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"Every day Americans save about $420 million at the pump compared to mid-June." —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

There are deft political maneuverers who react to circumstances as necessary, and then blinkered and mulish politicians who can't or won't acknowledge reality. There are policymakers whose worldviews line up with basic economic laws, and then those always bound to be confounded by the real world consequences of their ideological fixations. There are master communicators who can make anyone feel better about anything, and then there are stumblebums whose evasions and lapses in logic are painfully obvious. Joe Biden is emphatically the latter on every count. He likes to say fighting inflation is his foremost priority, but it's hard to identify any major initiative of his that would be any different if the annual inflation rate were under 2% rather than over 8%.

The next three weeks may be the most dangerous period our constitutional Republic has ever faced. https://patriotpost.us/opinion/92176?mailing_id=7011&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.7011&utm_campaign=digest&utm_content=body

Which political party is pushing all of this gun control? Democrats! Who are the weak minded who suffer from a lack of a functioning intellect voting for? Democrats! Who are the liberal gun owners and liberal hunters voting for? Democrats! They are too far removed from reality, and impaired with a low info mentality, to see they are voting to voluntarily give up their inalienable rights and produce their own demise. The problem is not the Democrat politicians that push gun control. The problem is the citizen that votes to give Democrats the power to do it!

The Biden administration has pressed the mayor of El Paso, Texas, not to declare a state of emergency regarding the migrant crisis plaguing residents of the city. Members of El Paso's city council have called on Democrat Mayor Oscar Leeser to declare an emergency, as homeless shelters in the city have been overrun with thousands of illegal aliens. Thus far, Leeser has resisted doing so, and he recently revealed the reason why. As councilmember Claudia Rodriguez explained, "He told me the White House asked him not to." Texas Republican Representative Tony Gonzales responded, "It is a sleight of hand what the administration is doing, pressuring the local government to not issue a declaration of emergency, to say as if everything is going OK." He observed "the same thing in other parts of my district." Leeser dismissed any claim that he was taking orders from the White House, stating, "I make decisions based on current circumstances and in the best interest of the citizens of El Paso." Yet last month during a council meeting, Leeser appeared to validate Rodriguez's assertion when he argued against declaring a state of emergency: "The White House has asked, at this point, for us not to do that and they'll continue to work with us and continue to give us money through the Federal Emergency Management Agency." Once again, the Biden administration is peddling a false narrative regarding the border crisis that it created. The underhanded effort to control the narrative is aimed at deceiving the American public with midterm elections looming.

Joe Biden is releasing an additional 15 million barrels of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In what amounts to a desperate attempt to project the appearance that he's pulling out all the stops to combat rising gas prices, now averaging $3.85 per gallon, Biden hopes to lessen the growing political headwinds Democrats face with the midterm elections less than a month away. Meanwhile, Biden's draining of the SPR that began in March will have decreased the reserve by 180 million barrels (with this latest 15 million included), bringing the total reserve down to 400 million barrels, the lowest it's been since 1984. Now that Biden's anti-fossil fuel policies are promising negative political impact to his party, his administration is spinning the blame for high fuel costs onto Saudi Arabia, Russia, and U.S. oil producers' alleged greed. Nevertheless, even as Biden attacks America's fossil fuel producers by denying permits and ending the Keystone XL pipeline, he calls on them to ramp up their production to help offset higher fuel prices. As American Petroleum Institute senior vice president Frank Macchiarola observes, "If [Biden administration officials] continue to offer the same old so-called solutions, they'll continue to get the same old results." And those results are Americans having to pay more at the pump and to heat their homes. Hopefully the coming red wave grows into a tsunami. Still hate Trump? See a shrink.

Sounds like a Bobcat

Another FU from Joe to everyone. He doesn't care who voted for him because they stole that election.

Certainly not CT.

Fable: DON'T ARGUE WITH DONKEYS OR DEMOCRATS The donkey said to the tiger: - "The grass is blue". The tiger replied: - "No, the grass is green." The discussion heated up, and the two decided to submit him to arbitration, and for this they went before the lion, the King of the Jungle. Already before reaching the forest clearing, where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey began to shout: - "His Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?". The lion replied: - "True, the grass is blue." The donkey hurried and continued: - "The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me, please punish him." The king then declared: - "The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence." The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating: - "The Grass Is Blue"... The tiger accepted his punishment, but before he asked the lion: - "Your Majesty, why have you punished me?, after all, the grass is green." The lion replied: - "In fact, the grass is green." The tiger asked: - "So why are you punishing me?". The lion replied: - "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is a sin for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey, and on top of that come and bother me with that question." The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don't make sense... There are people who, no matter how much evidence or facts we present to them, are not in the capacity to understand, and others are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and all they want is to be right even if they are not. When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent. Your peace and quiet are worth more.

Congressman Jeff Duncan · I have some bad news to report, and it's going to make you mad. You may recall that over the summer, Joe Biden visited the Middle East to beg the Saudis to increase oil production. There's a lot wrong with that sentence. The United States has stricter environmental standards than the Saudis, so increasing production over there is less environmentally friendly than doing it in the United States. Increased production in Saudi Arabia would also lead to more jobs for Saudis, not American workers. Furthermore, more foreign production makes us more dependent on other countries for our national security. Today the Saudis made a decision on Biden's request, and their answer was to cut production by 2 million barrels a day instead of increasing it like Biden had asked for. It gets worse. Biden's been draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) by nearly a million barrels a day in an attempt to blunt the impact of HIS administration's policies that are directly responsible for fuel prices spiking. His decision to do this has drained the SPR to a dangerous 40-year low, and essentially taken it off the table as a future option, weakening our national security in the process. You may also recall that when President Trump was in office, he proposed purchasing oil at record LOW prices to fill up the SPR which would have strengthened our national defense, but was blocked from doing so by Chuck Schumer. Now Biden is faced with the decision of buying back oil to refill the SPR at higher prices than what he sold it for. Economics lesson for Democrats: Buying High and Selling Low will make you broke very quickly. There's also the question of why the Saudis and OPEC decided to cut production in the first place? Because they know we no longer have a government that is willing to do what it takes to counter them. During the Trump Administration, if OPEC had cut production, the United States could simply have increased supply. Because of Joe Biden, that's no longer the case. We can no longer counter OPEC's market manipulation, so they are back at their old game. Americans are suffering enough. Record high inflation coupled with record high gas prices. Joe Biden is destroying this country.

As long as the wind is right.

A reptilian troika — Biden, Pelosi and Schumer — is hell-bent on dragging America into the quagmire of third-world totalitarianism. Our economy, wracked by record-setting inflation, is in free fall. Our southern border no longer exists, and more than 2 million illegal “migrants” have invaded our country. Violent crime is rampant and threatens every American man, woman and child. Our “unalienable rights” to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” are at risk of being smothered by elites in government who command us to obey. We The People have a responsibility to repair these egregious offenses. No one has put this better than the greatest president of our lifetimes: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” —Ronald Reagan Our next opportunity to fight for and protect the freedoms President Reagan first spoke of so eloquently in 1964 will occur on Nov. 8. If we elect a conservative majority in 435 U.S. House of Representatives seats and 36 U.S. senators, we will have begun to right our ship of state. If we do the same for 36 state governors, innumerable state legislators, county and municipal supervisors, school boards and mayors, our progeny will thank us. If those of us who support the U.S. Constitution turn out to vote for men and women with integrity and conservative values, the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer Troika will no longer govern the United States and: — America will again become energy independent. — The flagging U.S. economy will begin rebounding from inflationary recession to create good paying jobs. — Our southern border will be closed to illegal “immigrants” and drug and human traffickers. — Violent crime and deaths from Communist Chinese fentanyl will drop like a stone when elected leaders support honorable, brave law enforcement officers. — Our allies will accept Biden’s Afghanistan blunder as a “never again” disaster. — Federal departments and agencies “weaponized” by the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer Troika will be reorganized to conform with their constitutionally proscribed duties. — Public education will be wrested from the hands of child abusers and indoctrinators controlled by teachers unions and returned to parents in local communities. — The cult of climate change seeking to convert the American people to nonexistent “sustainable” energy will begin to wither and succumb to reality. — The USA can reclaim its well-earned place of respect on the world stage. “Peace through strength,” another Reagan legacy, will show our adversaries in China, Russia, North Korea and Iran that “We win, they lose” is a strategic reality. — Unparalleled innovation, entrepreneurship, and wealth will again be unleashed when government stops trying to “regulate” every facet of our lives. — Work can begin on making our elections less susceptible to fraud and manipulation. — Freedom of speech will be restored, and the surveillance of law-abiding citizens will be outlawed. — The declining strength and readiness of our armed forces will be restored by leaders who will cease preaching divisive “woke” madness to our troops. Our slide as a nation of freedom and opportunity into tyranny and corruption can be reversed if enough American patriots “adapt and overcome” as Marines put it and cast their votes for conservative candidates in the coming days. Regardless of what polls and pundits claim, we outnumber those who want to dismantle our constitutional republic in favor of a dystopic socialist hell. Our time is now to preserve the greatest nation on Earth so we can pass it on to “our children and our children’s children.” COPYRIGHT 2022 OLIVER L. NORTH AND DAVID GOETSCH

If you think the anti-gun attacks you suffer now are bad, just wait until things really get rolling. Project Unloaded, an anti-gun group, hopes to create a "new cultural narrative that guns make us less safe" by undertaking campaigns targeting teens and young adults, according to its website. Project Unloaded is not a standalone organization. Instead, it is a project of the New Venture Fund, a nonprofit incubator that acts as a fiscal sponsor to dozens of left-wing groups. Fiscal sponsorship involves a nonprofit providing its tax-exempt status to other groups, meaning they do not have to register with the Internal Revenue Service. These are leftist organizations that liberals fund. How can anyone claim to support the 2nd Amendment and be a liberal at the same time? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/liberal-dark-money-network-quietly-launches-gun-group-create-narrative-guns-make-us-less-safe

Winston Churchill

An elderly physician, Doctor Geezer, became very bored in retirement and decided to re-open a medical clinic. He put a sign up outside that said: "Dr. Geezer's clinic: Get your treatment for $500 -- if not cured, get back $1,000." Doctor Young, who was positive that this old geezer didn't know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to Dr. Geezer's clinic. Dr. Young: "Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?" Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from Box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young's mouth." Dr. Young: '"Aaagh! -- This is Gasoline!" Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be $500.” Dr. Young, very annoyed, goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money. Dr. Young: "I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything. Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth." Dr. Young, "Oh, no you don't -- that's Gasoline!" Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back.That will be $500." Dr. Young (now having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days. Dr. Young, "My eyesight has become weak --- I can hardly see anything!" Dr. Geezer, "Well, I don't have any medicine for that so here's your $1000 back" -- giving him a $10 bill. Dr. Young, "But this is only $10!" Dr. Geezer, "Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500." Moral of story -- Just because you're "Young" doesn't mean that you can outsmart an old Geezer.