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Expert: Housing Market Most Constricted Since 2006, Purchase Applications Down 40%

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The United States housing market is just another sector of the economy that is suffering from coronavirus lockdowns and President Joe Biden’s policies. One expert predicts the most constricted housing market since 2006.

“The U.S. housing market is at the beginning stages of the most significant contraction in activity since 2006,” Len Kiefer, an economist with Freddie Mac, said in a Business Insider report.

Kiefer said this has not shown up in data yet but will surface over the summer.

“Purchase [applications are] down 40 percent from seasonally adjusted peak,” Kiefer said. (Read more from “Expert: Housing Market Most Constricted Since 2006, Purchase Applications Down 40%” HERE)

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White House Economist Has No Plan for Bidenflation

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Friday morning brought catastrophic results showing inflation yet again at a forty year high. It was even bad enough to blow past expectations. Predictably, President Joe Biden’s response involved blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin. White House Economist Cecilia Rouse tried to repeat that bogus excuse that same day, but not even CNN’s Jim Sciutto would let her get away with it.

Shortly after the numbers were release, Rouse appeared on “CNN Newsroom” where Sciutto directly asked her “does the White House see any relief in these numbers for Americans in the near future, and if so, when?”

Through her fumbled response, Rouse failed to give a proper response. “So, look, the president very much understands and we very much understand that that we’ve got uncomfortably high inflation. What we saw in the data this month was that month on month prices increased overall, the headline CPI increased about 1 percent, and about half of that was due to food and energy, which can be almost directly tied to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.”

Rouse looked to continue by saying “and so” before Sciutto cut in. “It’s not just that, you know,” he said, as sounding less than patient with this administration’s tactic to blame everyone else. “It’s not–prices are rising, I get it. I get the world oil markets are up, but you know pricing are rising for everything: used cars, rent.”

Faced with Scuitto’s pushback, Rouse had no choice but to concede to his point. “Absolutely. And so, and the president understands that and so he has, like, he has emphasized he’s focused on this as part of his plan, I know this doesn’t sound like a plan, but first and foremost he respects the independence of the federal reserve.” (Read more from “White House Economist Has No Plan for Bidenflation” HERE)

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Angry Joe: Biden Turns on News Media as Midterm Elections Loom

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President Joe Biden is griping about his press coverage as he struggles to break through back-to-back negative news cycles before the 2022 midterm elections.

But complaining about the news media is unlikely to help Biden or congressional Democrats before November as Biden’s job approval numbers plummet into former President Donald Trump territory.

Biden campaigned, in part, to normalize press relations after his predecessor, Trump, slammed the news media as “the enemy of the people.” But public officials have the tendency to “lash out” at journalists and reporters when they encounter “political turbulence,” according to former Republican staffer-turned-Claremont McKenna College politics professor John Pitney.

“In most cases, the bad coverage is a symptom of their woes, not the cause,” Pitney told the Washington Examiner. (Read more from “Angry Joe: Biden Turns on News Media as Midterm Elections Loom” HERE)

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes off on Lindsey Graham for Pledging to Vote on Gun Reform: Helping Biden Pass His ‘Communist Agenda’

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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went on a lengthy tear against Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) by accusing him of helping President Joe Biden’s “communist agenda” for gun control.

Greene went after Graham in a recent broadcast of her “MTG Live” podcast, accusing him of taking an anti-Second Amendment stance in the aftermath of the Buffalo, Uvalde and Tulsa shootings. Greene’s criticism of Graham gravitated around a series of tweets he posted after Biden’s call for action on gun reform.

“I stand ready to vote on ALL the proposals mentioned by President Biden tonight and encourage the Democratic Leader to bring them forward for votes,” Graham said. “I also stand ready to work across the aisle to find common ground – something that was absent from President Biden’s address to the nation.” . . .

“He wants to make sure that your tax dollars are helping people in Ukraine to defend themselves,” Greene scoffed, “but he stands ready to vote for ‘ALL’ of Biden’s gun control bills. He’s ready to go.”

Greene continued to paint Graham as a Biden minion by railing at the senator for approving the president’s government job appointees “so they can radically destroy the United States of America.” After blaming red flag gun laws for a lockdown situation she experienced years ago over a potential school shooting, Greene continued to slam Graham by accusing him of helping to “violate due process” and take guns away from lawful owners. (Read more from “Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes off on Lindsey Graham for Pledging to Vote on Gun Reform: Helping Biden Pass His ‘Communist Agenda’” HERE)

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Leaked: Biden Whined About Negative Press to Reporters in Off-The-Record Conversation

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President Joe Biden chastised the media coverage he receives in a conversation with reporters, according to a new report.

Multiple sources told Politico the president spent much of this exchange during a recent Air Force One trip to “criticize the quality and tenor of press coverage of his administration,” the outlet’s West Wing Playbook disclosed Wednesday.

The comments were made during an off-the-record session, essentially meaning that Biden spoke with the understanding that they would not be published. (Read more from “Leaked: Biden Whined About Negative Press to Reporters in Off-The-Record Conversation” HERE)

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Insiders — And Hunter Himself — Say Scandal-Clad First Son Is Joe Biden’s ‘Closest Adviser’

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As our aged president appears to be slipping cognitively, as well as slipping literally on the stairs of Air Force One, as he did again Wednesday, the whole world is wondering who ­really is in charge at the White House. . .

But there is another alarming prospect: the “smartest man” Joe Biden knows, his son, the crack addict-turned-blowpipe artist Hunter Biden.

Friends of Hunter say he discusses the finer points of Ukraine policy and other matters of state around the dinner table with his father on his regular weekend visits home to Delaware or Camp David.

One former friend describes him as his father’s “closest adviser.”

Hunter also boasted to his former business partner, Tony Bobulinski, by the pool of the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood in April 2017, that he had his father’s ear and got him to do what he wanted by ­bypassing his gatekeepers and speaking to him directly. (Read more from “Insiders — And Hunter Himself — Say Scandal-Clad First Son Is Joe Biden’s ‘Closest Adviser'” HERE)

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Ben Carson Analyzes Biden’s Mental Capacity

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Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential candidate, cast doubts on President Joe Biden’s mental fitness during an interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation, pointing to his frequent gaffes as evidence the president is not all there mentally.

“Well, certainly you want someone in that office who’s a peak performer, not someone whose staff has to constantly come behind him and clean up what he’s been saying,” Carson told TheDCNF. “Someone who can complete a sentence without a teleprompter would be helpful, as well.”

Less than 40% of independents think Biden is “mentally fit” whereas 61% “have doubts” about his mental fitness, according to a May Harvard-Hall poll. 83% of Republicans and 19% of Democrats also “have doubts” about Biden’s mental fitness. . .

“You’re talking about somebody who has the nuclear codes, who has so many things that are important to Americans in his hands,” Carson said. . .

“I don’t want to make a diagnosis on him but we really should be in a place as a nation where we’re willing to do mental status tests on our leaders, particularly our president, on an annual basis,” Carson said. “And if they can’t pass that mental status test, action needs to be taken.”

(Read more from “Ben Carson Analyzes Biden’s Mental Capacity” HERE)

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Frustrated Democrats Slam Joe Biden for Weak Crisis Responses: ‘Be the F***Ing President’

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Frustrated Democrats on Wednesday slammed President Joe Biden for responding to multiple crises “flatfooted.”

Members of Biden’s own party are irritated as the president has been caught off guard by multiple crises all at once. Some have argued the crises are so damaging that Biden is losing control of public perception.

“It’s really simple: ‘Be the f***ing president!” a Democrat strategist told the Hill. “I realize it’s tough and you’re drinking out of a fire hose every single day, but there are things you can do to control the public perception and they haven’t done any of that.”

Combatting 40-year-high inflation, soaring gas prices, and the baby formula shortage all at once, Biden’s media team has shown “naiveté” in controlling the media narrative, Democrat strategist Christy Setzer told the Hill.

“It may come down to not understanding what they’re up against — both the media environment and today’s GOP,” Setzer said. “Biden did speak out on guns, on baby formula, on inflation … but the traditional tactics aren’t breaking through, and it doesn’t seem as though they’re taking in that information, re-trenching, and trying new approaches when it’s falling flat.” (Read more from “Frustrated Democrats Slam Joe Biden for Weak Crisis Responses: ‘Be the F***Ing President’” HERE)

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WATCH: Are We Just Going to Ignore Biden’s Biggest Whopper in His Shoddy Anti-Gun Address Last Night?; Biden: Second Amendment Is ‘Not Absolute’

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By Townhall. . .[The firearm] industry is shielded from nonsensical lawsuits from liberal lawyers who think they can shred the Second Amendment by suing the gun manufacturers out of existence. If they had their way, every gun maker would be on trial right now. People would sue them for homicides and other gun-related events for which these companies bear no responsibility. On faulty safety defects, that’s a different story and something worthy of a lawsuit. For homicides, no—Remington didn’t sell the weapon to the criminal, and it was never meant to be used in a crime. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act which was passed in 2005 under George W. Bush is essential to protecting our Second Amendment.

Yet, Joe Applesauce for brains says the gun industry is “the only industry in this country that has that kind of immunity.”

That’s wrong, Joe. You lied. I know the lights are getting dimmer by the day because your brain function is slightly higher than a yam, but I’m pretty sure the pharmaceutical companies enjoy a massive legal shield from the COVID vaccine. Oh wait—they do (via CNBC):

If you experience severe side effects after getting a Covid vaccine, lawyers tell CNBC there is basically no one to blame in a U.S. court of law.

The federal government has granted companies like Pfizer and Moderna immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines.

(Read more from “WATCH: Are We Just Going to Ignore Biden’s Biggest Whopper in His Shoddy Anti-Gun Address Last Night?” HERE)

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Biden Says Second Amendment Is ‘Not Absolute’ in Call to Reinstate Assault Weapons Ban

By Fox News. President Biden said the Second Amendment is “not absolute” in a speech Thursday following a wave of mass shootings across the nation, pleading with to Congress to pass what he called “commonsense” gun control legislation, including reinstating an assault weapons ban, requiring background checks, and limiting magazine capacity.

The president, speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House, told Americans that the issue of restricting access to guns “is one of conscience and common sense.” . . .

“I respect the culture, the tradition, the concerns of lawful gun owners,” Biden continued. “At the same time, the Second Amendment, like all other rights, is not absolute.”

Biden added: “This isn’t about taking away anyone’s rights. It’s about protecting children. It’s about protecting families. It’s about protecting whole communities. It’s about protecting our freedoms to go to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed.” (Read more from “Biden Says Second Amendment Is ‘Not Absolute’ in Call to Reinstate Assault Weapons Ban” HERE)

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Establishment Media Sour on Biden’s Potential Second Term

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The establishment media are lukewarm on a potential second term of President Joe Biden.

Over the weekend, the Hill published a story about potential Democrat presidential candidates if Biden retracts his statements and decides not to run for a second term. The story promoted Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as legitimate contenders.

“There are doubts he will follow through on his plans because of his age — Biden would be 81 in November 2024 — and because of the brutal political headwinds he and his party are now facing,” the article noted. “Biden’s approval ratings have sunk to the mid-30s in some polls.”

FiveThirtyEight titled a story on Friday, “Americans Are Unusually Lukewarm About A Second Biden Term,” which claimed “some Americans don’t believe” Biden will seek a second term, citing polling data:

And a Wall Street Journal poll conducted from March 2-7 found that more than half (52 percent) of registered voters don’t think he’ll run again in 2024, while only 29 percent think he will run again. (Nineteen percent were unsure.) A second Biden run isn’t that popular, either. According to an AP/NORC poll conducted from Jan. 13-18, 70 percent of Americans don’t want the president to run in 2024. Even Democrats are lukewarm about the idea.

(Read more from “Establishment Media Sour on Biden’s Potential Second Term” HERE)

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