Friday, December 3, 2021

BLAME HIS CORRUPTNESS, SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ? - Sanctuary State New Jersey: Illegal Alien Charged with Raping Pre-Teen

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An illegal alien has been arrested after allegedly raping a pre-teen on multiple occasions in the sanctuary state of New Jersey, which shields criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation.


Sanctuary State New Jersey: Illegal Alien Charged with Raping Pre-Teen

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An illegal alien has been arrested after allegedly raping a pre-teen on multiple occasions in the sanctuary state of New Jersey, which shields criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation.

Victor Chitay, a 37-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested and charged in Bergen County, New Jersey, on three counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, one count of second-degree sexual assault by contact, and one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

According to police, Chitay allegedly raped a child under the age of 13 on a number of occasions. Chitay has been working as a roofer.

“An investigation was initiated by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Bergenfield Police Department,” police said in a press release. “During the investigation, it was determined that the victim was sexually assaulted by Victory Chitay on more than one occasion.”

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has asked Bergen County law enforcement officials to transfer Chitay to their custody if he is released from local custody at any time.

Chitay is being held at the Bergen County Jail.

The alleged sexual assault is only the latest crime allegedly committed by an illegal alien in the sanctuary state of New Jersey. Weeks ago, an illegal alien was arrested in Jackson Township after allegedly attempting to lure a 13-year-old girl into his vehicle.

In October, an illegal alien was charged with shaking a baby unconscious, and another illegal alien, in May, was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for killing 24-year-old Frankie Hensley.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.

JOE BIDEN CAN'T EVEN BE TRUTHFUL WHEN HE'S LYING ABOUT BIDENOMICS - Job Creators Network Blasts Biden’s ‘Misleading’ Economy Speech: Millions Out of Work, Inflation Wiping Out Wage Growth, Gas Prices Spiking

 

Job Creators Network Blasts Biden’s ‘Misleading’ Economy Speech: Millions Out of Work, Inflation Wiping Out Wage Growth, Gas Prices Spiking

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the November jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House on December 03, 2021 in Washington, DC. According to the U.S. Labor Department, the economy added 210,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell …
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Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators Network, called out President Joe Biden over his speech on the economy following the November jobs report. Ortiz said Biden’s speech is evidence of the “complete delusion concerning the actual state of the economy.”

“Biden continually pats himself on the back as if he’s delivering new levels of American prosperity, when in reality he inherited one of the strongest V-shaped recoveries in modern history, and his administration has failed to come close to returning the thriving pre-pandemic economy we once had,” Ortiz said.

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Ortiz put forth some sobering economic data, that Biden omitted, in what he called a “reality check” for the president.

“Biden touted the ‘significant improvement’ in created jobs since he took office, yet chooses to ignore the fact that we are still 4 million jobs behind pre-pandemic numbers. Today’s jobs report showed there are still 6.9 million Americans unemployed. The number of those who currently want to work but can’t find work is a stagging 5.9 million. It’s worth noting, the Bureau of Labor Statistics does NOT count those 5.9 million looking for work among the 6.9 million currently unemployed since they are actively looking for a job.”

“Biden also implied that American wages are up, even after accounting for rising prices. That is factually not true. Today’s jobs report shows that average wages increased by 4.8% year over year. Yet inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is increasing by 6.2% year over year. American’s are making less because of the ‘Biden Pay Cut,'” Ortiz said.

A recent Gallup survey shines light on the pain inflation is inflicting on millions of Americans. The survey said 45 percent of American households are experiencing some degree of financial hardship due to inflation. Lower-income households are being hit the hardest.

Ortiz continued:

Another area that Biden gave himself an undeserved pat on the back for was a ‘significant’ decrease in the price of gas. The DCCC recently put out a misleading graph, thanking Biden for what looks like a large decline in gas prices since releasing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The graph, which measured prices in increments of $0.005, was meant to look impressive but showed the price of gas has only gone down by 2 cents. The CPI shows that the price of gas is up 50% over the last year, and the cost of oil to heat homes has risen nearly 60%. Not what I or any American would call ‘significant.’

“When discussing his Build Back Better bill, Biden repeated his misleading promise not to raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000 a year. This promise has already been broken if you consider the impact of inflation that acts as a regressive tax on ordinary earners and entrepreneurs,” Ortiz said. “Even the left-wing Tax Policy Center projects that 20 to 30 percent of middle-class Americans, including small business owners who file as pass-throughs, will see their taxes increase under his plan.”

“Today’s press conference was a stark reminder of how disconnected Biden is from economic reality. It isn’t surprising that a man who spent nearly a half-decade in politics can recite liberal rhetoric from a teleprompter while being oblivious to the impact of his administration’s ‘War on Small Business.’”

Jerome Hudson is Breitbart News Entertainment Editor and author of the book 50 Things They Don’t Want You to Know About Trump. Order your copy today. Follow Jerome Hudson on Twitterinstagram, and Parlor @jeromeehudson

World’s Largest Shipping Company Hits Record Profits, Pays $80M in Bonuses

The container ship Maersk Batam, registered and sailing under the flag of Singapore, is loaded before setting sail at the Port of Southampton, on the south coast of England, on March 5, 2021. - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced in his annual budget on March 3, 2021, …
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A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest shipping company, announced Wednesday it would pay $1,000 bonuses to each of its 80,000 employees after projecting a record $17 billion in profits for 2021.

Those soaring profits were due, in no small part, to the skyrocketing costs of shipping from this year’s massive supply disruptions.

Bloomberg News reported seeing a Maersk internal memo that said bonuses would be paid to all employees in their December or January paychecks except the top 400 management staffers, who have their own bonus program.

“In a massive team effort our colleagues across the globe have risen beyond the call of duty to respond to our customers’ needs. And this has not been easy given the unknowns and disruptions that we had to deal with, the impacted supply chains, congestions, and capacity shortages,” CEO Soren Skou said in the memo.

Bloomberg recalled Maersk paying a similar bonus to most of its staff in 2020, when the company emerged from several years of losses to post a $2.9 billion profit. The company just posted the best third quarter in its 117-year history.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - JULY 29: The Maersk Idaho container ship is shown at the Port of Houston Authority on July 29, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Port of Houston has halted operations at two of its container terminals after a reported failure of computer devices. The Port of Houston is one of the world's largest ports on the Gulf Coast and ranks 6th overall for containers held. The shutdown in Houston is another strain contributing to pandemic-related commercial disruptions, as well as a recent surge in demand for consumer goods due to the phased re-opening across the U.S. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The Maersk Idaho container ship is shown at the Port of Houston Authority on July 29, 2021 in Houston, Texas.  (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

 

Maersk projected record year-end profits at the beginning of November and also predicted the supply-chain chaos that created so much hard work for its employees – and left the company’s coffers bulging – would continue through at least the first quarter of 2022.

Maersk chairman Jim Snabe anticipated this week that the supply crisis would last until the middle of next year.

“You have higher demand and lower capacity, not because we don’t have enough vessels, but because they are not sailing because of congestion. We have to balance that out. We think this will happen somewhere mid-next year, but maybe not before,” he explained.

Snabe, who also chairs the German mega-conglomerate Siemens, promised that both companies would “deliver” throughout the crisis, and both have the resources to meet rising demand for numerous goods spurred by the great international transition to working at home.

Maersk also credited a ten-percent surge in demand from American, European, and Asian customers for its 500 percent increase in revenue, but exploding costs for shipping containers clearly took center stage. On some routes, the cost of a shipping container has increased by over 700 percent in the past 18 months.

Maersk has primarily been known for ocean shipping, but in November it announced it will purchase a German company called Senator International with extensive air and rail capacity, plus much-needed warehouse space and distribution capacity. Senator International’s existing business model took a hit when chip shortages slowed down production by German automakers, who were among its top customers.

“By strengthening our footprint within air freight, we become a sizable player able to add even more flexibility to our customers’ supply chains and further support their needs for truly integrated logistics across ocean, air, and landside,” Maersk said.

Senator International noted when announcing the acquisition that its air freight capabilities would help Maersk appeal to pharmaceutical clients and tech companies.

Bidenflation Friday: Shoppers Expected to Pay Up to 17% More For Toys, Clothing, TVs, and Other Gifts

Gingrich Stole Christmas Original: WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: U.S. President Joe Biden takes off his face mask as he arrives to deliver remarks on his administration’s COVID-19 response and vaccination program from the State Dining Room of the White House on September 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden …
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Black Friday shoppers may experience sticker shock this year.

Prices of toys, clothing, electronics, computers, and televisions are expected to be between five and 17 percent higher this year than last year. That’s because discounts are being put on prices already pushed higher because of inflation.  Also, retailers not discounting as deeply as they have in the past. Many items that in the past might have been marked down 50 percent or more will see 20 percent off sales this year.

Televisions, which had been falling in price for years, are up sharply this year. The Labor Department said its index of consumer prices for televisions is up 10.4 percent compared with last year.

Overall, consumer prices on durable goods are up 13.2 percent compared with 12-months earlier. Clothing prices are up 4.3 percent. Jewelry is up 7.5 percent. Computers, tablets, and smart home assistant prices are up 8.4 percent.

The Associated Press reports:

Buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings, customers are returning to stores and splurging on all types of items. But the spike has also resulted in limited selection across the board as suppliers and retailers have been caught flat-footed.

Shortages of shipping containers and truckers have delayed deliveries while inflation continues to creep. The combination of not finding the right item at the right price — in addition to a labor shortage that makes it more difficult for businesses to respond to customers — could make for a less festive mood.

At Macy’s Herald Square store in Manhattan, shelves were stocked and shoppers were steadily streaming in at 6:30 am, a half-hour after the doors opened.

Aniva Pawlowski got to Macy’s just ahead of the 6 a.m. opening with plans to buy shoes and coats. Shopping on Thanksgiving Day had been a family tradition, but she stayed home last year and just shopped online. Worries about shortages drove the New Yorker to shop in person and she plans to spend about $1,000 on holiday shopping, similar to years past, even though she’s concerned about rising costs for gas and food.

“Everything is expensive,” she said.

Shoppers are expected to pay on average between 5 percent to 17 percent more for toys, clothing, appliances, TVs and others purchases on Black Friday this year compared with last year, according to Aurelien Duthoit, senior sector advisor at Allianz Research, with the biggest price increases on TVs. That’s because whatever discounts available will be applied to goods that already cost more.

“I think it is going to be a messy holiday season,” said Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail. ”It will be a bit frustrating for retailers, consumers and the workers. We are going to see long lines. We are going to see messier stores. We are going to see delays as you collect online orders.”

Big retailers have been preparing for the holiday season, trying to find workarounds to supply chain hold-ups. Some of the biggest U.S. retailers are rerouting goods to less congested ports, even chartering their own vessels.

“We are deep and we are ready,” Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette told The Associated Press, noting inventory levels are up 20 percent compared to last year. “We are in good shape.”

While Black Friday has a stronghold on Americans’ imaginations as a day of crazed shopping, it has lost stature over the last decade as stores opened on Thanksgiving and shopping shifted to Amazon and other online retailers. Stores diluted the day’s importance further by advertising Black Friday sales on more and more days.

The pandemic led many retailers to close stores on Thanksgiving Day and push discounts on their websites, starting as early as October. That’s continuing this year, although there are deals in stores as well.

Still, some experts believe Black Friday will again be the busiest shopping day this year.

Crowds at Macy’s were higher in the first few hours of their 6 a.m. opening compared with last year, while online sales were strong, CEO Gennette said.

Carol Claridge of Bourne, England, has been coming to New York for Thanksgiving-week shopping for 15 years, but skipped it last year because of the pandemic. The U.S. reopened to travelers from the U.K. earlier in November when it lifted pandemic travel bans.

“We had to wait a long time to do this,” said Claridge, who was looking at beauty gift sets on the first floor of Macy’s with a friend. “We are picking up anything we see that we like. We call it our annual shopping outing.”

U.S. retail sales, excluding auto and gas, from this past Monday through Sunday are expected to increase 10 percent from last year and 12 percent from the 2019 holiday season, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures overall retail sales across all payment types. Sales on Black Friday are expected to surge 20 percent from a year ago as store traffic comes back.

Online shopping remains huge, and sales online are expected to rise 7 percent for the week after the massive 46 percent gain a year ago, when many shoppers stayed home, according to Mastercard. For the overall holiday season, online sales should increase 10 percent from a year ago, compared with a 33 percent increase last year, according to Adobe Digital Economy Index.

For the November and December period, the National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, predicts that sales will increase between 8.5 percent and 10.5 percent. Holiday sales increased about 8 percent in 2020 when shoppers, locked down during the early part of the pandemic, spent their money on pajamas and home goods.

Carney: Bidenflation Concealed an October Decline in Factory Orders

US President Joe Biden speaks before signing bills at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2021. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Orders for manufactured goods rose 1 percent in October, the Commerce Department said Friday.

That beat the consensus estimate for a 0.4 percent rise and has led to lots of cheery headlines about the economy recovering despite the disappointing jobs numbers in November. The estimated decline in durable goods orders was moderated from 0.5 percent to 0.4 percent.

Unfortunately, the news is considerably less positive than the headlines suggest. Once inflation is taken into account, it appears that real durable goods orders declined in October.

If we look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ ‘Processed Goods for Intermediate Demand’ price index, we find that prices of factory goods jumped 2.1 percent in October. This suggests that when measured in terms of the quantity of output, factor orders declined 1.1 percent in October. And inflation-adjusted durable goods orders fell 2.5 percent.

The same goes for shipments. The dollar value of shipments in October rose 1.6 percent. That too is less than the increase in prices, suggesting that fewer goods were shipped in October than the month prior.

In other words, the October growth was largely an illusion created by inflation. Adjusted for price changes, factory activity slowed in October.

Labor Secretary Walsh: November Jobs Report ‘Doesn’t Necessarily Disappointment Me Because I’m Looking at the Whole Picture’

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Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Friday reacted to the month of November’s jobs report showing the economy added only 210,00 jobs, and the unemployment rate sank to 4.2%.

Economists had forecast 545,000 jobs added and an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Walsh told Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Company” that he wasn’t disappointed in the weaker than expected numbers because he was “looking at the whole picture.”

“I mean, it doesn’t necessarily disappoint me because I’m looking at the whole picture here,” Walsh outlined. “And you think about since President Biden has taken office, nearly 6 million jobs have been added, our unemployment rate dropped to 4.2%, 2% lower than when he took office. So, you know, we still have a ways to go when we think about getting people back to work, but our recovery is happening, and it’s happening in a strong manner. You talk to CEOs. You talk to people around the country. They feel good. Obviously, there’s jobs that we have to really focus on and create better opportunities.”

“I was out in California this week, earlier, and I was at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach and looking at the supply chain issues and really seeing, you know, what, if the breakdowns are there, and one of the things we have to do is really train and prepare more truck drivers,” he continued. “I mean, one of the issues is trucking, and that’s a big issue in our country, so we have to do some work there.”

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Bidenflation And Broken Supply Chains Afflicted The Services Sector in November

U.S. President Joe Biden listens during the first North American Leaders’ Summit (NALS) since 2016 in the East Room at the White House November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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The services sector is under severe stress from inflation and supply chain disarray, data from an industry survey showed Friday.

The Institute for Supply Management said Friday that the deliveries component of its purchase manager index for the services sector registered 75.7 for the second consecutive month. That is the second highest reading on record. The highest was April 2020, when many businesses were temporarily shutdown altogether. A higher reading on the index indicates slower deliveries.

Perhaps counter-intuitively, slower deliveries actually count as a positive contribution to the ISM’s overall PMI reading. That’s because longer-delivery times can be an indication of strong demand for services. In November, the overall reading rose to 69.1, far exceeding even the top of the range of estimates. The consensus forecast was for a reading of 65, which would have been a bit below October’s reading.

The Backlog of Orders Index registered 65.9 percent, 1.4 percentage points lower than October’s all-time high reading of 67.3 percent. That is also likely an indication of supply chain problems that pushes up the overall PMI score.

The Prices Index reached its third-highest reading ever at 82.3 percent, down 0.6 percentage point from the October figure. All 18 services industries reported an increase in prices paid during the month of November. Inflation too pushes up the index.

Nearly all commodities used by the services sector were up in price, with the exception of latex gloves and lumber.

Services businesses continue to struggle replenishing inventories, as the inventory and inventory sentiment gauges stayed in contraction or ‘too low’ territory in November, according to ISM.

In short, although demand remains strong, the record high score for November’s PMI is also a reflection of inflation and supply chain problems for the services sector.

 

 IS JOE BIDEN THE MOST CORRUPT POLITICIAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY?


50 YEARS OF INFLUENCE PEDDLING AND BRIBES SUCKING BY THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY.


LYING LAWYER LIES FOR LAWYER JOE BIDEN AND HIS CRIME FAMILY

Jim Jordan: Americans must know this about Hunter Biden




AND HIS LIES JUST KEPT POURING OUT!

Biden lied when he denied knowledge of Hunter’s businesses deals: Devine


Naïve American people had no idea what they were getting with Biden: A senile, corrupt, debauched old man with a son who was a conduit for his dirty dealings and who has a personal life so disgusting it’s hard to write about it. That’s what the American media and the tech tyrants have done to America. ANDREA WIDBURG

New Hunter Biden revelation undermines president's comments: Turley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCk4RlPkFSQ

Bidens of all sorts are under federal investigation for tax evasion, money-laundering, and unregistered agent foreign ties, as this Politico report citing Hunter notes.

Biden lied when he denied knowledge of Hunter’s businesses deals: Devine

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680-KEfZuT8

Joe Concha blasts media over Hunter Biden diamond scandal: 'He is untouchable'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L80nVRtiUoc

New details further link Hunter Biden to China’s payroll

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgVOirLNWpw

I'm Going To Highlight A New Hunter Biden Record...': Grassley Goes After POTUS Son On Senate Floor

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_UrM8TvGE

This is Biden's biggest problem: Steve Moore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqP7hPQACFA

HUNTER AND JOE BIDEN: CHINA'S RENT BOYS!

Hunter Biden will be a top priority for Republicans: Rep. Comer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AumMMgIGNs'

'The Five' knock Biden for reassuring Dems he's running for reelection

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0zYoaV9VOs

America sees two weak leaders in the White House: Mercedes Schlapp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVL-8P82_20

 Naïve American people had no idea what they were getting with Biden: A senile, corrupt, debauched old man with a son who was a conduit for his dirty dealings and who has a personal life so disgusting it’s hard to write about it. That’s what the American media and the tech tyrants have done to America. ANDREA WIDBURG


New Hunter Biden revelation undermines president's comments: Turley

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCk4RlPkFSQ

Bidens of all sorts are under federal investigation for tax evasion, money-laundering, and unregistered agent foreign ties, as this Politico report citing Hunter notes.

THE BIDEN KLEPTOCRACY

 

RIDING THE DRAGON: The Bidens' Chinese Secrets (Full Documentary)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRmlcEBAiIs

 

Chris Hedges: How Republicans, Democrats, and the Media Have Weakened US Democracy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2jyzp09_g8

 

Schweizer: ‘It’s Going to Be Business as Usual’ for Hunter’s Dealings

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/01/20/schweizer-its-going-to-be-business-as-usual-for-hunters-dealings/

 

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On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer said he reads President Biden’s statements about his son Hunter’s deals as a declaration that “it’s going to be business as usual in the Biden administration as far as these deals are concerned.”

Schweizer said, “Joe Biden has said there are going to be no sketchy overseas deals during his second term. Here’s the problem: He does not believe that the early deals that Hunter was involved in, the China deal, Burisma, he’s never described those as sketchy. So, I read that as saying, it’s going to be business as usual in the Biden administration as far as these deals are concerned.”

Corrupti-looza: Biden family wastes no time profiting from public office

By Monica Showalter

In one-party states such as the old PRI-ruled Mexico, the stealing tended to start late. Before a Mexican president was escorted out for the next, he and his would sweep the presidential palace for everything not nailed down -- the lightbulbs, the toilet seats, the doorknobs and more. There were exceptions, but it was generally the known narrative. In more than one Latin American country, the last-minute asset grab on the way out actually had a name -- "La Pinata." After all, as former PRI mayor of Mexico City, Carlos Hank Gonzalez, used to say: "A politician who's poor is a poor politician." 

Which brings us to Joe Biden, and his family's unusually fast scramble to profit from his public office right out the gate.

Son Hunter still has his 10% China equity fund stake, contrary to what had been reported, and a new art gig just perfect for bringing in money from non-transparent sources, as the New York Post, in this excellent report notes, all because his blow-pipe 'art' done as his personal art therapy is somehow so very valuable. 

Brother Frank, meanwhile, is advertising his connections to old Joe for Florida law firm he's connected with, using Joe's name in a bid to drum up business. As New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin reported:

The latest sordid example involves one of Joe’s younger brothers, Frank Biden, appearing in a Florida law firm’s ad — on Inauguration Day no less. The ad used the president’s name to draw attention to the Berman Law Group’s class-action suit against sugar cane growers.

“The two Biden brothers have long held a commitment to pushing environmental issues to the forefront,” says the ad. “The president-elect has vowed to rejoin the Paris Agreement and wants to set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets.”

The ad, first reported by CNBC, appeared in the Daily Business Review and carried a picture of Frank Biden and quotes him saying, “My brother is a model for how to go about doing this work.”

How touching. And shameless. 

Brother James hasn't changed any, still under federal investigation for a hospital company that feds say isn't being run properly. 

Bidens of all sorts are under federal investigation for tax evasion, money-laundering, and unregistered agent foreign ties, as this Politico report citing Hunter notes.

And it seems to be having a knock-on effect as Vice President Kamala Harris's stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, an art student (which generally isn't the most employable of professions), has suddenly gotten a fancy modeling contract, to be a 'style icon,' which hadn't been her forte until the establishment noticed she was close to power. Now they're gushing about her, selling her as stylish as emperor's new clothes. Kamala Harris, meanwhile, might just owe someone a favor. 

It's happening, Goodwin observes, because the Bidens have been doing it for decades, and never with any consequences. Now that Joe's 'the big guy' and not a mere vice president, for them it's all the better.

Which is true enough as far as it goes, but still doesn't entirely explain the speed of the influence-peddling and pocket-lining -- why, contrary to the Mexican and Latin American model -- did the rush to grab money start on day one? 

With these questionable acts starting early -- despite Joe's call to brother Frank to 'watch yourself,' what seems a distinct possibility is that the family members think the gig is not going to last so the time to act is now.

Maybe they're betting Joe isn't going to last for one reason or another. That might explain why they are rushing to scarf up all they can without covering their tracks. They're like fund managers divesting a stock  --- quickly, and all at once. Fund managers buy stocks quietly and gradually on expectations the price will go up, but when they think it's heading down, they don't play around, they dump it all at once and don't care who's watching.

That kind of desperation seems to be evident in House Biden's quick bid to cash in all at once, too. Do they know something we don't? Do they expect their window of opportunity will be short? How is it they can jump up so fast to cash in, even against warnings from Joe, who after all, assured the voters last fall with this malarkey:  

“My son, my family will not be involved in any business, any enterprise that is in conflict with or appears to be in conflict, with inappropriate distance from the presidency and government,” he said.

Even with the spotlight on, for them, it's as if the walls are closing in and Gotterdammerung is beckoning. If that's not a vote of low confidence in the durability of Joe and his presidency, what really is?

Image: Screen shot from a camera aimed at a television set, processed with FotoSketcher.

BIDEN AND KAMALA HAVE LONG WATCHED BILLARY AND HILLARY AND THE OLD WHORE FEINSTEIN SUCK OFF THE BRIBES AND DEALS THAT MADE THEM FILTHY RICH TRAITORS

THERE IS NO GREATER PARASITIC CLASS FEEDING ON AMERICA THAN THE LAWYER CLASS! JUST ASK LAWYER JOE  BIDEN, LAWYER HUNTER BIDEN LAWYER FRANK BIDEN AND LAWYER KAMALA HARRIS AND HER LAWYER PARASITE HUSBAND.

Frank Biden’s law firm, The Berman Law Group, promoted his relationship to President Biden in an advertisement on Inauguration Day.

Report– Joe Biden Warned Brother Frank: ‘For Christ’s Sake, Watch Yourself’