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Biden claimed that he ran a "scandal-free campaign."

Apart from some of the biggest lies in American political history, one about his mental capacity to do the job, and one about his disgusting traitor son collecting foreign bribes for the Big Guy's accounts.

Jake Schneider @jacobkschneider

BIDEN: "We've run a campaign that's basically scandal free. That's hard to do in American politics."

(Except covering up his obvious cognitive decline, peddling his family's influence, hiding classified documents, etc etc etc)

Video of Biden nap-lying and snooze-perjuring here.

Democrat billionaire mega-donor Reid Hoffman: I'm afraid that Trump might weaponize the government against the wrong targets (such as myself).

Suddenly the weaponization of government isn't a Cheapfake, but a National Cause for Concern.

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman said he's worried President-elect Donald Trump will have the Internal Revenue Service subject him to an audit or have the government deny him contracts as retribution for his support for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Hoffman, whose net worth was valued by Forbes at $2.6 billion as of Monday, told "The Diary of a CEO" podcast on Monday that he is bracing for "personal and political retaliation because I tried to help Harris get elected."

"I think that there's a greater than 50% chance that there will be repercussions from a misdirection and corruption of the institutions of state to respond to my having tried to help Harris get elected," Hoffman told podcast host Steven Bartlett.

Trump allies and budget hawks are calling for the repeal of the Impoundment Control Act, which stops the president from cancelling wasteful spending.

House GOP allies of President-elect Donald Trump are pushing for him to have greater control over Congress' annual government spending process next year.

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is introducing a bill on Monday that would repeal a measure that forces the president to direct the federal government to spend the full amount of money allocated by Congress every year.

Clyde told Fox News Digital on Thursday that he also plans to introduce the bill in the next Congress, when Republicans control the House, Senate and White House -- and that the issue is already being discussed in Trump's circle.

"That was certainly a topic that was brought up" with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk when they were on Capitol Hill earlier this month to discuss the Department of Government Efficiency, Clyde said.

"They're in favor of it, because how can you be efficient and not have the ability to reduce spending? You simply can't."

He also told a small group of reporters earlier this month that incoming Trump Office Of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought "is very much in favor of this."

The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 was passed during the Nixon administration and aimed at stopping the president from having unilateral say over government spending.

Currently, a president must get congressional approval to rescind any funding that has been allocated for a certain year. The funds in question can be held for up to 45 days while the request gets processed.

"I think the authority is very, very important for the president to exercise," Clyde said. "Ever since Congress introduced that act, you've seen spending literally spiraling upwards. And that's just not good for our country."

posted by Ace at 06:15 PM

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