Looking out for America: WSJ reports that Biden officials begged Saudis to delay OPEC+ output cutbacks until after the midterms

Joe challenged the princes to do push-ups with him. TD

  Thomas Lifson  

Caricature by Donkey Hotey CC BY-SA 2.0 license

. . .Days before a major oil-production cut by OPEC and its Russia-led allies, U.S. officials called their counterparts in Saudi Arabia and other big Gulf producers with an urgent appeal—delay the decision for another month, according to people familiar with the talks. The answer: a resounding no.

U.S. officials warned Saudi leaders that a cut would be viewed as a clear choice by Riyadh to side with Russia in the Ukraine war and that the move would weaken already-waning support in Washington for the kingdom, the people said.

Saudi officials dismissed the requests, which they viewed as a political gambit by the Biden administration to avoid bad news ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, on which control of Congress hangs. High gas prices and inflation have been central issues in the campaign.

Instead, the people said, the kingdom leaned on its OPEC allies to approve the cut, which is aimed at reducing production by 2 million barrels a day. . . .

But can the Saudis stand up to the power

 of US Democrats?

9 Times Sen. Lisa Murkowski Voted with Democrats

9 Times Senator Lisa Murkowski Voted for Democrats | Daily Headlines Live

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, heads to the November midterm election. Kelly Tshibaka has endorsed Trump. Lisa Murkowski had voted nine times for Senate Democrats in the previous two years.

"Murkowski has served in the office for 21-years and is trying to save her political future. In Tuesday’s Alaska Republican primary, she only finished a few points ahead of Tshibaka. Both Murkowski, and her opponent, qualified in the primary for passage to the general election on Nov 8.

"Frank Murkowski served her father as senator from 1981-2002 and was governor of Alaska from 2002 through 2006.". . .

Tulsi Gabbard Blows Democrat Party to Smithereens in Scathing Exit Announcement

 PJ Media   "The former congresswoman, who’s also a U.S. Army Reserve officer and a somewhat regular Fox News pundit, completely trashed the Dem Party for what it has become, pointing to the radical positions that the party has taken on various issues in recent years.

"From the video:

I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are hostile to people of faith & spirituality, demonize the police & protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, believe in open borders, weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents, and above all, dragging us ever closer to nuclear war.

"Gabbard has gone on record trashing the Biden administration, she’s spoken out against the trans propaganda brainwashing of children, and has taken the opposite side of her former party members on several issues.

"Not only did she leave the Dem party and blow it to smithereens on the way out, but she also invited fellow “independent-minded” Democrats to join her.

“ 'I believe in a government that is of, by, and for the people. Unfortunately, today’s Democratic Party does not. Instead, it stands for a government of, by, and for the powerful elite. I’m calling on my fellow common sense, independent-minded Democrats to join me in leaving the Democratic Party. If you can no longer stomach the direction that so-called woke Democratic Party ideologues are taking our country, I invite you to join me,” Gabbard wrote in a multi-part tweet.

"While Gabbard received rounds of applause from the right side of Twitter, unsurprisingly, her haters immediately pounced and attacked her for making the decision to split. In true liberal Twitter fashion, her whiny critics labeled her as a “Russian asset,” a “traitor,” and, of course, somehow, a “racist.” Those insults were on the lighter side of what was thrown at her by the hordes of crybaby, whiny Twitter radicals who can’t stand the humiliation of a high-profile Democrat leaving the party in disgust, less than 30 days from a crucial midterm election.

"It’s difficult to imagine being a Democrat at this juncture — on the verge of historic losses in the midterms, and prominent party members getting the hell out of Dodge. Yikes.

"Fox News noted that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich summarized perfectly why Gabbard is leaving the party, saying that Gabbard’s thoughts are likely representative of millions of Democrat voters across the country who no longer recognize the “weird” policies of the party.

[Gabbard] has always been sort of an independent maverick,” Gingrich said. “And I think when she ran for president, she realized how really isolated she was from the great majority of the Democratic Party, which is now, frankly, a pretty weird party….I think you’re seeing this drift. And we’ve certainly seen among Latinos a huge drift towards the Republican Party as they’re driven away by the weirder policies of the Democratic Party.”

"Interestingly, Gabbard’s stunning exit announcement was also the inaugural episode of her new podcast, The Tulsi Show, which I just added to my podcast app.

"The former congresswoman hasn’t confirmed whether or not she’ll join the Republican side of the aisle or remain independent. Stay tuned." 

A Take on Trump and Tulsi

If Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and independents take the bait and buy into an internecine war on the American political right, 2024 may be a replay of 2020.  Ron DeSantis is no longer a rising star: he has arrived.  If Trump gets into a gutter fight with DeSantis, recidivism wins, and the perilous nihilistic drift to the left in America will continue unabated.

 Tulsi is, at bottom a Democrat and a vote for Democrat issues

As always, Democrats are deaf to cries for liberty in Iran

 Why Are The Democrats Terrified Of Iran? (thefederalist.com)  

Iran’s muted response to the killing of Qasem Soleimani has de-escalated the situation in the Middle East. So why are Democrats cowering in fear of the Iranian regime?

. . ." This is the United States of America. We are the world’s only superpower, we have the greatest military in the world, and the most awesome set of capabilities any nation on earth has ever had. Expressing fear of a second rate authoritarian regime to own Trump isn’t just dumb, its frankly un-American. Show a little backbone, Democrats. The way to handle a bully is to punch him in the nose, which is exactly what the president did. This shaking in fear in the face of Iran is not as good a look as the Democrats think it is." Would Tulsi Gabbard?

As always, Democrats are deaf to cries for liberty in Iran - American Thinker

. . .But Biden isn’t speaking the truth. Instead, like Obama before him, he’s being remarkably silent. In 2009, during Obama’s first year as president, when he was at the peak of his popularity at home and abroad, a corrupt election in Iran led to the massive Iranian Green Movement which was demanding that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leave office. Americans supported the Green Movement. Unfortunately, Obama didn’t. He was silent, offering no encouragement at all to the protesters, and the protests died away.

Thirteen years later, Biden is doing the same. He hasn’t stated strong support for those Iranian people bravely standing up against a tyrannical government that foments world terror, demands Israel’s annihilation, and still chants “Death to America.” Instead, just last week, Newsweek reported that “Biden Plans to Continue Iran Deal Talks Despite Regime’s Brutal Crackdown.”

Violence — The calling card of the Democratic Party  But not against this nation's enemies; only our fellow citizens. 

"The Democrat Party has embraced violence as its modus operandi. The party has sent a message to its adherents that anything goes in the pursuit of power—from weaponizing the FBI and IRS against political opponents, to rigging elections, to the use of violence. Democrats will not hesitate to deprive you of your basic rights if it suits their purpose. If that entails violent behavior aimed at you, too bad.

"A classic example of Democratic Party-supported violence is occurring as mobs attempt to intimidate conservative Supreme Court justices by protesting in front of their homes. Although this is expressly prohibited by federal law, you won’t see the Democrat-controlled Justice Department taking action against the protestors. Breaking the law has become acceptable.". . .

Joe Biden Is Our Greatest Fabulist

What Does Fabulist Mean? Definition & Examples

David Harsanyi

Drop a needle on any era of Biden’s 50-year career, and you’re going to hear a greatest hit. 

President Dude.

"At first glance, I thought The New York Times had finally written a piece highlighting Joe Biden’s decades-long propensity to lie. Instead, what we got was more of an explanation.

"Biden’s “folksiness,” contends The New York Times, “can veer into a personal folklore” with “the factual edges shaved off to make them more powerful for audiences.” (Not to be pedantic, but folklore is a collection of stories and legends shared by a community, not stories and legends concocted by a single person. Those are more appropriately called “fictions.”) The Times expends many words assuring its audience that Donald Trump’s lies were much, much worse than Biden’s largely innocuous folklore.

"Maybe, maybe not. Most of the lie counters have been shut down. The Times taps left-wing journalist Eric Alterman as an expert on presidential mendacity to help us out. He argues that Biden – “a good and decent man”– is merely guilty of engaging in the kind of lies “grandfathers” might tell. Biden has a “tendency,” Alterman says, to “stretch the truth up to a point just like virtually every president has done.”

"History disputes this contention.". . .

Biden Claims Lightning Destroyed His Home, But It Was Actually Just A “Small” Kitchen Fire…  "He is incapable of telling the truth."

Joe helps kill fossil fuels

 

Joy Reid Racist Remarks: Her Low MSNBC Ratings Explained - Was She Fired Or Cancelled?

ShowBiz Cast

With several controversies with her racist remarks, Joy's rating on MSNBC is dropping as more and more people have started disliking the television personality. 

"Joy Reid made racist remarks recently about the Russian-Ukrainian war, she said all the attention Ukraine is getting because it is in Europe. Follow the article till the end to learn more. 

Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid aka Joy Reid is a liberal political pundit and MSNBC national reporter in the United States. She has been hosting The ReidOut, a new Washington-based weeknight show in MSNBC. 

Reid began her journalistic career in 1997 when she moved from New York and her employment at a business consulting firm to South Florida to work for a morning show on WSVN Channel 7.

She quit journalism in 2003 to work with the anti-war group America Coming Together to fight President George W. Bush and the Iraq War. She then worked on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and returned to broadcasting as a talk radio personality.

Let us learn more about Joy Reid and take a closer look at her racist remarks. 

Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party, but remember she is at heart a Democrat

I expect "The View" will become Tulsi 24-7

 Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party

[Gabbard] has always been sort of an independent maverick,” Gingrich said. “And I think when she ran for president, she realized how really isolated she was from the great majority of the Democratic Party, which is now, frankly, a pretty weird party. . .

. . ."Gabbard has grown increasingly estranged from the Democratic establishment since her failed candidacy in the 2020 presidential primary. She has also become a vocal critic of President Biden, denouncing him for “pouring fuel on the flames” of division in the country.

"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich praised Tulsi for ditching the Democrats in a Tuesday statement on Fox News. He argued that she is one of many Americans who traditionally have voted blue but now find the Democrats unrecognizable.

"[Gabbard] has always been sort of an independent maverick,” Gingrich said. “And I think when she ran for president, she realized how really isolated she was from the great majority of the Democratic Party, which is now, frankly, a pretty weird party….I think you’re seeing this drift. And we’ve certainly seen among Latinos a huge drift towards the Republican Party as they’re driven away by the weirder policies of the Democratic Party.”. . .

Tulsi Gabbard’s October surprise: Bye-bye, Democrats!  "With every day that draws closer to the midterm elections, the big question was whether there would be an October surprise and, if so, what that surprise would be. We assumed it would come from the Democrats and either be a sleazy attack on candidates or an announced Armageddon (nuclear war, a new virus, a Jan 6 revolution) that would justify shutting down the election. Instead, the October surprise was that Tulsi Gabbard not only quit the Democrat party, she explicitly stated that she did so because the party has become so awful and anti-American that she can no longer remain.". . .

I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are… pic.twitter.com/oAuTnxZldf

— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) October 11, 2022

 Gabbard slammed Democrats as a party “driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism.”  . . ."Gabbard slammed Democrats as a party “driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism.' ”. . .

Make America Serious Again

So, here we have a Nazi helping a Jew with his career. Our woke youngsters might try to understand such twists, for it allows for the possibility of the “good Nazi,” like Claus von Stauffenberg. 

 Jon N. Hall  "Today’s America is not a place for subtlety and nuance. Today’s youth seem especially incapable of handling fine distinctions. No interesting heterodox mix of positions will be tolerated; total conformity is required. Cleave to the party line in toto, lest ye be canceled.

“ 'Cancel Culture” is the new regime whereby one can lose one’s livelihood, one’s reputation, and even one’s friends for not hewing to every last tenet of the reigning orthodoxy. The gay journalist Chadwick Moore learned about the intolerance of left-wing cancelers when he came out as a conservative (italics added):

I began to realize that maybe my opinions just didn’t fit in with the liberal status quo, which seems to mean that you must absolutely hate Trump, his supporters and everything they believe. If you dare not to protest or boycott Trump, you are a traitor.

If you dare to question liberal stances or make an effort toward understanding why conservatives think the way they do, you are a traitor.

"You must kneel before Rome, you must grovel at her feet. For wokesters, it’ll never do to be just “99 and 44/100% pure,” like the old Ivory Soap ads claimed. No, my fair cousin, one needs to be 100% pure. Otherwise, you might just be an anti-social deviant, or maybe even an adherent of deviationism.". . .

FINALLY! Justice For BLM Rioter/Looter Who Brutally Murdered Retired Police Captain David Dorn During George Floyd Riots

100%FedUp

"It’s been over two years since then 24-yr-old looter and murderer Stephan Cannon brutally murdered former St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn, who agreed to watch over his friend’s pawn store during the BLM riots in Minneapolis following the death of convicted felon George Floyd. The murder of David Dorn, who the killers watched bleed out into the street, was so gruesome that social media censors on Twitter and Facebook have removed all traces of the unconscionable act that was caught on video.". . .

. . ."Finally, justice is served in the shooting and killing of David Dorn during a night of looting and rioting in June 2020. Dorn and four officers were struck by bullets, while other officers were pelted with rocks and fireworks and 55 businesses were burglarized or damaged.

Murder rates soared an average of 30 percent across 34 major cities in 2021 and have continued to increase dramatically this year in many places.

Black Lives Matter was calling for the defunding of police departments and, in some cases, were calling for the entire dismantling of police forces. Senselessly, many leaders succumbed to the ridiculous demands of Black Lives Matter, and cities have suffered.". . .

What the heck is wrong with Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot?

Chicago Black Lives Matter organizer who called looting 'reparations' dismisses peaceful protesting   What do you say, Mayor?

Thomas Lifson  "There is no doubt among those paying attention that Chicago is in crisis. Crime has exploded, with ordinary citizens living in fear of venturing out from their homes. (And, if they live in the wrong neighborhoods, their homes may be shot up as drive-by gang assassination attempts hitting neigboring homes.)

"Mayor Lori Lightfoot may try to downplay the severity of the trendline, but Chicagoans understand the risks they take merely by walking or driving on the streets as recidivist criminals are set free to wreak mayhem again and again on the innocent:

Prosecutors said Friday that a Chicago man on parole for possessing a stolen motor vehicle and on bail for possessing another motor vehicle shot a concealed carry holder during a carjacking attempt in the South Loop.

Cortez Crayton, 24, is the 45th person accused of killing or shooting—or attempting to kill or shoot—someone in Chicago while awaiting trial for a felony this year. The alleged crimes involved at least 83 victims, 21 of whom died.

"Major companies and well-to-do taxpayers are fleeing the city.". . .

‘Treat Them Like S**t’: Democrat Running For Senate Goes On Racist Rant

 Daily Caller  "A South Carolina Democrat running for U.S. Senate appeared to go on a racist tirade against white people in video footage captured by Project Veritas.

"Krystle Matthews, a state representative for the 117th district, was reportedly filmed saying white people need to be treated “like sh*t” in order to gain respect — otherwise they act like children.

“ 'My district is slightly Republican and it’s heavily white. I’m no stranger to white people, I’m from a mostly white town. And let me tell you one thing, you oughta know who you’re dealing with, like, you gotta treat them like shit, like I mean, that’s the only way they respect you.' ”

U.S. Senate candidate & Democrat lawmaker in South Carolina @kmforsenate was recorded disparaging white people & saying, "treat them like sh—." She compared whites to children that need to be kept under control.pic.twitter.com/xkvziUvFZo

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) September 7, 2022

When a culture separates from God, it elects leaders that produce this: 

. . ." Matthews made waves in June after another Project Veritas leak allegedly showed her talking to inmate David Solomon Ballard at Perry Correctional Institution about gaining support from gang members. Ballard was serving time for threatening law enforcement.

“I still gotta struggle to raise money for my campaign? Where the fuck is my black people with more? I don’t care about no dope money. Give me that dope boy money,” Matthews appeared to say.