“Within an hour, President Biden was dealt a trio of setbacks. The Pentagon said a drone strike that killed 10 Afghans was a mistake. A panel rejected covid booster shots for all Americans. And France recalled its U.S. ambassador.” — AP, 9/18/21
“A confluence of factors caused the sudden arrival of thousands of mostly Haitian migrants on the Texas border. It’s a phenomena [sic] caused by confusion over the Biden Administration’s policies and reflects the power of social media and platforms like WhatsApp.” — AP, 9/23/21
“The collapse of the Afghan government, a surge of covid-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, devastating weather events, a disappointing jobs report. What next? After a torrent of crises, President Joe Biden is hoping to turn the page on an unrelenting summer and refocus his Presidency this fall around his core economic agenda. But the recent cascade of troubles is a sobering reminder of the unpredictable weight of the office…” — AP, 9/6/21
Poor Joe Biden, says the media, he just can’t catch a break. All these bad things are randomly happening to him! The world is ganging up on the guy.
No, what we’re seeing aren’t “setbacks” or “phenomena” caused by “a confluence of factors” or “confusion” due to “WhatsApp,” whatever that is. This “cascade of troubles” was, in fact, totally predictable — indeed inevitable — and caused by: Joe Biden. What we’re seeing is what Biden policies look like. This is liberalism in action! It is precisely what happens every time leftism is tried, anywhere and everywhere:
ECONOMY
Jobs. “Only 235,000 jobs were added to the economy in August, far off the estimates of 728,000…” — American Thinker, “Biden’s Free Fall,” 9/6/21
“The Political Time Bomb for Biden Inside the Latest Jobless Numbers.” — Just the News, reporting that black unemployment rose to 8.8 percent, a 7 percent spike in a single month, 9/6/21
“[T]here are between 5 million and 6 million unemployed Americans, but also an all-time record 10.1 million job openings. These are in construction, warehousing, retail, manufacturing, trucking, business services, and so on. These aren’t ‘dead end’ or even minimum-wage jobs in most cases. Open factory and truck driver jobs pay $50,000 to $100,000 a year with benefits. But … a family of four in high welfare-benefit states like New York and Connecticut and with two unemployed parents can receive up to $100,000 in cash, food stamps, etc. Why work?” — The New York Post, 9/3/21
Inflation. “Homes up 19 percent year to year. Gas prices up 42.7 percent year to year.” — Fox21 News, 9/21/21
“Inflation Is All Over the Place.” — The Wall Street Journal, concluding that no one has any idea if it’s “transitory” or not, 9/19/21
“Inflation rate in the United States has hit a 30-year high.” — kusi News, 9/17/21
“Grocery Prices to Rise Another 3 Percent Before the End of Year, Kroger Warns, With Cost of Beef Already up 14 Percent and Pork 12 Percent Since December.” — The [UK] Daily Mail, on U.S. inflation, 9/12/21
“Within the [U.S.] consumer price index, the component for food at home has risen five months in a row … poultry prices are higher by 6.6 percent compared to 2020.” — The [UK] Daily Mail, 9/12/21
“Food prices rose a full percentage point in August … defying predictions that inflation would cool off, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed… Compared with a year ago, food prices are up 12.7 percent, outpacing the overall increase of 8.3 percent in the Producer Price Index.” — Breitbart, “Food Inflation Hits Record High,” 9/10/21
“Wholesale Prices Soar, Small-Business Optimism Falls as Dems Weigh Trillions in New Spending.” — The Washington Times, 9/10/21
“Natural Gas Prices Are Rising and Could Be the Most Expensive in 13 Years This Winter.” — cnbc, 9/9/21
“If you take out those three categories [beef, pork, poultry], we’ve actually seen price increases that are more in line with historical norms.” — Brian Deese, White House Director of the National Economic Council, to universal ridicule, video via Twitter, 9/8/21
Stagflation. “Textbook Stagflation Rising Faster Than Any Time Since ihs Began Tracking.” — Seeking Alpha, 9/24/21
“One can make a case that ‘mild’ stagflation is already underway. Inflation is rising in the United States and many advanced economies, and growth is slowing sharply, despite massive monetary, credit, and fiscal stimulus.” — Nouriel Roubini, economist, quoted at cnn, 9/19/21
“‘Stagflation’ Trades Boom as Investors Flee U.S. Debt.” — Reuters, 9/3/21
“The Return of Stagflation and the Misery Index.” — The Hill, 9/3/21
Supply Chain. “Dozens of cargo ships stuck waiting off New York’s coast amid port staff shortages and surging demand for goods… Similar issues have been occurring on the West coast … [as] 56 container ships were stuck at anchor or in drift areas off of Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. Those ports were dealing with 140 ships, including 87 freighters… With record numbers of huge cargo ships clogging key ports, causing a knock-on effect on the global supply chain, many retailers are being forced to find creative ways to overcome shortages and price hikes.” — msn.com, 9/26/21
“Costco Limits Purchases of Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, and Bottled Water Amid Inflation, Supply-Chain Issues.” — Breitbart, 9/24/21
“The pace of U.S. economic growth cooled further in September … reflecting a combination of peaking demand, supply chain delays, and labor shortages. The slowdown was led by a cooling of demand in the service sector, linked in part to the Delta variant spread… [F]actories face growing problems in sourcing enough supplies and labor to meet orders. Supply chain delays show no signs of easing, with another near-record lengthening of delivery times in September… The upshot is yet another month of sharply rising prices charged for goods and services as demand outpaces supply, and higher costs are passed on to customers.” — ihs Markit, 9/23/21
CRIME
“U.S. Facing Biggest Homicide Rate Increase in 60 Years.” — The Washington Times, 9/23/21
“Violent crime in urban America is rising. There have been 13.5 percent more homicides so far in 2021 compared to last year, across 84 cities, and the trend is widespread: homicides are up in two-thirds of cities.” — Bloomberg, 9/13/21
“Murders Are Up… the U.S. Is in Its Most Violent Period in the 21st Century.” — Vox, 7/21/21
“Crime has been spiking nationwide, with many cities seeing a double-digit percentage increase in gun violence. Victim advocacy groups that provide grief counseling to victims say they can’t keep up.” — AP, 7/11/21
COVID
“Nearly 64 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. And yet, average deaths per day, which lag behind shifts in infection rates, have climbed 40 percent over the past two weeks…” — AP, “‘Soul-crushing’: U.S. covid-19 Deaths Are Topping 1,900 a Day,” 9/21/21
“Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer covid-19 booster shots across the board… In a surprising turn, the [fda] panel rejected, by a vote of 16-2, boosters for almost everyone. Members cited a lack of safety data on extra doses and also raised doubts about the value of mass boosters…” — AP, 9/17/21. A week later, the cdc approved the boosters anyway, according to The New York Times.
“How significant is it that the two top fda officials responsible for vaccine research resigned last week and this week signed a letter in The Lancet that strongly warns against vaccine boosters? This is a remarkable sign that the project of government-managed virus mitigation is in the final stages before falling apart.” — Brownstone Institute, 9/14/21
“My message to unvaccinated Americans is this: What more is there to wait for? What more do you need to see? We’ve made vaccinations free, safe, and convenient… We’ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin. And your refusal has cost all of us.” — Joe Biden, speech to the nation, announcing new vaccine mandates supposedly enforced by osha, The New York Times, 9/9/21
“Coronavirus Hospitalizations Spike to 100k for First Time Since January Outbreak.” — The Hill, 8/26/21
BORDER
“Mayorkas Admits 12,000 Haitians Released in U.S. — and More Could Follow.” — The New York Post, 9/26/21
“Many Haitian migrants in Del Rio are being released in the United States, according to two U.S. officials, undercutting the Biden Administration’s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion to Haiti. Haitians have been freed on a ‘very, very large scale’ in recent days, one official said… The official … put the figure in the thousands.” — AP, 9/23/21
“Two senior officials within the Department of Homeland Security said the camp … is creating bad ‘optics’ and drawing renewed scrutiny to the Administration’s inability to curb illegal immigration. At one point, more than 15,000 people were in the camp… ‘They want those people out from under that bridge so they can’t be seen anymore,’ the first official said. ‘It’s an optics thing. They are moving them around for process and release.’ … 10,000 to 12,000 people will be released into [America] and permitted to travel nationwide, according to two top [dhs] officials…” — Washington Examiner, 9/23/21
“Nearly 8 Million Illegal Immigrants to Get Amnesty Under Biden’s Budget Resolution…” — The Epoch Times, 9/13/21
“Biden Orders Most U.S. Workers Get Vaxxed — But Not Illegal Border Crossers.” — The New York Post, 9/10/21
“The city of Weslaco, Texas announced … they did not know Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley was putting covid-19-positive immigrants into a local hotel after they were released from federal custody.” — Townhall, 7/30/21
WORLD CHAOS
“What does it mean, ‘America is back?’ Is America back in America or somewhere else? We don’t know.” — Charles Michel, president of the European Council, to reporters, quoted in The New York Times, 9/21/21
“There is a growing feeling in Europe — and I say this with regret — that something is broken in our transatlantic relations. Trust is not a given. And after the latest events, there is a strong perception that trust between the EU and U.S. has been eroded.” — Thierry Breton, EU Trade Commissioner, calling for a “pause and reset” in the relationship, The New York Times, 9/21/21
“Iran wants to resume nuclear talks with world powers that would lead to removal of U.S. sanctions, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told the annual UN General Assembly.” — Reuters, 9/21/21
“Completely dysfunctional.” — António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, on the relationship between China and the U.S., AP, 9/20/21
“Biden … insisted during an impromptu exchange with reporters … that the Taliban was ‘highly unlikely’ to overrun Afghanistan and that the U.S. withdrawal wouldn’t resemble the fall of Saigon. The President proved to be way off … which contributed to the most difficult month of his Presidency so far.” — The Hill, 9/19/21
“Antony Blinken Deletes Tweet Saying ‘We Stand With the People of Hong Kong.’” — Newsweek, on Biden’s Secretary of State, 9/17/21
“France Recalls Ambassadors From U.S. and Australia Over Canceled Submarine Deal.” — cbs, 9/17/21
“A U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, was conducted after numerous miscalculations by commanders who wrongly believed an aid worker was hauling explosives in his car, defense officials said Friday, reversing the Pentagon’s earlier insistence that the operation prevented an imminent suicide attack on U.S. forces. The Defense Department had previously defended the Aug. 29 operation as a ‘righteous strike.’” — The Washington Post, 9/17/21
“The Biden Afghanistan catastrophe keeps getting worse. This raises two obvious [questions]: Did the Taliban provide the faulty ‘intel’ that led to the Biden admin killing 10 innocent civilians, including 7 children? If so, why did Biden trust the Taliban?” — Sen. Ted Cruz (R, TX), on Twitter, 9/17/21
“U.S. Sending $64M in Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan.” — The Hill, 9/13/21
“It would be profoundly in the Taliban’s interest to actually put forth a genuinely inclusive and representative government.” — Antony Blinken, Biden Secretary of State, House Foreign Affairs Committee testimony, quoted at Breitbart, 9/13/21
“Can al Qaeda come back? Yeah, but guess what? It’s already back other places.” — Joe Biden, at 9/11 memorial, ijr, 9/12/21
“How else could you get out?” — Joe Biden, defending his Afghanistan withdrawal, Fox Business, 9/11/21
“Chinese State Media Vows Military ‘Will Show Up at U.S. Doorstep’ Soon And ‘China Will Win.’” — American Military News, 9/9/21
“State Dept. Voices Concerns Over All-Male Taliban Government.” — The Hill, 9/7/21
“[Gen.] Milley: ‘What You Saw Unfold’ With Afghanistan Evacuation Was One of the Plans, ‘There Was an Extensive Amount of Planning in This.’” — Breitbart, 9/4/21
“Republicans are wielding the issue as a political weapon against President Biden in the hope that it will damage the Democratic Party and help them recapture control of Congress next fall. But will Afghanistan matter to voters? Experts doubt it.” — nbc News, 9/1/21
“Biden officials recently directed federal agencies to scrub their websites of official reports detailing the $82.9 billion in military equipment and training provided to the Afghan security forces since 2001.” — Forbes, 9/1/21
“We have Americans that get stranded in countries all the time.” — John Kirby, Pentagon spokesman, downplaying Americans stranded in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, msnbc, 8/31/21
“While there’s certainly a lethality component to it, it doesn’t pose a threat to the United States, it doesn’t pose a threat to neighboring nations.” — John Kirby, downplaying the weaponry and equipment the U.S. military left in the hands of the Taliban, quoted at National Review, 8/31/21
“We were not able to bring any Americans out [on the last jets to leave Afghanistan because] none of them made it to the airport.” — General Kenneth McKenzie, Commander of U.S. Central Command, video via rnc Research, 8/30/21
“This morning, I met with my national security team in Washington and my commanders in the field. We discussed the strike that U.S. forces took last night against the terrorist group isis-k in Afghanistan. I said we would go after the group responsible for the attack on our troops [killing 13 U.S. service members] and innocent civilians in Kabul, and we have. This strike was not the last. We will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay.” — Joe Biden, whitehouse.gov, most of which was false, since his strike hit zero terrorists but instead killed ten innocent civilians including seven children, 8/28/21
“13 U.S. Service Members Killed, 18 Wounded in Attack Near Kabul Airport, Pentagon Says.” — cnbc, 8/26/21
“Only 5 Percent of People Evacuated From Afghanistan by the U.S. Are Americans.” — The Federalist, 8/25/21
“Pentagon Confirms Americans Have Been Beaten in Afghanistan.” — The Epoch Times, 8/21/21
“Look, no one’s being killed right now [knocks on wood].” — Joe Biden, after George Stephanopoulos said there was a lot of pandemonium at the Kabul airport, abc News, 8/19/21
“Chinese State Media Says Afghanistan a Lesson for Taiwan on How U.S. Abandons Allies.” — msn.com, 8/16/21
“[It’s been] a month of really bad news, and also a month of unpredictable news, and that’s made the public very depressed,” says Democrat pollster Celinda Lake, according to Breitbart. “It’s been everything. It’s fires, it’s hurricanes, it’s Haiti, it’s Afghanistan, it’s covid, it’s the economy, it’s going back to school. But the thing is, in most cases, people don’t blame Joe Biden for this.”
Wrong. Right now every Democrat consultant anywhere near the Beltway is running to the media to anonymously warn of impending midterm doom for their Party. Because not only do people furiously blame the disastrous Joe Biden — they blame the entire stinking, rotten, corrupt carcass that is the Democrat Party.