"In short, Kamala doesn't just present one or two problems for the White House. She presents a whole slew of them, none easily fixed. It was these problems that forced Harris to end her much-touted campaign for president before the first primary votes were cast." "She appears to be hiding in the White House, on instructions from Biden's team. It would be easier to find Jimmy Hoffa's body." Where in the World is Kamala Harris? | Opinion CHARLES LIPSON , PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ON 7/29/21 AT 6:30 AM EDT When a president pushes big legislative initiatives like Joe Biden's trillions for "infrastructure," his vice president always heads out on the trail, going from city to city, hyping the plan. The Veep holds rallies, appears on news shows eager for exclusive interviews and meets with local bigwigs. It's all designed to build momentum and spur public support. Joe Biden desperately needs that support right now as he works to pass his signature infrastructure bill. So where in the world is Kamala Harris? She appears to be hiding in the White House, on instructions from Biden's team. It would be easier to find Jimmy Hoffa's body. Why the disappearing act? Because Kamala Harris is not an effective politician. The Biden team is keeping her out of sight because she would do nothing useful to build support for the administration or its latest initiative. Polls show she is personally unpopular, and the approval numbers keep dropping as voters see more of her. As a former prosecutor, Harris should be able to present her positions smoothly and answer questions effectively. She hasn't done so thus far. She makes almost as many gaffes and misstatements as the president himself, whose record will stand as long as Guinness publishes its book. Her press conferences during her trip to Guatemala and Mexico provoked public ridicule. In short, Kamala doesn't just present one or two problems for the White House. She presents a whole slew of them, none easily fixed. It was these problems that forced Harris to end her much-touted campaign for president before the first primary votes were cast. Lots of candidates fall short, but what's so striking about Harris' failure is that she garnered so little support despite checking all the boxes Democrats love. She is a relatively young minority female—a fresh face on the national scene—who could raise campaign cash easily in her rich home state, where she is part of the political establishment. All boxes checked. Yet, by the time she left the Democratic primaries, she was polling at zero. If Kamala Harris were still in the Senate, her shortcomings wouldn't matter much for the country. But Joe Biden selected her to be his vice president, and he does not appear healthy. The problem is not only physical; it's mental. At a CNN Town Hall last week, Biden gave this response when asked when COVID-19 vaccines would be available for children under 12: They are doing the examinations now, the testing now, and making the decision now. When they are ready, when they've done all the scientific that needs to be done to determine—children at ages three, four, five, six, seven, and eight, they, in fact, are—all have different makeups. They're developing. They're trying to figure out whether or not there's a vaccination that would affect one child at such and such an age and not another child. That's underway. Just like the other question that's logical and I've heard you speak about it, because you all—I'm not being solicitous, but you're always straight up about what you're doing. And the question is whether or not we should be in a position where you are—why can't the experts say we know that this virus is, in fact—is going to be—or, excuse me—we know why all the drugs approved are not temporarily approved, but permanently approved. That's underway, too. That's not just confusing. That's nonsense. US Vice President Kamala Harris host a discussion with Native American community leaders about voting rights, at the Vice President's Ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2021.NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP/GETTY IMAGES As outsiders, we can't be sure if that verbal gumbo was just Joe Biden's old gaffe machine at work. But many observers think the problem is worse than that. Polls show more and more people think Biden is not in charge of his own presidency. Well over half of all American voters (and about one-third of Democrats) do not believe President Biden is "fully executing the duties of his office." That assessment may be wrong, but the doubts themselves are disturbing in a constitutional democracy. Why so disturbing? Because the president—whatever his mental condition—wields such enormous power. He does more than head one of three branches of our federal government. He is by far our country's most important political official, and has been since the New Deal vastly expanded presidential powers. The branch he heads may be called "Executive," but the president does far more than execute laws passed by Congress. He initiates most of them, shapes the necessary compromises, blocks any bills he opposes, modifies the laws he approves with "signing statements" and issues countless executive orders. No one can do all that by himself. He relies on White House staff, which, unlike cabinet officers, are appointed without congressional approval or oversight hearings. The assumption is that the president is truly in charge of this unelected staff and firmly controls his own administration. Since the White House staff is appointed, not elected, this assumption is what keeps the executive branch consistent with our democracy. That's why it is so troubling to read polls showing half the country no longer believes the president is "fully executing the duties of his office." Biden needs to address those widespread doubts. How he does so is up to him. One possibility would be to take a standard cognitive test, such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a 30-point exam for memory impairment, and release the results to the public. So far, President Biden has declined to take such a test or explain how else he will assuage public doubts. Those doubts will only deepen each time the president loses his train of thought or stumbles into another serious gaffe. Questions about Biden's cognitive health bring us back to the vice president. If Joe Biden has to move out of the Oval Office before his term ends, then Kamala Harris will move in. That's not a happy prospect for a country that has no confidence in her abilities, dislikes her personally and is already facing a sea of troubles. Let's hope she remains hidden somewhere in the White House and her promotion remains hypothetical. Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, where he founded the Program on International Politics, https://www.newsweek.com/where-world-kamala-harris-opinion-1613148
Joe Biden the Fake President chocks up another womp-womper that has the Squad making the media rounds and talking about how disappointed they are in him for just letting the eviction moratorium lapse. Of course, one might ask where the progressives and the dem leadership were too if it was so important to them. They have so many mega-freebie bills and programs going they lose track. Anyway, the progressives are plenty pissed at Joe today so I will let them make the case. Yeh, this is from the New York Post so try to make it go away by pointing that out. Also try to make AOC go away who is actively flaming on about it on the lefty networks today, https://nypost.com/2021/07/31/joe-bidens-failing-first-crisis-goodwin/
Iran sticks it up Biden's bo-bo yet again, apparently the Iranians are not content to let Russia and China have all the fun. Fun, fun, fun, since Trump left town. Not to worry though. Biden is committed to giving Iran all that they want and then more just to prove that he is not Trump. Of course what they want is to nuke Israel and/or the U.S but hey, Joe is a giver. He's gotta prove to his European buddies that "America is back." Another Iran Message for Biden The U.S. fingers Tehran for another attack but still wants a nuclear deal. How many Iranian slaps in the face will it take for President Biden to accept that he can’t change Tehran’s malign behavior by returning to the 2015 nuclear deal? The latest provocation was an attack Thursday night in the Arabian Sea on a commercial oil tanker that killed two crew members. The tanker Mercer Street is managed by a London-based company owned by an Israeli billionaire. Israel fingered Iran for the attack, and Iran denied it. On Sunday the U.S. and U.K. joined Israel in holding Iran responsible. “Upon review of the available information, we are confident that Iran conducted this attack, which killed two innocent people, using one-way explosive UAVs, a lethal capability it is increasingly employing throughout the region,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement. He said the U.S. is coordinating with allies on a response. Here’s an idea: Stop negotiating with Iran on a nuclear deal that would reward the regime by lifting sanctions and handing it cash and investment to finance new UAV and other attacks throughout the region and beyond. In recent weeks Iran has plotted to kill an Iranian-born U.S. citizen in New York City, encouraged its proxies to attack U.S. bases in Iraq, and accelerated its violations of the 2015 nuclear accord. A new hardline President is taking power in Tehran and has said a renewed deal can contain no limits on Iran’s regional behavior. Instead of making more concessions, Mr. Biden should walk away and step up the sanctions. https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-n...itime-tanker-attack-israel-tehran-11627846592
Here is President Trump in a cabinet meeting........your President in exile with a shameless $50,000 a plate scam. Many are questioning why Trump and Madison Cawthorn were filmed meeting ‘to create a path forward to victory’ U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) posted a short video clip of himself in a "round table" meeting with Donald Trump and over a dozen people, which he labeled, "Creating the Plan to Win," and captioned: "Behind the Scenes." The video, since disappeared but captured by some savvy internet users, shows Trump at his usual place whenever he's seated at a table, dead center. One man can be heard saying something about "half a million dollar salaries for four years," and asking, "What do we do? We're a little bit of a special group." It's all eerily reminiscent of Trump's White House cabinet meetings setup, more so after Trump's former White House Chief of Staff went on right wing cable news Friday talking about how the former president is currently holding meetings with his "Cabinet," as if he were a president in exile. “We met with several of our Cabinet members tonight," Mark Meadows told Newsmax, "we actually had a follow-up ... meeting with some of our Cabinet members, and ... we're looking at what does come next." Cawthorn, a member of what some call the "Sedition Caucus," held a $50,000 a plate fundraiser at Bedminster Saturday, one day after that curious video was taken, with "special guest" Donald Trump. Cawthorn desperately needs the cash. He's reportedly spent $1.5 million of his $1.8 million fundraising haul this year.
Are you alleging some crime or impropriety there? It is legal under the constitution to associate with others, to fundraise, and to plan campaigns for offices.
I said a few days ago that I was a little surprised at how the Washington Post is beginning to get snakey with Biden. And the New York Times as well. Yet another example here today. The lefties will say "well, they are just reporting the news." Bullshiite. They can go months and months without waivering and can go to absurd lengths to cover for the dems as needed unless they are up to something. You see in this article headline below where they say "liberals are erupting in fury." They very deliberately chose to use the word "liberal" rather than progressive in order to send a message that Joe is running afoul of basic liberal dems, and it cannot be dismissed as just sparring with the far left. Oh yeh, Joe gonna be missing the good old days when he was just the candyman handing out Trump vaccines. If that reconciliation dem pork bill does not pass, Joe is going down another serveral notches in his favorabiity ratings. Dems, howz that bill lookin'? Prepare to dive. Liberals erupt in fury at White House over end of eviction moratorium https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...48fefa-f39d-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html
Let's get to the reality... Biden tried to extend the eviction moratorium and the CDC overruled him. It was long overdue for this eviction moratorium to end. There are plentiful jobs and the vaccine is available. People can get back to work and pay their rent. Many people abused this eviction moratorium which is abusive to landlords. CDC rebuffs Biden bid to reinstate COVID-19 eviction moratorium https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pe...ired-covid-19-eviction-moratorium-2021-08-02/ WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has turned down President Joe Biden's request for a new scaled-down pandemic-related moratorium on residential evictions, citing a lack of legal authority to take the action, the White House said on Monday. The previous moratorium, which protected millions of Americans behind on their rent from being tossed out of houses and apartments, expired at midnight on Saturday, with Congress failing to renew it as Biden had asked. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier on Monday pressed Biden to have his administration renew the ban without congressional action. Biden had asked the CDC to target a new moratorium on counties with higher COVID-19 case rates, the White House said. White House officials said Biden has not given up as he asked officials to look at any potential authority to reinstate "The president has not given up the option of legal action," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. "He has asked his team to kick the tires ... and look at every authority, every option we have to keep more people in their homes." She noted earlier that the CDC has "been unable to find legal authority for a new, targeted eviction moratorium. Our team is redoubling efforts to identify all available legal authorities to provide necessary protections." A Supreme Court opinion last month indicated that legislative approval would be required to impose a new moratorium. The CDC declined to comment Monday on the White House statement. Biden also called on states and localities to extend or put in place eviction bans for at the least the next two months, Psaki said. The White House said among those behind on their rent, a third live in states that have extended their own protections against evictions. The president on Thursday urged Congress to extend the moratorium, noting the Supreme Court's view on the matter. House Democrats tried on Friday to advance legislation to extend the moratorium to Oct. 18, but a Republican congressman blocked their bid to pass the measure by unanimous consent. In a letter to fellow House Democrats, Pelosi urged Biden's administration to renew the moratorium without congressional action. Pelosi told lawmakers such an extension would provide more time to speed distribution of $46.5 billion already allocated by Congress for rental relief. Only about $3 billion of that sum has been distributed. Pelosi praised the White House effort to try to find legal authority by the CDC or other authorities to extend the moratorium. "For the good of families on the verge of eviction, my Democratic House colleagues and I are hopeful that this initiative to extend the moratorium will be successful as soon as possible," Pelosi said. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to brief lawmakers on the eviction mitigation funds on Tuesday, Pelosi said. More than 15 million people in 6.5 million U.S. households are currently behind on rental payments, according to a study by the Aspen Institute and the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, collectively owing more than $20 billion to landlords. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty said the moratorium's end means "thousands of Black families and children could lose the roof over their heads at a time when the deadly pandemic is surging once again, and their lives are in disorder due to the pandemic." Landlord groups have opposed the moratorium, which the CDC implemented to combat the spread of COVID-19 and prevent homelessness during the pandemic. The CDC first issued it in September 2020 after a prior moratorium approved by Congress expired. The agency most recently extended it in June for a month before it finally expired at midnight on Saturday. The National Apartment Association, with 82,600 members that collectively manage more than 9.7 million rental units, last week sued the U.S. government seeking billions of dollars in unpaid rent due to the moratorium.
No one believes that. Especially the lefties. He went through some motions but never made it a priority. Anyway, Let him work it out with his own supporters. Kavanaugh is actually the one who nixed it by stating- when he sided with the lib judges- that he would do so only for a temp period but would need to see congressional action to go beyond that. So he placed a higher hurdle and Joe dealt with it by- I don't know-thinking it would go away or something, instead of passing a bill or emergency funds from some other source or at least dealing with it. Everyone seems to be caught of guard. Not only Joe but his lefty critics as well. Too much bitching about Trump and not enough attention to other matters.
In North Carolina this new eviction ban currently covers 93 of our 100 counties. In Florida it covers 100% of the counties. CDC announces limited, targeted eviction moratorium until early October https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/bi...unce-new-efforts-to-limit-evictions/19808021/ The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a fresh stop on certain evictions Tuesday, saying that evicting people could be detrimental to public health and would interfere with efforts to slow the pandemic. The new moratorium comes after President Joe Biden and his administration allowed a previous freeze to expire, setting off fury among members of his own party. The new ban applies to areas of the country with high or substantial transmission of Covid-19 and will last until October 3, according to the announcement. "In the context of a pandemic, eviction moratoria -- like quarantine, isolation, and social distancing -- can be an effective public health measure utilized to prevent the spread of communicable disease. Eviction moratoria facilitate self-isolation and self-quarantine by people who become ill or who are at risk of transmitting COVID-19 by keeping people out of congregate settings and in their own homes," the statement read. The eviction issue had escalated into a contentious dispute between the White House and progressive Democrats, who accused the President of saddling them with passing an extension at the eleventh hour. Biden's aides said everyone should have known the moratorium was expiring and that congressional action was needed. Left in the lurch were millions of Americans behind on their rent because of the pandemic still gripping parts of the country. The resolution will stop short of another nationwide eviction freeze, but instead will be more limited in scope, targeted to places with high Covid spread. A source familiar with the effort said the announcement would cover 80% of US counties and 90% of the US population. Biden's aides had repeatedly insisted he lacked legal authority to renew the existing moratorium, citing a Supreme Court opinion by Justice Brett Kavanaugh from late June that said another extension would require congressional approval. The President said earlier Tuesday the new eviction ban would be different from the previous one. But he openly acknowledged it would likely face legal scrutiny, and said the time it takes for the court process to unfold will allow for emergency rental assistance to reach troubled tenants. Biden said he'd sought out constitutional scholars to advise him on a path forward after the Supreme Court's ruling, and said the "bulk" of them warned an eviction moratorium was "not likely to pass constitutional muster." But he said "several key scholars" told him it might, and he decided it would be worth the risk if it allowed extra time for already-allocated emergency rental funds to reach Americans who need them. "At a minimum, by the time it gets litigated, it will probably give some additional time while we're getting that $45 billion out to people who are in fact behind in the rent and don't have the money," Biden said. A senior administration official said the new eviction freeze from the CDC would be "different in form and structure" from the one that expired. It is directed at areas where the spread of the virus is most acute. Over the past several days, the White House and CDC had searched for legal avenues to extend the now-expired nationwide ban on evictions as Democrats in Congress loudly accused him of inaction. Staging a protest on the steps of the US Capitol, Rep. Cori Bush had said the President was letting down millions of Americans who needed protection from losing their housing. After word of the pending administration action emerged, Bush said, "Our movement moved mountains." Biden spoke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday to discuss the eviction issue and detail his plan to extend the moratorium to certain areas of the country, according to a person familiar with the matter. Pelosi had urged the administration to extend the moratorium, even after officials said it was legally impossible, calling it a "moral imperative." Housing advocates embraced the effort. "This is a tremendous relief for millions of people who were on the cusp of losing their homes and, with them, their ability to stay safe during the pandemic," said Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. "Now, the work of state and local governments to distribute emergency rental assistance to tenants in need becomes all the more critical. The President has given them the time that they and millions of renters needed -- they must use it effectively and expedite assistance. The country is watching, and tenants and landlords are waiting." Meanwhile, landlord groups expressed shock at the about-face after the administration said they did not have authority to extend the moratorium. "Is it possible for the federal government to create any more uncertainty for renters and rental home property owners in this country?" said David Howard, executive director of the National Rental Home Council, an industry group of property owners. "Shame on me for assuming the moratorium would not be extended after the President announced he has no legal authority to do so, nor was Congress able to pass legislation to do so. Meanwhile, rental home property owners have lost billions of dollars they will never recover." Officials have been working for days to try and identify a pathway to address the implications of the July 31 expiration of the moratorium, as well as manage sharply negative political fallout driven by frustrated Democrats on Capitol Hill. House Democratic leaders, who have called for Biden to find a way to extend the moratorium, are keenly aware they don't have the votes to pass anything legislatively. Prospects in the Senate are even worse. That has put the entire onus on the administration in recent days, with increasing pressure driven by progressive Democrats. That reality has raised questions about whether any new effort would survive a legal challenge, officials say. That likely includes the new actions the Biden is considering. But under immense pressure from House Democrats, from Pelosi on down, to act, the administration has continued to press for options. "We are still continuing to look at legal options. That process has not concluded," Psaki told reporters earlier Tuesday. This story has been updated with additional developments on Tuesday.