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Technics 1210 said:
Biden voters must be witahing they hadn't voted for him. Biden is by far a greater embarrassment to Amreeka than Trump.
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Sadly its true, I like republicans and hate dems but vote independently , did not vote for Bush and then did not vote for Trump and voted against Trump and not for Biden. But now, I hope Trump will not a be a candidate as I hate the guy but if had to make choice between Biden and Trump in 2024, will definitely will vote for Trump , with a heavy heart.
 
James said:
<b>Joe Biden: We will not fight a war against Russia</b>

The US will not send troops to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden said in firm comments in Friday.

"I want to be clear: We will defend every inch of Nato territory with the full might of a united and galvanized Nato," the president wrote on Twitter. "But we will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine. A direct confrontation between Nato and Russia is World War III."

Biden has repeatedly said that sending US troops for direct engagement with Russia was off the table.

In recent days, his administration has pursued an increasingly aggressive sanctions campaign against Vladimir Putin and his country.

On Friday, Biden announced a ban on imports of Russian alcohol, seafood and diamonds and widened the list of oligarchs facing sanctions.

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America don't fight a war against a strong country now.
 
This morning, I’m meeting virtually with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. I look forward to further deepening ties between our governments, economies, and people:

US President Joe Biden
 
<B>Biden calls on US Supreme Court to uphold Roe vs Wade following leak</B>

<I>Court confirms authenticity of draft opinion on abortion ruling but says decision not final</I>

US president Joe Biden called on the Supreme Court to uphold the landmark Roe vs Wade abortion rights ruling following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn it, which the court’s chief justice condemned as a “betrayal” and insisted was not indicative of its final decision.

“I believe that a woman’s right to choose is fundamental,” Biden said on Tuesday, following the publication of a document by Politico showing that the court’s conservative majority was poised to unwind Roe vs Wade.

“Roe has been the law of the land for almost 50 years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned,” he added.

Later on Tuesday, the Supreme Court confirmed the draft’s authenticity, but said it did not represent the “final position” of any of its members.

“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed,” said Chief Justice John Roberts. “The work of the court will not be affected in any way.”

Biden’s comments came after the leaked draft propelled the fight over abortion rights back to the top of the political agenda, with six months to go before November’s midterm elections.

A decision to drastically roll back abortion protections would also have huge social and economic implications for women’s ability to access healthcare and participate in the workforce.

Biden insisted that his administration had always argued in favour of preserving the abortion rights established by the 1973 precedent.

“If the court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman’s right to choose. And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November,” he said, nodding to the importance of the November midterm elections.

Chief Justice Roberts said he had directed the court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak. “This was a singular and egregious breach of [the court’s] trust that is an affront to the court and the community of public servants who work here,” he said.

Biden’s statement was the latest in a string of condemnations of the draft ruling from Democrats and organisations dedicated to the preservation of abortion rights in the US. The Supreme Court’s final decision, expected as early as June, could change compared with the draft, which was dated February 10.

However, the document revealed by Politico on Monday did show the court’s conservative majority, led by Justice Samuel Alito, moving to strike down Roe vs Wade entirely rather than issue a narrower ruling allowing Mississippi to go ahead with its law restricting abortion after 15 weeks but without broader implications.

The breadth of the draft opinion has triggered outrage among Democrats who have long feared that the court was heading in that direction, after former US president Donald Trump successfully nominated three justices to the court, on top of three appointees from previous Republican administrations, and just three justices tapped by Democrats.

“The Republican-appointed justices’ reported votes to overturn Roe vs Wade would go down as an abomination, one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history,” said Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

However, it would represent a huge win for conservative Republicans who have long sought to overturn Roe vs Wade. “If the leaked opinion is accurate, then today is a landmark day for the sanctity of human life in our country. I am 100 per cent pro-life and pray it is true that the Supreme Court will follow through and save countless lives,” said Mike Braun, a Republican senator from Indiana.

<b>The Financial Times</b>

https://www.ft.com/content/56a5de0c-cbda-46dd-b6f0-939591b25346
 
gazza619 said:
When will this clown and the ever laughing Kamala fall?
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Probably in November 2024 when the Trump family defeats them and take back the White House, that is, unless the Democratic Party is brave enough to replace the Biden-Harris liability ticket towards the end of Grandpa Joe’s term and put forward two new faces during the primaries for the Presidency and the VP role. If they do this then the Democrats may just have a chance against Donald and his children.
 

This was almost sad to see but its the POTUS of the USA, a warmonger and a confused senile old man with the nuclear football.
 
Jimmy Carter is breathing a sigh of relief, knowing Joe Biden has displaced, himself and Obama as the worst USA Presidents of all time.

With recession looming, Biden is a confirmed 1 term President, along with his token VP.

Roll on Trump 2024!
 
“We have the fastest growing economy in the world..the world..the world” - Joe Biden (Jimmy Kimmel interview 11:30 min)
 
James said:
Probably in November 2024 when the Trump family defeats them and take back the White House, that is, unless the Democratic Party is brave enough to replace the Biden-Harris liability ticket towards the end of Grandpa Joe’s term and put forward two new faces during the primaries for the Presidency and the VP role. If they do this then the Democrats may just have a chance against Donald and his children.
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Ivanka is out now, after she has contradicted Mister Orange by confirming that the election was fair. Given that he will be 78 in 2024, who is next - I guess Jared? Gawd help us all. Not even the crazies in the GOP would support a man so obviously inept. More likely Trump will annoint some yes-man and pull his strings behind the scene.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My friend just filmed Joe Biden <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> falling off his bike no joke. Just happened at Rehoboth Beach &#55357;&#56834; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JoeBiden?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JoeBiden</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BidenIsAFailure?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BidenIsAFailure</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RehobothBeach?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RehobothBeach</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EpicFail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EpicFail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Biden?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Biden</a> <a href="https://t.co/cVMycEwuI0">pic.twitter.com/cVMycEwuI0</a></p>— jonboy (@jonboy79788314) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonboy79788314/status/1538165572457971718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

US President Joe Biden has fallen off his bike in Delaware as he celebrated his 45th wedding anniversary on a weekend away with wife Jill.

He took a tumble when he tried to get off his bike at the end of a ride on Saturday at Cape Henlopen State Park near his beach home in the US state, but insisted he was not hurt.

"I'm good," he told reporters after US Secret Service Agents quickly helped him up.

"I got my foot caught in the toe cages."

The 79-year-old leader and first lady Jill Biden were finishing a morning ride when the president decided to pedal over to a crowd of well-wishers standing by the bike trail.

But he fell to the ground when trying to dismount, which was met with gasps by shocked onlookers.

Several security agents rushed to his aid after the fall, which took place on a trail at Gordons Pond.

The president quickly collected himself and spent several minutes chatting with people who had gathered to watch him cycle.

Earlier, he had breezed past members of the press after setting off - unaccompanied by the first lady - and said "Good morning!" with a wave.

He and Jill have been spending a long weekend at their Rehoboth Beach home after marking their 45th wedding anniversary on Friday.

The couple are understood to be keen cyclists and often go for rides around Delaware.

Clad in a grey t-shirt, navy blue shorts, blue Nike training shoes and a cycling helmet, Mr Biden had set off 11 minutes earlier accompanied by his security team.

Following the tumble, he spoke to members of the public as well as the press.

He told reporters he would be talking to the Chinese leader Xi-Jinping soon.

When asked about trade tariffs, Mr Biden responded: "I'm in the process of making up my mind."

Back in March, Mr Biden fell up a flight of stairs as he boarded his presidential plane Air Force One.

The US president stumbled three times as he climbed the steps of the aircraft at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

SKY
 
Man that has become such a big meme 😂 , train wreck of a President this guy.
 
Dear heavens. I have fallen off my bike many times. Does this mean I am bad at my job? Every cyclist knows you can get your shoe cleats stuck in the pedal clips.

The empathic thing to do would be to make sure your elder is OK.
 
Biden is 79, he is trying to project the image of health, and has failed again.

The public isn’t stupid.

Biden is a liability, the worst US President in history.

If Trump is in power 2024, we will be seeing him playing golf, not riding on some bicycle.
 
Robert said:
Dear heavens. I have fallen off my bike many times. Does this mean I am bad at my job? Every cyclist knows you can get your shoe cleats stuck in the pedal clips.

The empathic thing to do would be to make sure your elder is OK.
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While that is right but this was a PR move that backfired, the Prez of the US doesn’t need to do this to showcase his health.

But he is also bad at his job, which is different from this.
He is literally begging the Oil companies to pump more oil now, I still remember the dig he took at Trump for Big Oil, he basically now wants Big Oil to not have profits but pump for him, no one is buying his nonsense anymore, one of the lowest approval ratings he has in such short span of time.
 
A video of US President Joe Biden appearing to claim in a speech that he has cancer created alarm on social media on Wednesday. Mr Biden was speaking during a visit to a former coal mine plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, to discuss new executive orders to fight climate change. Though the remark appeared casual, the White House quickly clarified that the President was referring to skin cancer treatment that he had taken before assuming the office in January last year.

Mr Biden was discussing the harm caused by emissions from oil refineries when he made a reference to his childhood home in Delaware and said, "My mother drove us rather than us being able to walk and guess what? The first frost, you know what was happening? You had to put on your windshield wipers to get literally the oil slick off the window. That's why I - and so damn many other people I grew up with - have cancer and why for the longest time, Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation."

As soon as the clip surfaced on Twitter, many users wanted to know whether the comment was another gaffe or an admission.

"Joe Biden just said he has cancer and called a male House member "she," so things are going really well today," a user commented. "Does Joe Biden have Cancer or Dementia?" tweeted another.

"I pray your cancer is healed," another user tweeted.

As the President's remarks created a buzz, White House clarified that he was referring to his previous diagnosis. The New York Post and Sky News reached out to the White House and its spokesperson Andrew Bates referred to a tweet from Washington Post columnist Glenn Kessler, who noted that Mr Biden had "non-melanoma skin cancers" removed before he took office.

NDTV
 
It was not the only gaffe during the US president's speech, in which he mistakenly referred to Glasgow as part of England.

Biden is toast, he is the worst leader of USA in history, has lower ratings than Trump. Well, this is what Liberals asked for. They deserve him!
 
US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID.

His press secretary announced the news, adding that the president is "experiencing very mild symptoms".

First Lady Jill Biden tested negative for the virus this morning, according to a spokesman.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Mr Biden, 79, tested positive this morning, adding that he is fully vaccinated and twice boosted.

Dr Ashish Jha, White House Coronavirus Response Co-ordinator, said the president's mild symptoms began on Wednesday and include a runny nose, dry cough and fatigue.

He added that the president went to bed and felt fine, but did not sleep well.

The White House said he has begun taking anti-viral treatment, Paxlovid and will isolate while continuing to carry out duties "fully".
 
Oil price rises after Joe Biden fails to secure Saudi output increase
Increase will keep up the pressure at pumps, where drivers have faced record petrol and diesel prices

The price of oil rose on Monday after the US president, Joe Biden, came away from talks in the Middle East without an agreement on raising supply.

Biden had hoped to secure a promise from Saudi Arabia to increase its output of oil, which could lead to an easing of global supply pressures.

But Brent crude rose 2.6% to $103.88 (£86.91) on Monday after Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, quelled speculation over an output increase.

Oil climbs after Biden fails to secure Saudi output hike – as it happened
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He said that officials at a US-Arab summit on Saturday did not discuss oil and that the Opec+ oil cartel nations would continue to assess market conditions.

Naeem Aslam, the chief market analyst at Avatrade, said: “The message is that it is Opec+ that makes the oil supply decision, and the cartel isn’t remotely interested in what Biden is trying to achieve.

“Opec+ will continue to control oil supply, and one country alone cannot determine the oil supply – at least that is the message that traders have taken from Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia.

The increase in oil prices will keep up the pressure at the pumps, where drivers have faced record petrol and diesel prices. Prices have climbed so high that the government asked the Competition and Markets Authority to study the market and its initial findings raised concerns over the margins made by refineries.

However, Brent crude prices have eased since the highs of about $130 in March during the early weeks of the war in Ukraine.

Oil prices ended last week lower for the fifth consecutive week. Concerns over the potential for a global recession has sent investors fleeing from commodity markets.

The price of copper – known as Dr Copper as it is considered a barometer for the health of the world economy – has fallen 25% since its March peaks.

Energy traders are also closely watching the price of gas amid a dash for supplies in Europe.

Countries are racing to fill up their gas storage in case Russia cuts off supplies, including through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which is closed for maintenance.

The chemicals group Ineos, one of Europe’s biggest gas users which is run by the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, echoed comments from the Shell chief executive, Ben van Beurden, that rationing could be introduced this winter.

“It looks pretty dire for this winter now, as to whether we’ll get to the targets we need for storage,” Brian Gilvary, the executive chairman of Ineos, told Bloomberg Television. “If Nord Stream 1 doesn’t come back, it is inevitable. We will definitely see rationing in Europe.”

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...t-petrol-diesel-prices?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
 
Joe Biden intermittently coughed his way through a virtual White House meeting, a day on from his testing positive for COVID.

Mr Biden, who at 79 is the oldest person ever to serve as US president, appeared in good spirits but had a noticeably deeper voice and apologised for repeatedly breaking away from his speech to cough.
 
Xi warns Biden not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan
This was Biden's fifth talk with Xi since becoming president a year and a half ago

WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Joe Biden not to "play with fire" over the self-ruled island of Taiwan during a lengthy phone call on Thursday that the White House said aimed to steady the superpowers´ rocky relationship.

A statement relayed by Chinese state media said the call, lasting two hours and 17 minutes according to the White House, was "candid" -- often diplomatic speak for a difficult exchange.

State-run Xinhua agency said Xi delivered harsh words on US policy towards Taiwan, a democratic island with close ties to the United States but which China considers part of its territory.

"Those who play with fire will eventually get burned," Xi was quoted as telling Biden, repeating language he employed when they spoke last November. "I hope the US side fully understand that."

Tensions around Taiwan are steadily escalating amid fears that Xi could ultimately order an invasion to impose Beijing´s rule. In the latest flashpoint, Chinese authorities are furious at unconfirmed plans by Biden ally and speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, to visit the island.

Although US officials frequently visit Taiwan, separated by a narrow strip of water from the Chinese mainland, Beijing considers a Pelosi trip as a major provocation. She´s second in line to the US presidency and given her position may travel with military transport.

Washington will "bear the consequences" if the trip goes ahead, China warned on Wednesday. During the call, Xi was quoted as telling Biden "the position of the Chinese government and people on the Taiwan issue is consistent."

"It is the firm will of the over 1.4 billion Chinese people to firmly safeguard China´s national sovereignty and territorial integrity," he said. In response, Biden reassured Xi that US policy, known as "strategic ambiguity," was unchanged -- essentially favoring the status quo in Taiwan, with Washington recognizing Chinese sovereignty but opposing any enforcement, allowing the Taiwanese to retain their distinct rule.

"On Taiwan, President Biden underscored that the United States policy has not changed and that the United States strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," the White House said in a statement.

While this was Biden´s fifth talk with Xi since becoming president a year and a half ago, it´s getting hard to mask deepening mistrust between the two countries. Biden prides himself on a close relationship with Xi going back years but -- in large part due to Covid travel restrictions -- the two have yet to meet face-to-face since he took office.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said "tensions over China´s aggressive, coercive behavior in the Indo-Pacific" were high on the agenda for the call -- using the US administration´s term for the Asia-Pacific region. The White House described Biden´s outreach as part of "efforts to maintain and deepen lines of communication" and to "responsibly manage our differences and work together where our interests align."

According to the White House, Biden´s chief hope is to establish "guardrails" for the two superpowers. This is meant to ensure that while they sharply disagree on democracy, and are increasingly rivals on the geopolitical stage, they can avoid open conflict. Where to place the guardrails, however, is challenging amid so many unresolved disputes, including a simmering trade war begun under Donald Trump´s presidency.

The News PK
 
Joe Biden quietly agrees to complete Trump’s wall in immigration hotspot.

US president's administration ridiculed by Republicans, after he promised there would 'not be another foot of wall constructed' on his watch.

Joe Biden's administration has been ridiculed by Republicans for quietly agreeing to complete Donald Trump's border wall in one of the busiest spots for illegal immigration along the US border.

The US president promised during the 2020 election campaign that there would "not be another foot of wall constructed" on his watch.

But on Thursday the administration agreed to the completion of Mr Trump's controversial wall in an open area of southern Arizona, near Yuma, where four wide gaps have made the location one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/29/why-rishi-sunaks-tory-leadership-campaign-failing/

LOL, Sleepy Joe was meant to be the saviour, turns out he’s fulfilling Trump’s policies!
 
US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 again, in what has been described as a "rebound" infection by his doctor.

The 79-year-old first contracted the virus on 21 July, when he was revealed to be experiencing mild symptoms.

On Saturday Mr Biden said he was not experiencing symptoms but would isolate "for the safety of everyone around me".

The president had tested negative for the virus four times between Tuesday and Friday last week.

In a letter describing the situation, Mr Biden's physician Dr Kevin O'Connor said there was no need to resume treatment but the president would remain under "close observation".

Mr Biden has been taking Paxlovid, an antiviral medicine which Dr O'Connor said had led to a "small percentage" of Covid patients experiencing a "rebound" test.

BBC
 
<b>‘No place in America’: Biden denounces killing of four Muslims</b>

<I>Police are investigating the murder of Muslim men in the US state of New Mexico as a possible hate crime.</I>

President Joe Biden denounced the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico state that police say may be linked and could be a hate crime.

“I am angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque,” Biden said on Twitter on Sunday.

“While we await a full investigation, my prayers are with the victims’ families, and my administration stands strongly with the Muslim community. These hateful attacks have no place in America.”

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, said on Saturday that they are investigating the murders of three Muslim men that they now suspect are related to a fourth homicide from last year.

The Albuquerque police said in a statement that they discovered the latest victim overnight Friday. His body was found near a Lutheran Family Services office that provides assistance to refugees, TV station KOB4 reported.

Police did not identify the man, but said he was in his mid-20s, Muslim, and “a native from South Asia”.

“Investigators believe Friday’s murder may be connected to three recent murders of Muslim men also from South Asia,” police said.

Two of the previous victims were Muslim Pakistani men, a 27-year-old whose body was found on August 1 and a 41-year-old discovered on July 26.

Detectives are now investigating whether these murders are connected to the death of a Muslim man from Afghanistan who was killed on November 7, 2021, outside of the business he ran with his brother in Albuquerque, the statement said.

The police urged anyone with information to call a tip line and said the FBI was assisting with the investigation.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed outrage at the killings, calling them “wholly intolerable”, and said she was sending additional state police officers to Albuquerque to aid in the investigation.

“We will continue to do everything we can to support the Muslim community of Albuquerque and greater New Mexico,” she said.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights group in the United States, has offered a $10,000 reward to whoever provides information leading to the killer or killers’ arrest.

Tensions have risen sharply in the city’s Muslim community.

“Now, people are beginning to panic,” Tahir Gauba, the director of public affairs with the Islamic Center of New Mexico, told the Albuquerque Journal.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022...tent&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
 
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook restricting a story about Joe Biden's son during the 2020 election was based on FBI misinformation warnings.

The New York Post alleged leaked emails from Hunter Biden's laptop showed the then vice-president was helping his son's business dealings in Ukraine.

Facebook and Twitter restricted sharing of the article, before reversing course amid allegations of censorship.

Zuckerberg said that getting the decision wrong "sucks".

"When we take down something that we're not supposed to, that's the worst," Zuckerberg said in a rare extended media interview on the Joe Rogan podcast.

The New York Post story was released just weeks before the presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which Mr Biden won.

It claimed that a laptop, abandoned in a repair shop by Hunter Biden, contained emails which included details of Hunter introducing a Ukrainian energy tycoon to his father and arranging a meeting. There is no record on Mr Biden's schedule that such a meeting ever took place.

Critically, it fed into long-running unproven allegations about corruption on Joe Biden's part to ensure his son's business success in Ukraine.

In that context, the New York Post story, based on exclusive data no other news agency had access to, was met with scepticism - and censored by social media outlets.

Zuckerberg told Rogan: "The background here is that the FBI came to us - some folks on our team - and was like 'hey, just so you know, you should be on high alert. We thought there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election, we have it on notice that basically there's about to be some kind of dump that's similar to that'."

He said the FBI did not warn Facebook about the Biden story in particular - only that Facebook thought it "fit that pattern".

The article remains controversial. The hard drive at its centre was provided to the Post by Donald Trump's own lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.

More than a year after the story appeared, the Washington Post conducted its own analysis and concluded the laptop and some emails were likely to be authentic - but the majority of data could not be verified due to "sloppy handling of the data".

Other once-sceptical news organisations such as the New York Times have agreed at least some of the emails are genuine.

Rogan, one of the most popular podcasters in the world with an audience of millions for each episode, has himself been accused of spreading misinformation in the past.

Asking Zuckerberg if he regretted suppressing the factual story, the Facebook founder replied: "It sucks... I think in the same way that having to go though a criminal trial but being proven innocent in the end sucks... in the end you're free."

But Zuckerberg acknowledged that there remained disagreement about the story, which he said was a "hyper-political issue".

"Depending on what side of the political spectrum [you're on], you either think we didn't censor it enough or we censored it way too much."

Facebook did not completely ban sharing of the article, but instead limited how much its algorithm automatically shared it to other people for a week, while third-party fact-checkers tried to verify the reporting.

So while people could post the article and discuss it, it was less likely to spread organically to new users.

By contrast, Twitter banned sharing of the article at all. Both social media companies found themselves blasted by US Republicans and Donald Trump supporters, and had to explain their actions before a US Senate hearing in the following days.

Meta, Facebook's parent company, highlighted that Zuckerberg had addressed the FBI warnings at that 2020 hearing, saying of the Joe Rogan interview that "none of this is new".

But in a wide-ranging interview that covered Meta's virtual reality ambitions and Zuckerberg's personal life, the creator of Facebook also talked about his dislike for dealing with such thorny issues.

"I didn't get into this to basically judge these things. I got into this to design technology that helps people connect," he told Rogan.

"This whole thing that is arbitrating what is OK and what is not - I obviously have to be involved in that because, at some level, I run the company and I can't just abdicate that.

"But I also don't think that as a matter of governance you want all of that decision making vested in one individual."

BBC
 
He’s got his Inflation Reduction Bill through Congress - to promote green tech, reduce the deficit and for Big Pharma to cut drug prices.

Becoming more impressed by the bloke’s performance. The latest of late bloomers?
 
Supporters of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said.

"Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards," he said in a primetime speech in Pennsylvania.

Top Republican Kevin McCarthy hit back that Mr Biden had "severely wounded America's soul".

The duelling speeches come two months before mid-term elections, which will decide the power balance in Washington.

The Democratic president delivered his speech on Thursday night from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the US Declaration of Independence was signed. He picked up his 2020 campaign theme of restoring the "soul of America".

He said he was not condemning all 74 million Americans who voted for Mr Trump two years ago. "Not every Republican, not even a majority of Republicans, are Maga Republicans," he said.

"But there's no question," Mr Biden continued, "that the Republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the Maga Republicans, and that is a threat to this country."

The president said Trump supporters thought of the mob who stormed the US Capitol last year as patriots rather than insurrectionists.

"For a long time," he continued, "we told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it's not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us."

Throughout the speech someone was heard heckling and sounding a bullhorn, according to a BBC reporter at the scene.

Mr Biden addressed the disruption twice, saying the second time: "They're entitled to be outrageous. This is a democracy."

The president, who came into office pledging to unite the country, has recently sharpened his rhetoric against supporters of Mr Trump.

Last week Mr Biden equated what he called "extreme" Republicans with "semi-fascism".

Republican calls for Biden apology

Mr McCarthy, who is Republican minority leader in the US House of Representatives, spoke shortly beforehand from Mr Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

The California congressman said the president "has chosen to divide, demean, and disparage his fellow Americans".

"Why? Simply because they disagree with his policies. That is not leadership."

He called on Mr Biden to "apologise for slandering tens of millions of Americans as fascists".

The top Republican said the Biden presidency had saddled America with soaring inflation, open borders, Covid school shutdowns that damaged children's learning, the "botched" withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the deadliest national crime wave in two decades.

"In the past two years," he said, "Joe Biden has launched an assault on the soul of America, on its people, on its laws, on its most sacred values. He has launched an assault on our democracy. His policies have severely wounded America's soul, diminished America's spirit and betrayed America's trust."

BBC
 
MenInG said:
Supporters of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said.

"Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards," he said in a primetime speech in Pennsylvania.
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He’s right. Trump fomented an insurrection against the seat of government to try to overturn a lawful election result. Now plenty of craven GOP Reps and Senators are repeating the lie that the election was stolen. The man is a cancer in US democracy. He should be in jail for life.
 
<b>US President Joe Biden has warned Russia not to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.</b>

Speaking during an interview with CBS News, Mr Biden said such action would "change the face of war unlike anything since World War Two".

He would not say what response the US would make to the use of such weapons.

Russian President Vladimir Putin put the country's nuclear forces on "special" alert following its invasion of Ukraine in February.

He told defence chiefs it was because of "aggressive statements" by the West.

Nuclear weapons have existed for almost 80 years and many countries see them as a deterrent that continues to guarantee their national security.

Russia is estimated to have around 5,977 nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

It, however, remains unlikely that it intends to use such weapons.

Tactical nuclear weapons are those which can be used at relatively short distances, as opposed to "strategic" nuclear weapons which can be launched over much longer distances and raise the spectre of all-out nuclear war.

In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley in the White House, President Biden was asked what he would say to President Putin if he was considering using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine.

"Don't, don't, don't," was President Biden's response.

Mr Biden was then asked what the consequences would be for Mr Putin if such a line was crossed.

"You think I would tell you if I knew exactly what it would be? Of course, I'm not gonna tell you. It'll be consequential," Mr Biden responded.

"They'll become more of a pariah in the world than they ever have been. And depending on the extent of what they do will determine what response would occur."

The war in Ukraine has not gone as well as the Kremlin had hoped.

In recent days, Ukraine says it has recaptured more than 8,000 sq km (3,088 sq miles) of territory in the north-eastern Kharkiv region.

Despite the apparent setback, President Putin has insisted that Ukraine's successful counter-offensive will not stop Russia's plans of continuing its operations in the east of the country.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62936643
 
Robert said:
He’s got his Inflation Reduction Bill through Congress - to promote green tech, reduce the deficit and for Big Pharma to cut drug prices.

Becoming more impressed by the bloke’s performance. The latest of late bloomers?
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I suspect history will remeber him better than the present (a bit like Carter)

Certainly i think Biden will have a more of a tangible postitive impact/legacy than Obama

Lot of this depends on 2024 though
 
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I suspect history will remeber him better than the present (a bit like Carter)

Certainly i think Biden will have a more of a tangible postitive impact/legacy than Obama

Lot of this depends on 2024 though
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I think Obama was a top-quartile POTUS. He was given a rotten hand - left to handle the bank bailout and two wars. Under his stimulus package the US economy got out of recession faster than any other country. He reduced the deployment to Iraq by 97%. He extended Medicare over another 11% of the population. He mended the diplomatic fences that W had burned.

I will be fascinated to see what the midterms bring.
 
James said:
<b>US President Joe Biden has warned Russia not to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.</b>

Speaking during an interview with CBS News, Mr Biden said such action would "change the face of war unlike anything since World War Two".

He would not say what response the US would make to the use of such weapons.

Russian President Vladimir Putin put the country's nuclear forces on "special" alert following its invasion of Ukraine in February.

He told defence chiefs it was because of "aggressive statements" by the West.

Nuclear weapons have existed for almost 80 years and many countries see them as a deterrent that continues to guarantee their national security.

Russia is estimated to have around 5,977 nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

It, however, remains unlikely that it intends to use such weapons.

Tactical nuclear weapons are those which can be used at relatively short distances, as opposed to "strategic" nuclear weapons which can be launched over much longer distances and raise the spectre of all-out nuclear war.

In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley in the White House, President Biden was asked what he would say to President Putin if he was considering using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine.

"Don't, don't, don't," was President Biden's response.
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There’s a threshold of unthinkability in the West regarding nuclear weapons.

I don’t know what China, India and Pakistan think.

But Russia has a different doctrine. If tube and rocket artillery don’t do the job, thermobarics might. If they don’t work, the next step is nukes.
 
<b>Covid-19 pandemic is over in the US - Joe Biden</b>

President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise.

Mr Biden said that while "we still have a problem", the situation is rapidly improving.
Statistics show that over 400 Americans on average are dying from the virus each day.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that the end of the pandemic is "in sight".

In an interview with 60 Minutes on CBS, Mr Biden said that the US is still doing "a lot of work" to control the virus.

The interview - aired over the weekend - was partly filmed on the floor of the Detroit Auto Show, where the president gestured towards the crowds.

"If you notice, no one's wearing masks," he said. "Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape...I think it's changing."

In August, US officials extended the ongoing Covid-19 public health emergency, which has been in place since January 2020, through 13 October.

To date, more than one million Americans have died from the pandemic.

Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that the seven-day average of deaths currently stands at over 400, with more than 3,000 dead in the last week.

In January 2021, by comparison, more than 23,000 people were reported dead from the virus over a single week-long span. About 65% of the total US population is considered fully vaccinated.

Some federal vaccine mandates remain in place in the US - including on healthcare workers, military personnel and any non-US citizen entering the country by airplane.

Public health officials have expressed cautious optimism in recent weeks that the world is edging towards a pandemic recovery but continue to urge people to remain careful.

On Monday, Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, acknowledged the situation has improved.

But in comments made at Washington DC think-tank, he added that the current daily death rate is still "unacceptably high".

"We are not where we need to be if we're going to be able to 'live with the virus,'" he said.

He also cautioned that new Covid-19 variants could still emerge, especially in the coming winter months.

The US recently authorised new vaccines that match the version of the Omicron variant currently dominant in the country, with federal health officials asking Americans to keep their jabs up-to-date.

Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world has "never been in a better position to end the pandemic".

"We are not there yet," he said. "But the end is in sight."

Covid-19 also continues to have a significant impact on the US economy, with the National Bureau of Economic Research reporting last week that Covid-related disease has slashed the US workforce by approximately 500,000 people.

Mr Biden said he believes that the pandemic has had a "profound" impact on the psyche of Americans.

"That has changed everything...people's attitudes about themselves, their families, about the state of the nation, about the state of their communities," he said.

"It's been a very difficult time. Very difficult."

More than 6.5 million people have died since the beginning of the pandemic around the world. The US has had the highest death toll, followed by India and Brazil.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62959089
 
Biden is reported to have refused to meet Truss yesterday. She has had to go to USA, presumably to try to negotiate this trade deal which the has been imperilled by threats to suspend the NIP.
 
[MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION]

Please watch this...it will show how much Biden influenced Americans to go to war. I thought this was well known.

 
KingKhanWC said:
[MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION]

Please watch this...it will show how much Biden influenced Americans to go to war. I thought this was well known.

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I know he voted for a bill to get weapons inspectors back into Iraq.

“I will vote for this because we should be compelling Iraq to make good on its obligations to the United Nations,” Biden said. “Because while Iraq’s illegal weapons of mass destruction program do not — do not — pose an imminent threat to our national security, in my view, they will, if left unfettered. And because a strong vote in Congress, as I said, increases the prospect for a tough, new U.N. resolution on weapons of mass destruction, it is likely to get weapons inspectors in, which, in turn, decreases the prospects of war, in my view.”

His Presidential campaign team said:

“He opposed the way we went to war and the way the war was being carried out,” the statement continued. “He has for many years called his vote a mistake and takes full responsibility for it. The Bush Administration assured then-Senator Biden that the purpose of the Authorization for the Use of Military Force was to strengthen our position at the U.N. Security Council to get weapons inspectors back into Iraq, and that diplomacy would be exhausted without a premature rush to war. The U.N. element of this strategy worked: after Congress passed the AUMF, the Security Council voted 15-0 to send the inspectors back and Saddam gave them access. However, the Bush Administration plunged the nation into war anyway, without allowing the inspectors to finish their job — which was profoundly misguided. Once the war began, then-Senator Biden was immediately clear in his opposition to how we got into the conflict and the way it was being conducted — including the failure to exhaust diplomacy or enlist allies, the reliance on and hyping of faulty intelligence, and the absence of a viable plan to win the peace. He was adamant that, however misguided the war, we owed it to our troops to support them, and he fought for investments like MRAPs [Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles] that saved hundreds of lives from IEDs.”

So while he doesn’t come across as the opponent to the war that I thought, he’s also a far cry from the warmonger you paint him as.

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/bidens-record-on-iraq-war/
 
KingKhanWC said:
[MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION]

Please watch this...it will show how much Biden influenced Americans to go to war. I thought this was well known.
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Looks like he was trying to get a tougher and more specific version of UNSCR 1441 in order to ensure that Saddam was disarmed of nerve agents.

So in other words, by pushing through a bill which Biden thought would avert war, he unwittingly helped make war more likely.

One thing I take from [MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]'s video is that Biden was much more impressive in 2003 than he is now.
 
Don’t believe the hype.

Biden changed his tune.


During the second Democratic primary debate on July 31, Biden said his “bad judgment” in voting to authorize President George W. Bush to use military force against Iraq in 2002 was “trusting the president saying he was only doing this to get inspectors in and get the U.N. to agree to put inspectors in.”

In a speech days before the 2002 vote, Bush did say approving the resolution “does not mean that military action is imminent or unavoidable,” but he also laid out in detail why military action “may” be needed. And on the day the war broke out, Biden acknowledged, “We voted to give him the authority to wage that war. We should step back and be supportive.”

In the Democratic debate, Biden went on to say, “From the moment ‘shock and awe’ started, from that moment, I was opposed to the effort, and I was outspoken as much as anyone at all in the Congress and the administration.”

During an interview on NPR on Sept. 3, Biden again claimed, “Immediately, the moment [shock and awe] started, I came out against the war at that moment.”
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https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/bidens-record-on-iraq-war/

Biden changed his tune when he had a chance to become President.

He was, is, and will be a warmongering snake.
 
Robert said:
Looks like he was trying to get a tougher and more specific version of UNSCR 1441 in order to ensure that Saddam was disarmed of nerve agents.

So in other words, by pushing through a bill which Biden thought would avert war, he unwittingly helped make war more likely.

One thing I take from [MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]'s video is that Biden was much more impressive in 2003 than he is now.
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You havent understood or watched the video which is conclusive proof Biden had as much influence as anyone in the US for thirsting for war in Iraq. The biggest state terrorist attack in modern history.

But just voting for a war means you're a warmonger. The old senile fool will see justice soon, as he wont be alive for much longer.
 
Technics 1210 said:
Don’t believe the hype.

Biden changed his tune.




https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/bidens-record-on-iraq-war/

Biden changed his tune when he had a chance to become President.

He was, is, and will be a warmongering snake.
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Sleepy had to lie to his idiotic democratic voters telling them he is anti-war, pro-black, pro-abortion and everything else under the sun which liberals and minorities might cheer.

What the Iraq war showed is the UK/US public has a large % who are too stupid to understand anything so take any words as gospel.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Sleepy had to lie to his idiotic democratic voters telling them he is anti-war, pro-black, pro-abortion and everything else under the sun which liberals and minorities might cheer.

What the Iraq war showed is the UK/US public has a large % who are too stupid to understand anything so take any words as gospel.
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Moreover now Biden is President he could easily withdraw troops from Iraq and call it an end.

But no, senile Biden always wanted war in Iraq.
 
Technics 1210 said:
Moreover now Biden is President he could easily withdraw troops from Iraq and call it an end.

But no, senile Biden always wanted war in Iraq.
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Exactly, the Iraqi parliament voted months ago for all invaders to leave. You wont see this question to the BLM white house press sec. Biden thinks Iraq must be Iceland and the puffins need to stay to stop global warming.
 
KingKhanWC said:
You havent understood or watched the video which is conclusive proof Biden had as much influence as anyone in the US for thirsting for war in Iraq. The biggest state terrorist attack in modern history.

But just voting for a war means you're a warmonger. The old senile fool will see justice soon, as he wont be alive for much longer.
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I’ve watched and understood it. Doesn’t exactly say what you claim it says. I’ve also read around it.

Watch it again. He voted to get a tougher UNSCR, to avoid war. Bush went to war anyway, and Biden criticised the conduct of the war.
 
Robert said:
I’ve watched and understood it. Doesn’t exactly say what you claim it says. I’ve also read around it.

Watch it again. He voted to get a tougher UNSCR, to avoid war. Bush went to war anyway, and Biden criticised the conduct of the war.
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Voting for war knowing its based on lies is war mongering. Nothing else matters but Biden helped to gain support from Democrats so the war could go ahead. It doesnt matter what else he said or did, the war took place and he was influential in this act.

If I vote for war and influence others to join me, im not a warmonger?
 
Biden has been performing extremely well recently.

His legislative success in both the Senate and the House is surprisingly impressive.

His response to Russian aggression is going very well.

He has turned around a bad position before the mid-term elections and now looks likely to take the Senate from its current 50-50 split.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Voting for war knowing its based on lies is war mongering. Nothing else matters but Biden helped to gain support from Democrats so the war could go ahead. It doesnt matter what else he said or did, the war took place and he was influential in this act.

If I vote for war and influence others to join me, im not a warmonger?
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That video says he voted for a tougher UN resolution on inspections.

When did he vote for war?
 
Junaids said:
Biden has been performing extremely well recently.

His legislative success in both the Senate and the House is surprisingly impressive.

His response to Russian aggression is going very well.

He has turned around a bad position before the mid-term elections and now looks likely to take the Senate from its current 50-50 split.
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Sure, he’s getting some cross-party support. Reagan did that, and Clinton. Obama not so much.
 
Joe Biden made a blunder during a speech when he asked if a deceased congresswoman was in the audience.

The US president made the gaffe at a conference on hunger, nutrition and health after apparently forgetting that Jackie Walorski, the former Republican representative for the state of Indiana, died in a car crash in August.

Mr Biden, 79, looked around the room in Washington and said: "Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? She must not be here" on Wednesday.

The blunder saw White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre field a flurry of questions during the press briefing that followed.

She repeated more than a dozen times that Ms Walorski was "top of mind" for Mr Biden - who is due to meet with the congresswoman's family on Friday to sign a bill renaming a veterans' affairs clinic in Indiana after her.

Ms Jean-Pierre did not acknowledge the president had misspoken and did not apologise for the error.

"My answer is certainly not going to change," she told journalists.

"All of you may have views on how I am answering it, but I'm answering the question to the way that he saw it and to the way that we see it."

Ms Walorski's brother, Keith, told the New York Post that he was not angry with the president, who called Ms Walorski's family to offer his condolences after she died.

Mr Biden is "doing the best he can do with what he's got right now", he said.

Mr Walorski added: "Yeah it was a big mess-up today. Inexcusable? No. Unforgivable? No. I'm not gonna hold it against him. I just feel sorry for him."

SKY
 
Not just an embarrassing and ridiculous gaffe this time, actually quite an offensive one.
 
The FBI has gathered enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes and making a false statement to buy a gun, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.

President Joe Biden's son has been under federal investigation since 2018.

The decision on whether to file criminal charges now rests with the US Attorney in Delaware.

A lawyer for Hunter said he had not been contacted by federal agents. He has repeatedly denied breaking the law.

The US Department of Justice has declined to comment.

Hunter Biden, 52, is a lawyer and lobbyist who has worked abroad including in China and Ukraine. He was discharged from the US Navy in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine.

According to the Washington Post, federal agents began investigating him in 2018, and initially centred on finances related to his overseas businesses and consulting.

Over time, the investigation began to focus on whether Hunter properly reported his income and made false statements on paperwork used to purchase a firearm in 2018.

In a book published last year he had admitted to still being a heavy user of crack cocaine at that time. But the Washington Post reports that he said "no" on a federal form asking if he was "an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug or any other controlled substance".

Criminal charges stemming from falsehoods on gun-purchase forms remain rare and number in the hundreds each year.

In a statement sent to CBS, a lawyer for the president's son said that he expected the Department of Justice to "diligently investigate and prosecute" those who leaked information about the investigation.

"As is proper and legally required, we believe the prosecutors in this case are diligently and thoroughly weighing not just evidence provided by agents, but also all the other witnesses in this case, including witnesses for the defence," the statement from lawyer Chris Clark said.

"That is the job of the prosecutors. They should not be pressured, rushed, or criticised for doing their job."

Mr Clark added that he has had no contact "whatsoever" with any federal investigators. He said any information from agents - cited by the Washington Post, which first reported the story - was "inherently biased, one-sided, and inaccurate".

Hunter Biden has long been a target of scrutiny from conservatives, who have alleged that his overseas business dealings indicate a pattern of corruption.

Republicans have vowed to investigate him in the House of Representatives if they win a majority of seats in next month's midterm congressional elections.

While the younger Biden has admitted to a troubled life and a previous "massive drug addiction", both he and President Biden have denied that he engaged in illegal activity.

He first admitted knowledge of an investigation in December 2020. In a statement at the time, Hunter Biden said he was "confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, with the benefit of professional tax advisers".

In April, Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, said the US president "is confident that his son didn't break the law", but that the matter would be left to the Justice Department and that the White House would not get involved.

In 2018, Hunter Biden was investigated after his then-girlfriend threw away a gun belonging to him in a rubbish bin near a school, according to US media reports.

Secret Service agents reportedly intervened, according to Politico, by visiting the Delaware store where he had bought the firearm earlier that month and requesting access to his background check form.

The gun-store owner refused to hand over the paperwork, the website reports, and no charges were filed.

BBC
 
<b>Joe Biden To "Re-evaluate" Ties With Saudi Arabia After OPEC Snub</b>

<I>The 13-nation OPEC cartel and its 10 allies headed by Moscow angered the White House last week with its decision to reduce output by two million barrels a day from November -- raising fears that oil prices could soar.</I>

<b>Washington: </b>President Joe Biden is to "re-evaluate" the US relationship with Riyadh, the White House said Tuesday, after a Saudi-led coalition of oil-producing nations sided with Russia to slash output.

The 13-nation OPEC cartel and its 10 allies headed by Moscow angered the White House last week with its decision to reduce output by two million barrels a day from November -- raising fears that oil prices could soar.

"I think the president's been very clear that this is a relationship that we need to continue to re-evaluate, that we need to be willing to revisit," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN.

"Certainly in light of the OPEC decision, I think that's where he is."

The decision was widely seen as a diplomatic slap in the face, since Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia in July and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite vowing to make the kingdom an international "pariah" following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

It also comes at a sensitive moment for Biden's Democratic party, as it faces November midterm elections with rising consumer prices a key Republican talking point.

Saudi Arabia has defended the planned production cuts, saying the priority of OPEC+ was "to maintain a sustainable oil market".

On Tuesday, Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told the Al-Arabiya channel that the move "was purely economic and was taken unanimously by the (organization's) member states."

"OPEC+ members acted responsibly and took the appropriate decision," he said.

Kirby added that Biden was "willing to work with Congress to think through what that relationship (with Saudi Arabia) ought to look like going forward," although he clarified that no formal discussions had yet begun.

His remarks came a day after Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for Washington to halt all cooperation with Riyadh.

Menendez said the kingdom had decided to "underwrite" Russia's war in Ukraine with a move he denounced as a concession to Moscow that would hurt the global economy.

"The United States must immediately freeze all aspects of our cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including any arms sales and security cooperation beyond what is absolutely necessary to defend US personnel and interests," Menendez said.

"As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I will not greenlight any cooperation with Riyadh until the kingdom reassesses its position with respect to the war in Ukraine."

The partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia was sealed after World War II, providing the kingdom with military protection in exchange for American access to oil.

Fraught with crises, the relationship was revived by Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, whose single term saw Riyadh accounting for a quarter of US arms exports, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Continuing the rapprochement, Biden's State Department announced in August that Saudi Arabia would buy 300 Patriot MIM-104E missile systems, which can be used to bring down at long-range incoming ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as attacking aircraft.

The relationship is "strategic" and has "advanced the security and stability of the Middle East," the Saudi embassy in Washington said in a statement on Tuesday.

Bilateral military cooperation "serves the interests of both countries," it said, paraphrasing Prince Faisal's comments to Al-Arabiya.

Saudi Arabia has faced recent rocket threats from Yemen's Huthi rebels, who have been supplied with Iranian equipment and technology.

Biden said last week that he would look at alternatives to prevent gas price hikes.

These could include further releases from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, potentially increased domestic drilling, as well as more drastic measures, including limits on exports.

Menendez's call for a freeze in arms sales has the support of several fellow Democratic lawmakers, including Connecticut's Senator Chris Murphy, who told CNN that Washington had for too long given Riyadh a pass on transgressive conduct.

"For years we have looked the other way as Saudi Arabia has chopped up journalists, has engaged in massive political repression, for one reason: we wanted to know that when the chips were down, when there was a global crisis, that the Saudis would choose us instead of Russia," he said.

"Well, they didn't. They chose Russia."

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/joe...hite-house-3423526#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
 
Interesting. I wonder will this affect British arms exports to Saudi. We sell them a lot of Eurofighters (or the Eurofighter parts we build anyway).

Perhaps they will start learning more to China, where they buy missiles systems.
 
<b>US President Biden calls Truss's economic policies 'a mistake'</b>

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has called Liz Truss's original economic policies "a mistake".

In an unusual intervention, he said the economic turmoil that followed the government's mini-budget had been "predictable".

Speaking at an ice cream shop in Oregon, Mr Biden was asked by reporters about the prime minister's attempt to boost growth with unfunded tax cuts - what the reporter called the "trickle-down plan that she has had to back away from".

The president replied: "Well, it's predictable. I wasn't the only one that thought it was a mistake."

He added: "I think that the idea of cutting taxes on the super wealthy at a time when - anyway, I just think - I disagreed with the policy, but that's up to Great Britain to make that judgment, not me."

Mr Biden has long been critical of the economic theory at the heart of the prime minister's policy, namely that cutting taxes on businesses and the rich generates growth that allows wealth to "trickle down" to all sectors of society.

But it is unusual for the president of the United States to be so critical of the leader of one of America's closest allies.

Mr Biden has been criticised in the past for not doing enough to support UK-US relations, preferring instead to focus his transatlantic relationship on Dublin, Paris and Berlin.

But he is not alone on the world stage in being puzzled at the way Britain is being governed and the choices being made by its politicians.

Foreign ministers and British diplomats say there is a diplomatic cost to Britain's political turmoil, as well as an economic price.

Some world leaders are even happy to laugh at Britain's expense in public.

The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to the Sunday Times about the concerns expressed by the International Monetary Fund about the state of Britain's economy.

"If you need experience in dealing with the IMF, we are here to help!" he joked, a reference to Greece's own financial instability and support from the international body.

Diplomats from countries suffering their own economic turmoil joke that their currency is stronger than the pound.

And crucially, foreign diplomats feel able to break one of the first rules of diplomacy and criticise the domestic policies of their host governments, such as the German ambassador in London, Miguel Berger, who voiced his concerns about the government's economic plans.

One UK diplomat told me: "We are a laughing-stock. People come up to me and ask: 'What is going on in your country?'

“There is a grim fascination in it all. But when I want to talk about substance, they just say, "let's wait until things have settled down and there's a plan.'"

Foreign diplomats and ministers say they miss the role the UK used to play on the world stage, saying they long to see what some describe as "the Britain of old", that provided a calm, steady presence on the world stage.

Britain was in the past seen by diplomats as one of those countries that followed due process and the rule of law and tended to be on the sensible side of any argument.

One European foreign minister told me this weekend: "Wake up Britain! The world is on fire. We need you."

The international unease has been noted by the main opposition parties in the UK, with shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, saying the recent turmoil has "made Britain's economy an international punchline".

"President Biden knows the dangerous folly of trickle-down economics," the MP continued.

"His comments confirm the hit our reputation has taken thanks to the Conservatives."

The BBC approached the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for a response, but it said it would not be commenting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63276374
 
Joe Biden appeared to zone out mid-interview and faltered in his response when asked whether his wife wants him to run again in 2024, renewing concerns over the US president's age.

Mr Biden, 79, sidestepped a question about the members of the public who believed he should not run again because of his age.

"The only reason to be involved in public life is: Can you make life better for other people" he replied, and going on to suggest he had an "obligation" to do so.

When asked if his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, supported him seeking re-election, Mr Biden nodded, then paused and appeared to lose his train of thought during the MSNBC interview.

The silence prompted interviewer Jonathan Capehart to prod Mr Biden, saying: "Mr President?" The president ultimately provided a faltering response. He said: "Dr Biden thinks that uh, my wife thinks that uh, that I uh, that, that we're, that we're doing something very important and that I shouldn’t walk away from it".

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...zones-mid-interview-when-asked-possible-2024/

Remember, Biden was the liberal choice!
 
US President Joe Biden has warned any candidates who refuse to accept defeat in next week's midterm elections could set the nation on "the path to chaos".

He also urged Americans to unite in opposition to "political violence" in the vote on 8 November.

Mr Biden, a Democrat, said former President Donald Trump and his supporters were peddling "lies of conspiracy and malice".

Republicans hit back that Mr Biden was seeking to "divide and deflect".

Control of both chambers of Congress and key state governorships are hanging in the balance in next week's elections.

Most forecasts suggest Republicans will win control of the House of Representatives, while the Senate could go either way.

Mr Biden spoke in nationally televised remarks on Wednesday evening at Washington DC's Union Station - just a few streets from where Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol last year in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.



BBC
 
Biden mixes up Cambodia and Colombia in latest high-profile gaffe

"Now that we're back together here in Cambodia, I look forward to building even stronger progress than we've already made, and I want to thank the prime minister of Colombia for his leadership as ASEAN chair and for hosting all of us," he said.

He was referring to Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, who is currently chairing the 10-member regional bloc.

President Biden is on a whirlwind trip with stops at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, ASEAN in Phnom Penh and the G20 summit in Indonesia.

It comes just weeks after he made a blunder during a speech when he asked if a deceased congresswoman was in the audience.

He made the gaffe at a conference on hunger, nutrition and health after apparently forgetting that Jackie Walorski, the former Republican representative for the state of Indiana, died in a car crash in August.

The 79-year-old looked around the room in Washington on 28 September and said: "Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? She must not be here."

MSN
 
<b>US president Joe Biden is facing renewed questions over the contents of a laptop belonging to his son, Hunter.</b>

His Republican opponents have pledged to use the new session of Congress, which begins on 3 January, to investigate the controversy surrounding material on the computer.

A computer repairman has shown Sky News some of its content.

John Paul Mac Isaac says it strengthens suspicions around the president's involvement in his son's business affairs abroad.

Republicans believe the laptop could provide evidence of a conflict of interest.

President Biden, for his part, maintains he had no knowledge of his son's business dealings.

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1609964262939660288?t=FWywi4igrj-V3rnIyqXpgQ&s=08
 
Biden is a liar, and the ZMSM are protecting him. This is clear as daylight!

The story isn't Trump's tax returns, but the laptop!
 
The US justice department is reviewing documents marked classified found in President Joe Biden's former office at a think tank, the White House says.

About 10 of the files were discovered in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center in Washington in November by Mr Biden's legal team, his lawyer said.

The batch has been handed over to the National Archives.

Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, is facing a probe for taking classified files to Florida after his presidency.

The documents discovered in Mr Biden's office dated to his time as vice president, according to his lawyer. Mr Biden, who served as President Barack Obama's second-in-command, left that position in January 2017.

BBC
 
He has taken some good decisions lately but the new fiasco is going to finish him off right before next elections and along with recession Trump has a chance if CIA allows him another term.
 
JaDed said:
He has taken some good decisions lately but the new fiasco is going to finish him off right before next elections and along with recession Trump has a chance if CIA allows him another term.
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Biden doesnt know what day it is and calls out dead people. lol. Its clear as day, he's not charge of any decision inc how he goes to the toilet. America should be embarrassed to him as their leader.

I heard he wants to run again for president next election. This is hilarious.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Biden doesnt know what day it is and calls out dead people. lol. Its clear as day, he's not charge of any decision inc how he goes to the toilet. America should be embarrassed to him as their leader.

I heard he wants to run again for president next election. This is hilarious.
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He has been decent in last 2 qtrs.. got some important bills passed which were needed.

He is not the best but he is definitely not a threat to America’s intelligence/security.

But i doubt with the recession and his new issue he will be selected again.
 
Second batch of classified Biden documents found

US President Joe Biden's aides have found a fresh batch of classified government records at a second location, in a growing political embarrassment for the White House.

The first cache was found at a private office in Washington DC that Mr Biden used after his vice-presidency.

The matter is under review by the US Department of Justice.

Former President Donald Trump is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly mishandling classified files.

It was not yet clear on Wednesday when or where the additional tranche of files was found by Biden aides.

The original batch of about 10 documents was discovered in November at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank near the White House, but only came to light this week.

Those papers reportedly include US intelligence memos and briefing materials related to Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64244007
 
JaDed said:
He has been decent in last 2 qtrs.. got some important bills passed which were needed.

He is not the best but he is definitely not a threat to America’s intelligence/security.

But i doubt with the recession and his new issue he will be selected again.
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A middling President.

Not a good one like Jefferson or Lincoln or FDR.

Not an incompetent one like Buchanan or Trump.

He shouldn’t seek re-election though. Time to retire, and bring a rising star such as Buttgieg on.
 
Robert said:
A middling President.

Not a good one like Jefferson or Lincoln or FDR.

Not an incompetent one like Buchanan or Trump.

He shouldn’t seek re-election though. Time to retire, and bring a rising star such as Buttgieg on.
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Ideally he shouldn’t seek re-election but I don’t see any decent centrist Democrat available to replace him, Buttgieg doesn't have enough going for him.
 
Biden passed some significant laws while in office . However he should not run again.
 
Robert said:
She won’t have general enough appeal. That voice is off-putting.
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She has the Latino vote and left liberal vote , my only hope the American Democratic Party are smarter, AOC is extreme Left of Bernie.

I would actually not mind Bernie he could be a decent voice of reason but I doubt he will run again.
 
White House confirms documents found in Biden’s garage

The White House says President Biden's lawyers found a set of classified documents in his garage in Wilmington, Delaware.

In a statement, Richard Sauber, Special Counsel to the President, said: "The lawyers discovered among personal and political papers a small number of additional Obama-Biden Administration records with classified markings.

"All but one of these documents were found in storage space in the President’s Wilmington residence garage. One document consisting of one page was discovered among stored materials in an adjacent room."

BBC

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More embarrassment for senile Joe.
 
Technics 1210 said:
White House confirms documents found in Biden’s garage

The White House says President Biden's lawyers found a set of classified documents in his garage in Wilmington, Delaware.

In a statement, Richard Sauber, Special Counsel to the President, said: "The lawyers discovered among personal and political papers a small number of additional Obama-Biden Administration records with classified markings.

"All but one of these documents were found in storage space in the President’s Wilmington residence garage. One document consisting of one page was discovered among stored materials in an adjacent room."

BBC

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More embarrassment for senile Joe.
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I find it a bit strange that Biden gets lawyers to clean out his storage areas, why would you pay lawyers $1200 an hour to do clean outs. There must be reasons to use lawyers to go and clean out your junk.
 
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