On December 18, 2023, Nippon Steel announced that they had reached an agreement with U.S. Steel management to acquire the 122-year-old steel maker and iconic symbol of American industrial strength for $55 a share or $14.9B.

The United Steelworkers of America, who are affected most by this deal, were denied a seat at the table during negotiations with Nippon and are adamantly opposed to the sale.

Because Nippon is a foreign company and the steel industry has importance for national security, the deal requires approval of the CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) chaired by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

The sale has been met with bipartisan opposition. Those opposed include Republican Senators J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio, and Josh Hawley, as well as Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown, John Fetterman, and Joe Manchin. Due to pressure exerted by the Steelworkers, the White House has said "the deal merits serious scrutiny."

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It is my view that this sale requires much more than "serious scrutiny." It requires vigorous and unambiguous opposition.

I am opposed to the sale for a number of reasons. For starters, the board and management of U.S. Steel essentially auctioned off the company to the highest bidder for the sole purpose of aggrandizing shareholders equity at the expense of the Steelworkers.

Second, the deal was struck behind closed doors without the participation of the United Steelworkers of America. This is a direct violation of the U.S. Steel-USW Basic Labor Agreement, which allows the union itself to bid for the company or assign their right to bid to another bidder.

Finally, the Steelworkers union has expressed grave concern over the sale of a storied Industrial asset vital to national security. This should concern all Americans as well.

In an age of globalization, there are certain industries that must remain domestic if a country is to have an industrial base at all. Steel is one of those. Just as a country would not—and should not—allow foreigners to own all its farmland, neither should it allow them to own a vast portion of its steel industry.

In September 1960, my Uncle, President John F. Kennedy, addressed the United Steelworkers of America Convention in Atlantic City. His remarks quoting a former President were profound:

"All that serves labor serves the nation and all that harms labor is treason to America. No line can be drawn between the two"

President Kennedy wasn't quoting FDR or Harry Truman; those were the words of Abraham Lincoln.

A Kennedy administration will stand with the Steelworkers Union in opposing this transaction. We will put the interests of labor and the country first.

For as President Lincoln said, "no line can be drawn between the two."

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is an Independent candidate for President of the United States.

The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.


 JOE = LYING POS!


Biden hates working people

By John Conlin

As our sanctuary-country sinks even further under the weight of millions of illegal immigrants, the President and his fellow Democrats believe the solution is to give them work permits so they can “support themselves.”

Where is their concern for the citizens whose jobs these illegal immigrants will take? Have they never heard of the concept of opportunity cost? Every job they take is a job that won’t be available to legal citizens. That’s not a political philosophy but a cold hard fact.

And this is in an environment where Artificial Intelligence and robots/automation are forecast to slash the number of jobs for average working folks.

What is even worse is the fact that this army of illegal immigrants is certain to depress working folk’s hourly wages for generations to come.

You will often hear it said they are only taking jobs Americans won’t do. That is a lie. The truth is Americans won’t do some of those jobs for the wages being offered. So, rather than allowing the marketplace to raise the wages being offered, their revolting solution is to import millions of low-skilled illegals in a planned strategy to keep working people’s wages low, forever.

And opposition to this obscene strategy has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. Famous civil rights leader Cesar Chavez –- a proud Hispanic -- knew this reality and was thus a strong opponent of illegal immigration. He worked the fields and saw the direct impact illegals had on working wages.

You will often hear how businesses supposedly need these low-wage workers to prosper. Few realize this is one of the arguments the plantation owners of the old South used in their defense of slavery. You might be on the wrong side of an issue when your arguments are in agreement with an economic justification for slavery.

And it’s not just working wages being purposely depressed. This process keeps wages depressed all the way up to at least mid-level white-collar positions. 

Open your eyes. The wages of almost every federal and state worker are significantly depressed by these actions. Way to go, Democrats!

Think that isn’t the plan? I have a bridge to sell you.

And what of these working folks’ kids? Their children will be forced to attend K-12 public schools that are inundated with children of these illegal immigrants. I doubt if the privileged children of these politicians will face a similar situation.

So not only does working mom and dad get screwed, this ensures their children are similarly damaged. But it does ensure a large, poorly educated, ready, desperate low-wage workforce for decades to come.

And what about crime? Health and hospital services? Housing? VA services for those who gave their blood for this country? Future Social Security checks? The list of areas negatively impacted is very long indeed.

And poorer citizens will bear the brunt of it all. All while the President and his ilk can pat themselves on the back for their enlightenment and benevolence.

If the citizens truly understood the profound impact this invasion will have on all of us, President Biden and his Democrat cohorts -- and more than a few Republicans -- would be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail. 

Any poor or working-class person -- and I don’t give a damn about the color of his skin -- is a fool for giving Biden or any Democrat another vote ever again.

Sure, let’s give them all work permits and let the citizens eat cake.  Disgusting.

John Conlin is an expert in organizational design and change. He also holds a BS in Earth Sciences and an MBA and is the founder and President of E.I.C. Enterprises, www.eicenterprises.org. He has been published in American Greatness, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, American Thinker, Houston Chronicle, Denver Post, and Public Square Magazine among others.


Biden Roasted for Wearing Hardhat Backwards While Meeting with Union Workers

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President Joe Biden was roasted online after Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) posted a photo on social media that showed Biden wearing a hardhat backwards while meeting with her and union workers in Superior, Wisconsin, on Thursday.

Klobuchar posted: “Nothing like having a beer with some great union workers and ⁦yes, that would be @JoeBiden⁩ in Superior, Wisconsin.”

The photo showed Klobuchar and two union workers holding beers at a local brewery, with Biden with his arms around two union workers, wearing a hardhat backwards.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) joked that a Biden aide would be fired after the blunder.

“Somewhere a staffer is updating their resume…,” he posted on X.

“Joe Biden wearing a hardhat backward while trying to be ‘one of the guys’ is so on brand,” the Citizen Free Press’s X account posted.

Another X user posted: “Biden having the hardhat on backwards really sells the ‘I’m middle class Joe and one of you’ authenticity.”

Michael Caputo, a former Trump adminstration official, posted:

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All the working men around Biden knew he put the hardhat on backwards and didn’t tell him. None of Biden’s staff realized because they all have Women’s Studies degrees. The greatest troll job ever!

Another person wrote: “Joe Biden claims he’s the most pro-labor/pro-union president, ever! Yet, somehow he managed to put a hardhat on backwards.”

During a speech in Wisconsin on Thursday, Biden attempted to tout middle-class credentials, saying he was raised in a three-bedroom home. He said, according to a White House transcript:

I was raised in a household where there were — we had three-bedroom — it was a nice home — three-bedroom split-level home in a new development of 40 homes in suburbia with four — four kids and a grandpop living with us.  And — but trickle-down economics didn’t trickle down much on my ga- — dad’s kitchen table.

Biden appeared in Wisconsin to discuss infrastructure and the economy as he seeks re-election to the White House this November.

According to a Gallup poll published Thursday, Biden received the worst approval rating of any United States president in his third year since President Jimmy Carter.

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