Enthusiasm wanes as Biden’s $1.75 trillion social welfare bill is delayed, watered down

Democrats are beginning to wonder if President Biden’s $ 1.75 trillion social welfare legislation is worth the effort, especially after a lone holdout has watered down the bill and delayed its passage until next year. Lawmakers say Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, has forced the White House to trim … The Washington Times stories: White House

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In South Carolina, President Biden pledges fight for voting rights, police reform

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Friday to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation, addressing graduates of South Carolina State University amid the harsh reality that months of talks with lawmakers have failed to move the measures closer to becoming law. Biden spoke at the … The Washington Times stories: White House

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The Year in Unhinged Liberal Celebrities’ Freakouts

Despite the triumph of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, liberal celebrities didn’t get much happier in 2021. It began with Donald Trump refusing to concede that he lost the presidential election. A year ago, one actor engaged in violent fantasies over this stubborn resistance to the facts. “Who arrests Trump if he refuses to concede? Who drags him out? Pepper spray? Cuffs?” That sounds like an action movie. But then it turned threatening: “A knee on his neck, cutting off his oxygen? Does he wheeze ‘I can’t breathe'(?) Just whale away…

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CNN: Rick Perry Pitched Meadows On Plan To Steal Election Even Before Results Were In

<p>Investigators on the Jan. 6 Committee believe that former Energy Secretary Rick Perry authored a Nov. 4 text to Mark Meadows suggesting that three state legislatures overrule their voters and cast electoral votes for Trump, CNN <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/rick-perry-jan-6-text-mark-meadows-nov-4/index.html”>reports</a>.</p> Talking Points Memo

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Biden pleads for wider vaccination amid omicron threat, warns unvaccinated of a deadly winter

President Biden told unvaccinated Americans on Thursday they face a winter of “severe illness and death” as he pleaded with Americans to use COVID-19 shots, including boosters, as a bulwark against the omicron variant. Mr. Biden argued Europe is having a harder time with the new variant and Americans should … The Washington Times stories: White House

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