BIDENITE CHUCK SCHUMER - BANKSTER-OWNED BRIBES SUCKER - Report: Chuck Schumer Receives Campaign Donations from Russian Pipeline-Linked Affiliates

BIDENOMICS: The issue is not the survival of what the leader of the most powerful imperialist country calls “democracy.” Joe Biden really means capitalism, the profit system, which has produced a level of economic inequality that is entirely incompatible with any genuine democracy. Instead, it is generating fascist movements all over the world, which aim to abolish all democratic rights and subject the working class to the naked dictatorship of the rich.  PATRICK MARTIN

HOW MANY OF THESE PIGS ARE GAMER LAWYERS?

“Protect and enrich.” This is a perfect encapsulation of the Clinton (LAWYERS-2) Foundation and the (LAWYERS-2) Obama book and television deals. Then there is the Biden (LAWYERS-3) family corruption, followed closely behind by similar abuses of power and office by the (LAWYER) Warren and Sanders families, as Peter Schweizer described in his recent book “Profiles in Corruption.” These names just scratch the surface of government corruption (YOU CAN ADD LAWYER KAMALA HARRIS AND LAWYER CHUCK SCHUMER TO THE PATHEION OF DEMOCRAT BRIBES SUCKING CORRUPT LAWYER POLITICIANS!).         

 BRIAN C JOONDEPH

Report: Chuck Schumer Receives Campaign Donations from Russian Pipeline-Linked Affiliates

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JACOB BLISS

24 Jan 20220

3:39

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who helped block sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project, received campaign donations from corporate PACs affiliated with two of the European companies that helped fund the pipeline, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon.

The corporate political action committees of ENGIE North America and BASF Corporation, two affiliates of European companies that are associated with the funding for Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, gave $2,500 campaign contributions to Schumer’s campaign in September, according to records with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the report stated.

Reportedly, the parent company for ENGIE North America and a subsidiary for BASF are part of the group of five businesses that financed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany.

The Free Beacon wrote:

The contributions to Schumer came amid an aggressive lobbying effort in Washington over sanctions on the 764-mile pipeline. The five European companies that back Nord Stream 2—Wintershall, ENGIE, Uniper, Shell, and OMV—have paid millions of dollars to lobbying firms to block sanctions.

Nord Stream 2 AG, the Swiss company that is building the pipeline, lobbies Congress through Democratic donor Vincent Roberti. Roberti gave maximum donations of $5,800 to Schumer and other Senate Democrats last year, Axios reported. Thomas McLarty, the founder of McLarty Inbound, a firm that lobbies for the five European companies, in April gave $2,500 to Schumer.

ENGIE North America, a subsidiary of the French firm ENGIE, contributed to Schumer’s campaign on Sept. 9. BASF, the parent company of Wintershall, donated to Schumer on Sept. 22. ENGIE also contributed to Schumer’s campaign in 2020, while BASF gave to the Senate leader in 2016, according to FEC records. Each member of the European consortium loaned 1 billion euros to Nord Stream 2 AG in 2017. Nord Stream 2 AG is controlled by Russian state oil company Gazprom. Nord Stream 2 AG’s chief executive officer, Matthias Warnig, is a Putin ally and former officer of the East German secret police.

All of this occurred as Schumer reportedly blocked requests from Senate Republicans for legislation to enforce sanctions on the Russian pipeline project after President Joe Biden waived sanctions last year. At the time, Biden said that the pipeline was almost complete and imposing sanctions would be “counter-productive” for European relations.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) attempted to pass legislation earlier this month but failed after Senate Democrats used the filibuster, which they are busy trying to eliminate, to block his legislation. The bill only had 55 votes, short of the filibuster’s required 60 votes to end debate and move to a final vote.

The Free Beacon noted that neither Schumer’s office nor ENGIE North America returned a comment request. But a spokesman for BASF illuded that its American subsidiary does not lobby members of Congress on the Nord Stream 2 and that Wintershall does not have a presence in the U.S. “Any implied connection between our Employee PAC contributions and Nord Stream 2 is incorrect,” the spokesman said.

Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter.

Waltz: Russian Invasion ‘Imminent’ and ‘Very Likely’ and Sanctions Won’t Work Due to Biden Policies Promoting Russian Energy over U.S.

IAN HANCHETT

24 Jan 20220

2:03

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “imminent and it’s very likely” and that sanctions will not be effective because “the Germans are not going to get on board” with any sanctions regime due to President Joe Biden’s energy policy undermining American energy and moving the world onto Russia’s environmentally dirty gas.

Waltz said, “I do think it’s imminent and it’s very likely that Putin is going to invade.”

He later added, “I want Americans to understand that Biden’s failed energy policies are directly leading to instability around the world. When Biden shuts down American pipelines, American drilling, puts regulation on our fracking, and moves us away from energy independence, he’s moving the world towards Russian oil and gas. And then you add on top of that green-lighting the Russian pipeline, which, by the way, moves the dirtiest form of gas in the world. So, the environmental argument doesn’t even weigh in. Every time that price of oil goes up, you see Putin getting richer and getting more aggressive, and the same thing with Iran. They are also getting richer and more aggressive because America, rather than exporting oil, he’s — Biden’s moving the world towards dependency on their oil, and this is how you’re seeing it play out. And for sanctions to be effective, which is the centerpiece of Biden and Blinken’s response, it has to be effective in euros and dollars. And the Germans are not going to get on board as long as they are dependent, and, look, they just had to fire the head of the German Navy yesterday for saying Ukraine will never get Crimea back and that we should be showing Putin more respect. So you’re going to see a weak German response here. Putin knows it. And, again, that’s why he knows he can get away with it.”

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Hagerty: ‘Everything’s Moving’ Putin’s Way on S.T.A.R.T., Cyberattacks, and Nord Stream 2 under Biden

IAN HANCHETT

24 Jan 20220

1:35

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said that Russia has seen how President Joe Biden handled the S.T.A.R.T. treaty, the Colonial pipeline attack, Biden saying that there are only some industries that Russia can’t attack, and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and sees “Everything’s moving his way. Why not step up and take advantage of this situation too?”

Hagerty stated, [relevant remarks begin around 2:10] “[N]ow, what we’ve seen is a reversion back to a place even worse than the Obama administration. So, Putin is reading the cards, I think, very carefully. He saw what happened when the S.T.A.R.T. treaty came up, he got an extension and exactly what he wanted and had to give nothing in return. They were barely touched for the Colonial pipeline. And then, President Biden shows up with a list of 16 industries that Putin should not touch. I guess that leaves the rest of America completely vulnerable. Nord Stream 2, there are mandatory Congressional sanctions, this administration refuses to enforce them. And as oil prices go up, in fact, Putin’s helping that happen, he’s becoming richer by the day. Everything’s moving his way. Why not step up and take advantage of this situation too?”

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Pinkerton: Biden by the Numbers – the Data of Failure

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JAMES P. PINKERTON

24 Jan 20220

7:01

By almost any reckoning this past year, President Joe Biden and the Democrats have been a failure. Here are some data points that tell the tale about Biden and his party.

5 — Donald Trump’s percentage-point advantage over Biden in a hypothetical 2024 re-match (Trump 49, Biden 44), according to a poll released by McLaughlin & Associates on January 19. Also, according to the same poll, five is the gap in the generic ballot for Congress this November (Republicans 48, Democrats 43).

7 — Inflation rate in December 2021, according to Trading Economics, which adds that it’s a “high since June of 1982.”  The inflation rate in January 2021 was a 1.4 percent.  

7 — Net percentage of Americans who want Anthony Fauci to resign his leadership position on Covid-19 policy (remain 46, resign 53), according to Trafalgar Group on January 20. 

9 — Deficit in approval/disapproval of Biden’s handing of the coronavirus pandemic (approve 45, disapprove 54), according to AP-NORC, January 20.  

12 — Number of major U.S. cities that hit all-time highs for homicides in 2021, according to ABC News. Cities include Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; and Portland, OR. 

14 — Difference between the percentage of Republicans who express high enthusiasm (nine or ten on a ten-point scale) for voting in the 2022 midterm elections and the percentage of Democrats who are similarly enthused (GOP 61 percent, Dems 47 percent), according to NBC News on January 23.

18 — Job approval of Congress. Comment from Gallup Poll official Megan Brennan, “The latest five-percentage-point decline in congressional approval is largely attributed to a 10-point decline among Democrats whose frustration appears to be mounting with their party’s senators and representatives who hold majorities in both houses of Congress.” Gallup, January 21. 

19 — Percentage of likely voters who strongly approve of Biden’s job performance, according to Rasmussen Reports on January 24.

32 — Percentage of Americans who cite immigration as the most important issue, up from 18 percent a year ago, according to AP-NORC on January 10. 

32 — Percentage of Michiganders who have a positive view of Biden as president, according to ABC12 News (Flint, MI) on January 24.  In the same poll, just 41 percent support Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) for a second term, while 49 percent want someone else.

33 — Percentage of Americans who approve of Biden’s job performance, according to Quinnipiac University on January 12.

42 — Biden’s approval rating, according to the running polling average of FiveThirtyEight.

49 — Percentage of likely voters who strongly disapprove of Biden’s job performance, according to Rasmussen Reports on January 24. 

52 — Percentage of New Mexicans who wish to see someone other than Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) win this year; 39 percent wish to re-elect her, according to  Cygnal on January 21.

54 — Percentage of registered voters who disapprove of the job Kamala Harris is doing as vice president, according to Fox News on January 19.

56 — Percentage of Americans who say that Republicans would do a better job on immigration, the economy, crime, border security, and national security (same number for all five issues); according to Fox News on January 23.  

60 — Percentage of Americans who would probably or definitely vote for someone other than Joe Biden in 2024, according to Fox News on January 23.  

72 — Percentage of Americans who think the nation is headed in the wrong direction, according to NBC News on January 23.

79 — Biden’s age. From Politico’s West Wing Playbook on January 24, concerning the White House’s fear that Biden will contract Covid: “Some current and former White House officials foresee a potential political and policy disaster if the president were to contract the virus . . . Covid protocol critics and vaccine skeptics would have a field day with Biden catching Covid and use it to further undermine trust in the administration’s efforts to combat the pandemic. The 79-year-old president would likely take at least a few days to recover—in addition to placing himself in quarantine—which could exacerbate concerns about his age and health.” According to Politico, this fear of illness for Biden “could very well scuttle his ambitions to crisscross the country more this year.”

1836 — The last year that a sitting Democratic vice president was elected to the presidency. That was Martin Van Buren.  So if Kamala Harris were to attempt to succeed Biden in 2024, she would need to break a pattern that has been in place for 188 years. We might recall that in 2000, for example, Democratic Vice President Al Gore sought to succeed President Bill Clinton and lost. 

1856 — The last year that a Democrat eligible to run for re-election chose to retire and was replaced by another Democrat elected to the White House. In that year, Franklin Pierce handed off to James Buchanan. So if a Democrat other than Harris were to be the party’s nominee in 2024, he or she would need to break a winless “streak” that has held for 168 years.

1968 — The last year that a Democratic president chose not to run again. That was Lyndon B. Johnson, who had become unpopular over the Vietnam War, rising crime, and campus unrest. The Democrats lost the White House that year.  

2016 — The last year that an incumbent Democratic vice president was passed over for the presidential nomination. Five years ago, Vice President Biden was pushed aside for Hillary Clinton. And we know what happened that November.

91,000 — Approximate number of additional American deaths from Covid-19 during the Biden presidency, compared to the Trump presidency. (400,000 for Trump, 491,000 for Biden.) As Biden said to Trump doing their debate on October 23, 2020, when the death toll was around 235,000, “Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as President of the United States of America.”

Yes, it’s a bleak picture for Biden and the Democrats in 2022, and it looks to be bleak, too, in the future. And yet the numbers don’t lie. 

Rick Scott: ‘I’m Fed Up with Biden’ — ‘This Is the Weakest President in My Lifetime’

TRENT BAKER

24 Jan 20220

1:29

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) on Monday reacted to President Joe Biden’s low approval rating numbers.

Fox News polling showed only 47% of registered voters approve of Biden’s job performance.

Scott told Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” that he was “fed up with Biden.” After being critical of Biden’s handling of the rising tension between Russia and Ukraine, the Florida senator called him “the weakest president” of his lifetime.

“First off, I’m fed up with Biden, OK?” Scott told host Maria Bartiromo.

“Number one, he should never have approved Nord Stream 2. That’s number one. He should stop it right now,” he added. “Number two, he ought to be clear — he said he was going to be this world leader. He’s got to get world community. Organizers say we are going to stand up against Russia. Number three, he needs to send everything he can — we don’t need to send the American troops — we ought to send everything we can to help Ukrainians defend themselves and make sure … that Putin understands there will be consequences of his actions. But Joe Biden — I mean, everything is a reaction; nothing is thought out. I mean, this is the weakest president in my lifetime, I think.”

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