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Not sure they made the statement they intended. Next time they should go up with a deli slicer and a selection of sandwich meats and cheeses.

USAToday: Biden has been "hammered by events" that have "eroded his support."

USA TODAY Politics @usatodayDC

From Afghanistan to inflation to the baby formula shortage, Joe Biden has been hammered by events that have eroded his support even among Democrats.

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Cascade of crises: Unexpected events test Joe Biden's leadership, popularity

Unexpected events over the past year have tested the limits of Joe Biden's leadership.

He has confronted crises including war in Ukraine, soaring inflation and a baby-formula shortage.

Biden's struggles are reflected in his slide in public opinion polls.

It's all "unexpected." But oh, by the way: That worldwide pandemic that Fauci's buds cooked up in a Chinese lab? That was totally Trump's fault. He should have planned for it better, or something.

What is it they say? "Luck is the product of good preparation."

So what are all these "unexpected crises" the product of, I wonder?

And the baby formula crisis?

You mean the one the Administration had a six month warning about? And which it didn't even bother telling President Ice Cream about until formula was disappearing off supermarket shelves, and the media was already reporting on a crisis in baby formula supply?

That's actually gotten worse since President Ice Cream got involved.

Baby formula crisis WORSENS as out-of-stock levels hit 30%: Parents accuse Biden of forgetting about them and mom struggling to feed twins says 'I'm sure these politicians' babies eat'

The US reported a 30% out-of-stock rate for formula nationwide, based on data from the week ended July 24

Arizona and Wyoming reported the highest out-of-stock rates in the country, at 44% and 42% respectively

Biden tried to alleviate the crisis by making it it easier for foreign manufacturers to get shipments into the US

Regardless, parents struggling to feed their babies feel like the Administration 'just forgot' about the crisis

Amber Bergeron, who took to Facebook about the hardships of finding formula for her preemie twins, has described the ongoing crisis as 'disgusting,' noting she is 'sure these politicians' babies eat

Chris Arroyo, whose daughter needs a speciality formula, said he is frustrated that the Administration keeps giving families the vague timeline of 'upcoming weeks' when discussing solutions to the ongoing shortage

This woman's story is just horrifying.

No wonder the Oligarchy's Propaganda Media has stopped covering this story.

Amber Bergeron, a mother of four, has premature twins who require a more rare formula based on their dietary needs. She joined "Fox & Friends First" to provide her take on how the White House has handled the ongoing crisis.

"Honestly, from the American perspective, we don't matter," Bergeron told co-host Todd Piro. "They forgot about us. I understand we should be a charitable country, yes, but to what extent? American babies need help right now."

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"There was one point where Storm ended up having to not get the formula because I couldn't find it anywhere," Bergeron said. "And I had to make the decision that no mother should make, which one of my babies is going to get the nutrients they need today, which one? That shouldn't be any type of decision."

That is truly horrible.

But USAToday asks: Why do all these terrible things keep happening to Joe Biden?

It's like we Fortified an Election and all we got are these stupid novelty t-shirts.

Olympic legend Michael Johnson has been accused of being a racist because he questioned the official timing on a black woman's track event. He specifically challenged the way the official time in a race had been favorably rounded for the runner, giving her a record.

Is Michael Johnson a racist?

I hate to say it, but I'm pretty sure he is.

Sounds like just another alt-right White Supremacist giving us a stream of QAnon Conspiracy Theories and Trump Lies to justify his racism. Next thing you know, he'll be quoting the Klan, telling us that people should be judged on their character, not their color.

Take your cancellation and just kill yourself, Racist. We don't want your toxicity poisoning the community of compassion and charity we're building.

The "journalist" who infamously reported on the "fiery but mostly peaceful protests" in Kenosha, Wisconsin has been given an Emmy nomination for his outstanding work in service of The Regime because The Regime rewards its most shameless toadies.

The CNN journalist best known for reporting from the burning scene of "fiery but mostly peaceful protests" following the justified non-fatal police shooting of armed sexual-assault suspect Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., has been nominated for an Emmy award.

CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was one of five nominees in the "Outstanding Emerging Journalist" category. A Washington Free Beacon analysis determined that the word "emerging" is a euphemism for "non-white." Other nominees included Anna Kook of Al Jazeera Plus, the controversial media outlet funded by Qatari oligarchs, and Vice correspondent Paola Ramos, a "Latinx Communications Strategist" who worked on Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign in 2016.

Carol Roth @caroljsroth -There will be no inflation -Inflation is transitory -Inflation is good for you -Inflation only hurts the rich -Inflation is consumers' fault -Inflation is greedy biz's fault -Inflation is Putin's fault -Recessions mean something else! -Breadlines are a great way to meet people

Putin is cutting the supply of gas to Europe.

Putin's new gas squeeze condemns Europe to recession and a hard winter of rationing

* Germany, the regions' largest economy and traditional growth driver, has a particular reason to worry.

*It's largely reliant on Russian gas and is sliding toward a recession.

* The possibility of a recession in Europe now seems "clear-cut," Citi economists and strategists said in a note Tuesday.

Oh? The definition of a recession is still "clear-cut" in Europe, is it?

How nice for them that they haven't had the benefit of the Oligarch Media's Orwellian redefinition of All the Words.

Europe's descent into an economic contraction looks to have been confirmed with Russia squeezing natural gas supplies to the region and heavy industry facing tough rationing in the coming months.

Just days after Europeans breathed a sigh of relief as Russian gas giant Gazprom announced it would resume supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, it then announced Monday that flows would be reduced yet again.

The announcement, with Gazprom saying it would be for maintenance of a turbine along the pipeline, was greeted with incredulity and condemnation in Europe.

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the move -- which will see flows to Germany fall to 20% of its capacity from an already low level of 40% -- was tantamount to a "gas war" with Europe. Germany's economy minister, Robert Habeck, said the excuse that maintenance was the reason for the supply cut was a "farce."

Ben Domenech was responding to someone who made the (false) claim that Republicans -- rather than Charles Schumer -- held up health care funding for veterans sickened by burn-pits.

Lucas Kunce @LucasKunceMO

What's horseshit is when people like you act like some archaic Senate procedure is more important than health care for our veterans. I got sent to Iraq and Afghanistan, so I'll be damned if some Bush White House toady is going to lecture me about democracy.

All the NPC progs were repeating this lie because their Coding was updated by lies from their thought-leader, the superficial clown Jon Stewart.

He chose an edgy way to express his rejection of this claim.

Ben Domenech @bdomenech

I don't think we needed to pay you to travel across the world and murder brown people, Lucas. You should probably send that money back.

This led to Adam Kinzinger entering the fray.

Adam Kinzinger @AdamKinzinger

There are moments i really with i could say much more. But this piece of human garbage @bdomenech is married to John McCains daughter and just said military people murder brown people, re burn pits. Trumpism destroys souls. F you Ben. I wish i could see you in person now...

Oooh what a big tough manly fellow. Are you going to cry, Adam?

When NeverTrumpers fight, angels giggle and high-five.

Thouands of voters are leaving the Democrat Party in Pennsylvania. "No one is sure why," this "journalist" says.

Oooh, ooh! Pick me! Pick me!

A significant number of voters in Western Pennsylvania are leaving the Democratic Party to become Republicans ahead of the 2022 midterms, a trend that's taken shape over several years and has both parties split on what the reason for the pattern is.

From Jan. 1 to July 25, more than 8,100 Democrats changed their voter registration to Republican in Allegheny County and the adjacent Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Washington and Westmoreland counties., according to Pennsylvania Department of State data.

Less than a third of that number -- 2,500 -- made the change in the opposite direction, and Republicans have held a similar advantage in persuading independents and third-party registrants to come aboard.

It's part of a statewide trend that's seen upwards of 38,000 Democrats switch parties this year, while only about 12,000 former Republicans are now Democrats.

Republicans say this is all part of their plan: cash in on what they see as Democratic elites failing their longtime voters, becoming too radical for the mainstream and making the GOP seem like a safe haven for commonsense policies.

Speaking of:

Via John Sexton, the New York Times report that elite Democrat strategists gathered last week to plot how to convince the plebians that they weren't elite.

They had the perfect patroness for such a we're-not-elite conclave of scheming -- an oil heiress.

Leah Hunt-Hendrix, an oil heiress turned liberal activist, organized the event with Adam Jentleson, a former top aide to Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader and senator from Nevada who died last year.

Jentleson, who now runs a progressive communications strategy firm called Battle Born Collective along with Tre Easton, said in an interview, "Democrats must find a more effective way to meet working-class voters where they are, and channel their very real anger -- or else Republicans will."

Oh I've got the perfect plan: More puberty blockers for third graders! More drag queens for church!

This happened back in April, though it only seems to be getting coverage now.

Students from the Grace High School were required to attend.

Joe Rogan -- who may be a meathead, but he's no idiot -- makes a good point: If lefties would shriek and even demand arrest warrants if a teacher attempted to convince a gay or trans kid he was actually straight or "cis," then it must work both ways. We cannot have teachers and government officials attempting to groom straight and "cis" kids into being gay or trans.

Or else: It's time for some gay-to-straight conversion therapy in the schools, too.

I mean, how do they know they're gay? Maybe if we just expose them to hardcore straight propaganda every day, they'll change their minds and give Straight a chance.

Maybe we can even form secret clubs where we recruit gay and trans kids to show their "allyship" with straight and "cis" kids, huh?

Via Instapundit: Ding dong ditch.

posted by Ace at 06:22 PM

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