Trump faces troubles but Biden campaign is dead in the water
By
Byron York
May 14, 2024 10:39 am
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TRUMP FACES TROUBLES, BUT BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS DEAD IN THE WATER. On Nov. 5, 2023, the New York Times published a story headlined, “Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden, Times/Siena Poll Finds.” Focusing on the states most likely to decide the 2024 election, the New York Times reported, “The results show Mr. Biden is losing to Mr. Trump, his likeliest Republican rival, by margins of four to 10 percentage points among registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Biden is ahead only in Wisconsin, by two percentage points, the poll found.”

The story set off a mass freakout in the Democratic Party. A Biden Justice Department-appointed prosecutor had indicted former President Donald Trump twice and Democratic prosecutors in New York and Georgia had indicted Trump two more times — and the former president was still leading President Joe Biden in the most important 2024 states. How could that be? The poll led to an unusually intense round of the usual fretting over Biden’s age, the state of the economy, the border, and the rest of the president’s liabilities.

Fast-forward six months to May 13, 2024 — yesterday. The New York Times published a story headlined, “Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden.” A new poll showed Biden trailing in the same states by nearly the same margin as the old poll. Compare this sentence with the one from six months ago: “The surveys … found that Mr. Trump was ahead of Mr. Biden in five of six key states: Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Biden led among registered voters in only one battleground state, Wisconsin.”

Think about it. In the past six months, Biden has traveled the country, touting what he believes are his economic accomplishments. He has spent zillions of dollars on advertising, focusing specifically on the key states. And at the same time, Trump was either preparing to go on trial or, since April 15, actually on trial in New York, facing a maximum of 136 years in prison. And Biden is still unable to catch Trump.

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House lawmakers aim to cut F-35 buy as patience with delays wears thin
By Stephen Losey
 May 13, 2024, 07:26 PM


 
A proposed House policy bill would slash the number of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters the Pentagon would buy in fiscal 2025 as lawmakers’ patience with the program and manufacturer Lockheed Martin wears thin.

The Pentagon’s proposed FY25 budget called for buying 68 of the fifth-generation fighter — 42 F-35As for the Air Force, plus 13 F-35Bs and 13 F-35Cs for the Navy and Marine Corps.


But the chairman’s mark of the House Armed Services Committee’s proposed FY25 National Defense Authorization Act would first cut that purchase to 58 jets. On top of that, the Pentagon would not be allowed to accept delivery of 10 of those jets until the defense secretary certifies to lawmakers that several problems with the F-35 are fixed.

That means that at least at first, the Pentagon would only receive 48 jets in all next year.

 https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2024/05/13/house-lawmakers-aim-to-cut-f-35-buy-as-patience-with-delays-wears-thin/

It's has ceased to amaze me that an obvious conflict of interest is permitted within the judiciary.

Lady Justice is no longer blind, she's woke. 

The People Who Know Biden Best Don’t Like Him
Derek Hunter


I had the good fortune to take my family to Delaware for the weekend to celebrate Mother’s Day. It’s not like it was a massive trip, it’s a 3-hour drive, but Rehoboth Beach is a great place to go if you have young kids. It’s also, apparently, a great place to hide out if you’re trying to hide your mental decline. At least, that’s what it is for President Joe Biden. Well, that and a place for his son to party, probably.

But even here, a place Joe Biden calls home almost more often than the White House, among the people who know Joe best – the people who literally live a pretty solid drive and a low iron shot away from his beachfront mansion – there isn’t a lot of love for him.

In driving through the state, I did not see a single Biden sign. There were quite a few Trump signs, though not a ton – this is a deep blue state, after all. But as far as passion and enthusiasm goes, I found none for Joe.

I’ve been here before and checked in on how “The First State” is feeling about its favorite son (seriously, can you name anyone else from Delaware off the top of your head?) and it’s never been good. That being said, Joe Biden won every election here in a walk since 1972. Sure, he benefited from a Democratic Party machine that kept voters in line and obedient, but you’d at least think the state would be mildly excited that he’s president. They don’t seem to.

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