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  • The ‘Loving Father’ Excuse For Joe Biden’s Role In Pay-For-Play Biz Is Gross

    08/04/2023 11:21:14 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 2 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 08/04/2023 | Elle Purnell
    Some father-son duos bond over fishing and golf — others seek solace in some good old-fashioned influence-peddling, apparently.Evidence is dropping by the week pointing to Joe Biden’s involvement in a pay-for-play scheme trading political favors for foreign bribe money, with his bumbling son Hunter playing shady international go-between. But we can’t fault selective family man Joe for his poor judgment — he really just loves his son Hunter very much, and the two were working through their shared grief about the death of Biden’s elder son, Beau. Some father-son duos bond over fishing and golf — who are we to...
  • Stopping the next Hunter Biden laptop cover-up

    04/07/2022 1:51:13 PM PDT · by lasereye · 20 replies
    Spectator World ^ | April 6, 2022 | Peter Van Buren
    Hunter Biden just paid over $1 million in back taxes for income he never claimed, but which was found in his emails — the ones from his laptop that had been dismissed by the mainstream media as Russian disinformation. The FBI is conducting an ongoing criminal investigation into Hunter’s business activities based on the contents of the laptop. It was only the Bureau’s use of the laptop as evidence that finally forced the New York Times this month to admit that what it said last year was false. See, as the New York Post broke the story that a laptop...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Pete Buttigieg accepted $250,000 and gifts from mayoral campaign donors who were later awarded $33million in city contracts, raising concerns of 'pay to play' as Transportation Secretary doles out $210billion in infrastructure plan

    02/23/2022 8:10:26 AM PST · by DFG · 35 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 02/23/2022 | Josh Boswell
    Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg's top political donors received millions of dollars in city contracts after giving thousands to his campaigns while he was mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg's political action committees took money from 23 companies who then got jobs from South Bend's Board of Public Works on which he was seated, documents obtained by DailyMail.com reveal. On two occasions, the former presidential candidate received donations the same day the companies were awarded contracts. Other city contractors gifted the mayor cigars, alcohol and golf trips worth hundreds of dollars. The companies, their executives and spouses donated a total $253,750...
  • 'I Think We Can Pull This Off': Hunter Biden Discussed Plans For A Business That Would Include Joe Biden, Emails Show

    05/17/2021 11:17:10 AM PDT · by TrumpianRepublican · 19 replies
    Conservative Brief ^ | 5/17 | Martin Walsh
    Newly discovered emails show that Hunter Biden and an associate discussed plans to include then-Vice President Joe Biden in future business plans. The bombshell emails lend credence to those who say Joe Biden was part of a pay-for-play scheme. “In order to develop this as a platform for both JRBs I think it is imperative we (the three of us) have full control come 2016 when JRB1 comes on board,” Hunter Biden wrote to Jeff Cooper back in 2014. "JRB" is referring to Joseph Robinette Biden, the current president. “I think we can pull this off,” Cooper replied.
  • Lori Loughlin Released After Prison Term in College Scam(Praise be to God!)

    12/28/2020 11:35:04 AM PST · by Vendome · 150 replies
    US News ^ | 12/28/2020 | ALANNA DURKIN
    Loughlin was released from the federal lockup in Dublin, California, where she had been serving her sentence for her role in the college admissions bribery scheme, the federal Bureau of Prisons said. Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, is serving his five-month sentence at a prison in Lompoc near Santa Barbara, California.
  • BREAKING: Hunter Subpoenaed – Now Under FOUR Investigations

    12/12/2020 4:38:52 PM PST · by rxsid · 85 replies
    https://populist.press ^ | 12.12.2020 | Populist Press
    BREAKING: Hunter Subpoenaed – Now Under FOUR Investigations Hunter Biden has been subpoenaed by federal investigators over his involvement with at least two dozen entities – including Ukrainian gas company Burisma, according to the Associated Press, citing a ‘person familiar with a Justice Department tax investigation.” News of the subpoena follows a joint announcement from Hunter and his father Joe Biden’s campaign last week which acknowledged that he was under investigation for tax fraud, with the Washington Post noting that Hunter had yet to be interviewed by the FBI or served with subpoenas. The subpoena, issued Tuesday, covers a wide...
  • Republicans demand probe into Padilla's $35M grant to Biden-linked firm, claim 'misuse' of taxpayer funds

    12/03/2020 4:03:56 PM PST · by blueplum · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | 03 Dec 2020 | Brooke Singman
    EXCLUSIVE: Republicans on the House Oversight and House Administration Committees are demanding answers from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla about a “highly questionable” $35 million contract his office awarded to a firm linked to the Biden campaign, claiming it was a “misuse of taxpayer money and a violation of the law.” Padilla’s office, according to House Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer, R-Ky., Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis, R-Ill., and Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., allegedly used Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grant money from the coronavirus stimulus package, known as the CARES Act, to fund a voter contract...
  • Potential Biden Officials’ Firm Is Promising Big Profits Off Those Connections

    11/30/2020 8:21:24 PM PST · by Beave Meister · 4 replies
    Daily Poster ^ | 11/28/2020 | David Sirota
    Former government officials Tony Blinken, Michele Flournoy & Lloyd Austin may run Biden’s national security agencies — their firm is telling investors it expects to profit off ties to those officials. Two former government officials who may now run President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team have been partners at a private equity firm now promising investors big profits off government business because of its ties to those officials, according to government documents reviewed by The Daily Poster. Pine Island Capital Partners lists former Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and retired General Lloyd Austin as a partner in the firm,...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Hunter E-Mails Request ‘Formal Meetings With Dad’ To Secure Billion-Dollar Deals

    10/30/2020 9:01:29 AM PDT · by rxsid · 24 replies
    https://thenationalpulse.com ^ | 10.30.2020 | RAHEEM KASSAM
    EXCLUSIVE: Hunter E-Mails Request ‘Formal Meetings With Dad’ To Secure Billion-Dollar DealsAn email thread entitled “Engagement” from June 2011 reveals a Hunter Biden business associate – Sean Conlon – telling the former Veep’s son: “we need to get these guys to an event or something where they get to just formally meet your Dad. For follow on they can talk to Chief of Staff.”In full, the e-mail leveraging a meeting with Joe Biden in exchange for “more bonds to move” reads:“So we have engagement letter if they get other 10 bonds they have a face value of 10b. While it...
  • The Media’s Hunter Biden Conundrum

    10/28/2020 10:54:12 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 34 replies
    New York Times ^ | Oct. 27, 2020 | Ross Douthat
    It should be possible to cover revelations about the Biden family that are neither disinformation nor the greatest scandal of our time.[cut] More specifically, Bobulinski’s story and the email evidence both suggest that Joe Biden took at least enough interest in his son’s dealings to have a meeting during the Trump presidency with his business partners. This isn’t proof that he partnered with Hunter or profited in any way, but it seems like evidence that he wasn’t particularly worried about keeping his son’s sketchy salesmanship at arm’s length. That seems like information worth knowing: not a scandal on a par...
  • I asked Joe Biden: What is your response to the NYPost story about your son, sir?He called it a “smear campaign” and then went after me...

    10/16/2020 8:01:10 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 112 replies
    Twitter ^ | 10/16/2020 | Bo Erickson CBS
    ... "I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.” ...
  • Florida AG Refers Bloomberg To FBI For Criminal Investigation After He Pledged To Pay Felons’ Fines So They Can Vote In Apparent Attempt To Boost Biden

    09/23/2020 3:21:07 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 48 replies
    Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody reportedly sent a letter to the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement requesting a criminal investigation into a recent report that failed Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire, has raised more than $16 million to help convicted felons pay off their debts in an attempt to boost Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden in the state. “The letter said that Moody’s office had reviewed Bloomberg’s pledge and referred the matter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI for a criminal investigation,” CBS 12 reported. “Moody’s letter references Florida’s statute against paying...
  • Biden promises to pass Ukraine lethal weapons if he wins 2020 election

    08/26/2020 6:13:30 AM PDT · by elpadre · 20 replies
    112 Ukraine ^ | August 26, 2020
    The candidate from the Democrats made a statement on the 29th anniversary of Ukraine's independence: In case he wins the 2020 presidential election in the U.S., Joe Biden promises to pass Ukraine lethal weaponry. He said so in an official campaign statement timed to the 29th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. "As President, I will make it clear to the Kremlin that it must end its aggression toward and occupation of Ukraine. A Biden-Harris administration will ensure that Ukraine gets the economic and military support that it needs, including lethal weapons, while urging Ukraine to pursue the essential reforms that are...
  • These are the Texas schools where the most Sugar Babies attend

    01/16/2020 4:55:55 PM PST · by bgill · 34 replies
    nbc ^ | Jan. 14, 2020 | Brianna Edwards
    If parents aren’t paying for their child’s college tuition, another daddy and mommy will in exchange for a relationship with the student. Sugar Baby University, an extension of the world’s largest Sugar Daddy dating site SeekingArrangement, released its annual report revealing the number of students registered on its website and what universities they attend. Online stats show there are more than 8.7 million female and 3.2 million male Sugar Babies, 2.1 million Sugar Daddies and 370,000 Sugar Mommas registered on SeekingArrangement. University of Texas, Austin - 1,118 enrolled sugar babies Texas A&M University - 997 Texas State University - 945...
  • Did you ever love America

    12/24/2019 9:49:47 AM PST · by simka · 25 replies
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    If you ever loved America don't ever vote Democrat.That party defines the term "Organized Crime". The Clinton's pay for play is staggering. Obama sold our principal seaport to the Chinese and Hillary sold our Uranium to the Russians to name a few. They have encroached on every one of our freedoms with overreaching laws that increase their power and diminish ours. The Dems want open borders in the belief that migrants will vote for them without considering that it is destroying our economy. They are a rabid group that will do anything for power.From KKK to Kavanaugh to impeachment their...
  • Rudy Giuliani says US diplomats were doing the bidding of George Soros in Ukraine... (Vid)

    11/21/2019 10:55:09 PM PST · by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget · 44 replies
    The Blaze ^ | November 20, 2019 | Carlos Garcia
    Rudy Giuliani says US diplomats were doing the bidding of George Soros in Ukraine, in interview with Glenn Beck Rudy Giuliani told Glenn Beck during an exclusive interview that U.S. diplomats were doing the bidding of billionaire philanthropist George Soros in Ukraine in a "massive pay-for-play" scheme that included falsifying evidence against President Donald Trump. Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, spoke to Beck on his program Wednesday about the claims being made against him by Democrats in their ongoing impeachment inquiry. "The anti-corruption bureau is a contradiction," said Giuliani about the bureau set up in Ukraine to root out corruption....
  • ‘Go Cougars!’ — Elizabeth Warren’s tongue in cheek tweet trolls alleged ‘sex scandal’...

    10/03/2019 8:44:25 PM PDT · by rintintin · 31 replies
    CNBC ^ | Oct 3 2019 | Dan Mangan
    Sen. Elizabeth Warren used her Twitter account to slyly refer to a purported “sex scandal” involving her and a strapping 25-year-old former Marine who claims Warren hired him multiple times as an escort. Warren’s tweet pointedly referred to the mascot of the University of Houston, her alma mater — “go Cougars!” Two notorious right-wing provocateurs, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, held a press conference with Kelvin Whelly, the self-identified ex-Marine, promoted with a sign saying “Elizabeth Warren Cougar?” GP: Democratic Presidential Candidates Attend Gun Violence Forum In Las Vegas Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during the...
  • Kamala Harris launched political career with $120K 'patronage' job from boyfriend Willie Brown

    06/01/2019 7:54:00 AM PDT · by Hojczyk · 42 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | June 1,2019 | by Alana Goodman
    Then 30, Harris was dating 60-year-old Willie Brown, at the time the Democratic speaker of the California State Assembly, when he placed her on the California Medical Assistance Commission in 1994. The position paid over $70,000 per year, $120,700 in current money, and Harris served on the board until 199 Brown’s decision to appoint Harris raised eyebrows in political circles. “Both boards are reserved for political payback or occasionally for personal rewards for personal service,” said Brett Granlund, a former California Republican state assemblyman who worked closely with the commission while Harris was on the board. “The boards are considered...
  • IMG Academy Suspends Mark Riddell In University Bribery Scandal

    03/13/2019 6:26:32 PM PDT · by CaliforniaCraftBeer · 29 replies
    The Bradenton Herald ^ | March 13, 2019 | Ryan Callihan
    Prosecutors say that [Mark] Riddell worked closely with [Rick] Singer, [founder of the Edge College & Career Network, also known as The Key — a for-profit college counseling and preparation company offering families help in getting students into competitive colleges and universities]. In conversations recorded by investigators, Singer called Riddell his “best test-taker.” The Bradenton Herald’s review of the federal complaint document revealed that Riddell earned at least $240,000 from his involvement in the scheme and Proctored [or corrected] at least 16 exams for students. “I would really appreciate the opportunity to Proctor the test because I’m applying to grad...
  • Is the Clinton stadium tour going to be canceled?

    12/05/2018 3:33:14 PM PST · by detective · 81 replies
    American Thinker ^ | December 5, 2018 | Thomas Lifson
    So far, half of the events scheduled for the stadium tour of Bill and Hillary Clinton have been canceled. Even worse, both of the two out of four events canceled were in the United States, and the two conversations delivered to audiences were both in Canada. Advance ticket sales for last night's scheduled event in Sugarland, Texas, a suburb of Houston, were so dismal that prices were slashed by 90% for the cheapest seats. But even that level of discounting apparently didn't prevent another prospective sea of empty seats, such as the 83% empty arena in Toronto that had to...