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With only a little over 40 days left of his disastrous presidency, Joe Biden will stumble out of office ranked by voters as our worst modern president. His obscene pardon of his criminal son Hunter did not help his standing. J.L. Partners polled 1,006 registered voters and asked them to rank Biden and every other president reaching back to Richard M. Nixon. Biden scored lower than Nixon. “Some 44 percent placed [Biden] as one of the worst two, while only 14 percent placed him in the top two, giving him a net score of 30 points underwater,” reports the Daily...

Voters have delivered a devastating verdict on Joe Biden's time in office, branding him the worst president in almost 50 years. An exclusive Daily Mail poll found Biden was less impressive than Jimmy Carter, who was voted out after a single term after presiding over double-digit inflation and a botched effort to rescue American hostages in Iran. The poll result also makes him worse in voters' minds than Richard Nixon, who forced to resign rather than face impeachment over the devastating Watergate scandal. Yet when 1006 registered voters were asked to rank the last nine presidents in order, from best...

Senior White House officials are reportedly considering issuing retired Gen. Mark Milley a pre-emptive pardon over fears that President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration will go after the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The potential pardon for Milley, who was the nation’s highest-ranking military officer for part of Trump’s first term, was reported by the Washington Post Thursday. Milley, 66, faced intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill during President Biden’s first year in office after journalist Bob Woodward revealed that the Pentagon official placed secret phone calls to a top Chinese official before the 2020 election and after the...

Keir Starmer really doesn’t want to end up like Joe Biden. After a bumpy five months in office, the U.K.’s center-left prime minister will use a major speech on Thursday to shift focus from the abstract goal of boosting U.K. economic growth to the more tangible target of making voters feel better off. In doing so, his administration has one eye on the fate of the U.S. president, who could boast enviable GDP figures — but still faced the wrath of voters, pinched by high inflation, who instead backed the return of Donald Trump. In his speech, Starmer will promise...

President Joe Biden toured the National Museum of Slavery in Angola’s capital of Luanda on Tuesday, delivering a speech in which he described slavery as America’s “original sin” and claiming it still taints American public discourse. “The United States is founded on an idea, one embedded in our Declaration of Independence, that all men and women are created equal. It is abundantly clear today we have not lived up to that idea, but we have not fully walked away from it either,” Biden said.

democrats have repeatedly accused Trump of planning to seek revenge. Ever ask yourself why and for what? Ever ask yourself for the definition of revenge? What is the definition of "revenge"? Merriam-Webster: How about vengeance? These all have a common theme- get even, retaliate, retribution.... And they are all responses to acts against someone. They're not first-strike. This is a seriously important point. Politico gives us a pretty good roadmap: Donald Trump ran a campaign based on retribution. Now he is perfectly positioned to carry it out.Here are the alleged targets Biden“I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) came out in public support of President Joe Biden on Wednesday, backing the octogenarian’s controversial rush to grant his son, Hunter Biden, a “full and unconditional pardon.” Pelosi told The Hill when asked for her thoughts about the surprise backflip by a man whose defenestration she helped orchestrate: “I support the president.” When pushed for a response as to whether she supports the pardon specifically, Pelosi added: “The pardon, yes.” Her comments mark a return to public life after she was reportedly doing “terrible” after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and Republicans taking the Senate and...

Media mouth-breathers are shocked that Dementia Joe Biden would pardon his son for eleven years’ worth of crimes against the United States. He said he would do no such thing! He gave us his word — as a Biden! Yeah, about that last bit — I don’t know exactly when Child-Sniffing Joe started referencing his family name as a way to assure the public that his promises are always kept, but the word “Biden” has been synonymous with corruption at least since the Delaware Dimwit first entered politics a half-century ago. Personally, I think Liar Joe watched too much Game...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcmsvGDCFI Five minute parody.

Joe Biden’s senior aides are conducting a vigorous internal debate over whether to issue preemptive pardons to a range of current and former public officials who could be targeted with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, according to senior Democrats familiar with the discussions. Biden’s aides are deeply concerned about a range of current and former officials who could find themselves facing inquiries and even indictments, a sense of alarm which has only accelerated since Trump last weekend announced the appointment of Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Patel has publicly vowed to pursue Trump’s critics. The White...

The communist regime in Cuba — a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism — tricked the outgoing administration of U.S. President Joe Biden into funding its repressive military through a “civilian” company that handles remittances sent to Cubans from abroad, El Nuevo Herald revealed on Tuesday. The Castro regime’s scheme, in addition to funneling money illicitly to its military, allowed the communist regime to evade sanctions imposed by President-elect Donald Trump in 2020 on military-run companies that control remittances in Cuba, intended to prevent remittances from Cubans abroad from reaching the hands of the Cuban military.

Senator Chuck Schumer, the typically chatty New York Democrat and majority leader, often resorts to repeating a single terse phrase when he doesn’t want to answer a question. “I’m with Joe,” was his mantra for two long weeks in July as he was barraged with questions about whether President Biden needed to withdraw from the presidential race after his devastating debate performance. Mr. Schumer took the same approach on Tuesday as he tried to avoid passing judgment on the fraught subject of Mr. Biden’s full and unconditional pardon for his son Hunter. “I’ve got nothing for you on that,” he...

The federal judge who oversaw Hunter Biden’s tax case blasted President Joe Biden for trying to “rewrite history” in his justification for pardoning his son. District Judge Mark Scarsi wrote in a five-page order Tuesday that some of the “representations contained” in the president’s Sunday statement announcing the pardon “stand in tension with the case record.” Scarsi specifically took issue with Biden’s rationale that his son’s tax problems were all caused by his struggle with alcohol and drug addiction. “The Constitution provides the President with broad authority to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States … but...

President Joe Biden on his visit to sub-Saharan Africa pledged another $600 million for a cross-continent rail corridor project Wednesday, telling regional leaders that “Africa has been left behind for much too long. But not anymore. Africa is the future.” Biden used the third and final day of his visit to Angola to showcase the Lobito Corridor railway, where the U.S. and allies are investing heavily to refurbish 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) of train lines in Zambia, Congo and Angola. The project aims to advance the U.S. presence in a region rich in cobalt, copper and other critical minerals used...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compares bans on sex changes for kids to bans on interracial marriage.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday rejected a White House request to pass $24 billion in additional aid for Ukraine by the end of the year, saying any further assistance for Kyiv would be decided by President-elect Trump when he assumes office in January. “I’m not planning to do that,” Johnson said in response to a question if he would add aid for Ukraine to a continuing resolution to fund the government. Johnson, speaking during a House Republican Leaders news conference, said Trump’s election victory is changing the dynamic of Russia’s war on Ukraine and that any additional U.S. assistance...

President Joe Biden refused to consult the DOJ’s Office of the Pardon Attorney before pardoning Hunter Biden. Presidents typically consult the office when making pardon decisions. The refusal ignored standard procedure and disregarded institutional norms, leaving the pardon office stunned by the tactic, a source told Politico. The Office of the Pardon Attorney is usually tasked with recommending complete pardons for felons who completed prison sentences, the New York Times reported.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and incoming California Senator Rep. Adam Schiff (D) have criticized President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter, on Sunday, becoming the most prominent Democrats to voice concerns. Newsom, thought to be positioning himself for a 2028 presidential run after he is termed out of office in 2026, told Politico that he was “disappointed” in the decision because he took Biden at his word that he would not do it. “With everything the president and his family have been through, I completely understand the instinct to protect Hunter,” he told Politico. “But I took the...

CNN contributor and Watergate figure John Dean is urging President Biden to expand his pardon list to sink any prospect of President-elect Donald Trump getting “revenge” against his political enemies. In a post on social media site Bluesky, Dean advised Biden to issue a “blanket pardon” for DOJ officials who have investigated or prosecuted Trump so he can’t punish them once he gets into office. “Biden should keep going with his pardons: Trump, Jack Smith & team, Mueller & team, and a blanket pardon for all on Trump’s enemies list for any and all political statements before December 25, 2024!...

Monday on Stephen Gardner’s “Taming Wall Street” YouTube show, Breitbart editor-in-chief and “Alex Marlow Show” host Alex Marlow discussed a claim about Hunter Biden’s art. Gardner said, “I don’t know if you know this story or not, but I guess Hunter Biden was $380,000 behind in rent to hedge fund manager Shaun Maguire. And he kept asking him, you’ve got to pay me, you’ve got to pay me. Um, Hunter Biden paints this painting and says, because of my name and my superior painting and artistic ability, you can sell this and get caught up on the rent that I...