Sunday, January 31, 2021

CALIFORNIA IN MELTDOWN - THE COVID DISASTER - California Cases Starting to Slip, Deaths Remain High

 

Updates on CCP Virus: California Cases Starting to Slip, Deaths Remain High

 
January 31, 2021 Updated: January 31, 2021

California on Sunday reported another 481 CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus deaths, a day after the statewide death toll topped 40,000 even as the rates of new infections and hospitalizations continue to fall.

The state said that the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 slipped below 14,850—a drop of more than 25 percent in two weeks.

Deaths remain staggeringly high, however, with more than 3,800 in the last week.

South African Virus Variant Detected in Greece

Greek authorities have confirmed the first detection of the South African variant of the CCP virus in the country.

The minister leading the government response to the pandemic and the head of the country’s public health body met with doctors and the local bishop in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The variant was detected in a 36-year-old deacon in a suburb of the city.

Gyms, Movie Theaters Can Resume With Limits in Boston

Businesses like gyms, movie theaters, museums, and sight-seeing harbor cruises can resume Monday in Boston under its pandemic reopening plan.

The businesses can reopen, following a 25 percent capacity limit, given the improvement in the number of cases and in the city’s positivity rate.

AstraZeneca to Supply 9 Million More Vaccine Doses to EU

AstraZeneca will deliver nine million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union in the first quarter of this year, making a total of 40 million for the period, and will start deliveries one week earlier than expected, the president of the European Commission said on Sunday.

Captain Tom Hospitalized After Positive Test

Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been hospitalized with the CCP virus, his daughter said Sunday.

Hannah Ingram-Moore revealed in a statement posted on Twitter that her father, widely known as Captain Tom, has been admitted to Bedford Hospital because he needed “additional help” with his breathing.

Canada’s Death Toll Surpasses 20,000

Canada’s official virus death toll surpassed 20,000 Sunday after dozens of deaths were reported in Quebec and Ontario.

The new numbers were reported as new limits on travel were coming into effect. As of Sunday, four of Canada’s major airlines suspended service to Mexico and the Caribbean.

WHO Team Visits Infamous Wuhan Food Market

A World Health Organization (WHO) team looking into the origins of the pandemic on Sunday visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was reported to be linked to many early infections.

The team arrived at Huanan amid heavy security, with additional barricades set up outside a high blue fence surrounding the market, and left in a convoy after about one hour. The experts did not take questions from journalists.

Fake News About Moderna Vaccines Trending in China

A negative news report on Moderna vaccines recently set off a debate on China’s social media.

On Jan. 27, an article titled “WHO Does Not Recommend MODERNA COVID-19 Vaccines” appeared on a host of Chinese state media outlets, including the Global Times, Guancha, iFeng Tech, and official accounts of local governments. This topic became so heated that it rocketed to fourth place on the list of the most searched hashtags on China’s social media Weibo.

But the news reports turned out to be misrepresentations of information from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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CCP Blames Imported Food for Virus Surges

Faced with an increasingly severe domestic situation, as the pandemic worsens in various Chinese provinces, the CCP and its media mouthpieces in recent months have continued publishing reports claiming that the CCP virus originated in other countries, in an attempt to shift attention away from the cover up in Wuhan at the early stages of the pandemic.

State-controlled media have also frequently reported that China has had “cases imported from overseas.”

Frank Yue, Alex Wu, The Associated Press, The Canadian Press and Reuters contributed to this report


WATCH: Warren Issues a Stark Warning About COVID Relief for McConnell

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WATCH: Warren Issues a Stark Warning About COVID Relief for McConnell

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Saturday called on Senate Republicans to vote in favor of the third Wuhan coronavirus relief package. She said it's a way for them to "step up."

"All of a sudden Senate Republicans say, 'It's too big.' I'm sorry. We've got tens of millions of people out of work. We've got tens of millions of people on the threshold of losing their homes," she said. 

According to the senator, there are currently 23 million Americans who are unable to put food on the table. The relief package, she said, would help out families in need while also stepping up COVID vaccination production and reopening schools.

Host Tiffany Cross followed up by asking why Democrats are focused on bipartisanship instead of using their power to push for things the American people need. Warren said she hoped Republicans would join Democrats' efforts because Americans of all political ideologies are suffering due to the pandemic.

"We need everyone to have the help that they need," Warren said. "We need them to get vaccines. We need to get these schools open. But if the Republicans aren't going to do it the Democrats got elected, not to just stand around and debate in Washington. They got elected to deliver and that is exactly what we should do, get this stimulus bill passed and get it done now."

The senator said it's time for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to "step up" and rise to the occasion so a bipartisan package can be passed. 

"Every day that we delay is another day of people suffering, another delay in getting the vaccines out, and another pause before we get the schools open. I want this done as soon as possible. I’m ready. I am ready to go. And I think we’ve got a lot of Democrats who are ready to go. Right now, Mitch McConnell is still digging in … There’s going to come a point that either he’s going to step up and join us, or we’re going to call his bluff. Me, I’m already at that point. We’ve got to get others on board too, though.”

“Look, right now, there are people who still want to at least give Republicans a chance to come along, and I understand that. But all of the Democrats, and I really do want to underline here all, they want to see relief. They understand the importance of getting these vaccines out. This is about life and death. They see the importance of getting our schools open. They see the importance of making sure that everyone can put food on the table and nobody gets thrown out on the street," she explained. "So, I think Democrats are in the right place. They’re trying to keep the door open to get Republicans onto the bus as well. But if Republicans aren’t going to come, we’re not going to spend much more time on this. It’s time to move now.”

WALL STREET SAYS EVIL, EVIL, EVIL SOCIALISM EXCEPT WHEN THE'RE SUCKING OFF TRILLIONS FOR THEMSELVES!

 For the last 70+ years, the U.S. has inundated the American people with the message that capitalism is a magic formula for economic well being. This ideology thrives even despite clear indications over the last few decades that the profit system that once boosted the United States economy has been abandoning Americans.

What are these messages that keep this unjustified faith in capitalism so strong? Professor Wolff talked about some of them in a recent article entitled “How Capitalism’s Dogged Defenders and Propagandists Defend It From Criticism.”

In this piece, Professor Wolff discusses one particular technique used by defenders of capitalism: "For defenders, placing adjectives before the word ‘capitalism’ removes its core ‘relations of production’ from criticism. The focus of analytical attention becomes the adjective, not the noun."

Two examples: “crony capitalism” or “conscious capitalism.” Does this sound familiar to you? With a grammatical twist, your attention is diverted away from the root of the matter. It’s as easy as that. 

“[Capitalism’s defenders] increasingly resort to attaching qualifying adjectives to capitalism and deflecting criticisms onto them. They say that the capitalism they support is a particular kind of capitalism… Many defenders go a step further: kinds of capitalism lacking those adjectives are not “really” capitalism at all. ”

Such tactics have been used time and time again. Those desperate to hold onto slavery argued the important differences between “harsh” versus “compassionate” slavery. Those clinging to monarchies would denounce “bad” Kings while arguing on behalf of “good” ones. 

“The placing of qualifying adjectives to differentiate among kinds of capitalism allows defenders to accept some of the rising chorus of criticisms of capitalism. Those criticisms, defenders say, apply only to certain kinds of capitalism that defenders also reject in favor of some other, preferred kind of capitalism.”

This suffocating indoctrination is being unravelled, albeit slowly. The more we can clarify these distractions and hold the debate to the root of the matter, the more quickly we can move beyond the exploitation inherent in capitalism. 

“Our current debates about our society’s problems and prospects need to refocus beyond the different adjectives for a common noun they qualify. It is time to expose and challenge capitalism’s core: that employer-employee organization of enterprises, private and state.”

Read the full article on Prof Wolff’s website, where you can also see up to date postings of some of his most recent media appearances.


NO ONE COULD GET A JOB IN THE LAWLESS OBOMB BANKSTER REGIME WHO HAD NOT DEMONSTRATED A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICING BANKSTERS. THAT IS WHY JOE BIDEN WAS SELECTED AS OBOMB'S V.P. THAT IS WHY  BOTH  OBOMB'S A.G. CAME FROM LAW  FIRMS THAT PROTECTED CRIMINAL BANKSTERS, THAT  IS WHY JOE BIDEN SELECTED  BANK BRIBES SUCKER KAMALA HARRIS AS VP. SHE PROTECTED WELLS FARGO, THE BANKSTERS WHO BROUGHT CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE  TO  MELTDOWN. SHE SAW HOW  OBOMB-BIDEN-HOLDER SERVICED BANKSTERS AND THEN PROTECTED 'KING OF FORECLOSURE,  FILTHY  GOLDMAN SACHS BANKER STEVEN MNUCHIN. JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY WITH THESE FILTHY SLUTS FOR BANKSTERS!


Janet Yellen Briefs Joe Biden on the Economy After Populist Trading Movement Shakes Wall Street

Treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen takes a drink of water after US President-elect Joe Biden announced his economic team at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 1, 2020. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will brief President Joe Biden on the economy Friday after a populist trading group on Reddit shocked the major Wall Street hedge funds.

Yellen will meet the president on Friday morning, according to the president’s schedule.

The trading app Robinhood infuriated users on Thursday for blocking purchases of stocks popularized by Reddit such as GameStop.

The hedge fund Citadel helped bail out Melvin Capital after the hedge fund lost billions by betting against GameStop before Reddit traders rallied to boost the stock price to unprecedented heights.

Reddit traders, however, remain skeptical of Yellen’s monitoring of the situation, after receiving more than $800,000 in speaking fees from Citadel before she was appointed by Biden as treasury secretary.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged questions about whether Yellen would recuse herself from the issue.

“I don’t think I have anything more for you on it, other than to say, separate from the GameStop issue, the Secretary of Treasury is one of the world-renowned experts on markets, on the economy,” she said. “It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone she was paid to give her perspective and advice before she came into office.”

Nolte: Bribes and Payoffs Disguised as ‘Speaking Fees’ for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen participates in a swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Kamala Harris, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Janet Yellen, the former chairwoman of the Federal Reserve who is now His Fraudulency Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary, made millions off Wall Street “speaking fees” over the past two years.

In some cases, she didn’t even have to show up to speak. Her appearance was “virtual.”

In just two years, according to the Wall Street Journal, Yellen pulled in “more than $7 million in speaking fees during more than 50 in-person and virtual engagements … according to financial disclosures[.]”

The far-left Politico adds:

Yellen listed $952,200 in income from speeches to Citi, one of the nation’s largest banks. She also disclosed speaking fees from PIMCO, Barclays (BCS), Citadel, BNP Paribas, UBS (UBS), Credit Suisse (CS), ING, Standard Chartered Bank and City National Bank.

Nearly a million bucks … from one bank!

Fox Business reports:

Other companies shelling out big bucks for Yellen’s words of wisdom have included Goldman Sachs, Google, City National Bank, UBS, Citadel LLC, Barclays and Salesforce, according to the report.

So when the White House was asked this week if Yellen’s speaking fees have created a painfully obvious conflict of interest as it relates to this Gamestop/Robinhood/Reddit story, Press Secretary Lyin’ Ginger sputtered:

I don’t have anything further for you on it, except for to say, separate from this Gamestop issue, the Treasury Secretary is a world-renowned expert on the economy.

It should not be a surprise to anyone that she was paid to give her expert advice before she came into office.

Oh, well, that certainly puts the issue to rest!

I mean the fact that (as Real Clear Politics perfectly summarized it) “Citadel, the firm that bailed out the first hedge fund to be bankrupted by the crowd-sourced stock-buying bonanza this week, has paid Yellen more than $800,000 in speaking fees in recent years,” is nothing to be concerned about! Not even as we watch a countless number of everyday retail investors getting shut down in an effort to protect Yellen’s billionaire pals at Citadel and elsewhere.

If you want a look at how this grift works, Jack Posobiec tweeted out a bare bones list of Yellen’s Wall Street speaking fees, and this simple list is more striking than any newspaper write-up. The numbers are outrageous. Why would anyone drop hundreds of thousands of dollars to have some former fed chair come in to tell tired war stories and do some punditry?

What I mean by that is: What’s the benefit to the financial firm shelling out all this money (plus airfare and fancy accommodations)?

Even more, what’s the benefit if she appears virtually from her kitchen at home?

Does the presence of a 74-year-old former-Fed Chair bring these financial firms more customers? Does the prestige and star power of such an appearance increase the firm’s client list?

Of course not.

You wouldn’t walk across the street to see Janet Yellen for free, even if free lunch was served.

So what does this tell us about these speaking fees?

Sorry, but these speaking fees are nothing more than America’s elites figuring out a way to legalize bribes and payoffs. That’s it. That’s all that’s going on here.

While it may not be legal for me to hand you an envelope full of cash, it’s perfectly legal for me to fly you out in a private plane (or first class), put you up in a suite, wine you and dine you, and then hand you a gazillion dollar check for an hour’s work because wink-wink-nod-nod-knowwhatImean-knowwhatImean?

We see the same thing all the time with book advances.

Some pol is paid an exorbitant amount of money to write a ghost-written book no one reads…

Get this…

In 2014, Gov. Andrew “Grandma Slayer” Cuomo (D-NY) was paid a $783,000 advance by Harper Collins to write his memoirs, which sold exactly 3,800 total copies. Harper Collins lost a fortune.

So why did the company do it?

Why would a publisher be willing to take a beating like that?

Gee, could it be that Harper Collins is New York-based and Cuomo is New York’s governor and this was a legal way to funnel him close to a million dollars in the form of legalized graft?

It gets worse…

Cuomo has so far refused to disclose how much Penguin Random House paid for his 2020 book American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic last year, but what we do know is that another major publisher gave this proven-failure of an author a second money grab.

The whole system is rigged, y’all.

The political media, the politicians, the government, and the financial media all attack who? The robber barons in these hedge funds who organize to make billions by destroying a company? No, they illegally shut down and smear the everyday guys on Reddit who had the temerity to play the same game and win.

Funnel a few million to Yellen, give CNNLOL and CNBC some nifty stock tips… That’s all it costs Wall Street to protect its billions and destroy the Reddit barbarians, whose only sin is outsmarting you.

And it’s all legal.

Rigged. Rigged. Rigged.

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Capitalism vs. Socialism: The Pandemic and the Global Class Struggle

It is one year since the World Health Organization (WHO), on January 30, 2020, declared that the outbreak of COVID-19 constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a statement accompanying the declaration noting that 98 cases had been reported in 18 countries outside of China. “Although these numbers are still relatively small compared to the number of cases in China,” he said, “we must all act together now to limit further spread.”

One year later, the total number of cases has passed 100 million. The total number of deaths has reached 2,225,000. The daily death toll is the highest it has ever been, with more than 14,000 people succumbing to the virus every day.

A worker in protective suits takes a break amid graves at a newly opened cemetery for the victims of COVID-19 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 16, 2020. [AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara]

In the United States, there have been 26,107,110 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center, and the death toll has reached 440,000. In India, there are more than 10 million reported cases and 154,000 deaths. In Brazil, more than 9 million cases and 223,000 deaths. In the United Kingdom, nearly 4 million cases and 106,000 deaths. In Italy, 2.5 million cases and more than 88,000 deaths.

The International Committee of the Fourth International, at the earliest stages of the crisis, identified the pandemic as a “trigger event,” comparable to World War I, that would intensify and accelerate the profound contradictions of the global capitalist system. The health crisis would evolve inevitably into a global social and political crisis. Medical measures alone would not bring the pandemic under control.

Rather, the struggle to contain the pandemic would develop into a class struggle, as it became increasingly clear that the major classes in society—the capitalist class and the working class—have irreconcilably opposed interests. These antagonistic positions find expression in the conflict between the capitalist and socialist programs.

The positions of the ruling class proceed from the defense of capitalist property: the private ownership of the means of production and the geostrategic interests of the nation state. The positions of the working class strive objectively toward socialism: the ending of the profit system and exploitation of labor, and its replacement with the scientifically planned reorganization of economic life on the basis of human needs and the global unification of mankind through the abolition of the nation-state system.

One year into the crisis, the pandemic has starkly revealed the class divide that separates the capitalist and socialist programs.

1. The capitalist program insists that the response to the pandemic must prioritize saving the financial markets over saving lives.

The socialist program insists that the response to the pandemic must prioritize saving lives over saving the financial markets.

2. The capitalist program asserts that pandemic policy must be driven by profit interests.

The socialist program advocates that medical policy must be guided by science.

3. The capitalist program advocates a program of “herd immunity,” allowing the virus to spread with as few restrictions as possible while vaccinations are produced and distributed.

The socialist program calls for all measures to impede virus transmission until the necessary number of people to stop community spread of the virus has been inoculated.

4. The capitalist program insists, in accordance with its “herd immunity” strategy, that factories and other workplaces be kept open for business.

The socialist program insists that all nonessential workplaces be closed down until inoculated workers can safely return to their jobs.

5. The capitalist program demands that schools be reopened, claiming falsely that there is little risk to students and teachers.

The socialist program, based on scientific evidence that schools are a major source of virus transmission, demands that schools remain closed until the pandemic has been brought under control.

6. The capitalist program seeks to restrict social expenditures aimed at counteracting the economic impact of the pandemic on the great mass of the people, while demanding that central banks provide unlimited support for the financial markets and large corporations.

The socialist program demands full income compensation to workers and small businesses for the duration of the crisis. The resources for this critical social rescue plan will be obtained through the immediate restitution of the trillions of dollars extended to the large corporations under the provisions of the CARES Act, and the expropriation of the Pandemic Profiteers who have made tens of millions and even billions of dollars as a result of unlimited Federal Reserve support for the financial markets.

7. The capitalist program promotes a policy of vaccination nationalism, restricting and opposing equitable distribution of vaccines throughout the world.

The socialist program, recognizing that the coronavirus can be eradicated only through a scientifically directed international strategy, calls for a globally coordinated inoculation program.

The divergent class interests in responding to the coronavirus pandemic are behind the increasingly sharp political divisions. The ruling class, fearful of mounting opposition to its profit-driven program of herd immunity, is encouraging the growth of fascist organizations.

The working class, in developing its own response to the pandemic, is recognizing the need for class unity, militant class action and, above all, an international socialist and revolutionary political strategy.


LAWYER JOE BIDEN REMINDS US THAT LAWYERS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM SEEKING HIGHER OFFICE. - THIS NATION MAY NOT SURVIVE THE CORRUPTION OF LAWYER BILLARY CLINTON (disbarred and impeached), GRIFTER LAWYER HILLARY CLINTON, CON JOB LAWYER BARACK OBAMA AND HIS RENT BOY FOR BANKSTERS, LAWYER ERIC HOLDER.... AND THE BRIBES SUCKER LAWYER KAMALA HARRIS

 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


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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

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’

President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Joe Biden cautioned his brother Frank about potential business dealings during his campaign for president, according to a report.

“For Christ’s sake, watch yourself,” Biden said according to a report in Politico. “Don’t get sucked into something that would, first of all, hurt you.”

Politico cited a “person with knowledge of the conversation” in its report and said that Biden was “jocular and serious” in his comment to his brother.

Biden’s intention, Politico reports, was to protect his brother from “being hurt and vilified” because of his connections to the president.

Since Biden’s inauguration, questions about members of his family have been raised regarding their business dealings, especially after Republicans questioned his son Hunter Biden’s business deals with foreign countries during the campaign.

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

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

A White House official responded to the story by warning that Joe Biden’s name should not be used in any commercial advertisement.

“It is this White House’s policy that the President’s name should not be used in connection with any commercial activities to suggest, or in any way that could reasonably understood to imply, his endorsement or support,” the official told CNBC in January.

The Next Hunter? Kamala Harris’s Stepdaughter Cashes in on Biden Presidency

Brooklyn 'artist' Ella Emhoff scores modeling deal with firm run by Democratic donors

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Hunter Biden's gravy train may be stalled on the tracks until federal authorities conclude their investigation into his finances, but that doesn't mean other Biden-Harris family members can't cash in on their proximity to power.

Ella Emhoff, the 21-year-old stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, recently scored a major modeling contract with IMG Models, a firm with deep ties to the Democratic Party.

Prior to signing with IMG, the Brooklyn-based "artist" was best known for wearing a weird coat to the inauguration ceremony, and for the inability of journalists to contain their excitement in response to said coat. For example:

  • "Ella Emhoff, Second Daughter, Is The First Style Icon of the Biden Presidency" (Glamour)
  • "Meet Ella Emhoff, the U.S. presidential inauguration's breakout fashion star" (CNN)
  • "Ella Emhoff, Kamala Harris's Stepdaughter, Showed Everyone Else Up at the Inauguration" (Town & Country)
  • "Ella Emhoff's Inauguration Day Stylists Share the Story Behind Her Instantly Iconic Miu Miu Coat" (E! Online)
  • "There's a Lot More to Ella Emhoff, Inauguration Star, Than Her Fabulous Coat" (Daily Beast)

Here's how the New York Times described the Second Stepdaughter's alternative appeal in an article announcing her new modeling gig:

Ms. Emhoff throws a crocheted grenade at the image of typical D.C. political offspring, with a style that could be termed Wes Anderson chic. In her selfies, she doesn’t wear much makeup and doesn’t carefully blow-dry her naturally curly hair. She shows off her armpit hair and cartoonish tattoos, which include eggs and bacon in the shape of a smiley face and a cow.

As Ivan Bart, president of IMG Models, explained in an interview with the Times, being a model is "not really about shape, size or gender anymore." Emhoff was a perfect fit for the organization, Bart said, because she exudes "cheekiness" and "joy," and "communicates this moment in time."

While most journalists seemed to agree with that assessment, there were a few exceptions. Slate published an article expressing frustration with "the way Emhoff’s deal has been conveyed and celebrated" as a norm-destroying coup, pointing out that there isn't anything particularly revolutionary or diverse about being a rich, white, tall, thin, female Brooklynite with tattoos and armpit hair.

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Bart was an early max donor to Harris's failed presidential campaign, according to federal election records. He reportedly met Emhoff at the fundraiser where he presumably wrote the check for $2,700.

In the summer of 2020, around the time Joe Biden picked Harris as his running mate, Bart and Emhoff began discussing the possibility of a modeling contract with IMG. It would seem, however, that a final decision wasn't made until Harris was sworn in as vice president.

IMG is part of an entertainment conglomerate run by Ari Emanuel, brother of Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama chief of staff, and Patrick Whitesell, a prolific Democratic donor who contributed more than $150,000 to Democratic candidates and committees in the 2020 election cycle.

Emhoff isn't the only member of Harris's family cashing in on the success of the Biden-Harris ticket.

Kamala's niece, Meena Harris, published a Kamala-themed children's book in 2020, and a second book released on the eve of the inauguration. She also started her own apparel company specializing in #Resistance swag, including this $52 Anthony Fauci mug. Lawyers for the Biden-Harris transition team were concerned enough to warn the ambitious niece against profiting off her aunt's image.

Hunter Biden's ongoing legal challenges haven't stopped other members of the Biden family from blatantly exploiting their ties to the president for financial gain. Joe Biden's younger brother, Frank Biden, promoted his relationship with the president in an ad published on Inauguration Day in a Florida business journal.

"My brother is a model for how to go about doing this work," Frank Biden says in the ad for the Florida-based litigation firm where he works as a non-attorney senior adviser. The younger Biden has previously bragged about his success in lobbying his brother on behalf of moneyed interests during the Obama administration.