THE BIDEN INVASION - Health inspections for foreign nationals entering our country illegally have gone out the window. That's enabled the importation of many diseases which affect livestock and other agricultural output, and already these things are happening. Legal immigrants and even returning U.S. citizens must pass these inspections to protect the U.S. food supply. But under Joe Biden's catch-and-release, illegals are exempt from such cumbersome requirements. MONICA SHOWALTER
Former late-night host Jon Stewart made his first-ever Twitter post Thursday to voice support for WallStreetBets and the populist wave of investors fighting hedge funds over shares of GameStop, Nokia, BlackBerry, and other highly-shorted companies.
“This is bullshit,” Stewart wrote. “The Redditors aren’t cheating, they’re joining a party Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years. Don’t shut them down…maybe sue them for copyright infringement instead!!”
“We’ve learned nothing from 2008,” the former Daily Show host added, before signing off:”Love, StewBeef.”
This is bullshit. The Redditors aren't cheating, they're joining a party Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years. Don't shut them down…maybe sue them for copyright infringement instead!! We've learned nothing from 2008. Love StewBeef
Before the platform verified his account, his former colleague Stephen Colbert boosted the post, confirming Stewart’s identity — as the account did not use his full name or likeness — by writing, “a friend of mine joined Twitter.”
Well, one thing changed since 2008- a friend of mine joined Twitter. https://t.co/XowK9xXu4D
During his Daily Show tenure, Stewart famously castigated CNBC’s Jim Cramer for financial media’s excesses before the Great Recession. Stewart somehow neglected to invite his brother — Larry Leibowitz, an executive for the New York Stock Exchange at the height of the bubble and through the subsequent crash — onto his show for public shaming.
It seems likely that Stewart will be seen more often on Twitter in the coming months when his new politics show debuts on Apple TV+ this year. It will be the first time he has been back on TV regularly since leaving Comedy Central in 2015.
Since leaving The Daily Show, Stewart has spent a lot of his time advocating for the families of 9/11 first responders. In July, for instance, attended the ceremony for the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund, a cause he had worked hard to get passed.
Stewart also celebrated the release of Irresistible, the second feature film he wrote and directed, which starred actor Steve Carell and portrayed the Democratic party as hopelessly elitist and desperate to ingratiate itself with everyday Americans at any cost.
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) said this week that he is considering running for governor of Texas in 2022.
“You know what, it’s something I’m going to think about,” he commented during an interview this week on Texas radio station KLAQ, Fox 26 reported Friday.
O’Rourke said Texas had “suffered perhaps more than any other” during the pandemic and also accused Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) of “complete indifference” to helping local leaders during that time.
“I want to make sure that we have someone in the highest office in our state to make sure that all of us are okay,” the 48-year-old said.
“Whether I’m a candidate for governor or I support someone who’s a candidate for governor, I want to make sure that we have excellence in leadership and that excellence goes to every single part of the state, including ours,” he continued.
Despite the criticism, Abbott announced last week that Texas had administered over 100,000 vaccines in one day “for the first time.”
“Vaccine volumes are expected to continue to increase. Our providers are not only working faster, they are also covering more regions in the state,” he wrote on Twitter:
Today, Texas administered more than 100,000 vaccines in a single day for the first time.
Vaccine volumes are expected to continue to increase.
Our providers are not only working faster, they are also covering more regions in the state.
The news follows last week’s announcement from the governor and Health Department, which celebrated a major milestone: the Lone Star State became the first state to vaccinate one million people. The state hit the marker “exactly one month to the day after the first doses arrived at vaccine providers in the state on December 14,” Abbott’s office said in a press release containing his statement on the achievement.
The announcement added that Texas chose to prioritize residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, frontline healthcare workers, seniors, and those with chronic medical conditions.
In response to the idea of O’Rourke joining the race, Abbott’s political strategist, Dave Carney, said, “I certainly would love to run against him,” he noted, adding, “The guy couldn’t get elected dog catcher.”