In case you have lost track of where we are in the Hunter Biden-President Joe Biden corruption scandal, one of the Bidens’ most prominent defenders now says that it is no big deal that Hunter leveraged his last name to rake in millions from countries such as China and Russia.
"The F-35 fleet mission capable rate — the percentage of time the aircraft can perform one of its tasked missions — was about 55% in March 2023, far below program goals."
After a seemingly years-long hiatus of indulging in the mansions, luxuries, and millions of dollars in wealth they obtained by exploiting the "white guilt" of many liberals, Black Lives Matter resurfaced this week in Los Angeles in a desperate attempt to regain relevance and once again restart deposits to its bank accounts.
The 2020 Black Lives Matter riots and the racial obsession liberals fomented during them gave life to a new generation of race hustlers. Ibram Kendi was one of those race hustlers, but his racial grift has apparently fallen apart just a few short years later.
The Biden administration wants to create the impression it is finally getting tough on Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group and Iranian proxy. The Treasury Department’s sanctions last week against three Colombia-based Hezbollah operatives and their businesses seem to suggest the White House is taking the threat more seriously. In fact, this latest action is a classic case of closing the stables after the horse has bolted.
WHY IS DESANTIS TANKING? A new poll Wednesday from the University of New Hampshire shook up the world of political obsessives who watch each twist and turn in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. No, there was no change at the top — former President Donald Trump is still in the lead in New Hampshire, 26 points ahead of the nearest competitor. The news was that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), for a long time Trump's chief rival, has slipped to fifth place in New Hampshire, the second state to vote in the GOP primary contest.
Sometimes, long-shot presidential candidates deserve to have their policy prescriptions heard, regardless of whether they make headway in the polls. Witness, for example, the thoughtful focus on China by former Texas Rep. Will Hurd.
We still do not have any official border numbers from last month, which everyone expects to be bad, but it now appears that the number of migrants arrested for illegally crossing the southern border this month could hit a record high.
