September 23, 2025
From Matt Margolis, Democrats may not get the usual midterm win.
[Excitable CNN Poll Dweeb Harry Enten] explained that polls showing Trump underwater don't mean diddly squat because Democrats are still losing badly on the issues that matter most to voters. "At this particular point, the Democrats are the New Orleans Saints of political parties," Enten quipped. "What are we talking about? Trust the Dems or GOP more on the economy. Who leads on the economy? Republicans by seven. Immigration? Republicans by 13. How about crime? A big issue for Donald Trump and the Republicans. Look at that: Lead by 22 points." That's not a statistical blip--it's a crushing advantage on all the top issues heading into the 2026 midterms. Enten warned Democrats not to assume Trump's poll numbers would save them from their own failures. "At this particular point, it's the Republicans who are running with the ball on the top issues, the economy, immigration, and crime," he said. Bolduan then pressed Enten to compare today's numbers with the last time Republicans took control of the House. Enten's answer was devastating. "The GOP is more trusted than the Dems on the economy. It was 12 points in 2022," he explained. "Slight, slight decline in that lead, but still seven points. How about immigration? It was Republicans by three back in 2022. Look at this: the Republican lead's actually gone up by 10 points!" "What are you doing, Democrats? My goodness gracious!" Enten said. "And on crime, the Republicans were up by 13, and now they're up by 22."And note this doesn't take into account the extra five seats the GOP will probably pick up in Texas, nor the five seats the GOP will probably pick up in Florida (if DeSantis pulls the trigger), nor the extra few seats they'll pick up in Missouri and Ohio.
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Liberal political commentator Keith Olbermann deleted a social media post Monday in which he appeared to threaten conservative CNN analyst Scott Jennings. "You're next motherf--ker," read Olbermann's deleted X post, according to a screenshot shared by Townhall columnist Dustin Grage "But keep mugging to the camera," the former MSNBC and ESPN host added, in another deleted tweet, according to the grabs Jennings retweeted from Grage while tagging FBI Director Kash Patel.

That's not how it appears to me, NY Post liberal "journalist."
Olbermann appears to have been responding to a tweet from Jennings reacting to ABC reinstating late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, after he was pulled off the air for offensive comments related to conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.
"Now we get the fascists off real tv. That'd mean your career is next, Jennings. Send a tape to Real America 's Voice," Olbermann posted in that thread, a possible clarification of what he meant. "But keep mugging to camera, amateur," he added.It just so happens that the Teachers Union Terrorist who shot up the ABC affiliate to "protest" ABC's decision to cancel Kimmel used those same words: You're next.
Olbermann faced criticism last week for his reaction to ABC affiliate Sinclair's decision to air a remembrance for Kirk over Kimmel's show, an announcement made before the comedian was suspended. "Burn in hell, Sinclair," Olbermann wrote on X. "Alongside Charlie Kirk."

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The pro-terrorist, pro-invasion, pro-Sharia UK state media:
Donald Trump's speech to the United Nations was one of the clearest expositions of the way he sees the world, his ideology in its rawest form. To his supporters, it will be seen as Trumpism unplugged; to his critics, Trumpism unhinged. Over almost an hour, he took aim at his opponents and their ideas, picking them off one by one as he toured the world. He began at home, praising the United States and himself. He said the US was living through a golden age and repeated his much-disputed claim that he had personally ended seven wars, something he argued merited a Nobel Peace Prize. But then the president laid into his hosts. The UN, he said, had not helped his peace-making. He questioned the organisation's purpose, saying it had tremendous potential but was not living up to that. All it did, he claimed, was write strongly worded letters that it did not follow up. Empty words, he said, did not end wars. He also attacked the UN for the aid it gave to asylum seekers hoping to enter the US, saying "The UN is supposed to stop invasions, not create them and not finance them." The president even attacked the UN for a broken escalator and teleprompter that disrupted his visit and speech. On one level, he has a point. Many analysts question the effectiveness of the UN in resolving conflict these days, pointing in particular to gridlock in the Security Council and the body's unresponsive bureaucracy.
Kyiv can win all of Ukraine back from Russia, Trump says
Trump criticises countries' migration and climate policies in scathing UN speech But on another level Trump can be seen himself a cause and symptom of the UN's lack of effectiveness; for he believes global crises are best resolved by powerful men like him getting together and hammering out a deal, not using multilateral bodies like the UN to work out collective solutions. Under Trump, the US has withdrawn much of its UN funding, leaving the body forced to cut its humanitarian work around the world. Trump saved perhaps his biggest criticism for his European allies, attacking the continent for investing in renewable energy, and opening its borders to migration. "Europe is in serious trouble. They have been invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody has ever seen before... Both the immigration and suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe," he said. Climate change, he claimed to audible gasps, was "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and was lumbering European countries with expensive energy costs compared to fossil fuels. He criticised in particular the UK government for imposing new taxes on North Sea oil. "If you don't get away from the green energy scam, your country is going to fail," he said. "I love Europe. I love the people of Europe. And I hate to see it being devastated by energy and immigration. This double-tailed monster destroys everything in its wake... you want to be politically correct and you are destroying your heritage." Note that last point. It echoes what the president said during his state visit to the UK last week when he spoke of the importance of defending the values of what he called "the English-speaking world". There is a cultural edge to Mr Trump's criticism of Europe, a sense that he believes uncontrolled immigration is threatening what he sees as Europe's Judeo Christian heritage. Not for nothing is Trump the leader of an administration that wears its religion firmly on its sleeve. "Let us protect religious liberty," he told the UN, "including for the most persecuted religion on the planet today -- it's called Christianity."
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So what I hear you saying is that he's just a general fuck-up and shit-for-brains.
NYPost:Ryan Routh, the madman who holed up in a sniper's nest with an assault rifle at one of President Trump's golf courses, tried to stab himself with a pen in a Florida courtroom Tuesday after he was convicted of attempting to assassinate the then-GOP nominee. A dramatic scene unfolded as jurors were leaving the courtroom when Routh took a pen and started trying to jab himself in the neck. Courtroom marshals sprung to action and dragged him out of the room as his daughter, Sara Routh, screamed at her father. "Dad I love you. Don't do anything. I'll get you out. He didn't hurt anybody," the daughter yelled. A few minutes later, Routh was brought back into the courtroom with shackles on. He wasn't wearing the jacket and tie from earlier and his white shirt didn't show signs of blood. The judge set his sentencing date for Dec. 18. The jurors took about two hours to find Routh, 59, guilty of five federal charges of attempted assassination, assault on a federal officer and gun crimes following a two week trial in Fort Pierce, Fla. court. He will face up to life in prison at his sentencing.In happier news, he'll be Jimmy Kimmel's first guest tonight.
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Note that the suspiciously suddenly "pro-speech" Marxist left continues worm-mouthing about Brenden Carr's threat to enforce the equal time rule while completely suppressing the fact that the hard left is shooting up ABC affiliate stations to terrorize them into airing Pudgy Propagandist Jimmy Kimmel, and also terrorizing them into not running a tribute to the man they just assassinated. Your words are violence, their violence is speech.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group scrapped its plans to air a tribute to Charlie Kirk after multiple violent threats were directed at local ABC affiliate stations, according to a report from the New York Post. Last week, Sinclair was set to air the special on its affiliate stations but abruptly announced it was pulled and would be available on a YouTube link. The TV giant, which owns over 40 local ABC affiliate stations, was facing "local threats directed at specific local ABC stations resulting from [the] ABC suspension" of Jimmy Kimmel, a source told the outlet. The revelations come after a suspect also shot up a local ABC affiliate station in California last week. At the time of pulling the on air special, Sinclair posted to X, "Tonight, Sinclair will continue to air ABC network programming as scheduled in the late-night time period. The Charlie Kirk special will instead be available on The National News Desk's YouTube channel, ensuring viewers can continue to enjoy ABC programming while also providing full access to the special online." The man that was arrested last week for shooting three bullets into an ABC affiliate station in Sacramento, California, Anibal Hernandez-Santana, also had a timeline full of anti-Trump posts on his social media. The Post reports that after the shooting, there were increasing concerns about ABC affiliates getting targeted. Sinclair notified law enforcement as well as private security firms over the threats.
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"I never said that I didn't pick him because he was gay. I didn't pick him because we had such a short period of time, and it would be hard to win with this homo on the ticket."
Collin RuggShe also threw in a "Because Trump" for good measure. "Because Trump" is the all purpose filler/bonding agent that seals the cracks in the Democrat-Media Cult.
@CollinRugg NEW: Kamala Harris says she couldn't pick Pete Buttigieg as her running mate because he is gay and there was only 107 days. Maddow: To say that he couldn't be on the ticket effectively because he was gay, it's hard to hear. Harris: No no no that's not what I said... with the stakes being so high, it made me very sad, but I also realized it would be a real risk. She denied the accusation then admitted it was true?
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Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger Finally! Google admits 1) that the Biden White House demanded censorship of legal content, and 2) that the European censorship law (DSA) could require it and other tech companies "to remove lawful content" both "within and outside of" the EU. The US must stand up to EU censors!
Here are three sections from Google's letter to Rep. Jordan, making a series of admissions about their own censorship, Biden's demand for censorship, and the EU's current mission to impose European censorship on American citizens.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan BREAKING: Due to our oversight efforts, GOOGLE commits to offer ALL creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations to return to the platform. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. -Admits the Biden Admin censorship pressure was "unacceptable and wrong" -Confirms that the Biden Admin wanted Americans censored for speech that did not violate YouTube's policies -Details when YouTube began rolling back its censorship policies on political speech after @JudiciaryGOP began its investigation -States that public debate should NEVER come at the expense of relying on "authorities" -Promises to NEVER use third-party "fact-checkers" -Warns that Europe's censorship laws target AMERICAN companies and threaten AMERICAN speech




Remember, it's dangerous for Brenden Carr to exercise the actual powers of the FCC and enforce the standing equal time law because the left might do the same to us in the future.
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The Ministry of External Affairs over the weekend warned that the move could have "humanitarian consequences" while another minister suggested the global community was "a little afraid of our talent."
So this cocksucker seems to think that we are obligated to employ hundreds of thousands of Indians because their remittances support the Indian economy? Or maybe India is dumping their retard junior engineers on America because their sclerotic and over-regulated economy can't employ them? Either way, it isn't our problem, and suggesting that it is makes him sound like the beggar that he is!
"H-1B visas are not being used to fill occupational shortages or obtain highly skilled workers who are unavailable in the United States," the White House said in a statement. "Reports also indicate that many American tech companies have laid off their qualified and highly skilled American workers and simultaneously hired thousands of H-1B workers."
Ah...we get to the crux of the matter. Corporate America loves it some indentured servitude, and compliant Indians make the best ones! So, the short answer to India is: F*ck off, and fund your own country with homegrown industry. And to corporate America? Also: F*ck off, and start employing Americans rather than your pets from third-world sh*tholes at low wages and no economic mobility. [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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And then there's this guffaw and vomitus inducing proclamation from the Whore who Babbles On . . . and on and on and on, Kamala/Chlamydia Harris:
Trump Is a ‘Tyrant’ Killing Capitalism to Stroke His ‘Fragile Ego’The Democrat Party has been waging unrelenting genocide on free markets and liberty, while pimping and pushing ever more freedom and wealth destroying socialism on us for almost 100 years. With Bernie Sanders, Titty-Caca AOC and ZOhran Mamdani leading the Bolshevik charge as we speak, and this soused, semen-guzzling shitwhore has the unmitigated churzpocritical gall?!!! Eh, maybe the younger voters who as we had reported in our last couple of podcasts are seemingly falling head over heels for socialism to rule the nation will hear this and short circuit their pea-brains from the mixed signals.
As for Jimmy Kimmel, I could care fuck all if ABC and its affiliates want to destroy their ratings and bottom line by airing this unfunny, unappealing gnome. My concern is that his delight over the assassination of Charlie Kirk might inspire someone to go after another Leftist-approved target. That someone took pot shots at an ABC TV station after Kimmel got the hook is bad enough, but that the psycho was allowed to post bail was outrageous as saner heads have prevailed. At least for the time being.
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday that the suspect who allegedly opened fire on ABC10’s television station in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is back in custody. Federal authorities arrested 64-year-old Anibal Hernandez Santana for allegedly violating statute 47 USC 333, which criminalizes interference with licensed broadcasts, Patel announced on X. Santana had been initially released from custody on a $200,000 bond on Saturday after allegedly firing three bullets into the window of the station’s lobby on Friday.On a separate note, Ted Cruz continues to underwhelm.
The Chairman said, “The FCC could make a strong argument that this is sort of an intentional effort to mislead the American people about a very core fundamental fact, a very important matter.” Cruz said on his podcast, “And I’ve got to say, that’s right out of Goodfellas. That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’” He then claimed that this would create a new precedent for the left to one day censor conservatives.
Newsflash for Ted, the media and Democrats in general have been persecuting and censoring anyone to the right of Nikita Khrushchev for years. Pfft. Finally, if President Trump is serious in his labeling of Antifa as a terrorist organization, this piece of shit needs to be waterboarded until he spills the beans about all his contacts.
Antifa and all its cadres, financiers and politicians giving it cover must be utterly eradicated with the most extreme prejudice.
A North Carolina police officer who declared he was “Antifa” in a post on the social media app BlueSky was fired Monday by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, according to the News & Observer. Brian Edwards, 37, served as a detention officer for the agency while making the posts and had been promoted to corporal in May, the News & Observer reported. Edwards’ posts included calls for subjecting “traitors” to “war crimes trials” and hinted at executing them.And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a good day!
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- Brian Edwards, 37, served as a detention officer for the agency while making the posts and had been promoted to corporal in May, the News & Observer reported. Edwards’ posts included calls for subjecting “traitors” to “war crimes trials” and hinted at executing them.
Antifa Cop Fired Over Insane Social Media Posts (why isn't this domestic terrorist being waterboarded at GITMO right now?! - jjs)
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- Nvidia is planning to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI. (Tom's Hardware)
So that OpenAI can spend the money on 10 gigawatts worth of Nvidia hardware.
It's not a bubble.
It's a Ponzi scheme with extra steps.*
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September 22, 2025
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And here's an even bigger meet-up of meat-eaters. Lion thinks he's unbeatable but a rhino lets him know he just hasn't faced a real opponent yet.
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Oh no, American companies might be forced to train and employ actual American citizens.
There are billion-dollar companies whose only service is applying for H-1B visas and then selling them to people looking for work. Many of these billion-dollar H-1B grifter companies are Indian. Currently, 71% of all H-1B applicants are Indian. 11.7% are Chinese. Trump is driving up the cost to hire a foreigner over an American. Supposedly these visas are for jobs of high talent and skill for which there are few qualified American workers. In reality, these visas are bought just to do fairly low-level, routine jobs in tech so that they these greedy corporations can just save a buck while pretending not to be evil.President Donald Trump raised the fee for an H-1B visa to $100,000 on Friday, leaving companies scrambling to respond. As of Sunday, H-1B visa applications will require a $100,000 payment. Previously, visa fees ranged from $2,000 to $5,000 per application, depending on the size of the company. The fee will only be applied to new H-1B applicants, not renewals or current visa holders. The fee will be implemented in the upcoming lottery cycle.Bullshit. Companies like Disney force workers in fairly minor paper-pushing, number-crunching jobs to train their new Indian replacements, and then fire them. I'm not saying these jobs don't require training and skill. But I am saying that you can miss me with this "highly-skilled workers in specialized technical fields for which no Americans are trained" horseshit. When Disney orders American workers to train their own imported, largely Indian replacements, obviously Americans exist to do those jobs. Disney just wants to pay people less money to do them.
President Donald Trump raised the fee for an H-1B visa to $100,000 on Friday, leaving companies scrambling to respond. With many left wondering whether their careers will remain in tact, here's a breakdown of the new H-1B fees: What did Trump change? As of Sunday, H-1B visa applications will require a $100,000 payment. Previously, visa fees ranged from $2,000 to $5,000 per application, depending on the size of the company. Employers now must have documentation of the payment prior to filing an H-1B petition on behalf of a worker. Applicants will have their petitions restricted for 12 months until the payment is made, according to the White House. ... Leavitt also clarified that the $100,000 is a one-time payment and not an annual charge. Exceptions can be made to any immigrant whose employment is deemed essential in the national interest by the Secretary of Homeland Security and does not pose a threat to the security or welfare of the U.S. Employees with B visas who have start dates prior to October 2026 will also receive additional guidance in order to prevent using those temporary business visas as a workaround for H-1B visas. Who are these workers and why are they needed? H-1B visas allows highly skilled foreign professionals to work in specialty occupations that generally require at least a bachelor's degree to fulfill the role. Jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, usually qualify. Many employers use H-1B workers to fill the gaps in these highly technical roles that are not found within the American labor supply.
Companies in the tech and finance sectors rely heavily on these specially-skilled immigrants, particularly from India and China, which accounted for 71% and 11.7% of visa holders last year, respectively. How many H-1B visas does the tech industry use every year? The current annual cap for H-1B visas is 65,000, along with an additional 20,000 visas for foreign professionals with a master's degree or doctorate from a U.S. institution. A lottery system is used to select additional petitions if demand exceeds the cap. Since 2012, about 60% or more of approved H-1B workers had computer-related jobs, according to Pew Research. Amazon was the top employer for H-1B holders in the fiscal year 2025, sponsoring over 10,000 applicants by the end of June, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Microsoft and Meta had over 5,000 each, while Apple and Google rounded out the top six with over 4,000 approvals.
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Here's NPR to immediately dismiss the so-far unreleased study and declare that the link between Tylenol use during pregnancy is not "conclusively" proven yet.
The Trump administration is expected to assert later today that use of acetaminophen -- the active ingredient in Tylenol -- can increase the risk of autism when used during pregnancy, despite the fact that scientific research has not conclusively demonstrated a causal link.He also said that there may be a cure for autism -- Vitamin B in a special form.
White House officials are also expected to suggest that a form of vitamin B that is typically used in conjunction with cancer treatment could be used to treat autism.Oh no -- we might cure autism and reduce the number of new cases, but whatever we do, we mustn't undermine the scientific establishment that has been batting 0.174 for the past fifteen years. (Remember the faked data claiming that Alzheimer's was caused by brain plaque? Which then caused us to spend ten years and billions in research on a medical dead-end?) The NYTimes also claims that the science is "mixed" so we should just ignore it.
"We're gonna have one of the biggest announcements, really, medically, I think, in the history of our country," President Trump said Sunday night, referring to a press conference scheduled for Monday afternoon. "I think we found an answer to autism." This would be the administration's latest move questioning the science of commonly used medications, from vaccines to abortion medications, and stirring up controversy in what many say is an effort to undermine the scientific establishment and advance a political agenda.
Kennedy Said to Focus on Unproven Link Between Common Painkiller and Autism A federal report on Monday is expected to point to acetaminophen, the active ingredient in painkillers like Tylenol. But research into a possible connection has yielded mixed results. By Azeen GhorayshiThe NYTimes has never found a "scientific" or environmental panic it didn't immediately declare to be both true and frightening, so one wonders how much they're being paid to suddenly develop a sense of skepticism.
Federal health officials are expected to link rising rates of autism to the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in the common painkiller Tylenol, in a report to be released on Monday. Scientists have studied a potential connection for years, but the research so far has yielded inconclusive results. "I think it's a very big factor," President Trump told reporters on Sunday, referring to acetaminophen. The agency plans to warn pregnant women against using acetaminophen except in case of fever, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. "If there's a question -- even if there's a question -- you just do it right?" Mr. Trump said to reporters aboard Air Force One. He is expected to make an official announcement from the White House at 4 p.m. Acetaminophen is considered one of the few safe options to treat pain or fever during pregnancy. Doctors already routinely warn pregnant women against long-term use.
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This Racial Healing Officer is calling out The White Devil Man for not supporting her in dancing on Charlie Kirk's grave. Who was another White Devil Man.
There's so much racial healing going on I can't keep up with it all.Posted by: Ace at 04:14 PM | Comments (356) | Trackbacks (Suck)
The NYPost reports what WMUR censors -- the gunman screamed "Free Palestine!" as he committed murder. He also shouted "the children are safe" which could be a reference to the trans extremists' claim that we must protect the children... from people who don't want to lop off healthy body parts.
A man was charged with second-degree murder after a shooting Saturday night at a country club in Nashua in which one person was killed and several other people were injured, some while trying to flee the chaotic scene.
The Attorney General's Office said Hunter Nadeau, 23, of Nashua, allegedly shot and killed Robert DeCesare, 59, in an attack at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua.
An autopsy on DeCesare is scheduled for Monday. Nadeau, meanwhile, is scheduled to be arraigned at 1 p.m. Monday. Formella said additional charges are likely. Investigators said Nadeau shot and wounded two other people, including one who worked at the restaurant and one who was a patron. Meanwhile, at least four other people suffered other non-gunshot injuries as they tried to flee. Nashua Fire Rescue said on Sunday that two people who were wounded were taken by vehicle to the Spit Brook Road fire station, where aid was given to one person with a gunshot wound to the face and one person with a hand laceration. Both were taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and the gunshot victim was flown to a Boston hospital, fire authorities said. Attorney General John Formella said the victim flown to a Boston hospital is in in critical condition, but the victim is said to be stable.
The armed maniac, wearing a mask, stormed into the wedding, flipped off the guests and shouted "the children are safe" and "Free Palestine," witnesses told local media. "Getting together for a dance for the bride and groom and then all chaos went off," Tom Bartelson, the uncle of the groom, said. "We heard about six shots and everybody ducked for cover and next thing you know we're rushed into safe spots and things like that.""And we never will," Nashua prosecutors added.
Officials said it's not clear whether the attack was targeted or random, and they have not determined a motive.
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A teachers union lawyer, you say.
Anibal "Al" Hernandez Santana told a Jimmy-Kimmel-level "joke" celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder:Posted by: Ace at 01:23 PM | Comments (473) | Trackbacks (Suck)
I wrote about this last week, based on National Review reporting by Audrey Fahlberg.
But this is new.Former White House chief of staff Jeff Zients revealed to Congress Thursday that former President Joe Biden's memory and decision-making capability deteriorated while in office, according to a source familiar with the ex-aide's transcribed interview. Zients, who declined to answer reporter questions, also told the House Oversight Committee that he told White House physician Kevin O'Connor that Biden should have "a full medical workup" -- including a cognitive exam -- after his disastrous June 27, 2024, debate performance, added the source. In that forum, the Democrat stumbled over his words, spoke with a soft and raspy voice, and delivered non-sequiturs about public policy -- declaring at one point that his administration had "finally beat Medicare." Biden's campaign and White House flacks dismissed the fumbles at the time, claiming the president had a "cold" -- though he was spotted within minutes of the debate's end at a Waffle House. But Zients claimed the "mental freezes" aides observed were unprecedented, the source related."Unprecedented." We in the public saw them all the time, but Biden's chief of staff never, ever saw them before. He swears. Def don't indict him for perjury.
Ex-senior White House communications adviser Anita Dunn and former national security adviser Jake Sullivan apparently stressed the importance of a cognitive exam, while former Cabinet officials such as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and VA Secretary Denis McDonough -- as well as Secretary of State Antony Blinken -- didn't think Biden had the juice for a second term. Several donors also expressed alarm, with one suggesting that the president's use of a teleprompter to address an intimate campaign fundraiser was concerning. ... Over the course of a six-hour grilling by Oversight staff, Zients also revealed that Biden began having "difficulty remembering dates and names," while "decisions that once required three meetings eventually began to require a fourth," according to the first source. Those age-related issues were also a subject of conversation in the West Wing throughout the former president's term, with first lady Jill Biden asking that her husband not be "over-scheduled" and be allowed to "return to the residence" earlier in the day, this person said. This codger "worked" from the crack of 11am to Early Bird Special midnight, 4pm. Damn those are the exact hours I try to keep. Maybe I need a cognitive test.
...This isn't in the story, but we've heard this before: Supposedly, when it was proposed that Biden take a cognitive test -- I mean, one they would disclose to the public; I'm 100% sue-me certain that they gave him ones before that he'd failed -- they decided against it because there was no political upside for Biden. Well, there would have been a political upside if he passed it, because by then 60% of the public said publicly that he was mentally impaired and the other 40% lied. So when they say there would be no "political upside," that's because they knew he'd already begun failing them in 2015.
[Biden's neurologist and dementia doctor] O'Connor, who purportedly considered giving Biden the cognitive test, and Jill Biden's chief of staff Anthony Bernal previously pleaded the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from the Republican-led panel -- and Zients spoke with both of them about the president's "age issues," according to the first source.
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