Month: July 2024

The White House announced Tuesday that Joe Biden will hold a meeting at the White House with Democratic Party governors Wednesday night to reassure them after Biden’s disastrous debate last Thursday with President Trump. The Democrat governors held a conference call on Monday where they rejected a suggested meeting with Kamala Harris, saying they needed to hear from Biden himself, according to reports. The meeting will be a mix of in-person and video conference attendance.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans fly in to attend in person. Newsom gave loyal support for Biden in the spin room after last week’s debate debacle in Atlanta.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told CNN Tuesday that he wanted Biden to “tell us a little bit more about how you’re doing.”

Excerpt via the Kentucky Lantern:

On CNN, Beshear noted he and Brown, the daughter of the late Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr., are from Kentucky, where southern hospitality includes asking someone how they are doing out of concern.

“When you see somebody, one of the first things you ask is, ‘How are you doing?’ And oftentimes we get way too much information in that response,” Beshear said. “It’s something that we are used to talking about. Now, that’s part of our culture. So, I don’t think it’s an attack on the White House or an attack on the president — who is a good man and a nice man — to just say, ‘Tell us a little bit more about how you’re doing.’”

Beshear’s comments come on the heels of the governor telling reporters on Monday he plans to support Biden, 81, as long as he remains in the presidential race.

Biden’s schedule for Wednesday as announced by the White House Tuesday night has him meeting with Kamala Harris for the national security briefing and then for lunch. The meeting with the governors is set for 6:30 p.m. EDT, after a Medal of Honor ceremony. (KJP briefs the press at 1:30.)

The Medal of Honor ceremony is the only public appearance by Biden scheduled for Wednesday.

11:30 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the President’s Daily Brief; THE VICE PRESIDENT attends.
Oval Office
Closed Press
12:15 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT have lunch
The President’s Private Dining Room
Closed Press
4:45 PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at a Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House
East Room
Pre-Credentialed Media and Pooled for TV
6:30 PM THE PRESIDENT meets with Democratic Governors
Roosevelt Room
Closed Press
Briefing Schedule
1:30 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Excerpt from CBS News report:

President Biden plans to hold a meeting with Democratic governors Wednesday, CBS News has learned, as the White House and his reelection campaign work to shore up support for him after last week’s shaky debate performance.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, will be at the White House for the meeting. Some governors plan to attend in person, while others will attend virtually.

…The meeting with governors is notable because up until this point, it’s mostly been Mr. Biden’s top aides and advisers who have been reaching out to elected Democrats to reassure them after his debate performance. Members of the Democratic Governors’ Association held a call Monday to discuss the ongoing response to last week’s debate and a widespread concern among the state chief executives that Mr. Biden has done little outreach to governors, specifically over the course of the campaign year, according to two people familiar with arrangements for the call.

The Biden campaign had been trying to arrange time for Vice President Harris to speak with governors, but the governors decided Monday they wanted to hear directly from the president.

“They’d like to hear from him directly before going and sticking out their necks for him again,” said one of the people familiar with the plan, granted anonymity to speak frankly about them.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, widely considered a candidate to replace Biden on the ticket, will attend:

Some news via @Click_CA: Gov. Gavin Newsom will head to White House tomorrow to attend the governors meeting “and to stand with the president.”

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) July 3, 2024

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is not planning on participating in the meeting:

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers did not participate in a call with Democratic governors yesterday and isn’t planning to join a call tomorrow, according to Evers’ spokeswoman.

He tentatively plans to attend an event President Biden is scheduled to hold in Madison on Friday, she said. https://t.co/kL2TpX0jSj

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) July 2, 2024

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will virtually attend:

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro plans to attend President Biden’s meeting with Dem govs virtually, per @manuel_bonder

“Governor Shapiro will stay in Pennsylvania tomorrow and continue working with Democratic and Republican leaders in the legislature to close a budget deal.“

— Julia Manchester (@JuliaManch) July 2, 2024

As will Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs:

Update: @GovernorHobbs will attend (virtually) a meeting with President Biden and governors on Wednesday, according to her office and campaign. https://t.co/ECZZf65ihf

— Stacey Barchenger (@sbarchenger) July 2, 2024

And Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker:

Gov. @JBPritzker will be among fellow Democratic governors attending a meeting with President Biden on Wednesday to address the debate drama that’s engulfed the presidential campaign. Pritzker will attend virtually.

— Shia Kapos (@ShiaKapos) July 2, 2024

Biden is trying fend off calls for him to drop out of the race in order to save the Democrats from a looming wipeout in November.

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Back in the early days of Trump’s first term as president, Democrats and the media did everything they could think of to invalidate Trump’s 2016 victory.

When the idea of overturning the results was exhausted, they turned their attention to the 25th Amendment, claiming that Trump should be removed from office because he was not mentally fit to be president. This turned into a chorus of left wing cable news hosts and various Democrat officials beating this drum on TV night after night.

Have you noticed that these voices have fallen flat over the last week, as we have watched Biden exhibit his obvious mental decline?

FOX News reports:

Media floated 25th Amendment for Trump hundreds of times while in office, viral video shows

A viral video montage has emerged of prominent figures in the liberal media calling on government officials to invoke the 25th Amendment on former President Trump while he was in office.

The montage, created by NewsBusters video editor Bill D’Agostino, noted that media members pushed the 25th Amendment narrative over 600 times during Trump’s White House tenure.

The compilation of major media voices was part of a larger report published by the Media Research Center, which noted that MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell brought up the idea of declaring Trump unfit for presidential duties less than a month after his inauguration.

In December 2017, “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough said a close associate of Trump on the campaign trail told him the then-presidential candidate had “pre-dementia.”

Scarborough also suggested that “everybody” who’s known Trump for years has said he has “mentally devolved.” The MSNBC co-host then said he wanted to know “when it’s safe” to start talking about whether Trump should be taken off his presidential duties.

Watch this video:

FLASHBACK: The media pushed for the 25th Amendment to be invoked over 600 times while Trump was in office.

In all of the media’s reactions to Joe Biden’s debate performance last night, they’ve yet to plead the 25th.

by @Banned_Bill pic.twitter.com/3NUS2V2diX

— MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) June 28, 2024

Every single person in that video should be out of a job today, but obviously they aren’t. It is important to remember all of this, however. These people need to be reminded of what vicious liars and propagandists they are on a regular basis.

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Actress and supposed comedian Lea DeLaria recently posted a video to social media in which she calls on Joe Biden to assassinate Donald Trump.

This is the sort of violent and unhinged rhetoric that somehow passes as acceptable on the far left.

DeLaria deserves to be investigated for this. She might have wanted to check in with her fellow comedian Kathy Griffin before doing something so stupid. She may have just ruined her career for the foreseeable future.

The Hollywood Reporter has details:

‘OITNB’ Actress Lea DeLaria Calls on Biden to Assassinate Trump: “This Is a War”

Orange Is the New Black actress Lea DeLaria uploaded an intense Instagram speech calling on President Joe Biden to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s newly defined executive immunity rules and assassinate Donald Trump.

DeLaria posted the video Monday in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling the former president is immune from prosecution for any “official acts” while in office. The ruling has led to speculation that a president could, in theory, assassinate a political rival and then call it an “official” act. Well, that’s what DeLaria rather provocatively called on Biden to do and likened the assassination to preemptively killing Adolf Hitler before World War II.

“Joe, you’re a reasonable man,” she said in a post that’s garnered about 9,000 likes as of this publication. “You don’t want to do this. But here’s the reality: This is a fucking war. This is a war now, and we are fighting for our fucking country. And these assholes are going to take it away. They’re going to take it away. Thank you, [Supreme Court Justice] Clarence ‘Uncle’ Thomas. Joe, you now have the right to take that bitch Trump out. Take him out, Joe. If he was Hitler, and this was 1940, would you take him out? Well, he is Hitler. And this is 1940. Take him the fuck out! Blow him up, or they’ll blow us up. Facts.”

See the video below:

This person needs to be investigated.

Also, if this is how they act now, prepare yourself for vlolence in November. pic.twitter.com/gzxGOafBnZ

— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) July 2, 2024

We all know how this would be handled if a Trump supporter said the same thing about Biden. This rant cannot be overlooked or swept under the rug.

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Following the 2020 election, the FOX News Channel lost the loyalty and viewership of many Trump supporters but one person at the network seems to have escaped that scorn.

Greg Gutfeld’s late night show featuring a revolving panel of guests to discuss the day’s news is absolutely thriving.

Not only has Gutfeld expanded his reach to young viewers, he has quadrupled the size of the audience for the liberal ‘Daily Show’ that frequently targets Republicans and conservative media.

Mediaite reported:

Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld Leads Cable News With Younger Viewers, Quadruples the Daily Show’s Audience

Fox News announced some major ratings gains in the second quarter of 2024, a time when media companies are struggling left and right.

The network was number one over its competitors for yet another quarter, and they posted double-digit gains in every measured category. For comparison, CNN hit a 33-year low in total day viewers in the 18-49 and 25-54 demos. The network also aired the first debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which brought them their biggest ratings in network history but wasn’t enough to significantly boost the average demo ratings for the quarter.

Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters have plenty to celebrate with the former beating other late-night shows and the latter seeing gains that made him the most-watched primetime show in the 8 p.m. slot, with June being Watters’s most-watched month ever. Both are also co-hosts on The Five, which is the biggest non-primetime show in cable news for the 11th straight quarter, setting a record. Fox’s overall ratings represent more than 50% of the audience share in both total day and prime time ratings…

Gutfeld! more than quadrupled the total viewers tuning into The Daily Show, which recently saw Jon Stewart return part-time as host. Gutfeld’s show also doubled Daily Show’s average of 146,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo. Gutfeld will be broadcasting his show live at the 11 p.m. hour from Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.

Here’s a recent monologue from Gutfeld’s show:

Epic Gutfeld monologue tonight pic.twitter.com/B6eeQgAUX8

— Karli Bonne’ (@KarluskaP) July 2, 2024

Congratulations to Mr. Gutfeld and his crew for their amazing success. It just goes to show how hungry the public was for an alternative to the boring and predictable antics of Colbert and Kimmel.

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Columbia law professor Tim Wu

Anyone paying attention already knows that the left thinks the First Amendment goes too far.  And by going too far, they mean letting conservatives share their opinions and hamstringing the government’s ability to crack down on speech they don’t like.

And they have no problem, or shame sharing, this publicly for all the world to see.

Tim Wu, a Columbia law professor who served on the National Economic Council during both the Obama and Biden administrations, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times literally titled “The First Amendment is Out of Control.”

His piece argues that  American judges have twisted the First Amendment into “an all-purpose tool of legislative nullification that now mostly protects corporate interests.”

He writes, “Monday’s Supreme Court decision in the two NetChoice cases” have added to complications with the First Amendment by viewing social media company algorithms as equivalent to “expressive decisions made by human editors at newspapers.”

To leftists like Wu, the First Amendment has outlived its usefulness and purpose because it can’t silence speech he doesn’t like. He sees 1A as a “barrier” to government action and overreach.

Isn’t that a good thing?

InfoWars reports:

One sentence in Wu’s article gets to the bottom of his real fear, which his that the overgrown U.S. bureaucracy may soon be trimmed down.

The ex-government official wrote, “The judiciary needs to realize that the First Amendment is spinning out of control. It is beginning to threaten many of the essential jobs of the state, such as protecting national security and the safety and privacy of its citizens.”

Wu continues, “Nearly any law that has to do with the movement of information can be attacked in the name of the First Amendment.”

Apparently, Wu does not like that the First Amendment places restrictions on the government and their efforts to use the power of the state to control what people can say and hear.  Because how can you control what people think and do if you don’t control access to the information they are “allowed” to hear?

The government is already out of control in its attempts to control the information the American people have access to.

Last week, in a stunning 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration’s policy of deleting, suppressing, and deplatforming specific people, topics, and ideas is immune from suit, leaving no one able to challenge it in court.

In addition, Justice Coney Barrett let the government off the hook for the censorship regime the government created and maintained.  A regime that suppressed information on Hunter Biden’s laptop, on voter fraud in the 2020 election and information on Covid’s origins, the dangers of the Covid vaccine, the truth about treatment options, the true science behind masking, lockdowns and mandates, just to name a few.

But the First Amendment is out of control?

Wu’s piece hit a nerve.

The New York Times is attacking *your* freedom of speech! pic.twitter.com/TRIa13TWdY

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 2, 2024

Tim Wu’s beef with a First Amendment “spinning out of control”: too much speech of the wrong sort. Even as Wu praises judicial decisions that made room for “dissenters” and protected “robust political debate,” he pushes sweeping rationales for censorship. https://t.co/3SSo7davR5

— Jacob Sullum (@jacobsullum) July 2, 2024

The New York Times: The Times pledged “to give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interests involved.”

Also The New York Times: The First Amendment Is Out Of Control pic.twitter.com/zAsFJrhd19

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) July 2, 2024

The side that claims to be protecting democracy wants to cancel elections, drone their political opponents, and thinks the First Amendment is bad. pic.twitter.com/Fst4oHj4rw

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 2, 2024

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Joe Biden told donors at a fundraiser at a private home in McLean, Virginia Tuesday evening that he “almost fell asleep on stage” during his debate debacle with President Trump last Thursday. Biden was introduced at the fundraiser by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA).

Biden blamed ‘flying around the world’ in the weeks before the debate for his fatigue. The New York Times reported earlier Tuesday that during the week-long debate prep at Camp David, Biden was scheduled for a daily afternoon nap.

Biden’s comments were reported by pool reporter Andrew Feinberg who noted that Biden “spoke very softly” (no mention if Biden used a teleprompter.) (Excerpt):

POTUS admitted that he did not have a good debate, said he “wasn’t very smart” for “traveling around the world a couple times” before the debate.

“I decided to travel around the world a couple of times shortly before the debate. I didn’t listen to my staff and then I almost fell asleep on stage.”

POTUS also apologized by saying he was sorry for the performance but stressed that it was “critical” to win the election.

“It’s not an excuse but an explanation,” he said.

He spoke for about 6 minutes, then wrapped and pool was escorted out.

Biden traveled to Europe twice in the first part of June, to France and Italy respectively, with a flight to California from Italy for a high dollar fundraiser. Biden then spent the weekend at his Delaware beach home before heading to Camp Davis for six days of debate prep (NY Times excerpt):

“…In the 23 days leading up to the debate against former President Donald J. Trump, Mr. Biden jetted across the Atlantic Ocean twice for meetings with foreign leaders and then flew from Italy to California for a splashy fund-raiser, maintaining a grueling pace that exhausted even much younger aides. Mr. Biden was drained enough from the back-to-back trips to Europe that his team cut his planned debate preparation by two days so he could rest at his house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., before joining advisers at Camp David for rehearsals. The preparations, which took place over six days, never started before 11 a.m. and Mr. Biden was given time for an afternoon nap each day, according to a person familiar with the process.”

Even after a long beach weekend and a week at Camp David with naptime, Biden still couldn’t perform at the debate. The campaign initially blamed a cold for Biden’s shockingly bad performance.

Calls for Biden to drop out are starting to emerge from elected Democrats, with one publicly calling on Biden to leave the race while at least four others have privately called on Biden to drop out.

Biden’s campaign says he is not dropping out and will debate Trump again at the next one which is scheduled for September.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre told reporters on Tuesday that Biden has not been diagnosed with any cognitive disorders.

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Sage Steele with Reps. Byron Donalds and Wesley Hunt (Screenshot: Sage Steele’s Podcast/Youtube)

In a recent interview on Sage Steele’s podcast U.S. Congressmen Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Wesley Hunt (R-TX) shared their perspectives on past political events.

The highlight of the conversation was Rep. Wesley Hunt’s recounting of a memorable power move by then-President Donald Trump during a negotiation with the Taliban leaders, which defined his administration’s foreign policy prowess.

According to Hunt, the incident occurred during discussions about a potential American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Trump, alongside Mike Pompeo, wanted a conditions-based withdrawal – a strategy that would see American troops gradually pulled back as long as the Taliban adhered to specific rules.

“President Trump wanted to get out of Afghanistan, but he wanted a conditions-based withdrawal, meaning that you do what we tell you to do, and then we will start pulling troops back slowly as long as you abide by our rules,” Rep. Hunt said. “It’s President Trump and Mike Pompeo, and they are talking to Taliban leadership in the room, and they had one translator in the room.”

During these negotiations, President Trump reportedly looked directly at the Taliban leader and warned him, “If you harm a hair on a single American, I’m gonna kill you.” He then reached into his pocket, pulled out a satellite image of the Taliban leader’s home, handed it to him, and left the room without another word.

“Sure enough, for 18 months, not a single American was killed in Afghanistan,” Hunt said. “That is the definition of strength; that’s what I’m talking about.”

“And so, you could imagine that kind of sentiment around the world; if we have an embassy in another country, no one’s going to touch it because they’re going to be fearful that they’re going to get a MOAB on their head. That’s how President Trump rolls,” he added.

This incident, Hunt argued, showcased true strength and deterrence—a stark contrast to the current state under Joe Biden.

“[Biden] is the opposite of strength; [Biden] is the definition of weakness, and so now we’re being feasted upon by other countries when our embassies are there because the Americans aren’t going to do anything about it, and they don’t want us there anyway,” Rep. Hunt argued.

When the leader of the free world is weak, the flames of chaos spread across the globe.

WATCH:

Congressman Wesley Hunt Reveals Jaw-Dropping Trump Story

This is amazing.

In a tense meeting with Taliban leaders, Trump declared, “I want to leave Afghanistan, but it’s going to be a conditions-based withdrawal,” before issuing a stark warning.

“If you harm a hair on a single… pic.twitter.com/pxbiIa1znP

— The Vigilant Fox (@VigilantFox) July 2, 2024

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Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has surrendered.

Ending months of back-and-forth, Psaki has agreed to be interviewed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee as it investigates the August 2021 U.S. exit from Afghanistan, according to Axios.

The committee’s chairman, Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, has said the panel plans to publish its report on the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan before the November election.

McCaul initially contacted Psaki, now an MSNBC host, in September, but he met resistance.

Axios suggested the committee will be seeking the differences between what she was telling the American people as the spokeswoman for President Joe Biden and what the White House actually knew as Afghanistan collapsed in a matter of days, leaving thousands trapped in Kabul. The deaths of 13 American service members in a terrorist attack punctuated the chaos.

On June 5, McCaul wrote Psaki’s lawyers saying she already “has published her insight into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan for public consumption and personal profit. Ms. Psaki’s duty to appear before Congress is manifest, and her former employer’s desire to avoid congressional oversight is not relevant.”

At that time, the chairman said he would subpoena her if necessary.

On June 24, the White House counsel’s office told McCaul that the committee’s request “raises serious separation-of-powers and Executive Branch confidentiality issues.”

However, it said, “as an extraordinary accommodation, we will authorize Ms. Psaki to participate in a voluntary transcribed interview accompanied by personal counsel and the White House counsel’s office subject to appropriate terms and conditions for the interview.”

An interim report published before the 2022 elections that saw the Republicans take control of Congress condemned the actions of Biden and his administration.

“[T]he administration repeatedly delayed critical action that was necessary to mitigate the likely consequences of the decision. The result of their inaction was a chaotic Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) where 13 U.S. servicemembers lost their lives and more than 800 Americans were abandoned behind enemy lines,” the initial report said.

It said that when Biden announced the withdrawal in April 2021, he made multiple claims to the American people.

“However, the Committee Minority now believes none of these claims were accurate. And worse, President Biden was likely aware they were not accurate when he made his case to the American people in April 2021,” the report said.

“The Biden administration’s own internal assessments understood that the Afghan military would be unable to defend the country from the Taliban without American air support, military advisors, and contractors, who they relied upon to enable the operation of the Afghan Air Force,” it said. “The president was warned repeatedly that the return of the Taliban was a question of when, not if.”

The initial report said the “administration made almost no effort to evacuate Afghan partners who fought side-by-side with our military.”

It said the president and his aides deceived the American people.

“The Biden administration repeatedly misled the American people about the real situation on the ground in Kabul, issuing public statements that were in direct opposition to the internal reports being sent by the State Department and U.S. military,” the report said.

“Despite claiming a robust deliberation process on withdrawal, senior Biden administration officials acknowledge that the recommendations of senior military advisors, diplomats and allies were ignored,” it said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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CBS News caught up with Kamala Harris outside of a Biden-Harris campaign fundraising event in McLean, Virginia on Tuesday evening.

The CBS reporter confronted Kamala Harris about Democrats calling for Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race after his disastrous debate performance.

Four Democrat lawmakers privately called for Joe Biden to drop out of the race, according to NBC News.

Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett came forward and publicly called for Joe Biden to drop out on Tuesday.

White House reporters from Fox News, CBS, CNN, ABC, Reuters, AP, Bloomberg, Newsmax, and NBC on Tuesday repeatedly grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline following his disastrous debate performance.

One reporter point blank asked KJP if Biden has “Alzheimer’s or any form of dementia.”

“Some Democrats are calling on Biden to drop out of the race. What’s your response?” CBS News asked Kamala Harris.

“Joe Biden is our nominee,” Kamala Harris said.

“Are you ready to lead the country if necessary?” CBS News asked.

Kamala Harris responded: “I am proud to be Joe Biden’s running mate.”

WATCH:

NEW —

CBS: Some Democrats are calling on Biden to drop out of the race. What’s your response?

KAMALA: “Joe Biden is our nominee.”

CBS: “Are you ready to lead the country if necessary?”

KAMALA: “I am proud to be Joe Biden’s running mate.” pic.twitter.com/cFMM1cGnZ4

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 2, 2024

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Something very strange is happening with the East African Republic of Kenya – a flurry of activity at a geopolitical level that saw is rise and fall from grace in mere days.

On June 24, things were looking up for the William Ruto Government, as the US White House issued for the Secretary of State a Memorandum on the Designation of Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally.

“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2321k) (the “Act”), I hereby designate Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States for the purposes of the Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).

You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.

JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.”

Biden anmd Kenya’s William Ruto.

In the aftermath of the US troops being expelled from Niger, Kenya rose as the new key partner in the African continent.

But it wasn’t for free – this development came in tandem with long-held negotiations for Kenyan police troops to be sent to Haiti to help stabilize the hellish situation on the Caribbean Island.

So it’s not surprising that ON THE VERY NEXT DAY, June 25, the first U.N.-backed contingent of Kenyan police arrived in Haiti, nearly two years after it urgently requested help to contain a surge in gang violence.

ABC News reported:

“A couple hundred police officers from Kenya landed in the capital of Port-au-Prince, whose main international airport reopened in late May after gang violence forced it to close for nearly three months.

It wasn’t immediately known what the Kenyans’ first assignment would be, but they will face violent gangs that control 80% of Haiti’s capital and have left more than 580,000 people homeless across the country as they pillage neighborhoods in their quest to control more territory. Gangs also have killed several thousand people in recent years.”

Kenyan police arrives in Haiti.

The Kenyans’ arrival marks the fourth major foreign military intervention in Haiti.

Unelected Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille thanked Kenya for its solidarity.

The U.N. Security Council had already authorized Kenya to lead the multinational police mission back in October 2023.

“President Joe Biden praised the arrival of the first contingent, saying that the mission overall “will bring much needed relief.”

‘The people of Haiti deserve to feel safe in their homes, build better lives for their families, and enjoy democratic freedoms’, he said. ‘While these goals may not be accomplished overnight, this mission provides the best chance of achieving them’.”

So far, so good – but who would have thought that ON THE SAME DAY as the peacekeepers arrived in Port-au-Prince, Kenya fell into a state of near-anarchy with the relentless protests – that initially appeared to be against a tax hike legislation – ended up causing a ‘total shutdown’ of the country, saw parliament stormed and at least five people shot dead.

Since that day a week ago, President William Ruto conceded defeat to the protesters and said he would not sign the legislation – but the situation has not improved.

Protesters now demand the resignation of Ruto.

Associated Press reported:

“Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi as many businesses remained closed for fear of looting. The main highway to Kenya’s second-largest city, Mombasa, was closed as protesters lit bonfires.

In Mombasa, five vehicles were burnt by protesters outside a hotel whose owner is alleged to have shot at protesters who were looting.

While there are concerns that President William Ruto might change his mind and sign the finance bill before next week’s deadline, some protesters are also calling on Ruto to resign and accusing him of bad governance.”

There you go: from Major US ally to the brink of conflict in mere days.

The government says that “criminals” were taking advantage of planned protests to “commit arson” and “terrorize” Kenyans.

“The president has offered to have dialogue with Kenyan youth and has promised budget cuts on travel and hospitality for his office in line with some protesters’ demands. As unemployment remains high and prices rise, there has been outrage over the luxurious lives of the president and other senior officials.”

But members of the protest movement do not trust the president to implement his new austerity plans.

Read more:

Kenyan Parliament Erupts in Flames, At Least 8 Shot Dead by Police During Protests Against $2.7 Billion Tax Hike

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