in the early ’30s.” “When the president was asked what he thought had happened, Donald Trump said, and I quote, ‘There are very fine people on both sides.’ My God, that’s what he said. That is what he said and what he meant,” Biden continued. “That’s when I realized … I could not stay on the sidelines. So I ran.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Biden has made this debunked claim before when he said that Trump referred to neo-Nazis and white supremacists at the protest as “very fine people.” WATCH: “Donald Trump said…’There are very fine people on both sides.’ That is what he said and what he meant.” Fact check: not true. pic.twitter.com/O8Kr561cqg — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) August 20, 2024 However, that is not what the former president said at the press conference where he made the remarks on August 15, 2017, following the violence that broke out at the protest. “And you had people, and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally,” Trump said. “But you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “Now, in the other group also, you had some fine people, but you also had troublemakers, and you see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats,” he continued. “You had a lot of bad people in the other group too.” Biden just repeated the “very fine people” smear against Trump Trump condemned the racists at the Charlottesville protest: “I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally”pic.twitter.com/AejOrmJVMO — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 20, 2024

President Joe Biden claimed during a speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen a booming economy and low inflation, but the data show that the U.S. economy and inflation are worse now than they were during the Trump administration.  “We’ve had one of the most extraordinary four years of progress ever, period. When I say ‘we’ I mean Kamala and me. Just think about it, COVID no longer controls our lives. We got from economic crisis to the strongest economy in the entire world,” Biden told the crowd of Democrats in Chicago. “A record 16 million new jobs, record small business growth, record-high stock market, record-high 401ks, wages up, and inflation down and continuing to go down.”  The 16 million new jobs number cited by Biden is skewed by the COVID pandemic since many of those jobs were the natural result of the economy returning after lockdown measures were lifted nationwide. Under President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the unemployment rate has gone down as the U.S. economy recovered from the COVID lockdowns, but the latest unemployment numbers show that more Americans are struggling to find work now than before COVID led to many companies shutting down.  Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The civilian unemployment rate has slowly increased over the past few months, hitting 4.3% in July. In February 2020, the last full month before the COVID pandemic hit the U.S., the unemployment rate was at 3.5%.  The president’s boasting about wages going up under his term is accurate. Average hourly earnings have risen by 17% under Biden compared to 15% under Trump, but what Biden left out is that hourly earnings increases went further under Trump’s economy since they outpaced inflation much more strongly, Forbes reported. Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Americans saved around 8.7% of their monthly paycheck under Trump compared to just 5.9% under Biden. Biden also pointed to a lowering inflation rate, claiming it shows his administration has been good for the U.S. economy. While the inflation rate has cooled to 2.9% from a staggering 9.1% in June of 2022, it remains higher than where it was during most of the Trump administration.  While Americans face higher inflation and a rising unemployment rate, grocery and gas prices have also skyrocketed under Biden and Harris’ watch, a fact even the vice president acknowledged during a rally last week.  “We all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed, but our supply chains have now improved, and prices are still too high. A loaf of bread costs 50% more today than before the pandemic. Ground beef is up almost 50%,” Harris said.  Along with bread and ground beef, dairy products such as milk, cheese, and butter have also jumped more than 30% in price since 2020, according to Yahoo Finance. Eggs are up 54%, and cereal has gone up 28% on average across the country. From 2019 to 2023, food prices overall rose by 25%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Gas prices have also increased during the Biden-Harris administration, hitting a national average of $4.09 per gallon in 2022, nearly $2.00 higher than the average in 2020. The current national average for a gallon of gas is at $3.50, still higher than at any point during the Trump administration.  On top of groceries and gas, Americans are dealing with high interest rates and an unfriendly housing market as the prices of homes across the country have continued to rise under Biden’s watch. Interest rates for a 30-year mortgage were at 2.78% when Biden took over in January 2021 and shot up to 7.79% by October 2023. They are now at 6.49%, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac.

As Democrats attempted to turn the first night of the Democratic National Convention into a loving farewell for President Joe Biden, CNN anchor Chris Wallace reminded viewers why the president was giving a speech on Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination instead of accepting his own. Biden gave the keynote address on Monday night, addressing a crowd that held up “We (heart) Joe” signs. Throughout his speech, Biden was interrupted by chants of “We love Joe.” The show of appreciation for the 81-year-old commander-in-chief didn’t impress Wallace, however, who told CNN viewers that Biden “was basically forced out” by fellow Democrats. “The word that everybody is using to describe tonight is ‘bittersweet.’ It’s just bitter,” Wallace said. “The fact of the matter, I’m not saying Joe Biden is bitter, but, you know, it’s like you’ve been thrown out a window, and as you’re falling, you go ‘Gee, it’s nice out here.'” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. “There’s going to be a lot of talk tonight about how generous it was of him and and selfless of him. He was basically forced out by Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries,” he added. “And I suspect even the fact that there has been this surge of enthusiasm since he left and Kamala Harris took his place — that’s got to be pretty tough, too. You got thrown out of a window, and everybody’s applauding the person who’s now in the room.” Chris Wallace throws cold water on the “Selfless Joe Biden” DNC charade: “He got thrown out of a window…he was forced out by Nancy Pelosi.” A fleeting moment of mostly accurate analysis from Wallace: “The word that everybody is using to describe tonight is bittersweet. It’s… pic.twitter.com/wWhia8I7fY — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 19, 2024 Biden dropped out on July 21 after many in the media and the Democratic Party urged him to step aside following his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump. After announcing he would end his campaign, Biden was reportedly upset with fellow powerful Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama. “Biden views Pelosi as ‘ruthless’ and willing to set aside long-term relationships in order to keep her party in power — and, most importantly, to prevent Republican nominee Trump from returning to the White House,” a senior White House official told POLITICO’s Playbook. “That’s who she has always been.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI On Monday, Pelosi was asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if she had spoken to Biden since he ended his campaign, the former House Speaker declined to confirm or deny, instead telling Tapper, “Sometimes you have to take a punch for the children. I did what I had to do.” “My concern was not about the president, it was about his campaign,” she added. WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper: Have you talked to Joe Biden? Nancy Pelosi: “I did what I had to do. … My concern was not about the president, it was about his campaign.” pic.twitter.com/ao5e7lwmGP — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 20, 2024

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) began yelling during her speech at the DNC on Monday as she seethed at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “We know Trump would sell this country for a dollar if it meant lining his own pockets and greasing palms of his Wall Street friends,” she claimed. “And I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life.” Many people on social media were quick to point out that Ocasio-Cortez, who claims she is a fighter for the working class, was the primary reason that Amazon decided to cancel its plans to build a massive headquarters in New York City that would have brought tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars a year in revenue. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Senior Trump campaign official Tim Murtaugh responded to the clip of AOC on X: “Oh yes, you can see how she’s always filled with joy. Watching AOC with the sound off is the best. She looks furious all the time.” WATCH: AOC: “Trump would sell this country for a dollar to line his own pockets.” Biden: *”defrauded the United States to enrich his family” according to the @HouseGOP report released this morning* pic.twitter.com/oK7CZBw5Kt — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) August 20, 2024 AOC’s remarks came on the same day that the House Oversight Committee, House Judiciary Committee, and House Ways and Means Committee released a joint report that concluded there was “overwhelming evidence” that President Joe Biden took part in his family’s foreign business dealings by using his public office “to enrich his family.” The report further alleged that the Biden family and its associates were paid more than $27 million by foreign individuals or entities since 2014. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “As Vice President, President Biden actively participated in his conspiracy by, among other things, attending dinners with his family’s foreign business partners and speaking to them by phone, often when being placed on speakerphone by Hunter Biden,” the report states. It adds, “Foreign money was transmitted to the Biden family through complicated financial transactions. The Biden family laundered funds through intermediate entities and broke up large transactions into numerous smaller transactions.” House Republicans state in their report that in 2014, then-Vice President Biden attended a dinner with Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina. Following the dinner, Baturina wired $3.5 million to Hunter Biden’s firm, Rosemont Seneca Thornton.

'Spent tens of millions dollars'