VP Harris Making Biden Presidential Calls; However...

Newsmax.com  "Critics of President Joe Biden took aim at him as a mere placeholder to get President Donald Trump out of the White House – a self-described "transition candidate."

Now, some will see reinforcement of that notion as the commander in waiting, Vice President Kamala Harris, is taking charge of a key presidential task.

"Harris has taken on the customary presidential role of calling heads of state, The Epoch Times reported Tuesday.

"Harris spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, according to a White House readout that did not mention President Biden, per the report.

"Although Biden, 78, did speak with Macron on Jan. 24, it is rare for a president to step aside for vice presidents to make the calls with world leaders.

"Vice President Kamala Harris has begun to take calls on behalf of President Joe Biden, raising questions about his ability to do the job of president," The National Pulse reported. "It is bizarre for a vice president to be making contact with key world leaders just weeks into a new administration." . . .

However...

Tony Branco

Grenell: Susan Rice, Not Biden or Harris, Calling Shots in White House  "Susan Rice, the former national security adviser to President Barack Obama and the current director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, is the real leader in the Oval Office according to former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell.

"The former intelligence official has previously described Rice as the “shadow president” to the recently elected President Joe Biden, and he repeated that claim in an interview with Fox News this week.

" 'Look, I’ve said it before but I think it’s worth repeating ... she’s been given a portfolio as to domestic policy. We all know that that’s a joke," Grenell told Maria Bartiromo. . . ."

Obama's back in the White House!

Why It Should Matter to Women That Kamala Slept Her Way Up  "It is no secret but public knowledge that Kamala Harris slept her way up into California political life by being a very public escort and mattress for California Democrat Kingmaker Willie Brown. Willie Brown is 30 years older than Harris and was very married at the time. It was public. It was an embarrassment." . . .

REPORT: Petition Calls Romney ‘Agent For The Establishment Deep State,’ Demands Censure

Romney became the first senator to vote to convict a president of his party, and is the only senator to vote to convict a president of his party twice.

Donkey Hotey

   The Daily Caller  "An online petition is calling on the Utah Republican Party to censure Sen. Mitt Romney for voting to convict former President Donald Trump during last week’s impeachment trial.

"The petition is being circulated by Utah Republicans, primarily via social media, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The document refers to Romney as an “agent for the Establishment Deep State.”

"Romney “misrepresented himself as a Republican” and “prioritized his personal and political vendetta against President Donald J. Trump ahead of the Constitution of the United States, the interest of We, the People, and the advancement of the Republican Platform” by voting for conviction, the petition claims." . . .

Mitt Romney Has An 84% Approval Rating With Utah Democrats | The Daily Caller  . . .  "Romney faces a 64 percent disapproval rating among Republicans in his home state. Right leaning voters there favored Trump more heavily than either Romney or Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, according to a poll in October.

Overwhelmed Border Patrol fears 'mass migration' under Biden's catch-and-release policy

 

AfterMath

Washington Times  . . . "Agents, officials and analysts say a combination of relaxed Biden border policies, coronavirus restrictions on holding people and deteriorating levels of cooperation from Mexico have left parts of the border in Texas unable to handle the surge.

"One agent told The Washington Times they fear that what is happening in Texas will soon spread west to New Mexico, Arizona and California." . . .

Most ridiculous headline of the day

 American Thinker  Barron's is supposed to be a serious publication that covers financial markets.  It was founded in 1921 as a sister publication of the Wall Street Journal.

Yet, yesterday, a headline writer for Barron's published an absurd headline, implying that a stock market rise could be attributed to Nancy Pelosi announcing an investigation into the January 6 Capitol incursion: . . .

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"According to a successful veteran stock trader, who emailed me the headline:

The rise has zero to do with Pelosi. Markets around the world are rallying.  America catching up on stimulus legislation, vaccine news, and massive equity inflows are moving the market. Pelosi and her political theatre have no role, but I guess even Barron's is biased these days.

"At least the headline writers...

"One would think the market professionals who read Barron's would understand how ridiculous the headline is."

The Eight White Identities

 SCOOP: The principal of East Side Community School in New York sent white parents this "tool for action," which tells them they must become "white traitors" and then advocate for full "white abolition." "This is the new language of public education." Christopher F. Rufo

Christopher F. Rufo

House Republicans Claim Pelosi May Be Responsible For Delaying National Guard Deployment On Jan. 6

Nancy P

 forbes.com  . . . "The letter from Republican Reps. Rodney Davis (Ill.), Jim Jordan (Ohio), James Comer (Tenn.) and Devin Nunes (Calif.) suggests Pelosi wielded influence over the security decisions before and during the Jan. 6 attack due to her “enormous institutional responsibilities” and involvement in “all operational decisions made within the House.”

"The lawmakers suggest that Pelosi was involved in denying a request former Capitol Police Chief Steve Sund claimed to have made for National Guard troops prior to the attack, though it has been reported that Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving did not consult with Pelosi about the decision.

“ 'The response from the [sergeant-at-arms], acting on your behalf, was that the ‘optics’ of the National Guard on-site were not good and the intelligence didn’t support the move,” read the letter.

"The lawmakers also claim Pelosi may have played a role in delaying the deployment of troops while the pro-Trump mob was inside the building on Jan. 6, saying “it took over an hour” for Sund’s request to be approved “because the [sergeant-at-arms] had to run the request up the chain of command, which undoubtably included you and your designees.” 

"Drew Hammill, Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, labeled the claims baseless in a statement to Forbes, accusing the members of a “transparently partisan attempt to lay blame on the speaker” and highlighting the fact that the letter does not question Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) about his involvement in the parallel decision by his chamber’s sergeant-at-arms to reject Sund’s appeal." . . .

Woke teachers want Shakespeare cut from curriculum: 'This is about White supremacy'

When will this silliness end?

  Washington Times

"The crown teachers once put on William Shakespeare now lies uneasy upon his head as the English playwright comes under assault from teachers who fault his unwoke attitudes regarding race, sexuality, gender and class.

"For the new breed of teachers, Shakespeare is seen less as an icon of literature and more as a tool of imperial oppression, an author who should be dissected in class or banished from the curriculum entirely.

“ 'This is about white supremacy and colonization,” declared the teachers who founded #DisruptTexts, a group that wants staples of Western literature removed or subjected to withering criticism." . . .