Posted on 11/08/2019 9:11:25 AM PST by rintintin
The Nation published an anti-endorsement of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Thursday, calling on the former Vice President to withdraw from the race so the Democratic Party has a chance against President Donald Trump.
In an editorial, The Nation wrote that Bidens chance against President Trump in 2020 has become increasingly threadbare.
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When I used bing.com, a bunch of stories turned up
Is Google slanting their search system to bury news thats bad for Democrats?
And return the ill gained money from influence pedaling and aid kick backs to the treasury.
And enter a plea of guilty to treason against the US.
Try Duckduckgo.com
Biden is the best they have.......LOL
Ya think?
“I heard about this, but couldnt find any reference to it when I did a Google search “
First four hits:
Some lefties want Biden out to clear the way for Warren.
Some lefties want Warren out of the way to clear the way for Biden.
See my tagline!
Firm Hired by Ukraines Burisma Used Hunter Biden as Leverage, Documents Show
Wall Street Journal | November 5, 2019 | Jessica Donati
FR Posted on 11/6/2019, 7:28:00 AM by karpov
WASHINGTONA consulting firm hired by Burisma Group mentioned that former U.S. Vice President Joe Bidens son served on the Ukrainian gas companys board so the firm could leverage a meeting with the State Department, according to documents and a former U.S. official.
The documentsemail exchanges between State Department staff members made public this weekshow that the consulting firm, Washington-based Blue Star Strategies, used Hunter Bidens name in a request for a State Department meeting and then mentioned him again during the meeting as part of an effort to improve Burismas image in Washington.
Mr. Biden was appointed to the Burisma board in 2014, when the company and its owner faced allegations of corruption, and he remained there until April of this year.
It isnt clear whether the younger Mr. Biden knew his name was being used by Blue Star in its contacts with State Department officials on Burismas behalf in early 2016. A lawyer for Mr. Biden didnt respond to a request for comment.
Hunter Biden served on Burismas board when his father, then the vice president, was overseeing U.S. efforts to get Ukraine to reduce corruption. That arrangement has drawn allegations from President Trump and his allies that the younger Mr. Biden sought to profit from his fathers name. Mr. Trump asked Ukraines leader to investigate the Bidensan act at the center of the Houses impeachment inquiry. Both Bidens deny any wrongdoing.
The email exchanges between State Department staffers show that Karen Tramontano, chief executive of Blue Star, cited Mr. Bidens position in trying to secure a meeting with a senior official at the State Department.
She noted that two high profile U.S. citizens are affiliated with the company (including Hunter Biden as a board member), the special assistant [...] wrote in the Feb. 24, 2016, email.
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Why?
Because Biden keeps opening his mouth... and garbage keeps falling out.
Just noticed your handle. I used to watch that show when a kid.
“Ya think?”
I think you shouldn’t believe everything posted on the internet.
Burisma (cough) pressed the Obama admin to end corruption allegations which was hurting their ability
to get massive US foreign aid handouts. In Ukrainian, "pressed" is spelled Pre$$ed (as in money laundry).
Thanks Hunter-- my bank statement arrived. And Michelle loved the diamond from China you sent over.
I call for the DNC to withdraw from politics, education, entertainment and news.
What else is new?
I don't even wonder about it, I just assume they are.
Revealed: Joe Biden twice used his position as senator to intervene to boost son Hunter’s lobbying
Joe Biden lobbied Department of Justice Congress and Homeland Security for Hunter’s lobbying clients
BY Alana Goodman, Washington Examiner| October 24, 2019 07:37 PM
Joe Biden privately contacted the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice when he was a senior and influential U.S. senator to discuss issues that his son Hunters firm was being paid to lobby on, according to government records.
On at least two occasions, Biden contacted federal departments to discuss issues related to Hunters firms lobbying clients, according to records reviewed by the Washington Examiner.
Bidens behind-the-scenes outreach illustrates how his Senate work overlapped with his sons business interests. Biden has faced scrutiny for taking actions that were perceived to benefit his sons work, including calling for the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor and backing policies that helped the Delaware-based credit card industry while Hunter was working for MBNA, which is headquartered in the state.
Government records show that Biden, who has always insisted he knows nothing about his son’s business activities, helped Hunter’s work with strategic and highly specific interventions that could have benefited his son to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.
On Feb. 28, 2007, Biden contacted DHS to express that he was concerned about the Department’s proposed chemical security regulations authorized by Section 550 of DHS Appropriations Act of 2007, according to the departments log of its contacts with members of Congress.
Section 550, which was passed in 2006 as part of the DHS appropriations bill, requires high-risk chemical plants to submit site safety plans to DHS for approval, including security credentialing and training for employees.
Eight weeks earlier, the Industrial Safety Training Council had hired Hunter Bidens firm to lobby DHS on the issue. The trade group, which represents companies that provide safety training for chemical facility employees, was mounting a heavy lobbying campaign over section 550, submitting congressional testimony about the need to expand background checks for chemical plant employees.
The Industrial Safety Training Council was seeking to expand the language in DHS legislation regarding security clearance and credentialing for chemical facility employees and employers in January 2007, according to lobbying disclosure records.
While Hunter Biden did not register as an individual lobbyist for the trade association, he was one of three senior partners in his firm at the time. The Industrial Safety Training Council paid Oldaker, Biden & Belair a total of $200,000 between early 2007 and the end of 2008.
The Biden campaign did not respond to request for comment. The National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group, said Biden should have avoided involvement with issues that his sons firm was also lobbying on because of the appearance of conflict.
Its implausible Sen. Biden did not know his sons firm was lobbying on this arcane issue, said Tom Anderson, the director of NLPCs Government Integrity Project.
Sometimes appearances are exactly what they are,” he said. This is a recurring problem weve seen on the Hill, where family members are enriched because of their relationship with a member.
Biden also sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Jan. 31, 2007 requesting a meeting with the Department of Justice to discuss expanding the federal fingerprint background check system.
I write to request your assistance in implementing an expanded background check system for our nation’s volunteer organizations, wrote Biden. If we can work together to expand the number of volunteer organizations that have access to fast, accurate, and inexpensive fingerprint background checks, we will make significant and important strides in our ongoing effort to protect kids across our country.
Biden added, I would like to convene a small meeting with key representatives from DOJ, the FBI, members of Congress and volunteer groups.
One of Hunters firms lobbying clients at the time, a coalition of state-level criminal justice advocates called SEARCH, was also lobbying the federal government for a broader fingerprint screening system at the time.
The same day as Bidens letter, SEARCH adopted a resolution calling on Congress to consider “any effort to improve the quality, completeness and accessibility of criminal history records and expand the current system to allow the return of all criminal history record information maintained by the States on the search subject through a single fingerprint check.
The group initially hired Oldaker, Biden & Belair in 2006 to lobby for federal funding for state-level criminal justice programs, paying the firm $114,000 over the next year. In early 2008, SEARCH was seeking funding to assist states in development and use of information to accelerate automation of fingerprint authentication processes and criminal justice data which are compatible with the FBIs” system, according to lobbying records.
Biden introduced a bill called the Child Protection Improvements Act on March 13, 2008, which created a national fingerprint background check system for volunteer groups that worked with children. Oldaker, Biden & Belair promptly began lobbying for the bill on behalf of their client, SEARCH, according to lobbying records. SEARCH paid the firm $93,000 in 2008, records show.
Hunter Biden founded Oldaker, Biden & Belair with William Oldaker, a former adviser to his father. During his time at the firm, he was registered to lobby for clients on issues ranging from online gambling to higher education. After Biden became a vice presidential candidate in 2008, Hunter stepped away from lobbying, and the firm was renamed Oldaker, Belair & Wittie.
ABC News reported last week that Biden was concerned conflicts with his sons lobbying work could negatively affect his presidential run in 2008.
Biden was “concerned with the impact that Hunter’s lobbying activities might have on his expected campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination,” according to court documents filed by a former business partner of Hunter Bidens in 2007, ABC News reported.
“Because my dad was vice president of the United States, there’s literally nothing, as a young man or as a full-grown adult, that my father in some way hasn’t had influence over,” Hunter told the outlet in an interview.
“Hunter—My man—thanks for the cash—and great drugs—great little kids—you are learning the game, son.”
Is the Pope Catholic?
You just noticed? Yes, Google is slanting their search algorithms to hide bad news and push their preferred narrative on their users.
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