Biden's inherently undemocratic administrative state

Deuteronomy 33:13

The inherently undemocratic administrative state
In just the past two weeks, the Biden administration has functionally banned all coal power plants, forced college women to accept men in their locker rooms, and empowered government regulators to set price controls on internet services. That is all on top of previous Biden regulations. Biden is radically transforming the everyday life of every voter, and he is doing it all without a single vote from Congress.

Feds warn employers can be punished for failing to use preferred transgender pronouns, restrooms
In landmark guidance, the federal commission created to fight racial and sexual discrimination declared Monday that employers who fail to use workers' preferred pronouns or refuse them the chance to use the restroom of their choice will be engaging in prohibited harassment.

New US cars will be required to have automatic emergency braking in 5 years
“We’re living through a crisis in roadway deaths,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in an interview. “So we need to do something about it.”

Pelosi: After Election, Dems Will Ditch Filibuster to Legalize Abortion Nationally
Rep. Nancy Pelosi said Monday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports” that if the Democrats win majorities in Congress and the White House, they will ditch the filibuster to legalize abortion nationwide.

Half the country says suppressing 'false information' is more important than press freedom
The good news is that Americans overwhelmingly support freedom of the press. The bad news is that a good half of the population doesn't seem to have the slightest clue what that means, favoring content controls even if they restrict free expression.

Biden Admin Making It Harder For US Gun Businesses To Sell Abroad
The new rule burdens American gun companies with regulations that will entrench “significant losses” they suffered after the October 2023 halt.

Communist Defectors Warn About Four Stages Of Subversion — And America Is On The Last One
Xi Van Fleet and Yuri Bezmenov witnessed the evil of communism in China and the Soviet Union. The same evil is at work in the U.S.

Man allegedly vandalized cars at New Hampshire GOP convention, police say they found guns and 'suicide manifesto' at his home
The man reportedly made political postings online, including one in which he referred to the rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as “domestic terrorism." He also accused former President Trump of being a dictator.

California crime reform gets 'unheard of' support from DAs, small businesses, progressive mayors
"It cuts across party lines and cuts across racial lines, social and economic lines. It’s small businesses, big businesses, everyday people" who are "very passionate" about seeing reforms.

Birthrates in the US hit historic low, CDC data shows
The number of babies born in the United States fell by 2% in 2023, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

South Bend cop who helped an abandoned baby meets him 23 years later — all grown up and in a familiar uniform
A baby boy was discarded in the hallway of an apartment complex in South Bend, Indiana, just days before Christmas 2000.

LA gangsters used painter suits, assault rifles, and zip ties for brazen armored car heists
A crew of ex-convicts from various L.A. gangs carried out a series of sophisticated armored car robberies across Los Angeles County, netting six-figure hauls by casing targets, studying routines, and striking in broad daylight.

NYC man open fires on raccoon that chased him
The unidentified man took aim and shot multiple times at the raccoon in broad daylight from point-blank range as it walked along the sidewalk in Queens.

Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News 'imminently'
The plan has been in the works for more than a year and was inspired in part by the success of the Dominion lawsuit.

An unserious press corps for a deadly serious moment
D.C. celebrates itself, McConnell celebrates Ukraine, and the White House shows the president who’s boss.

CNN anchor speculates Noem tried to appeal to Trump with story of killing her dog
"Donald Trump, you know, famously hates dogs,” Hunt said. “He will talk; he’ll use the phrase like so-and-so should be ‘shot like a dog.’"

WaPo: Trump, GOP seize on campus protests to depict chaos under Biden
Republicans highlight images of turmoil, though most of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been peaceful.

MSNBC viewers outraged after host makes a factual statement that derails a Democrat talking point
“Joe Biden is doing that, [he] created 9 million jobs in his term in office," said Pelosi. "Donald Trump has the worst record of job loss of any president. So, we just have to make sure people know.” "There was a global pandemic," Tur interjected. Pelosi appeared stunned by the anchor's interruption.

The Travesties of the Trump Trials
Tragically for the country, to stop this left-wing madness, the Trump travesties may not be the end but the beginning of precisely what the Founders feared.

Biden Changes Tone, Now Says He Would Be 'Happy' To Debate Trump
President down in polls in six of seven swing states.

Trump takes solid lead in latest Harvard/Harris poll
“Trump has a clear lead now in the presidential race and it’s based on the simplest of reasons — America thinks Donald Trump did a better job as president and so are willing to vote him back into office. Biden has a hill to climb at this point, though he has done it in the past,” said Mark Penn, of the Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll.

RFK Jr. Is Poised To Tilt The Presidential Race — But It’s Still Not Clear To Whom
Since Kennedy switched his party affiliation, polling has largely suggested he’s more of a threat to Biden’s campaign than Trump’s. However, several recent polls have found the independent’s presence on the ballot hindering Trump’s candidacy.

Horowitz: Will conservatives sleep through yet another primary cycle?
If we are stuck with the same crop of uni-party Republicans this time next year, it will all be the result of our intractable laziness.

OnlyFans star Farha Khalidi says she was paid by Biden administration to spread 'political propaganda'
An OnlyFans creator and TikTok star has claimed she was paid to spread “political propaganda” for the Biden administration on social media — and that she was asked to hide the fact it was advertising.

Mounting Evidence Is Pointing To A Nightmare Scenario For The US Economy
The combination of both low growth and high inflation, in conjunction with continuously high amounts of government spending and debt, has led to signs of stagflation in the U.S. economy, which wreaked havoc on U.S. consumers throughout the 1970s.

Middle-Class Americans Don’t Care What Paul Krugman’s Charts Say About Inflation
A column earlier this year by perhaps the paragon of liberal economic opinion shows the not-so-subtle snobbery behind the failure to take families’ inflation concerns seriously. It also explains why Americans’ economic insecurities could result in a political bloodbath for the left come November.

NYers blast $500 a year ‘tipflation’ demands
“Well, a tip is a percentage ... so you’re getting a percentage of the inflated price! What, are we double dipping?”

How California’s minimum-wage law could shrink number of Subway stores
“You’ll see a lot more people deciding to close when their leases expire,” a California franchisee said, explaining that Subways lease their spaces usually with five-year options. “Why would I choose to stay open if I was only scraping by?”

Texas continues to build concertina wire barriers, border wall
Texas is currently embroiled in lawsuits with the Biden administration over the concertina wire barriers and marine barriers in the Rio Grande River, arguing it has the constitutional right to defend its border.

Prosecutors will not retry Arizona rancher accused of killing Mexican national
A judge declared the mistrial against George Alan Kelly last week, after the jury failed to secure a unanimous verdict over whether Kelly was responsible for the death of Mexican national Gabriel Cuen-Baltimea.

AstraZeneca admits for first time its COVID vaccine can cause rare blood clots
The exceedingly rare reaction is at the heart of a multi-million-pound class action by dozens of families who allege they, or their loved ones, were maimed or killed by the pharmaceutical titan's "defective" vaccine.

US lawmakers threaten ICC over Israel arrest warrants: Move would be ‘lawless’
U.S. Congress members from both parties have warned the ICC that Washington will retaliate against the court if it issues arrest warrants against top Israeli officials.

US military’s Gaza aid pier to cost $320 million, nearly double initial estimate
GOP senator slams "exploding" cost of massive construction project said to involve 1,000 U.S. service members.

80% of Americans back Israel over Hamas: Poll
72% said that Israel should “move forward with an operation in Rafah to finish the war with Hamas, doing its best to avoid civilian casualties even though there will be casualties.” Also 80% say students and professors who call for violence toward Jews should be suspended.

EU top diplomat: At least 5 countries expected to recognize Palestinian state in May
Bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says countries include Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia, and Malta, as Arab and European officials discuss end to Gaza conflict in Riyadh.

Northwestern University agreement with anti-Israel protesters includes Palestinian student scholarships and visiting faculty
Some might say the school is following in the footsteps of Obama and Biden agreeing to demands made by terrorists.

University Of Florida Slams Leftist Protesters While Announcing Arrests
“This is not complicated: The University of Florida is not a daycare, and we do not treat protesters like children — they knew the rules, they broke the rules, and they’ll face the consequences,” the school said.

Anti-Israel protesters take over Columbia University academic building Hamilton Hall in latest campus chaos
Dozens of anti-Israel protesters broke into an academic building at Columbia University and took it over early Tuesday morning – hours after the school began suspending students who refused to vacate their encampment.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Columbia Seeking Relief for Jewish Students
The plaintiffs are seeking relief for the Jewish students at Columbia who have been harmed and displaced by the rampant anti-Semitism on campus.

Jill Stein accuses police of assaulting her at protest
“... they charged us with bicycles."

NATO floats Ukraine membership as Stoltenberg meets with Zelensky
“The work we are undertaking now puts you on an irreversible path towards NATO membership,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in Kyiv. “So that when the time is right, Ukraine can become a NATO member straightaway.”

Russian high schools to begin training children in the use of drones
The new subject is called “Fundamentals of Security and Homeland Defense.”

China’s consumers seek security in ‘the only safe asset’ as gold purchases remain strong
Consumers in China bought 340 tons of gold in the first quarter, representing a 5.9% increase compared to the same period in 2023.

China Is Doubling Down on Electric Vehicle Subsidies
Electric vehicles are not a bad thing, especially in heavily polluted China. But the market should drive demand, not central planners.

Britney Spears Is 'Completely Dysfunctional' and in Danger of Going Broke
"She cannot afford this. She had $60 million when the conservatorship ended, and she's now where the conservatorship started — in danger of going broke," one source told TMZ.

Howard Stern’s fawning Biden interview was final nail in the coffin for the radio host’s edgy reputation
What if I told you the safest place for struggling presidential incumbent Joe Biden — a man with historically low approval ratings, a son fighting federal charges, a border crisis, and a diminished capacity to know where he is at most times — was seated across from Howard Stern?

Steven Spielberg now providing strategy for Biden’s re-election campaign, report says
Spielberg is offering strategic input for the Democratic National Convention slated for August.

Russell Brand criticized for showing tarot cards in video posted day after baptism
Brand posted a video on Monday on his social media accounts showing him flipping through tarot cards one day after his Christian baptism.

Once Unthinkable Nuclear Plant Revival Is a Reality in US Shift
Restart of Michigan’s Palisades plant could lead to more reopenings.

Tim Dunn: The 'Christian Nationalist' Label Will Not Stick
"As a political observer and sometimes activist, I am accustomed to others' efforts to label their opponents. This is standard practice for politicians and the media. A recent disparagement is a claim that I support and am a leader in something called 'Christian Nationalism,' a made-up label that conflicts with biblical teaching."

Excessive use of words like ‘commendable’ and ‘meticulous’ suggests ChatGPT has been used in thousands of scientific studies
A London librarian has analyzed millions of articles in search of uncommon terms abused by artificial intelligence programs.

Backpage: A Blueprint for Squelching Speech
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets.

Missing emergency slide that fell off Delta flight found — with a stunning twist
It washed up in front of the house of a lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing.

Disney Removing Frontierland from Magic Kingdom
Disney revealed it was working on a massive new project in and around Frontierland. Details were kept vague, but the project was titled “Beyond Big Thunder,” referring to the iconic roller coaster found inside Frontierland, one of many themed lands at Magic Kingdom.

IndyCar rejects ads for RFK Jr. and Trump on cars for Indy 500
"IndyCar does not approve sponsorships associated with elected officials, candidates for political office, or political action committees," an IndyCar spokesperson told Racer.