Boots on the Ground...Aug. 24th...Hospitals closing...Layoffs are just getting started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llZGjkn152k
CNN’s Bolduan: Biden Does ‘Own’ Bad Parts of Economy, But He’s Avoiding Fully Owning Them
During an interview with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” co-host Kate Bolduan stated that President Joe Biden has avoided fully owning the bad parts of the economy, even though, “for better or worse, an economy under a President they own, for better or worse.”
After playing video of 2024 GOP presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley saying that Republicans also ran up the national debt, Bolduan said, “Hearing that from her surprised me. And I was also thinking about — because your state is facing a tough economic reality right now. And you have been candid about it very recently about what your state is facing, telling The Washington Post, ‘There has been no growth,’ also saying that ‘There’s no excuse. [And] we’re falling behind. … We have to make a choice that we actually want to win.’ You owned it, why isn’t Joe Biden owning it more? Because for better or worse, an economy under a President they own, for better or worse.”
Moore responded, “I think…a lot of it is, that it’s not just about owning it. It’s what’s the plan. And I think about, when you look at our state, when I said that our state is falling behind because there’s been zero economic growth within the State of Maryland over the past four years, and you look at a state like Pennsylvania, our neighbor, where they’ve had their economy grow by $22 billion. We’re falling behind as a state. But what it also means is, what’s the plan to focus and reenergize an economy. And so, I look at what’s happening right now that we’re doing in partnership with the Biden administration, where we’ve made historic investments in things like offshore wind. … And if you look at the type of focus that we’ve had and with the bipartisan infrastructure act, that we’ve been able to employ tens of thousands of people.”
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Rental Nation: U.S. Mortgage Applications Crash to Near-30-Year Low
The American dream of home ownership is fading into the distant past under the Biden administration with mortgage applications hitting their lowest level in nearly 30 years, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said Wednesday.
UPI reports the MBA found mortgage applications declined 4.2 percent week-on-week over the seven-day period ending Aug. 18.
Joel Kan, the association’s deputy chief economist, blamed the decline on rising interest rates for helping to send the housing market into freefall, continuing a years-long trend driven by an inflationary Biden economy.
The rate on a 30-year, fixed-term mortgage stands at 7.31 percent, the highest level since December 2000. Kan observed:
Applications for home purchase mortgages dropped to their lowest level since April 1995, as homebuyers withdrew from the market due to the elevated rate environment and the erosion of purchasing power.
Low housing supply is also keeping home prices high in many markets, adding to the affordability hurdles buyers are facing.
The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday existing home sales are 16 percent below year-ago levels, which it blamed on the lack of available inventory and lending rates for driving the crisis.
“Unfortunately, both have been unfavorable to buyers,” the association’s chief economist Lawrence Yun said, according to the UPI report.
Home ownership has been a point of contention under President Joe Biden with good-credit homebuyers already forced to pay more for their mortgages to subsidize loans to higher-risk borrowers under a Biden administration rule that began to take effect in April.
As Breitbart News reported, in April 2022 less than half of Americans currently renting their home expect to ever become homeowners, a survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed.
The N.Y. Fed’s 2022 Housing Survey revealed just the average likelihood of a renter expecting to own a home in the future has fallen to 43 percent, the first time that number has dropped well below 50 percent in the history of the surveys, according to economists at the New York Fed.
U.S. Economy Teeters on Verge of Stagnation as Bidenflation Squeezes Customer Demand
The U.S. economy slouched toward stagnation in August, expanding at its weakest pace in six months, a key survey of business leaders indicated Wednesday.
The S&P Global flash composite output index—a preliminary reading of survey results that combines both the services and manufacturing sectors—dropped 1.6 points to 50.4 in August. Manufacturing fell back into contraction and growth in the services sector slumped to the weakest since February.
The survey indicates subdued customer demand across the economy. Total orders declined for the first time in six months, with orders falling for both U.S. manufacturers and service providers.
“A near-stalling of business activity in August raises doubts over the strength of US economic growth in the third quarter. The survey shows that the service sectorled acceleration of growth in the second quarter has faded, accompanied by a further fall in factory output,” Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said in a statement that accompanied the report.
At the same time, inflationary pressures were showing renewed strength on the costs to businesses to produce goods and services. The rate of input price inflation picked up in July thanks to rising prices of fuel and raw materials and higher labor costs. The effect on selling prices, however, was muted by efforts to remain competitive and drive sales.
Chris Williamson said:
“Companies report that demand is looking increasingly lethargic in the face of high prices and rising interest rates. A resultant fall in new orders received by firms in August could tip output into contraction in September as firms adjust operating capacity in line with the deteriorating demand environment. Hiring could likewise soon turn into job shedding in the coming months after a near-stagnation of employment in August.
Rising wage pressures as well as increased energy prices have meanwhile pushed input cost inflation higher, which will raise concerns over the stickiness of consumer price inflation in the months ahead. One upside is that weak demand is starting to limit pricing power, which should help keep a lid on inflation around the 3% mark.”
The report suggests that consumer spending—one of the key sources of strength for the economy this year—may be softening.
Weak economic conditions around the world are also hurting demand for U.S. goods and services.
“Muted demand from key export markets, especially Europe, led to a renewed decrease in new export orders in August. The fall in foreign client demand extends the trend of contraction seen since June 2022 which was only broken briefly by a marginal expansion in July. The export drop was primarily driven by manufacturers, as service providers registered a slower expansion,” the report said.
The outlook turned brighter, although confidence remains below the long-term average. The boost in optimism was attributable to hopes of stabilization in interest rates, expectations that demand will pick up, and a moderation in price pressures.
Biden Labor Department Under Investigation After Mass Exploitation of Child Migrants Revealed (BELOW)
“The watchdogs at Judicial Watch discovered documents that reveal how the Obama administration's close coordination with the Mexican government entices Mexicans to hop over the fence and on to the American dole.” Washington Times
THE GLOBALIST DEMOCRATS AND THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY OF LA RAZA / UNIDOUS
Who Really Benefits From Illegal Immigration? | Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyRb2xFplKM
GETTING JOE'S ILLEGALS INTO THE VOTING BOOTHS
How Election Integrity is Under Threat in America | Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoKvWwjIesc
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Robert Kennedy Jr: Power, Corruption, Freedom, & The Chronic Disease Epidemic Within America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI9Kg2naNfs
“Midnight At The Border" | Running on Truth | Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onrxX6Dwezs
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Addresses Border Crisis and Releases ‘Midnight at the Border'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlun2EYFvk
WATCH — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Launches Documentary: ‘Midnight at the Border’
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LOS ANGELES, California — Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a short documentary film on Thursday about his trip to the southern U.S. border last month, highlighting an issue few other Democrats have dared to touch.
As Breitbart News reported at the time, Kennedy visited the border near Yuma, Arizona, at the dead of night, arriving without fanfare so that the scene would not be sanitized in preparation for his visit. A guide informed him that he and Sen. Mark Kelley (D-AZ) were the only two Democrats who had visited the border to see firsthand what is going on under the Biden administration.
The documentary, a 19-minute film, was released at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills before an audience of several hundred local supporters of the Kennedy campaign, along with members of the media.
The film shows Kennedy meeting, and speaking with, migrants from all over the world, including Africa and Asia — only one of whom was seeking asylum. The rest, he said, were economic migrants seeking a better life for themselves and their families.
Kennedy, who is fluent in Spanish, is shown speaking to migrants from Spanish-speaking countries — though there are many migrants from other parts of the world as well. He hears, firsthand, their stories of distress and dislocation along their journey.
He also tours gaps in the border wall (or fence) that were left behind when President Joe Biden dropped former President Donald Trump’s program to build a physical barrier, along with patrol roads and electronic sensors, to stop the flow of illegal migrants.
Kennedy is also shown learning about sexual assaults committed against women and children on the journey to the border, including both girls and boys.
He says at the conclusion of the documentary that he has learned that the current U.S. border policy is just a way of funding “a multibillion-dollar drug and human trafficking operation” to benefit the Mexican cartels. He promises, if elected, to seal the border, while allowing pathways to legal immigration.
Former TV news anchor Bob Jimenez, who accompanied Kennedy to the border, introduced the documentary. He said that it exposed “the lie that has been told to us” about the border, and about what happens to the immigrants “who are in harm’s way, all the way,” while the cartels get “richer and fatter every year” because “our southern border in open.”
The documentary was produced internally by the Kennedy campaign.
In remarks following the film, Kennedy declared, to applause, that “a country cannot exist if it can’t secure its borders.” He said that unlike other candidates who had approached the issue with “xenophobia,” he would do so through “compassion.”
He framed the issue not as one of immigrants’ rights — which he respected — but as the self-enrichment of the cartels.
Kennedy confessed to having had a change of heart on the issue, after learning more about the border.
“I was against Trump’s wall. I thought it was a crazy idea,” Kennedy admitted.
He said he still believed that the U.S. did not need a wall along the entire border — “the 2000 miles from Brownsville to San Diego” — partly because of natural barriers.
“But we do need something.”
He said that he would use a physical barrier for part of the border, and restore electronic surveillance of the boundary where it had been abandoned. He added that the U.S. had to work more effectively with Latin American countries to stop the migration.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the new biography, Rhoda: ‘Comrade Kadalie, You Are Out of Order’. He is also the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2023) – Permissive legal and illegal immigration policies have been shown to hurt the working class in America the most.
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Mexican President Mocks Texas Governor Over DOJ’s Border-Barrier Lawsuit
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ILDEFONSO ORTIZ and BRANDON DARBY
2 Aug 20230
2:37
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mocked Texas Governor Greg Abbott this week over the recent lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against the state seeking the removal of various border barriers including buoys and fencing.
During his morning news conference, Lopez Obrador talked about the recent lawsuit filed by the DOJ against Texas seeking the removal of various border barriers. As Breitbart Texas reported, Abbott ordered the placement of buoys and various other barriers claiming that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden was not doing anything to stop illegal immigration or drug trafficking.
“We celebrate that Biden is presenting this complaint because it is not his (Abbott’s) to meddle in international affairs,” Lopez Obrador said. “It is the faculty of the federal executive. States are not supposed to have any type of accords with foreign nations. But we have to look at it for what it is, it’s a publicity stunt.”
In his conference, Lopez Obrador said that people from Texas and Mexico are supposed to be united, and the fencing promotes division instead of fostering unity.
“He (Abbott) is doing everything for votes,” Lopez Obrador said. “I think it’s going to be counterproductive for him. I don’t think people are going to vote for him. They are NOT going to vote for him.”
Lopez Obrador said that Texas has a large population of Hispanic descent and a large population of migrants from Latin American countries who will vote against Abbott.
As Breitbart Texas reported, Lopez Obrador has called for Hispanics to oppose Republican politicians such as Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over their stances on immigration and border security. The Mexican politician has even called for Hispanics in the US to vote against those politicians.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.
“L.P. Contreras” from Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project contributed to this report.
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With Biden in office, America’s southern border has vanished entirely.
https://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2022/06/is-joe-bidens-open-borders-destroying.html
California Created A New Cartel Drug Market + The 10 Mile Drug Tunnel to Your Neighborhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_HH-U7-lfE
How Foreign Drug Operations Are Taking Over California’s Desert Towns: Jorge Ventura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL86snd4dP8&t=1285s
Mexican Cartels Are Growing Marijuana In California’s National Forests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAnlncWbFMM
Inside Mexico's Most Powerful Drug Cartel | Foreign Correspondent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2IQuXbExjU&t=174s
The Gang Crackdown (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8zwVTNGk9w
Numerous immigrant teens have gone missing on Long Island since 2016, all linked to the violent gang MS-13. FRONTLINE investigates a slew of killings that led to many immigrant teens being accused of gang affiliation and unlawfully detained. (Aired 2018) This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate. Drawing on interviews with murder victims’ families, accused gang members, top Justice Department officials, local law enforcement and ICE leadership, and civil rights and immigration lawyers, the 2018 documentary “The Gang Crackdown” explores the reasons behind a spike in violence on Long Island — home to one of the U.S.’ largest communities of unaccompanied minors — and examines whether law enforcement and other government agencies overreached in trying to combat the problem. Love FRONTLINE? Find us on the PBS Video App, where there are more than 300 FRONTLINE documentaries available to watch any time: https://to.pbs.org/FLVideoApp
Biden Labor Department Under Investigation After Mass Exploitation of Child Migrants Revealed
The independent watchdog of the Department of Labor is investigating the agency's role in a wave of child labor violations of migrants across the country.
The department's Office of Inspector General said in an Aug. 21 memo that it plans to audit the department's "efforts to curtail child labor law violations, as well as the cause for rising child labor law violations."
It's the latest development in a scandal involving the Labor Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the White House.
The New York Times first broke the story in April, when it showed documents proving the administration was quickly releasing unaccompanied migrant children into the country by the thousands. Many of those children ended up working grueling jobs, often for long hours and in dangerous conditions where they worked with chemicals and industrial equipment.
The probe comes amid rising cases of illegal child labor, Bloomberg reported:
Agency officials said in July that over the past 10 months alone, the DOL’s wage division has concluded 765 cases involving 4,474 children employed in violation of federal child labor laws. Overall, the department reported that it’s seen a 69% increase child labor violations from 2018 and 2022.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) slammed the Biden administration in June for its failure to address the widespread crisis.
"This administration has let tens of thousands of children be sold into slavery," Hawley said. "They are doing nothing about it."
Five former HHS employees said they were pushed out of the agency after they raised concerns about children's safety.
The Times report also implicated former domestic policy adviser Susan Rice. Rice and her team reportedly failed to act, even as administration staffers called for stricter vetting of the sponsors migrant children were placed with to prevent human trafficking. A week after the Times report, the White House announced that Rice would step down.
Further reports found that children were sent to the homes of unscreened adults, some of whom could have been registered sex offenders or had a history of child neglect.
The Times reported that though the two departments did flag the problem for the White House, the notices were not marked as urgent and did not properly explain the scope of the crisis.
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD JOE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESS AMERICANS???
Biden Approves Migrant Camp at NYC Airfield Despite Residents’ Opposition
President Joe Biden is ignoring concerns from Brooklyn, New York, residents and has greenlit a plan that will see at least 2,000 single adult male border crossers and illegal aliens housed in a former naval airfield facility — paid for by New Yorkers.
On Tuesday, residents in southeast Brooklyn protested New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) plan to turn Floyd Bennett Field, owned by the federal government, into a massive migrant camp.
The former naval airfield sits along Jamaica Bay and near multiple neighborhoods including Gerritsen Beach, Roxbury, and Breezy Point.
“I live here, I grew up here,” one resident told News 12. “It’s going to make the neighborhood way more dangerous.”
During the protest, former GOP candidate for New York City mayor Curtis Sliwa blamed Biden’s lax enforcement of federal immigration law for the more than 100,000 migrants that have arrived in the city since the spring of last year.
“The people here feel that they have been betrayed,” Sliwa said at the protest. “No transparency whatsoever. It’s like ‘Pay your taxes, shut up, raise your kids, and we’ll tell you what you’re going to do.’ Well, we’ve had enough, no more of the illegal aliens. Enough is enough, this is Joe Biden’s problem.”
People attend a protest against a tent shelter for migrants at Floyd Bennett Field in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on August 22, 2023. (Paul Frangipane/VIEWpress)
People attend an anti-migrant protest led by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa at Floyd Bennett Field on August 22, 2023 in the Marine Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
People attend an anti-migrant protest led by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa at Floyd Bennett Field on August 22, 2023 in the Marine Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
People attend an anti-migrant protest led by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa at Floyd Bennett Field on August 22, 2023 in the Marine Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
People attend an anti-migrant protest led by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa at Floyd Bennett Field on August 22, 2023 in the Marine Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
People attend a protest against a tent shelter for migrants at Floyd Bennett Field in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on August 22, 2023. (Paul Frangipane/VIEWpress)
People attend an anti-migrant protest led by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa at Floyd Bennett Field on August 22, 2023 in the Marine Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
People attend an anti-migrant protest led by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa at Floyd Bennett Field on August 22, 2023 in the Marine Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Despite concerns from nearby residents, Hochul confirmed on Wednesday that the Biden administration had approved her plan to house thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens at the airfield.
Hochul, praising the effort, said New Yorkers will pick up the tab for the migrant camp.
“I’m viewing this as a significant development by the administration … to acknowledge that we need more help here,” Hochul said.
The migrant camp at the airfield will be among many set up in New York City. Also this week, Mayor Eric Adams (D) opened a mega migrant shelter on Randall’s Island that will disrupt recreation services for school children as it sits on three soccer fields.
That mega shelter may soon house about 3,000 single adult male border crossers and illegal aliens at a cost of $20 million every month for New York City taxpayers. This is in addition to the $12 billion bill that New Yorkers are projected to pay to provide housing, food, care, and public services to migrants arriving from the southern border.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
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