United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread

[Captain X]

 

[DarthOne]

BREAKING: Inflation Nightmare Intensifies As Saudi Arabia Announces Surprise Cuts In Oil Output

BREAKING: Inflation Nightmare Intensifies As Saudi Arabia Announces Surprise Cuts In Oil Output

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia, joined by Russia and other OPEC+ oil producers, announced they are rolling out voluntary cuts to their oil production. As much as

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On Sunday, Saudi Arabia, joined by Russia and other OPEC+ oil producers, announced they are rolling out voluntary cuts to their oil production. As much as 1.15 million barrels per day will stop being produced, Reuters reported.

The oil cuts are expected to lead to higher gas prices in the United States.

The Saudis and OPEC+ said the oil production cuts are designed to support market stability. The move will dismay the Biden administration, especially considering this is the second output cut these countries have agreed to in the past year.

In October 2022, the OPEC coalition, led by the Saudis and Russians, announced 2 million barrels per day would be cut in production until November 2023.

The White House has called for lower prices for oil to stimulate the economy and also prevent Putin from profiting off of oil sales as the Russia/Ukraine conflict continues. Following the October 2022 cuts, President Joe Biden claimed Saudi Arabia would be facing "consequences."

Democrat members of Congress also echoed a call for the U.S. to freeze cooperation with Saudi Arabia. Despite the oil cuts, Saudi Arabia has denied explicitly supporting Russia in their Ukraine conflict. However, this move brings the Saudis into a closer alliance with Moscow.

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RUSSIA TO IMPLEMENT VOLUNTARY CUT IN OIL PRODUCTION OF 500,000 BPD TILL THE END OF 2023

SAUDI ARABIA WILL REDUCE ITS OIL PRODUCTION BY 500K BARRELS PER DAY, STARTING FROM MAY UNTIL THE END OF 2023 - STATE MEDIA

UAE TO LOWER OIL PRODUCTION VOLUNTARILY BY 144,000 BPD STARTING FROM MAY TO END OF 2023

IRAQ DECIDES TO START A VOLUNTARY OIL PRODUCTION CUT OF 211,000 BARREL PER DAY AS OF MAY AND UNTIL END 2023

KUWAIT TO VOLUNTARILY CUT OIL PRODUCTION BY 128K BPD STARTING FROM MAY TO END OF 2023

OMAN TO REDUCE OIL PRODUCTION VOLUNTARILY BY 40K BPD STARTING FROM MAY TO END OF 2023


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Within the past few hours, multiple OPEC nations have announced oil production cuts, total is over 1 million bpd.

Russia has also announced 500,000 bpd cut.

Biden has already sold about half of our emergency oil supply reserve. He can't counter this situation.

 

[DarthOne]

The Biden Administration Is Preparing To Ban The Use Of Common Household Light Bulbs

The Biden Administration Is Preparing To Ban The Use Of Common Household Light Bulbs

If you ever needed one headline to know how far the liberals have gone in their kingdom-building, go ahead and read the one above again. This is tyranny at its greatest height in American history. …

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If you ever needed one headline to know how far the liberals have gone in their kingdom-building, go ahead and read the one above again.

This is tyranny at its greatest height in American history. Cracking down on light bulbs?

Don't let them fool you into thinking this is about light bulbs or conserving energy or saving money. It's a snatch on our freedoms, plain and simple.

Fox News reported it like this:

"The Biden administration is preparing to implement a sweeping nationwide ban on commonly used light bulbs as part of its energy efficiency and climate agenda.

"The regulations, which prohibit retailers from selling incandescent light bulbs, were finalized by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 2022 and are slated to go into effect on Aug. 1, 2023. The DOE will begin full enforcement of the ban on that date, but it has already urged retailers to begin transitioning away from the light bulb type and, in recent months, begun issuing warning notices to companies.

"The lighting industry is already embracing more energy efficient products, and this measure will accelerate progress to deliver the best products to American consumers and build a better and brighter future," Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said last year.


"According to the DOE announcement, the regulations will save consumers an estimated $3 billion per year on utility bills and cut carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next three decades."

Three decades?! At the rate the liberals are tearing down our country we won't last into the decade.

First, they came for our guns, now they're coming for our light bulbs and food. Our freedoms are in grave danger.

The report from Fox News continued, "under the rules, incandescent and similar halogen light bulbs will be prohibited in favor of light-emitting diode, or LED, alternatives. While U.S. households have increasingly switched to LED light bulbs since 2015, fewer than half of households reported using mostly or exclusively LEDs, according to the most recent results from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey.

"Overall, 47% use mostly or only LEDs, 15% use mostly incandescent or halogens, and 12% use mostly or all compact fluorescent (CFL), with another 26% reporting no predominant bulb type, the federal data showed. In December, the DOE introduced separate rules banning CFL bulbs, paving the way for LEDs to be the only legal light bulbs to purchase.

"According to the survey data, LEDs are also far more popular in higher-income households, meaning the energy regulations will particularly impact lower-income Americans. While 54% of households with an income of more than $100,000 per year used LEDs, just 39% of households with an income of $20,000 or less used LEDs."

And there it is- the sneaky way the liberals attack the middle class. They want kings and serfs left, no middle class. They'll make the lower class dependent on them by giving away free light bulbs.

It's not free folks. The cost is shackles and chains.

"We believe that further regulatory interference in the marketplace is unwarranted given that more energy efficient lighting choices, namely light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, are already available for those consumers who prefer them over incandescent bulbs," a coalition of free market and consumer groups opposed to incandescent bulb bans wrote in a comment letter to the DOE last year.

"While LEDs are more efficient and generally longer-lasting than incandescent bulbs, they currently cost more than incandescent bulbs and are inferior for certain functions such as dimming," the letter continued. "Consumers are best served by retaining the choice between incandescent bulbs and LEDs rather than regulating incandescent bulbs off the market."

While we can agree with that statement it's best to just say straightforward. How about something like this: "Consumers are best served when their freedom of choice is not infringed on by the government."

 

[DarthOne]

BREAKING: I found the Twitter account of disgraced FBI agent Timothy Thibault's girlfriend.

Her posts suggest the FBI is going to retaliate against the whistleblowers who came forward to Congress about him covering up Hunter Biden's laptop

Follow along:

I Found Disgraced FBI Agent Timothy Thibault's Girlfriend's Twitter Account. Is The FBI Planning To Intimidate Hunter Biden Whistleblowers?

Tweets from the former special agent's girlfriend raise serious eyebrows

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I Found Disgraced FBI Agent Timothy Thibault's Girlfriend's Twitter Account. Is The FBI Planning To Intimidate Hunter Biden Whistleblowers?

I Found Disgraced FBI Agent Timothy Thibault's Girlfriend's Twitter Account. Is The FBI Planning To Intimidate Hunter Biden Whistleblowers?

Tweets from the former special agent's girlfriend raise serious eyebrows

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Tweets from the former special agent's girlfriend raise serious eyebrows

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I found disgraced FBI agent Timothy Thibault's girlfriend's Twitter account.

She has tweeted prolifically in defense of the former special agent. While most are innocuous, a few of her posts raise some serious red flags.

Her tweets contain specific and non-public information where she suggests that the FBI is planning to respond to the whistleblowers that have come forward to congressional Republicans to expose the anti-Trump bias at the bureau and the censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop during the 2020 election.

Her Twitter gives reason to believe that the FBI may be conspiring with Thibault to attempt to discredit and intimidate the whistleblowers, including by revealing their identities

As you may recall, Timothy Thibault was one of the FBI agents who was in charge of the investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop, which the bureau originally obtained in 2019. Last July, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley announced that FBI whistleblowers had come forward to his office alleging that Thibault deliberately suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop investigation before the 2020 election. The whistleblowers also alleged a widespread effort within the FBI led by Thibault to downplay or discredit negative information about Hunter Biden.

Hunter Biden's former business partner Tony Bobulinski, in an interview with Tucker Carlson last October, said that Timothy Thibault never followed up with him or his lawyers after he presented evidence to the FBI that members of the Biden family committed multiple felonies.

Thibault was also accused by whistleblowers who came forward to Rep. Jim Jordan of using cases related to the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot to "overstate" the threat of "domestic violent extremism" in America.

He would later resign from the FBI after being accused by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz of violating the Hatch Act when his anti-Trump social media posts surfaced.

From the account @MissyMorganFit, Thibault's girlfriend Melissa Morgan-Ransome, a fitness instructor from Florida, at first glance appears to be conservative in her political beliefs, most recently retweeting DeSantis' statement on the Trump indictment as well as one tweet criticizing parents who allow their children to undergo gender reassignment.

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But she has tweeted endlessly in defense of the former special agent.

Here are just a few examples.

Now, why would somebody who appears to be a Republican tweet so earnestly in defense of the FBI agent at the center of the FBI's interference in the 2020 election by going out of his way to keep the American people from knowing accurate information about the Biden family? The answer to that question is on her Instagram @MissyFit, where she has several pictures in her story archive of her with former special agent Thibault.

While most of Missy's posts are her defending Thibault from his critics, a few raise some alarms. She suggests knowledge of potential future actions against the Grassley whistleblowers that seem remarkably prescient for a non-FBI employee.

For starters, she says in one tweet from February 11 "The 'anonymous' whistleblowers are lying… You will find out soon enough."

In another tweet from March 24, Missy's account responded to the whistleblower allegation that Thibault led the charge at the FBI to "overstate" the threat of "domestic violent extremism" in America by saying "allegations do not make it true. Unfortunately you are going to have to wait a wee bit longer to be able to see & hear the facts made public. Stay tuned."

These tweets raise an obvious question: What exactly should we be staying tuned for? What are we about to find out that the whistleblowers who came to Grassley and Jordan about Thilbault that means they're lying? Is this information she learned from Thibault, or is she just completely making things up?

Well, in three tweets, one from March 1, one from March 19, and the other from March 25, Missy says that the whistleblowers "aren't as anonymous as they believe." In another tweet from March 1, she says that they "put their jobs and futures on the line."

 

[DarthOne]

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So wait a second: The girlfriend of the former FBI special agent at the center of censoring Hunter Biden's laptop is saying that the whistleblowers that have come forward to expose it are going to be exposed as liars and have their identities revealed?

On top of that, she also tweeted on March 25 in response to Chuck Grassley's statement from August 30, 2022, the day Thibault resigned from the FBI, that he was a "political target AND precious leader of a few bad apples seeking revenge."

She also responded on February 11 to a user asking about the FBI agents who interviewed Tony Bobulinski by saying "I was not in the building."

All of these naturally raise serious questions: Is former agent Thibault tweeting in defense of himself from her account? Is the FBI conspiring with Thibault to intimidate the Grassley/Jordan whistleblowers? Are they about to out their identities and attempt to discredit them? If not, what exactly is Missy talking about that we need to stay tuned for? Is something major about to drop?

I reached out to Missy via dm on Instagram, Timothy Thibault's legal counsel, and the FBI for comment and I have not received a response as of publishing.

Missy, however, did delete her Twitter account sometime after I reached out to her for comment

 

[Zachowon]

You are just asking for SCOTUS to get invovled snd throw anything the FBI does if it isn't outright killing them

 

[DarthOne]

WSJ News Exclusive | McDonald’s Temporarily Shuts U.S. Offices as Chain Prepares for Layoff Notices

The fast-food company is expected to notify workers of their job status virtually. The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring.

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First the banks, now McDonalds…

 

[DarthOne]

You are just asking for SCOTUS to get invovled snd throw anything the FBI does if it isn't outright killing them

I’ve been disappointed too often by SCOTUS to believe they’d do anything.

 

[Cherico]

I’ve been disappointed too often by SCOTUS to believe they’d do anything.

We have had some victory's recently expecialy on the second. And roe died as well riot's be damned.

 

[DarthOne]

We have had some victory's recently expecialy on the second. And roe died as well riot's be damned.

A few victories doesn’t win a war.

 

[Cherico]

A few victories doesn’t win a war.

It's a marathon not a sprint

 

[DarthOne]

It's a marathon not a sprint

True, but that assumes we can catch up in time and pass them. And that the other runner(s) don’t suddenly pull a gun out and shoot us in the head.

 

[Captain X]

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Off-topic: The stupidity of the WOKE freaks in Chicago, Illinois continues to amaze me because I see that WOKE Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson (D) defeated former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas (D) in last night's runoff election for Chicago Mayor: 51% to 48%.

Johnson will take office as Chicago's 57th Mayor on May 15, 2023.
2023 Chicago mayoral election - Wikipedia

 

[Cherico]

Off-topic: The stupidity of the WOKE freaks in Chicago, Illinois continues to amaze me because I see that WOKE Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson (D) defeated former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas (D) in last night's runoff election for Chicago Mayor: 51% to 48%.

Johnson will take office as Chicago's 57th Mayor on May 15, 2023.
2023 Chicago mayoral election - Wikipedia

Pain will be their teacher when the pain becomes bad enough they will change.

 

[Robovski]

Pain will be their teacher when the pain becomes bad enough they will change.

Doesn't look like I can expect Johnson to Harold Washington his way out of office sadly. Going to be another bad 4 years for the city. Maybe the city unions will make him eat crap and the Wards will take control? Sounds like a pipe dream as I type it.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Pain will be their teacher when the pain becomes bad enough they will change.

I doubt it. This'll end in fire for Chicago. They've fully embraced Stupid, and I don't expect them to get over it.

I fully expect the Bears to leave the city soon.

 

[Cherico]

I doubt it. This'll end in fire for Chicago. They've fully embraced Stupid, and I don't expect them to get over it.

I fully expect the Bears to leave the city soon.

Chicago has had downturns and come back from them before, New york like wise has had down turns. Right now it has a problem with leadership, but I think that will improve in time.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Chicago has had downturns and come back from them before, New york like wise has had down turns. Right now it has a problem with leadership, but I think that will improve in time.

Sure, I don't think they're going to recover for another generation, and it'll likely take some sort of disaster like a city-wide fire.

 

[Cherico]

Sure, I don't think they're going to recover for another generation, and it'll likely take some sort of disaster like a city-wide fire.

The city has honestly come back from much worse.

I'm pretty bearish on the short term for much of the world but In the long term I think the wests bests days are ahead of it not behind it.