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#1 - NEW: Tensions in White House Flare As Concerns of Joe Biden's Health Rage, Jill Biden Gets Involved — by Bonchie
I have to quibble with the language used above. It's not that Biden "appears fatigued during public events." It's that he is fatigued during those events. He quite literally can't read a teleprompter without exposing his senility at this point.
I'm also curious who the president is. Is it Joe Biden or Jill Biden? Because it sure seems like she's controlling every aspect of her husband's life, up to and including his diet and rest schedule. I find it extremely odd that the press is reporting on her intricate involvement but doesn't find anything objectionable about it. If it were reported that Melania Trump was having to micromanage her husband because he's so far gone physically and mentally, do you think Axios (or any other mainstream press outlet) might mention that as a broader problem?
#2 - RFK Jr. Executes Perfect Takedown of Sniveling Anti-Israel Host, 'Should Have Resigned in Disgrace' — by Bonchie
There's more that I'll get to in a moment, but I want to highlight the above exchange because it's so informative about how just uninformed your average "pro-Palestinian" is. Ball tried to assert that Israel was somehow responsible for Gaza being destitute, but Kennedy came with the numbers showing just how "pampered" the Palestinians have been regarding international aid. I'm fairly certain that more aid per capita has been poured into Gaza and the West Bank than any other area on earth in the history of mankind.
I've made that point before, it's so prudent. Israel is not to blame for most Palestinians living in filth and squalor. The governments of those territories, whether Hamas or the PA, have wasted that money to promote terrorism and build terroristic infrastructure, which has ensured continued instability. The Palestinians themselves aren't innocent, either. Polls continually show astronomical levels of support for Hamas and the killing of Jews.
It was not a "blockade" that hampered Gaza (and the Rafah Crossing with Egypt is not controlled by Israel). It was Hamas' choice to waste billions upon billions of dollars of international aid to enrich its leadership and wage war. As Kennedy goes on to explain, Hamas has broken every single peace agreement Israel has agreed to, including the one that was in force on October 6th.
#3 - More WH Chaos: Leaks About Aide 'Forced Out' for Security Breach, Aide Then Drops More Revelations — by Nick Arama
They claimed he was unreliable and leaked things. A White House official claimed that he leaked information about an off-the-record trip to Ukraine and that he'd erupt at meetings.
But the problem with that is that only shows how chaotic their operation is. Here they are leaking things in response to his criticisms, and this only adds to the sense that they are an operation with deep problems.
LaRosa shot back and dropped some more information.
He disputed some of the depictions of him including some of the leaks and some of the claims that he erupted at people. Indeed he said that it was more the Chief of Staff Anthony Bernal who had tirades.
#4 - NEW: Senate Staffer Caught Making Hardcore Porn in Capitol Office Building, Democrat Senator Identified — by Bonchie
I can't wait for the mainstream press to claim this is "revenge" porn and that these videos were improperly published by right-leaning news outlets. That's exactly what they did in the case of Susanna Gibson, the Democrat state senate candidate from Virginia who streamed sex videos of herself online.
Did this staffer not think he would get caught? Or perhaps he thought nothing would happen even if he did. That's not a bad bet, given the level of degeneracy that is consistently excused on the left. I expect this guy to be made into a victim in short order, with sites like RedState being demonized for daring to report the news.
Is it really that surprising that it turned out to be a Democrat senator whose staffer was making gay porn inside a Capitol office building? This stuff almost just feels like par for the course at this point. I wake up every day expecting the far left to shove some new and degrading insanity down America's collective throat.
#5 - Here's That Moment a Reporter Asks Biden About Losing to Trump in the Polls - Then Comes the Crash — by Nick Arama
You might think there was nothing at all going on in the world with how much he seems to be away.
But if he thought he was going to have a completely quiet weekend, he was mistaken. He and Jill went for dinner at his Wilmington campaign headquarters. But as we reported, he had a little excitement last night.
BREAKING: Car Slams Into Biden Motorcade, Secret Service Pulls Guns on Driver
He had his motorcade waiting outside the building, with one of the vehicles blocking off the street. Jill Biden had already gotten into the car. That's when a sedan smashed into one of the vehicles, just as Joe Biden finished answering a question from a reporter asking about why he was losing to Trump in the polls, and you can see what happened next.
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