What is the Shelf Life of a Useful Idiot?

Having their empty figurehead in place, the behind-the-scenes operatives (Ron Klain? Susan Rice? Valerie Jarrett? Obama himself?) went to work. They immediately dismantled everything Trump had done regarding border security. . .

What is the Shelf Life of a Useful Idiot? - American Thinker  “ 'President” Biden is often described as a useful idiot. The term originated during the Cold War and is defined as a person perceived as propagandizing for a cause without fully comprehending the cause's goals, and who is cynically used by the cause's leaders. The phrase has since broadened from non-communists being manipulated to do PR bidding by communists to mean anyone who is being unwittingly duped into furthering a cause of which he has no big-picture comprehension.

"Biden is the dictionary definition of the current meaning of useful idiot: someone who has no clue that he’s being used to promote an extremist agenda that he doesn’t actually understand. When Joe Biden was in his prime as a senator -- such as that ever was -- he at least had some general idea of the major issues of the day and their implications. He took sides based on their potential political and personal payoff, but at least he did it intentionally. In a singularly undistinguished Senate career that began in 1972, Joe Biden has consistently made the choices that redounded to his maximum personal benefit. At a bare minimum, he had the awareness to put himself first. 

"That is no longer true. Biden has no awareness or understanding of complex issues. He reads what he’s told to read. He walks -- stiffly and unsteadily -- where he’s told to walk. His cognitive impairment is so blatantly obvious and advanced that there’s no need to even recount all the examples here.

"None of this is a surprise to Democratic operatives. Everyone knew this all along, but the “get Trump out” movement was so strong that Biden’s dementia just didn’t matter at all.". . .

How Did Democrats Become So Out of Touch With the American People? -

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, testifying this week before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, let slip his belief that "the more pain" Americans feel at the pump, "the more benefit" there is for electric vehicle owners.

           "Either they have no clue how bad their policies are or they just don’t care.

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics   "The president of the United States, equal parts senescent and feckless, garners record-shattering low approval ratings seemingly each week. This week, a new Quinnipiac University survey found that a paltry 31% of Americans approve of the way Joe Biden is handling his job. Among political independents, that number is, somehow, considerably lower: 23% approval, compared with 67% disapproval. Overall, nearly three-quarters of Americans hope that Biden does not seek a second term in office.

"It is not difficult to figure out why. The republic is not in good shape. Unforced foreign policy blunders, such as the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, embarrass America on the world stage. Our homeland territorial integrity has never been more undermined, as a wide-open southern border permits an unprecedented flow of smugglers, traffickers and other miscreants. Homicide and other violent crime, which skyrocketed in the 2020 "summer of love" riots, continue to spike; the New York City subway is unsafe, and Chicago is a veritable war zone. Mobocracy runs amok; a sitting Supreme Court justice just faced a near-assassination attempt. Inflation, now over 9% and smacking those lower on the economic ladder, is at a four-decade high; the national average for gasoline is well over $4 per gallon.

"Yet, amidst these remarkable challenges confronting the American people, the Biden administration and Democratic Party elites would rather focus on the overarching imperatives of climate change hysteria, abortion up until birth and a faraway war in Eastern Europe that has become utterly disconnected from the American national interest. This raises the obvious, but nonetheless crucial, question: How, exactly, did modern Democrats become this out of touch with the American people?". . .

Squad Member Spends $400k On Private Security While Supporting Defund The Police…

Weasel Zippers    "Some serious hypocrisy."

Is The Joe Biden Crime Family Finally Breaking Apart?

 – Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com)

"The news these days for President Joe Biden and his errant son Hunter is almost all bad. As the Justice Department investigates Hunter Biden for tax and weapons charges, it’s become increasingly obvious over the years that Joe Biden has far more to answer for than Hunter does.

"The headlines haven’t been kind to the Biden White House of late: “Hunter Biden payments to Eastern European escort ring were flagged by bank: Report,” “Hunter Biden laptop shows dozens of meetings with dad, business partners,” “Overwhelming Evidence: Joe Biden Lied, Had Dozens of Meetings with Hunter Biden’s Business Partner,” “Inside The Biden Family Business (Or Not),” and, perhaps most seriously of all, “Report: Justice Department Weighs Charging Hunter Biden for Tax, Gun Violations.”

"Yes, Joe Biden has been revealed to be a grifter who tolerated his own very compromised son’s illegal escapades in order to build his family’s wealth. And then he lied about it, repeatedly. What’s shocking is how long it’s gone on.

"Many of the recent revelations come from Hunter Biden’s misplaced laptop, whose contents are now being spilled on the Internet as the mainstream media do their best to ignore the lost PC’s politically disastrous contents.

"There is a virtual mountain of damning information emerging from that small computer.

"It starts with Hunter possibly lying to get a gun permit in 2018, saying on the application he had no drug addictions when in fact he was a major user of illicit drugs.

"But that isn’t all. More serious is the charge that then-Vice President Joe Biden met repeatedly with Hunter from 2008 to 2016 after he had contacts with foreign “business” partners. Biden has repeatedly, and categorically, denied this. But the evidence is overwhelming.

"As the New York Post recently wrote, “Hunter Biden met with his father at least 30 times at the White House or the vice president’s residence, often just days after he returned home from overseas business jaunts.' ”. . .

Hunter Biden will likely 'land generous plea-deal to end investigation into his private life' | Daily Mail Online    "Hunter Biden will likely land 'generous' plea deal that will allow him to admit minor tax and gun charges, ending investigation into far more serious money-laundering and lobbying allegations, lawyer believes"

Man Tells Jill Biden “Your Husband’s The Worst President We’ve Ever Had” – Her Answer Speaks Volumes

 She isn’t interested in what the American people think about her husband!

Video: Man Tells Jill Biden “Your Husband’s The Worst President We’ve Ever Had" - Her Answer Speaks Volumes - USA SUPREME  "Jill Biden spent part of Wednesday in New Haven, promoting the president’s American Rescue Plan.

"The First Lady, the U.S. Secretary of Education and Gov. Ned Lamont checked in with kids at the Horizons National Summer Learning Program. The visit was part of the First Lady’s tour across the country to highlight how the plan is supporting students in getting caught up through summer learning programs.

" 'A lot of us missed a lot of time, a lot of days. It was so hard to learn over Zoom, didn’t you think? So what my husband did … he called on Horizons and he said, ‘Horizons, can you come in and can you teach our kids and make it so much fun?'” Biden told students.

"During her visit, she stopped for ice cream with Gov. Ned Lamont (D) at a Arethusa Farm Dairy shop. On her way in Biden was heckled by a man who yelled, “Your husband’s the worst president we’ve ever had!” Biden waved and yelled back, “Thank you!” as the man continued his heckling saying, “You owe us gas money! You owe us gas money! You owe us gas money!”

"Her answer shows how [much] our ruling class is out of reality!". . .

The Left should be happy with Biden -

Biden worries little that record numbers of Americans are dying from drugs that now pour across the border. Cartels became richer and more powerful than ever under his watch, while child traffickers were freed from worries.

 Victor Davis Hanson (jewishworldreview.com)  "The Left should be ecstatic that President Joe Biden has given them everything they wanted.

"The Left likes inflation. It reduces the value of old money by printing lots of new money. Those richer who have it, lose the value of their money; those poorer who don't have any money, suddenly do.

"When combined with low interest rates, inflation roars even louder. Not since former President Jimmy Carter has a Democrat been so insistent on inflating the money supply.

"For decades, the Left has amplified former Energy Secretary Steven Chu's 2008 dream that the government must spike fuel costs up to European levels. That was seen as the best way to force unsophisticated Americans to quit burning gas and transition to renewable energy. Biden took that sermon seriously.

"He canceled federal energy leases. He shut down drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He canceled pipelines and warned the oil industry its days were numbered. Biden has done more than any other Democrat to ensure fossil fuels were unaffordable, forcing America's supposedly unthinking consumers to drive less or consider ditching their gas-engine cars altogether.

"The hard American Left always wanted unlimited illegal immigration. Biden agreed and has been lax on security at the southern border.

"The result is that in less than two years, nearly 3 million illegal aliens have surged into the United States. Nearly all of them arrived unvaccinated, untested, and inadequately vetted during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Austin man describes excruciating monkeypox symptoms, difficulty getting treatment

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Texas man describes excruciating monkeypox symptoms, difficulty getting treatment (kxan.com)    "AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man said the pain caused by monkeypox was so excruciating, he had to reach out to a crisis line for mental health support. On a scale of one to 10, he said the pain was a 10.

"The man, who did not want his identity used for medical privacy purposes, said he was exposed to someone with monkeypox earlier this month. He reached out to Austin Public Health for help after the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

“ 'I was able to actually get vaccinated because I had a known exposure,” he said.

"While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people with known exposure get vaccinated — because it may reduce or prevent symptoms — it came too late in this case. The Austin man said a couple days later he was running a fever, and a few days after that, the lesions started.

“ 'That Sunday I started to get a small spot on my hand, and I started to just like monitor it,” he said. “And then it became clear on the 12th that I had monkeypox. I had really bad rectal pain. Where, you know, I wasn’t able to sleep. I was in constant pain and constant pressure. And then I ended up going to the ER to try to get some relief.”

"That’s when he started to hit roadblocks. ". . .

The insanity is spreading! -

  Greg Crosby (jewishworldreview.com)   "Definition of insane: exhibiting a severely disordered state of mind. Irrational. Not consistent with or using reason. Unreasonable. Not showing good judgment. Deranged. Nuts. Screwy. Demented. Bonkers. And that old standby, bat guano crazy.

"Any or all of the above descriptions of insane would certainly apply to what I've just read online concerning the latest from the "LGBT community." The article began with the headline, "LGBT activists are pushing to bar anthropologists from identifying human remains as "male" or "female," arguing that scientists cannot know how ancient individuals identified themselves."

"Emma Palladino, a Canadian idiot studying for a Master's degree tweeted her dismay over the fact that transgender individuals "can't escape" their sex, not because it's physically impossible to change one's sex, but because archaeologists who find their bones one day "will assign you the same gender as you had at birth."

"Horrors!

"She believes that assigning biological sex to ancient human remains is "bullshit." (You have to be in graduate school to use such eloquent, descriptive language.)

" 'The 'bioarcheology of the individual' is what we aim for, factoring in absolutely everything we discover about a person into a nuanced and open-ended biography of their life," she argued. "There's absolutely more work to be done, and more education, empathy, and sensitivity is very much required in the field of archaeology."

"The screwball went on to reassure the transgender community that even if "some shitty archaeologist in the future misgenders" them, they will still get to be whoever they want to be, even when they're dead. But if you think she's the only psycho on board with this, think again. There is a group calling themselves the Trans Doe Task Force, its aim is to "explore ways in which current standards in forensic human identification do a disservice to people who do not clearly fit the gender binary.'  "

 "Hold on to your binary, here's their mission statement:...

‘Toxic Masculinity’ – The Lie

Isn’t it interesting, though, that the same people who want to vilify males as rapists and murderers are the same ones who want to do away with the TRUTH of the matter, which is, there REALLY ARE only TWO genders:  male and female.

 News With Views  "There’s a new “buzz phrase” going around these days — and it’s catching on; becoming another MOVEMENT — promoted by Leftist, “Progressive,” feminist activists.  I’m sure you’ve heard of it.  It’s called “Toxic Masculinity.” “Toxic Masculinity” is a new mindset these “progressive” feminists are attempting to force into the cultural talking points, which vilifies traditional manhood and all things “masculine.”

"The Leftists have been incredibly successful over the past few years in pushing their crazy ideas.  What was once UNTHINKABLE in America has now become the “norm.”  Good has become “bad,” and BAD has become “good.”  While most of these ideas are only accepted now by a small, but VOCAL minority, if things do not change, it won’t be long before this nonsense is embraced by an overwhelming majority…like everything else they’ve come up with.

"So what IS ‘Toxic Masculinity?’  According to FEM Magazine,“toxic masculinity harms all genders.  It promotes sexism, misogyny, violence and rape culture, while enforcing dangerous sterotypes of masculinity and femininity.  It is a fundamental pillar in the patriarchy and its normalization throughout cultures demands action.  Next time you hear comments that promote toxic masculinity, remember to call them out;  taking actions to disband this mentality are necessary in order to dismantle the patriarchal structure.”

"There you have it, in their own words…. the ultimate goal is the demise of manhood, the dismantling of what they call the ‘patriarchal structure.”  In other words, “Men BAD, women GOOD.”  More division.  You see, the Left is not content to divide us by ethnicity, religion, or political ideology. Now they must ALSO divide us by gender, which I find ironic, because it is these same Leftists who want us to accept as fact that there are now as many as 13 different “genders” — an insane idea which they insist we must all embrace as truth.  And WOE to the poor soul who makes the “mistake” of calling someone by the “wrong” pronoun!

"FEM Magazine goes even further in their fight to destroy manhood. In an article from December of 2016, they wrote, “Machismo leads to homophobia, sexual harassment and murder, as violence becomes a channel through which to acquire control.”  And so these radical feminists are now portraying men as sexists, misogynists, rapists and murderers.  It was not long ago that it would have been unthinkable for people to accept the idea of “transgenderism,” much less the idea that there are now THIRTEEN distinctly, different “genders.”  But now, “transgenderism” is being forced upon an unsuspecting, but largely apathetic populace under the force of law… “Get your mind ‘right’ and accept all these different genders or you will pay the consequences.”. . .

Bigoted Pairs Figure Skating Event Suggests There Are Only 2 Genders | Babylon Bee   So toxic...

ABC News hammered for making it look like AOC, Omar were handcuffed at abortion rally

 ABC News hammered for making it look like AOC, Omar were handcuffed at abortion rally | Fox News

'How are you not humiliated?,' conservative author Carmine Sabia asked the news outlet

The photos featured in the report, along with others shared on the network’s Twitter account, depicted AOC and Omar standing facing the camera with police behind them. Both lawmakers had their hands behind their backs, giving casual readers the impression that both were handcuffed and being escorted by police. 

AOC Pulls Drama Queen Card on 'Arrest' and 'Handcuffs,' Gets Hit With Reality by Nancy Mace – RedState   "Talk about cushy treatment for a celebrity “arrest.”

But that didn’t stop AOC and her staff from trumpeting the arrest as though she were heading to Gitmo. Her response to people noting her pretending to be in handcuffs? She claimed it was a Republican conspiracy theory."

House Democrats Spend the Day Getting Arrested - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  "They appeared disappointed to have not been put in handcuffs."

AOC Reacts to Mockery Over Viral Video of Her Being Escorted by Police Officer (conservativefighters.co) 

 . . ."Footage of AOC and fellow “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) walking away with their arms behind their back — in Omar’s case, with no officer near her — drew scorn from Republicans and conservatives.

“The ‘just wants attention’ assumption is often a deeply false and misogynistic one that people readily adopt about women quickly and without much critical thought,” AOC insisted on Instagram Wednesday. “Why would a woman ‘just want attention’ if doing so hurts herself and her career?”

Here Are the 17 Members of Congress Who Were Arrested Outside the Supreme Court (conservativefighters.co)

• New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar
• Missouri Rep. Cori Bush
• Massachusets Rep. Ayanna Pressley
• Massachusets Rep. Katherine Clark
• New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez
• California Rep. Barbara Lee
• California Rep. Jackie Speier
• California Rep. Sara Jacobs
• Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib
• North Carolina Rep. Alma Adams
• Pennsylvania Rep. Madeleine Dean
• New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
• Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar
• Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky
• New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney
• Michigan Rep. Andy Levin

Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush tweeted Tuesday that she and her colleagues “put” their “bodies on the line” amid the protest.

Soros to Beto's rescue

 Silvio Canto, Jr.

"How do you convince Texas voters that you are the new Beto? Do you accept a $1 million campaign donation from George Soros?  This is the story:    

Democratic mega-donor George Soros and an Austin-area couple each gave $1 million to Beto O'Rourke's campaign to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott. While Texans gave $14.5 million to the Democrat's campaign, nearly half of O'Rourke's record-breaking $27.6 million fundraising haul came from out-of-state donors.

"Out of state like George Soros?

"Money is money and every campaign is looking for it, but Soros money comes with a certain reputation.  In other words, Soros is usually supporting primary challenges to centrist Democrats. Just ask Rep. Henry Cuellar, who survived a primary challenge because a guy named George supported his opponent. Soros money is going to support a lot if leftist candidates, as we see in this report:   

Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Democracy PAC has already cut big checks to two major Democratic super PACs aligned with the party’s congressional leadership: $2.5 million to Senate Majority PAC and $1 million to House Majority PAC.". . .

‘Biden Was Warned About This’: DeSantis Wrecks POTUS On ‘Bidenflation,’ Predicts More Pain By Admin’s Actions

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

‘Biden Was Warned About This’: DeSantis Wrecks POTUS On ‘Bidenflation,’ Predicts More Pain By Admin’s Actions | The Daily Wire  . . ."Speaking of ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), Alaska, DeSantis said “there’s more oil and gas up there than in Saudi Arabia. It’s a massive, massive opportunity and basically from the time Biden’s come in, he said, ‘No, no, no.'”

"'Well, of course that’s going to cause [inflation], and it’s not just fuel prices,” the Republican explained. “When energy prices are going up the way they are, that permeates the entire economy. It’s more [expensive] to transport … goods … everything is permeated by that, and it helps contribute to rising prices.”

"“Let’s do what we can at the federal level to reverse some of the policies that have caused this,” DeSantis said. “And let’s try to give people relief throughout our economy, and if they did that it would make a really significant difference.  But they have not shown an inclination to do that.”. . .

Biden’s Response To Inflation Is Getting ‘More Erratic’ | Project Patriot  . . ."Since getting into the White House, Joe Biden has created an inflation crisis that is quite literally crippling the lives of the American people.

"Thanks to Biden’s spending packages, stimulus checks, etc., inflation is at a high that has not been seen in nearly four decades. To add insult to injury, the wages earned by the average American are not even coming close to keeping up with inflation.

"Meanwhile, as prices naturally rise due to inflation, interest rates are also climbing. The uptick in inherent rates is a maneuver by the federal government to offset inflation. However, this only serves to squeeze the American public further.

"Biden, for his part, has been all over the place when it comes to inflation. First, he said inflation wouldn’t be an issue. Then, Biden claimed inflation would be nothing more than “transitory.' ”. . .

Bidenflation at the grocery store (prairiepundit.blogspot.com)

Biden's war on domestic energy is a factor in this inflation at the food markets.  Fertilizer is a byproduct of domestic energy production and it is another reason the Biden "energy transition" policy is counterproductive.  Then there is the additional cost of getting the food to market.