A quick catch up on the current political class insanity in this country:
1)Things are rough going in the country these days: inflation is at a 40 year high, mortgage rates are at a 20 year high, hundreds of thousands of Americnas are homeless, millions of Americans are hungry, tens of thousands of Americans are dying from the tons of fentanyl that is coming across our southern border, violent crime is rising across the country, we are close to World War III in Europe, China will likely invade Taiwan shortly, and the Social Security and Medicare systems are hurtling towards insolvency.
Given all of these unresolved issues that are facing Americans on a daily basis, what is Joe Biden worried about? According to a recent Biden press conference, he is focused on the fact that some people have to pay a few extra bucks to get more leg room on commercial airplanes. Yes, forget these other dire issues, Biden wants to stop the “racist” practice of having not enough leg room on airplanes.
You cannot make this stuff up, his priorities defy logic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vet6AHmq3_s
2)We have all too often pointed out that a basic tenet, a basic reason of any government entity, is to protect the lives and property of citizens. No matter how well any government entity performs on other criteria, failure to provide this basic protection of life and property will deem that government entity a failure.
And when a government fails at this basic function, residents and businesses will take their lives, their families, and their businesses elsewhere in order to protect themselves, their family members and their employees.
Probably no government entity has failed so miserably at this function than the San Francisco political class. Their stupid laws, enabling of drug addicts, and general dereliction of duty has reuslted in an unhealthy, dangerous, and crime ridden city. This has caused residents and businesses to flee the city for safer settings and better quality of life.
The CEO of one of those businesses is not afraid to state the obvious reason for his business abandoning the city:
Davis Smith is the CEO of a company called Cotopaxi.
Cotopaxi sells outdoor gear and clothing and brags about its commitment to the environment and global hunger.
He recently closed one of his stores in San Francisco because of what he called almost daily thefts, unrelenting vandalism, and concerns for the safety of his employees due to the failure of the city government to prevent crime and violence around his store’s location.
Specifically: “Our team is scared. They feel unsafe. They feel unsafe. Security guards are not helpful because the thieves know that security guards will not/cannot stop them. It’s impossible for retail stores to continue to trade in such circumstances, even though we pay taxes in a higher state than any other state.”
And more: “As of today we are closing our store due to rampant organized theft and lack of safety for our staff. Our store is being targeted by organized theft rings several days per week. They enter the store brazenly and take thousands of dollars worth of products and then walk out.”
And the criminals in the city were not only stealing the store's products but also the windows of the store.
He had to install plywood to secure the store and he kept the store’s doors locked during business hours to cut down on shoplifting.
Finally: “It’s tragic, but San Francisco seems to have descended into chaos. Many streets, parks, and other public spaces are overrun by drugs, criminals, homelessness, and it is because of inaction on the part of local leadership and law enforcement.”
Another day, another failure of the American political class, and another reduction in the San Francisco tax base as another business gives up on the city.
3)Charlie Crist is the Democratic Party candidate for governor in my home state of Florida. He is unlikely to win, given the popularity and success of the current governor, Ron Desantis. And recent news reports regarding the Crist campaign is not helping:
Until recently, Austin John Durrer was Crist’s campaign manager.
However, the campaign recently dropped Durrer from the Crist staff “to focus on a family matter.”
Which was truthful in a sense but in reality, Durrer was recently arrested for alleged domestic violence.
According to news reports, Durrer’s girlfriend was his alleged victim and who displayed marks on her face after the alleged incident.
Another day and another example of alleged low morals by a member of the American political class.
4)Judicial Watch is a government watch guard organization that does excellent work in uncovering government and politician misdoings. They recently received government documents that finally prove that Obama and the IRS purposely misused government power for political gain and intentionally under cut Americans’ First Amendment rights to participate fairly in the election process:
Government documents prove that top ranking IRS employees, Lois Lerner who was the former director of the IRS Exempt Organizations Unit, and Holly Paz, her top aide, knew that most Tea Party organizations were legally entitled to tax-exempt in the months prior to Obama’s reelection in 2012.
However, Lerner and Paz apparently and aggressively denied multiple Tea Party organizations’ tax exempt status, actions that were beneficial to the Obama campaign but obviously detrimental to Americans’ First Amendment rights.
Tea Party organizations were probably unanimous in their opposition to the reelection of Obama.
These documents proving political shenanigans by the Obama administration had been sealed under court order since 2017 as the government constantly tried to block the publication of these heinous election tactics.
Fortunately, Judicial Watch worked for years to get these documents available to understand and see that the IRS was misused for political purposes.
No surprise that American politicians like Obama would rather unfairly affect the political process even if Americans’ rights are trampled into the ground. Pathetic, despicable political behavior.
That will do it for today: Biden’s horrible priorities, San Francisco politicians fail another company, another embarrassment of low morals by a political operative, and Obama and the IRS unfairly interfere in an American election.
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