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How Biden Might Recover

November 25, 2023 Biden, might, Recover0 comment

A press release that President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign issued last week offered a revealing window into his advisers’ thinking about how he might overcome widespread discontent with his performance to win a second term next year. While the release focused mostly on portraying former President Donald Trump as a threat to legal abortion, the most telling passage came when the Biden campaign urged the political press corps “to meet the moment and responsibly inform the electorate of what their lives might look like if the leading GOP candidate for…

Lack of ‘Affirmation’ Is Child Abuse: New Biden Rule Applies Transgender Standard to Foster Care

November 25, 2023 applies, ‘Affirmation’, Biden, abuse, care, Lack, Standard, rule, child, foster, Transgender0 comment

Transgender orthodoxy may soon become a litmus test for parenthood, according to the logic of a new policy working its way through the Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden. A new rule in HHS’ Administration for Children and Families would apply the idea that any lack of “affirmation” constitutes a form of child abuse to foster care placements. Once that idea takes root in foster care, child protective services agencies might start applying it more broadly. The rule would reinterpret the Social Security Act, which requires…

MoveOn Once Again Calls for Congress to Expel George Santos

November 25, 2023 MoveOn, Congress, once, calls, George, again, expel, Santos0 comment

Washington, D.C. – Following the explosive bipartisan report released today by the House Ethics Committee, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “I can’t believe we have to say this, but a member of Congress has no business using campaign funds to pay for Botox treatments and lavish Atlantic City trips. What more do we need to know? Expel George Santos. New York 3rd District residents deserve real representation—not a lying lawmaker cheating the system at every opportunity for his own gain.” For months, MoveOn and…

‘Incredibly low’ transgender homicide rate undercuts White House hype of remembrance day

November 21, 2023 'Incredibly, low', remembrance, Rate, House, White, 'Hype', Undercuts, Transgender, homicide0 comment

The White House commemoration of this year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance neglected to mention that transgender Americans are less likely to be victims of homicide than the average U.S. citizen. The Washington Times stories: White House

Why there’s not a huge cause for optimism for the rest of the federal budget year

November 21, 2023 There's, cause, budget, year, Optimism, federal, Huge, Rest0 comment

The latest continuing resolution Congress passed last week avoided a government shutdown. But even if lawmakers achieve that feat again next year, on the two different dates when the CR expires, there are a lot of other ways the rest of fiscal 2024 could be messy for federal agencies and their vendors. To look into it further, Federal News Network Deputy Director Jared Serbu talked with Larry Allen, President of Allen Federal Business Partners on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview Transcript: Larry Allen Jared, my primary concern still…

The ‘Anti-Defeat’ Candidate

November 21, 2023 candidate, ‘AntiDefeat’0 comment

Like many politicians, Representative Dean Phillips likes to look people in the eye. And because he’s a politician, Phillips can glean things, just as President George W. Bush did when he peered into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and saw his soul. “I’ve looked Benjamin Netanyahu in the eye,” Phillips told a group of students at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, last week. And? “I did not like what I saw,” Phillips said of the Israeli prime minister. “I do not like his government. He’s got to go.” Philips has also…