Archive for 2023

I THINK THEY’RE MISUNDERSTANDING THE DEMAND FOR HELICOPTERS, IS ALL:  The Calls to Drop Kamala Harris in 2024 Are Growing.

On the serious side, drop Kamala and leave … Biden? Let’s face it, neither of them functions.

SHE’S NOT WRONG:

OPEN THREAD: Do that comment voodoo that you do so well.

HE JUST WANTS TO DATE HER: GOP Senator Josh Hawley channels his inner AOC with new nanny-state credit card proposal.

With Republicans like this, who needs Democrats?

The days where Republicans stood for free markets and limited government are over, at least as far as one Missouri senator is concerned. Senator Josh Hawley just introduced legislation that closely mirrors a plan by far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and would have the government dictate citizens’ financial decisions.

Hawley’s new bill would set a legal cap on the interest rate credit card companies can charge consumers, permitting them to charge 18% annualized and no more. The senator cites mounting credit card debt and describes this proposal as a “fair” and “common-sense” plan intended to give “the working class a chance.”

“We have a long history in this country of statutes, at the state and a federal level, that prevent what we used to call usury – an old-fashioned word for ripping off working people,” Hawley told RealClearPolitics, “and we need to get back to it.”

There are so many problems with this nanny-state proposal that it’s hard to know where to start.

Not least of which is that it’s Bernie Sanders approved as well: Josh Hawley Denounces ‘Usury,’ Follows AOC And Bernie Sanders With Proposed Cap On Credit Card Interest.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Is this Georgia Southern class real, or a parody? And who can tell, anymore?

QUESTION ASKED: Dems Prepping for a New Veep? Pelosi Repeatedly Refuses to Say Harris Is Old Joe’s Best Running Mate.

Nancy Pelosi (D-Smirnoff) is no longer speaker of the House, at least for the moment, but there is no doubt that the octogenarian insider trader still wields considerable influence within the party of madness and treason, popularly known as “the Democrats.” And so it was by no means a trivial incident on Wednesday when Pelosi refused to affirm that Kamala Harris was the best running mate for Old Joe Biden. Could the party of Antifa and drag queens be preparing to throw Kamala under the bus and bring in someone who can more plausibly serve as president once Old Joe finally gives up his act and stops pretending to be the man in charge? It’s entirely possible.

On CNN, Anderson Cooper asked Pelosi what should have been a softball question, a prelude to Queen Absolut praising The Cackler to the skies and reassuring the American people about what a noble, inspiring leader the Figurehead-In-Waiting really is. Cooper’s question: “Is Vice President Harris the best running mate for this president?” But instead of taking the cue to gush over Kamala, Pelosi responded: “He thinks so. And that’s what matters.”

Jamie Raskin goes even further:

And this is what they’re telling CNN:

She’ll always have The View, though: ‘We’re Not Interchangeable!’ Sunny Hostin Says Biden Will Lose Black Vote If He Ditches Harris As VP.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

Plus:

SPEAKER MCCARTHY HUMILIATES REPORTER IN TENSE EXCHANGE ABOUT BIDEN IMPEACHMENT:

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy brutally savaged a reporter who questioned if there was any evidence to warrant an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. There are almost no words to describe how comical this is, as if there was any evidence to support the impeachment of former President Donald Trump. There was no evidence of Russian collusion, which turned out to be a hoax, the real big lie, and nothing to support the equally shoddy quid pro quo allegation regarding Ukraine aid and investigations into the Biden family.

The best part of this exchange is that he gets this reporter to admit that there’s evidence of wrongdoing, at least enough to warrant an inquiry:

As Ed Morrissey writes, “They’ve found nearly 200 Suspicious Activity Reports from Treasury adding up to at least $10 million that were laundered through 20 LLCs or more controlled by Bidens while the Bidens never explained what that money bought, but sure @AP, go with ‘without evidence.'”