The decision of President Joe Biden to clear the federal death row has caused an uproar in some quarters and praise in others. There are good-faith arguments on both sides. However, there was a curious element to the Biden pardons for 37 people on death row. There were 40 people on death row. Three remain.
In making the announcement, President Biden declared that he had sympathy for the families of the victims:
“But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, vice-president, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.”
It was an odd statement because, for most of his career, Biden was an advocate of capital punishment. Indeed, in 1991, when Biden was still positioning himself for a run for the presidency, he condemned President George HW Bush’s Justice Department for being soft on crime and not sending enough people to death row: “He’s only four times a year put someone in prison for life and only once gotten the death penalty.”
Previously, Biden showed the same fervor in demanding the death penalty. In 1992, he bragged that his sponsored crime bill included new death penalty offenses and did “everything but hang people for jaywalking.”
Of course, Biden can claim that he has finally seen the light at the very end of his political career. Yet, his sweeping declaration does not match up with the scope of his commutations.
It will not stop the death penalty or prevent the executions on death row. Three remained: Dylann Roof, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Robert Bowers.
It was vintage Biden: a sweeping claim of principles that ignores the exceptions. He is opposed to the death penalty and wants to stop it entirely, except for three of the most unpopular people scheduled for execution.
For the families, the distinction is a precious one. It includes
•Brandon Council who murdered two in a bank robbery.
• Edward Leon Fields, Jr. who stalked and killed an older couple camping in the Winding Stair Mountains in Oklahoma like game.
• Len Davis, a former New Orleans police officer, who killed a woman who filed a civil rights complaint against him. Davis was known as the “Desire Terrorist” who led a criminal gang that protected criminals and locked up innocent people.
• Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks who were sentenced to death after escaping from prison and kidnapping and killing 44-year-old Alice Donovan and 19-year-old Samantha Burns. Donovan was raped and Burns was never found.
• Marvin Charles Gabrion II who sexually assaulted and murdered Rachel Timmerman before the nineteen-year-old was scheduled to testify against him. She disappeared with her eleven-month-old baby, Shannon, who was also presumably murdered by Gabrion who threw Timmerman’s body into a lake.
• Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr. who killed a family of four, including two children aged four and three in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2006.
The point is not that Biden’s current stance against the death penalty is manifestly wrong. Rather, these cases are also considered horrific. The question is the principled line of separation for Biden who stated a desire to end all executions but then exempted some death row inmates from his sweeping commutations.
It is classic Biden. Sweeping in its claim, but conflicted and qualified in its application. He wants to end executions except for a select few without explaining the principled basis for the distinction. Even in the final days of his presidency and political career, principle still seems awkward and incomplete for Biden.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
Denmark just announced they will spend $1.5 billion to improve the military defense of Greenland.
I wonder why ??????
When you have friends like Trump, who needs enemies.
Denmark just announced they will spend $1.5 billion to improve the military defense of Greenland. I wonder why ??????
Captain Obvious called over a year ago while the Oval Office House Plant was dormant and oblivious.
Putin Discusses Russian Territorial Claims in Arctic with Security Council
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/putin-discusses-russian-territorial-claims-arctic-security-council
President Putin convened with members of the Security Council, including Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova to discuss Russia’s territorial claims in the Arctic. The latest revision extends the Russian claim all the way through Canada’s and Greenland’s (via Denmark) EEZs and added an additional 705,000 square kilometers to the previous submission.
When you have friends like Trump, who needs enemies.
When Obama and now Biden are giving the Crackhead Kid’s customer, Vladimir Putin, whatever country he wants to send troops into, you better get ready for a Russian invasion the next time a Democrat tells Putin “Just don’t!”
Old Airborne Dog
For the death penalty? Yes. Against the death penalty? Yes. Which way is the wind blowing?????
Moral turpitude!
Elevating rights of office not granted, acting as a judge of morality, if the decision had been to pardon all, then a claim of morality could have applied.
There is no rationale for sparing the exceptions except pure politics. These are people who are so famous and whose crimes were so publicized that most of us are aware of who they are and would be outraged to see their sentences commuted. Perhaps the Biden camp should have introduced legislation to amend the federal criminal code to end the death penalty “except for, you know, really, really bad people whose crimes are so well known that a lot of people would feel bad about if they were spared.”
Remember Ashli Babbitt
-January 6, 2021
OT
Cuban Roast Pork on Christmas Eve
For those who are familiar and are curious about the ingredients of authentic Cuban Roast Pork, and wish to prepare it at home, the following receipe is what I use. The trick to Cuban Roast Pork is allowing the meat to sit in the Cuban mojo for at least 12 hours. Christmas Eve is the most important religous holiday for Cubans B.C. (before Castro), and my family and I continue to observe it as such.
Here is the receipe in Spanish:
Pierna de Puerco Asada a la Criolla
1 pierna puerco (6 lbs. aprox.).
1 cabeza de ajo
3/4 taza jugo naranjas agrias
1 cda. de orégano
2 cdtas. de comino
1/2 cdta. de pimienta
2 cdas. de sal
1 lb. de cebollas
===
English is here
Disfrute / Enjoy
Sounds delicious!
Made me laugh: the magic of words to paint a picture (mojo).
Murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, Knoxville, TN, January 6, 2007
On Saturday, January 6, 2007, Christian and Newsom planned to go for dinner together and attend a friend’s party. That afternoon, Christian went to a friend’s apartment to get ready. At around 8:00 pm, Christian’s friend went to the party, and Christian stayed behind and waited for Newsom to pick her up. Newsom arrived, and he and Christian went to the apartment complex parking lot. The assailants observed Christian and Newsom standing close to Christian’s vehicle in an embrace. They then decided to attack the couple. Both were forced into the backseat of Christian’s SUV at gunpoint, had their hands tied behind their backs, and were taken to Davidson’s house at 2316 Chipman Street. Both Christian and Newsom were raped. Newsom is believed to have been raped inside Davidson’s house. According to the testimony of the Knox County Acting Medical Examiner, Newsom was sodomized with an object and raped by at least one of the perpetrators. He was then taken to a set of railroad tracks where he was forced to walk barefoot to the location where he was murdered. Prosecutors believe a mangled dog leash found on a hillside leading up to the railroad tracks was used to force Newsom to walk to his death. When Newsom was murdered, his hands were bound behind his back, and his feet were bound together. He was blindfolded with a bandana and gagged with a sock. He wore only a shirt and underwear. Newsom was shot in his neck and the back. Newsom survived this shooting initially, but later was shot again in the head. The fatal shot was fired with the gun’s muzzle against his head above his right ear, and it severed his brain stem. After killing Newsom, the assailants wrapped him in a comforter, poured gasoline on him, and set his body on fire. Christian was held prisoner inside Davidson’s house, mostly in the north bedroom. Prosecutors believe that Coleman held Christian captive while the male offenders were murdering Newsom. After murdering Newsom, the assailants returned to Davidson’s house where they beat and repeatedly raped Christian. The medical examiner testified that Christian died after hours of sexual torture, sustaining severe head injuries and suffering severe injuries to her vagina, anus, and mouth due to sexual assaults. Her injuries were consistent with being raped with an object. According to the medical examiner, the sexual attack Christian endured was “extreme” and “much more than a simple sexual assault.” Prosecutors believe that Christian was tied to a chair and orally raped by Davidson and Cobbins. Christian was also anally and vaginally raped. She was also beaten, kicked in her groin, and beaten on the head. Christian suffered extensive hemorrhaging to her head and groin. Additionally, Christian suffered bruises and carpet burns on much of her body. According to Davidson’s confession, during Christian’s captivity, she said she “didn’t want to die.” While Christian was still alive, in order to remove DNA evidence, Christian’s attackers poured bleach down her throat and scrubbed her body, including her bleeding and battered genital area, with bleach. Christian was bound in a hog-tied fashion with curtains and strips of bedding. Her face was tightly covered with a small trash bag, and her body was stashed in five large trash bags. Christian, who was naked except for her camisole and sweater, was tied in a fetal position, placed inside a residential waste disposal unit inside the kitchen of the home, and covered with sheets. The medical examiner testified at trial that there was evidence that Christian slowly suffocated to death. Christian died between the afternoon of January 7 and the afternoon of January 8. As Christian was suffocating to death, Davidson left to spend time with his girlfriend and gave her Christian’s personal items. Davidson also used Newsom’s cellphone and was seen wearing Newsom’s shoes.
No One Has Been Executed For These Crimes
* These are the demons. People.
* demons, huh? Devils…amazing isn’t it. Thou shalt not kill references humans.
* Wasn’t it Dostoevsky who said life in prison daily waiting, contemplating execution and when will the last day come at the hands of another far worse than death itself?
Shouldn’t death row inmates be able to say I choose today as my last day? Speedy? This throws a wrench into the idea that trial doesn’t include sentencing and speedy execution?
Vintage Biden refers to the flopped principle or there’d be 40 commutations and no mention of Trump.
Disgusting as usual and hasn’t Joe Don pardoned commuted 8000 to date?
Presently, I’m against capital punishment because a.) the obvious shortcomings/failings in the U.S. dept. of Justice (evidently, they can indict a ‘ham sandwich’.) and b.) death is too easy way out for some of these people.
Unless I am misreading you, you are opposed to the implementation of capital punishment as it is today.
I agree. Capital punishment should be reserved for the rarest and most heinous cases.
Several of Biden’s commutations seem to meet that criteria.
BTW I too oppose capital punishment as imposed today. It is a massive waste of money and destructive of our criminal justice system.
It is a waste of the time and energy of prosecutors, judges, and defense attornies. It is emotionally damaging to everyone involved.
My wife is a public defender and a criminal appellate lawyer. She is “death penalty qualified”.
Those cases are by far the WORST she has to deal with.
Oddly they do not usually involve the Worst offenses or the worst offenders.
The vast majority of the violent offenders she deals with are not good people, but are still “oversentenced”
But there are a small number of her clients that should absolutely never be in public again.
And there are a tiny percent that are so evil that the only acceptable punishment is death.
Oddly they are usually NOT the ones thatface the death penalty.
* the “trial” includes sentencing and execution as speedy but has purposefully been misread and misapplied because there are those falsely accused who’ll be in Hell sooner than otherwise. There’s nothing more to say about it except those handing out charges and death sentences are corrupt as abundantly shown by Willis, James and Smith. Accusations unfounded without evidence are good enough for the ghetto. There’s money in it.
BTW I too oppose capital punishment as imposed today. It is a massive waste of money and destructive of our criminal justice system. It is a waste of the time and energy of prosecutors, judges, and defense attornies. It is emotionally damaging to everyone involved.
And defense lawyers and NGO’s that are civil rights purists will work together to make that as true as possible. The defense lawyers have an excuse: they are to mount the most zealous defense of their client by any means possible. There is nothing about “justice” in the defense lawyer job description: their client can tell them that they repeatedly gang raped a six month old child and they can offer a plea of “not guilty” if they believe that will best serve their client.
That is NOT the objective of the criminal justice system and prosecutors. Their main objective is to attempt to obtain justice – not the very best outcome for the accused.
One stealthy way for those who want police and prosecutors to suffer the emotional damage of further emotionally damaging victims’ families is by telling them that the monsters who did the crimes will live is this:
Work with defense lawyers to ensure you retard, corrupt, obstruct, and by any means available make it impossible for capitol punishment to be carried out in a predictable, uniform, timely manner where there would be a direct connection between committing the crime and sentence being carried out. Shoot for a delay in carrying out the sentence of about 20 years. Perhaps more!
After accomplishing that, THEN you can criticize capital punishment as a massive waste of money and destructive of our criminal justice system. Just don’t go into how much of that spending you created looking for every delay you could think of.
After all, somebody like President Biden might come along to commute capital punishment cases while they had that ability. Problem solved!
Also, NEVER make any mention of the second and third order effects of future money spent and the death and destruction from violent criminals who don’t see themselves facing potential capitol punishment the way an MS-13 gang member fears capitol punishment if he turns informant.
Old Airborne Dog
Maybe the Easter Bunny was making the decisions to pardon these criminals or the twenty something Marxist staff? An investigation should be made to find out what unelected persons have caused the nation the harm that’s been done.
The commutations, less the 3, have all the earmarks of non-Biden Biden. Chances are they were prepared by someone else and then his hand held whole signing.
I “liked” it, but Joe gets the credit.
Biden’s presidency has been a failure. He is trying to gain cred with the Left historians, an attempt to improve his badly tarnished legacy.
No it wasn’t, according to presidential historians. He only has a “tarnished legacy” with MAGA media and those who rely on it. According to “Upworthy”, here are 23 of Biden’s accomplishments as POTUS:
1. Passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package to increase investment in the national network of bridges and roads, airports, public transport and national broadband internet, as well as waterways and energy systems.
2. Helped get more than 500 million life-saving COVID-19 vaccinations in the arms of Americans through the American Rescue Plan.
3. Stopped a 30-year streak of federal inaction on gun violence by signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that created enhanced background checks, closed the “boyfriend” loophole and provided funds for youth mental health.
4. Made a $369 billion investment in climate change, the largest in American history, through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
5. Ended the longest war in American history by pulling the troops out of Afghanistan.
6. Provided $10,000 to $20,000 in college debt relief to Americans with loans who make under $125,000 a year.
7. Cut child poverty in half through the American Rescue Plan.
8. Capped prescription drug prices at $2,000 per year for seniors on Medicare through the Inflation Reduction Act.
9. Passed the COVID-19 relief deal that provided payments of up to $1,400 to many struggling U.S. citizens while supporting renters and increasing unemployment benefits.
10. Achieved historically low unemployment rates after the pandemic caused them to skyrocket.
11. Imposed a 15% minimum corporate tax on some of the largest corporations in the country, ensuring that they pay their fair share, as part of the historic Inflation Reduction Act.
12. Recommitted America to the global fight against climate change by rejoining the Paris Agreement.
13. Strengthened the NATO alliance in support of Ukraine after the Russian invasion by endorsing the inclusion of world military powers Sweden and Finland.
14. Authorized the assassination of the Al Qaeda terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri, who became head of the organization after the death of Osama bin Laden.
15. Gave Medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices through the Inflation Reduction Act while also reducing government health spending.
16. Held Vladimir Putin accountable for his invasion of Ukraine by imposing stiff economic sanctions.
17. Boosted the budget of the Internal Revenue Service by nearly $80 billion to reduce tax evasion and increase revenue.
18. Created more jobs in one year (6.6 million) than any other president in U.S. history.
19. Reduced healthcare premiums under the Affordable Care Act by $800 a year as part of the American Rescue Plan.
20. Signed the PACT Act to address service members’ exposure to burn pits and other toxins.
21. Signed the CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen American manufacturing and innovation.
22. Reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act through 2027.
23. Halted all federal executions after the previous administration reinstated them after a 17-year freeze.
This article was originally published on 9.30.22. It has been updated and rewritten to reflect current events.
I went to the mall yesterday and handed out $100 checks to a bunch of people
who were or claimed to be needy. My bank account was empty, but I hope some of the lucky recipients of my.handouts cashed them before the bank got wise. The wonders you can do with others’ moneyl. and no inflation! and no huge deficit!
“according to presidential historians. ”
That would be fake woke academics who no one cares about.
History will not be written by the idiots of current academia,
it may take a generation or two for a sane assessment of Biden’s presidency
But it will happen and he likely will displace Buchanan as worst president in US history.
“Passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package”
The inflation production act.
” to increase investment in the national network of bridges and roads, airports, public transport and national broadband internet, as well as waterways and energy systems.”
That failed to do anything consequential in any of those.
“Helped get more than 500 million life-saving COVID-19 vaccinations in the arms of Americans through the American Rescue Plan.”
That with near certainty is responsible for making Covid Endemic.
Just another example of the destruction of intellect by modern left wing nuts trying to impose ideologically driven science rather than the real thing.
It was self evident from basic Math that the Covid Vaccine – even ignoring its other shortcomings COULD NOT stop the Epidemic nor reduce total deaths or infections.
Therefore the ONLY correct use of the vaccine was to protect the most vulnerable while trying to get the epidemic to move through and fade as fast as possible.
I would note this was not only the correct MEDICAL response, it was also correct from Other perspectives such as the negative economic impact of Covid.
And the Above all presumes that the Vaccine Was both safe and effective, both false claims. The Covid Vaccine has proven between 1-2 orders of magnitude more dangerous that most vaccines. For healthy younger people the vaccine is a greater risk than Covid. There is arguably a beneficial use of the vaccine for those people at high risk of death from Covid,
But it never should have been approved for any other group.
And even there as Covid increased in transmissibility and decreased in lethality, it is increasingly a poor choice for ANYONE.
“3. Stopped a 30-year streak of federal inaction on gun violence by signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that created enhanced background checks, closed the “boyfriend” loophole and provided funds for youth mental health.”
studies in Canada, NZ, AU and the US have found these “feel good” measures have actually INCREASED gun crimes.
Did any of you left wing nuts Gun control measures prevent Luigi Mangione from engaging in assassination, cold blooded murder and terrorism ?
Did they stop any of the growing number of sexually deluded left wing nuts from engaging in school shootings ?
“4. Made a $369 billion investment in climate change, the largest in American history, through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.”
In other words wasted nearly hald a trillion follars to fight something that can not be stopped and likely will make the world better.
Another Inflation production act.
“5. Ended the longest war in American history by pulling the troops out of Afghanistan.”
Badly and incompetently.
“6. Provided $10,000 to $20,000 in college debt relief to Americans with loans who make under $125,000 a year.”
Introducing even more moral hazzard into our college loan system, and teaching anew generation that they do not have to repay money they borrow.
Which just increases the cost of college and transfers that cost to the rest of us.
“7. Cut child poverty in half through the American Rescue Plan.”
ROFL
Just more wasted goverment money.
Poverty is reduced by raising standard of living – not by Government idiocy.
Do you think Africa can raise itself out of poverty with more government spending ?
You do not live in the real world.
“8. Capped prescription drug prices at $2,000 per year for seniors on Medicare through the Inflation Reduction Act.”
Causing increases in perscription drug prices to everyone else.
You really are economically clueless.
“9. Passed the COVID-19 relief deal that provided payments of up to $1,400 to many struggling U.S. citizens while supporting renters and increasing unemployment benefits.”
Again celebrating the nosnses that did not work and brought us 21% inflation over 4 years.
“10. Achieved historically low unemployment rates after the pandemic caused them to skyrocket.”
The pandemic has ZERO effect on employment – LOCKDOWNS – bad government polices caused unemployment to skyrocket.
Recovery was AUTOMATIC was those stupid policies ENDED.
“11. Imposed a 15% minimum corporate tax on some of the largest corporations in the country, ensuring that they pay their fair share, as part of the historic Inflation Reduction Act.”
Again increasing prices.
BTW the “fair share” of taxes for corporations is ZERO – all corporate taxes are is an inefficient transfer of tax burdens to consumers through higher prices.
I know this is hard for you to undertand but Corporate profits over the long run will ALWAYS remain relatively constant based on the risk involved in that particular business.
This HAS TO BE TRUE, if it were not either businesses go bankrupt or all investment gravitates to a few high profit low risk businesses.
Successful innovation results in SHORT TERM increases in profits for inovators which cases capital to redirect to successful innovator.
All increases in costs either result in the bankruptcy of the business, price increases to consumers or redirection of investment elsewhere.
Those of you on the left do not grasp that the market exists NO MATTER WHAT. That Capitol will ALWAYS be redirected. The “Free” in free markets just means that redirection will target investment and inovation where it most benefits people based on THEIR values determined by THEIR free choices in a market place.
All the things you are bragging about are just the replacement of individuals making their own free choices resulting in the best possible acheivement of the wants and needs of people at the time, with the market restructuring to meet the wishes of unelected bureaucrats far from the people.
“12. Recommitted America to the global fight against climate change by rejoining the Paris Agreement.”
i.e. Wasted hundreds of billions of dollars for nothing.
“13. Strengthened the NATO alliance in support of Ukraine after the Russian invasion by endorsing the inclusion of world military powers Sweden and Finland.”
Started another war – and wasted hundreds of billions on it.
“15. Gave Medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices through the Inflation Reduction Act while also reducing government health spending.”
Just get rid of medicare and ordinary people will negotiate their own drug prices.
Once again ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE price controls do not work.
“16. Held Vladimir Putin accountable for his invasion of Ukraine by imposing stiff economic sanctions.”
ROFL
So Trump – who according to you did NOT punish Trump enough – had 4 years where Rusia invaded no one.
While Biden who hit Russia with Draconian sanctions brought us closer to global nuclear war than anytime since the Cuban missle crisis
This is your idea of success.
“17. Boosted the budget of the Internal Revenue Service by nearly $80 billion to reduce tax evasion and increase revenue.”
More wasteful government spending. 98% of US taxes are paid by 50% of tax payers. 50% of US taxes are paid by several thousand US tax payers.
The US has no consequential tax evasion problem, it pretty much never has.
Another 80B wasted.
I would note that the vast majority of those in the IRS waste time and money going after the poor and working class.
They generally recover less in taxes than the cost of their efforts.
“18. Created more jobs in one year (6.6 million) than any other president in U.S. history.”
Presidents do not create jobs. The economy does.
“19. Reduced healthcare premiums under the Affordable Care Act by $800 a year as part of the American Rescue Plan.”
Which is why health insurance costs are RISING.
PPACA promised to reduce insurance costs – how did that work out ?
There is only one thing that consistently reduces the costs of ANYTHING – that is free markets.
Anything else MUST increase costs.
Medicare is responsible for 98% of the increases in healthcare costs above inflation since its inception.
The SURE FIRE way to make anything more expensive is to involve government more.
Please provide a SINGLE example of a govenrment intervention in ANY market that did not reult in that market seeing prices rise FASTER than inflation ?
The two biggest portions of the economy with out of control prices are Education and healthcare, he two places where Government has been most deeply involved.
“20. Signed the PACT Act to address service members’ exposure to burn pits and other toxins.”
You do realize that you are celebrating a law that admits that Government is one the worst environmental polluter there is.
And that Government makes far WORSE choices regarding the health and safety of its employees than businesses do ?
“21. Signed the CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen American manufacturing and innovation.”
More money wasted in a market that is doing fine on its own.
TSMC has been building the largest FAB in the world in the US, they have been working on that LONG before Chips.
They are doing so despite massive regulatory delays and cost increases – they are doing so because the US is the largest consumer of advanced electronics in the world and
just like it makes sense to build Japanese and German cars in the US – because that is where the market is, it also makes sense to build semi-conductors here.
CHIPS is one of the stupidest ideas ever put forward. The less government involvement we have in one of the most innovative industries and hitherto free market on the planet the better off we will be.
Fortunately the Chips funding is TINY and US semiconductor manufactures do not care.
It is not worth their effort to go after and has too many strings attached.
I noted TSMC – but Micron is building more advanced Fabs in the US.
Everyone is. Currently 50% of the worlds semiconductors – including the most advanced ones are made in Taiwan, which is a huge problem as it makes Taiwan a more attractive target for China, Long before the CHIPS act global semiconductor manufacturing started to return to the US.
We are the largest market and we have the largest body of high skill labor in the world.
“22. Reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act through 2027.”
More left wing nut stupidity.
Do we not have laws against rape, murder, assault ?
Enforce the laws we have.
It is a BAD idea to create special protected classes.
There is no moral difference between enhanced laws that target crimes against women or gays or … than laws that target crimes against rich white men.
If you want to stop discriminating – then stop discriminating.
Enforce the law BLIND to race, sex, ….
“23. Halted all federal executions after the previous administration reinstated them after a 17-year freeze.”
I support the existance of the death penalty. As Turley notes from the Becker work – incentives do have an effect on crime.
But I would reserve the death penalty for the most heinous offenses – several of those Turley noted that Biden commuted meet the criteria for the death penalty.
I oppose the broad use for the death penalty for violent crimes.
It should be incredibly difficult for government to execute people.
Great run-down. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel!
John Say,
Excellent take down of Gigi!!
Gigi,
If you are for real, do you realize how many of your “accomplishments” are masturbatory in nature??? I mean, they only satisfy YOU, and people who think like you, and are hardly “accomplishments” at all, to others outside your group???
For example, you said, “3. Stopped a 30-year streak of federal inaction on gun violence by signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that created enhanced background checks, closed the “boyfriend” loophole and provided funds for youth mental health.”
Ok, so what did that Act actually do??? What have the results been? You provide no context. Are youths more mentally healthy now??? Or, did some cronies and therapists get some Federal money. Are Communities safer now? And how would you reconcile anything gun related, with Biden pardoning his druggie son.
Lots of things and laws sound good, and some work, and some don’t. For example, a lot of the clean water acts worked, and our waters are cleaner. But how did the Inflation Reduction Act reduce Inflation? Because it ain’t reduced. How are 80,000 IRS agents a good thing, without any proof of what good those agents have produced? Do you realize that the biggest group of tax cheats in the country are poor people and criminals??? How many drug dealers are now paying taxes? How many hookers and crack ho’s? How many illegal workers are paying taxes now, as opposed to sending money out of the country?
You don’t have to answer me and embarrass yourself. Just read your list to yourself and ask the questions of what the actual result has been. If you are a real person, even.
I cited the authority from which I obtained this list–can you read? And, why does everything involving you MAGAs have sexual overtones? WTF is wrong with you people?
Gigenius hates sex.
Because the smell of her own skanky vag disgusts her.
Added 6+ Trillion dollars to the nation debt.
War in Ukraine broke out under his watch, costing tens and tens of thousands of lives.
Allowed nearly 10 million undocumented into the country without vetting them. This includes many convicted criminals who murdered innocent Americans.
Solved no significant problems, just shoveled out money like it grew on trees.
Held very few press releases. Those he did hold, he read from notes or a teleprompter.
Had a shameful and embarrassing exit from Afghanistan.
Military recruitment is at an all time low due to the military becoming woke.
The world is a much more dangerous place in the past four years.
Fentanyl drug dealers (murderers) are largely unpunished. Fentanyl is freely flowing into the country due to a lack of law enforcement.
Any jobs he claims were from the COVID shutdown as the base, a statistical lie.
People are tired of the hard, hard left, who appear to be hell bent to upend everything this nation stands for.
Biden will go down as the worst President in modern history, perhaps all history.
I am not MAGA but am sick (like tens of millions of Americans) of this bizarre agenda of our current administration. I will be glad to see them go. Trump’s reelection is not so much about him, but more an answer to our current insanity.
Biden alone ( like each person) will stand alone in judgment when he passes from this life to the next. His most brilliant political decision was picking Kamala as his Vice President. It was his job security.
Trump has already gone down in history as one of the worst presidents in US history. All of the other blather you wrote comes directly from MAGA media, set up and paid for by bilionaires to divert attention away from Trump, his stupidity, dishonesty, and failures–all because they want regulations rescinded and massive tax breaks–they purchased a presidency–and used one of the stupidest people ever to run for office to get what they wanted–all it takes is flattery and millions of dollars because he is NO patriot, and they and our enemies know it. The world is not a “more dangerous place”–NATO is stronger than ever before. If you MAGAs are so worried about Fentanyl, why did you allow Trump to kill the bipartisan Border Security bill that both sides worked so hard on and which border security agents wanted passed that would have helped a great deal to provide the resources to stop Fentanyl? The sole reason is that big, fat ego–to create an issue he could use against Biden–he couldn’t care less about border security or the people who have died due to Fentanyl. And, no, the lost jobs are not lies–that happened under Trump, who made COVID much worse than it needed to be due to lies about the seriousness of COVID, lies about fake cures–lies, lies lies. Trump’s “reelection” is about lies–just like every thing else about him–all smoke and mirrors. He lied about being able to immediately bring a severe drop in the price of groceries–a big, fat lie that even Republicans admitted was the reason for his “victory”.
What “current insanity”? Biden got us back to work, back to school, got infrastructure on the road, mended our EU and NATO alliances, got sanctions against Putin and got COVID under control How many millions more would have died if Trump could have cheated his way back into power? And, Trump is to blame for the exit from Afghanistan–he is the one who drew down troops from 14,000 to 2,500, let loose 5,000 Taliban, and failed to negotiate for an air or land base.
What do you think this nation stands for? A draft-dodging, lying misogynist racist, former television performer who pretends to be a self-made billionaire who is really just a trust fund baby who squandered billions he was gifted or inherited, who failed at more business ventures than you can imagine, who brags about assaulting women, who was adjudicated to have sexually assaulted a woman, who is a thief of charitable foundation money and classified documents, who calls our military “suckers and losers”, who is on his 3rd marriage due to constant infidelity, and who has the gall to threaten Panama, Canada, Mexico and China?
More MSM lies.
* …and before slick willys 2nd term the debt was only in the billions. B B Billions…T T Trillions.
Biden doesn’t have the capacity to issue pardons or commutations. He will be remembered as dishonorable but not completely for his role as president. He’s led a disgraceful life, so that’s his legacy. In fairness, we are finding out his ineptitude as president came more from mental incapacity from the beginning, but hiding it has to be shared with others. But he is the face of four years of incompetence; he has own it but share it as well with Harris for her part in the deception.
But Turley isn’t wrong. Biden commuted the sentence of child killers, rapists, and a drug kingpins. Some of the murders/rapes were especially heinous. Instead of focusing on the three he left as is, ask why he let off the 37 he did. And it’s not because he opposes the death penalty. If that were the case, he wouldn’t have commuted the other three.
Lee: you have it backwards–your hero will be remembered as the only person with 34 felony convictions to lie his way into office after starting an insurrection and failing spectacularly in his first term that he cheated to get. Someone whose lies and incompetence in handling COVID cost hundreds of thousands of lives. You want to talk about a “disgraceful life”? How about the 3 failed marriages due to cheating, consorting with porn actresses and nude models, thousands of lawsuits over refusing to pay for goods and services, stealing from a charitable foundation, stealing classified documents, lying about returning them, falsifying business records, dozens of failed businesses, including Trump University, for which he paid $25 million to victims, adjudicated liable for sexual assault and defamation, bragging about getting away with sexually assaulting women, calling migrants “vermin, rapists, murderers and animals”, lying about immediately causing a precipitous drop in the cost of groceries, and being a chronic habitual liar.
Gigi,
Biden will with certainty be remembered as on of the worst presidents in US history – because he was.
He may well displace James Buchannon from that spot.
No amount of Ranting about Trump or MAGA will after the fact that the Biden presidency was a disaster.
FRankly his failures are to blame for the return to power of Republicans.
Biden and Obama are responsible for the rise of Trump and the rise of MAGA.
With restpect to how Trump will be remembered – which is an independent question.
While it may take time – the lawfare persecutions in NY will be reversed.
Unfortunately they will be reversed on technical grounds – basically because left wing nuts did not conduct fair trials,
Rather than on the merits – because the lawfare claims themselves were bogus.
But people KNOW lawfare when they see it and no Trump’s temporary legal warfare losses will not be remembered.
But the graat lengths and abuses of power that the left went to WILL be remembered.
COVID will be remembered as disasterously handled – by nearly all governments throughout the world.
Trump will be a minor player in that remberance – as one of the least bad world leaders, but STILL having screwed up.
Biden will not be remembered at all – because he is indistinguishable from the failures of the rest of the developed world.
COVID will be remembered as a time when our public health system demonstrated that it was power mad and stupid and promoted ignorant unscientific nonsense to the deriment of the world.
Eventually there will be analysis that will likely determine that but for bad public health policy Covid would never have become endemic.
“How about the 3 failed marriages due to cheating, consorting with porn actresses and nude models,”
That is between Trump and his Wives. Just as Clinton’s cheating on Hillary or FDR’s long term afair with his secretary or Eisenhowers with his, or The Kennedy’s turning the WH into a brother
Much more serious is the hundred million that Pelosi paid out for NDA’s for house members of both parties engaged in sexual abuse of staff
“thousands of lawsuits over refusing to pay for goods and services”
If you beleive that some contract you have was violated – you are free to sue.
I would note that Trump won pretty much all of these.
Primarily because those suing had no contractual relationship with Trump.
This BTW is typical in civil lawfare – go after the deep pockets.
On a typical construction project the OWNER – Trump, has contracts with a hadful of PRIME contractors.
The Primes have contracts with Subs.
I would further note that the law regarding payment of contracts in construction projects is very well understood.
Owners do not have control over payments. This is all handled by a very detailed process involving Banks, and architects and engineers.
Owners typically do not have the power to stop payments.
But then you are universally clueless about the law.
“stealing from a charitable foundation”
You can not steal from yourself.
The Trump foundation is a PRIVATE foundation – it is NOT like the Clinton foundation – and the Clintons have ACTUALLY engaged in stealing from Charity.
“stealing classified documents”
Again can not steal from yourself.
“falsifying business records”
Neither false nor fraud nor the business of govenrment.
“dozens of failed businesses”
Actually not – not even a dozen, and not failed. About half a dozen entities that briefly sought protection from creditors.
in most cases creditors ultimately got paid.
Regardless the average successful business person fails 7 times before they succeed.
“including Trump University”
Did not fail, just closed because of stupid left win lawfare depriving potential future students the oportunity of attending if they chose.
“for which he paid $25 million to victims”
You keep misusing words.
You are not a “victim” if you engage in free exchange.
Regardless, Trump U made a specific promise to its students.
That it would teach them the secrete of success.
It did. The secret of success is quite simple – work your ass off.
While skill and intelligence are significant factors in the DEGREE of success.
Nearly anyone can succeed with persistance and hard work.
Trump U chose NOT to use professors – who know nothing about how to actually succeed,
and instead taught many classes with motivational speakers.
Our Colleges and Uiversities could learn from Trump U.
“adjudicated liable for sexual assault and defamation”
Neither of which are likely to hold up.
There is more evidence that Joe Biden raped Tara Reade.
To get the EJC outcome – you had to change the law, and run the case through biased judges and juries.
BTW – Birds migrate – they come north in the summer and go south in the winter.
People who come here to stay are called immigrants.
Those who do so illegally – are called illegal immigrants.
If you break into someone else’s home – you are a criminal – not a tenant.
John Say,
Another great take down of Gigi and all her lies!! Well done!
@Gigi: Lee: you have it backwards–your hero will be remembered as the only person with 34 felony convictions
Sadly, you will NOT be remembered as the cheap whore who defended your hero after hearing he repeatedly raped his teenage daughter during “inappropriate” showers.
The cheap whore who pretends it isn’t aware her hero’s own specially chosen Special Counsel said he had committed serial felonies over his 40+ years in elected office – but he was not going to indict his boss for those crimes as it would be a career ending move. And that was just concerning the classified materials he stole from SKIFs and gave to his son to sell out of the VP’s office.
He gave him one of those special Democrat ” No reasonable would indict/convict ” Probations. Exact same one as Secretary of State Clinton got from THAT Democrat Attorney General.
Nobody remembers the dog shyte they saw in their path months later.
Old Airborne Dog
your list should include:
Jorge Avila Torrez
– rape and murder of two young girls (father of one spent 5 years in jail, though his semen wasn’t a match)
– murder of a female Sailor
– abduction of 2 women, the rape and attempted murder (left for dead) of one of them
From his statement, ” I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted”,it is clear that it all about DJT. That is the guiding principle.
* point taken.
How about: Biden’s Vile and Outrageous Capital Punishment Stance is Vintage Washington DC Democrat Lawyer.
And why wasn’t yesterday: The Joy is Gone: A Democrat Hate-Fest for the Holidays
There’s a common thread running through all of this that some people obviously aren’t noticing.
Republicans clearly aren’t the answer to all of America’s problems, but almost all of America’s problems have Democrat lawyers in politics as the source.
Old Airborne Dog
Biden has always been guided by principle–the principle of doing whatever he thinks best for Joe Biden.
Very true, however under the current circumstances, it is doubtful he is even aware of much reality of what is going on. His staff, if one wants to call it that, whispers in his ear whatever they want him to know, tell him what to do or not do, keep him in the dark as much as possible, and shove papers in front of him while someone holds the pen and guides his hand.
For that matter, who says it’s actually his signature on the documents?
Professor Turley writes, “It is classic Biden. Sweeping in its claim, but conflicted and qualified in its application.”
It’s also classic Leftist, WHOEVER that Lefty might be. They’re always for it until they’re against it. They deliberately lie about their intentions because they hold voters in contempt and don’t trust them–nor should they. Voters aren’t complete idiots. The Democrat Party just uses promises as fundraising gimmicks. The activists get what they want without even asking.
And this is why the Left hates Trump so much. For all his hyperbole, Trump is amazing at keeping his promises. He’s kept promises that I never expected any President to keep, and I support his kept promises.
When the Left attacks Trump, it isn’t because he lied. It is because they fear his promises to the rest of us.
>”It is because they fear his promises to the rest of us.”
Well, the election is over (it says so on google anyway.). Trump can turn off the red light, talk is cheap. It’s [almost] time to poop or get off the pot.
On Day One: end the war in Ukraine, deport 20 million souls, Reclaim the Panama canal, buy Greenland, adopt Canada and establish New Jerusalem, peace on earth and goodwill towards man,
DG, you present an ambitious list. I would like to offer some caveats:
End the war in Ukraine – I’ll grant you that one; Germany wants it, too, whether they admit it or not.
Deport 20 million souls – 20 million sounds high; I’ll be very happy if he deports even half that.
Reclaim the Panama Canal – more of a threat than a promise; Panama can still resolve the dispute.
Adopt Canada – HA! Now I know you’re kidding. Nobody wants a second Governor Newsome.
Establish New Jerusalem – perhaps this is hyperbole on your part?
Peace on earth and goodwill towards man – getting Russia and Iran to behave would be enough.
Buy Greenland – more of an offer than a threat or a promise, but Trump has a point. We don’t want China getting rare-earth mining and military bases there. Greenland has only 50,000 people, and if Russia or China meddled in Greenland politically or legally, it could be a real problem for several strategic reasons.
I’m glad Trump has raised this issue. The Democrats are constantly accusing the Russians of election interference, but ironically, they would do nothing meaningful about it in Greenland; it would be another Afghanistan. We need a strong hand on this.
To think that President Biden possesses the mental capacity to “execute” these stays of punishment is kind of silly. Clearly our country is being run by his staff. I wonder how these choices were made….each staffer gets to chose their favorite criminal?….was there a lottery, winners of which get to select? I suggest that one never attribute to intelligence what can be explained by stupidity.
If you put a hood in charge of anything are you expecting justice? Are you expecting objective, rational decisions and acts? If so, you are a fool. And the example of Joe Biden is proof.
Government-Watchdogs (private & government) could uncover America’s shadow death penalty since the early 2000’s.
Simply compare social security wages from 1990 until today. These innocent Americans took up to a 80% payout for more than 20 years. Also compare hospital visits over the past 20 years.
These watchdogs would conclude that AG Ashcroft’s foreign style blacklisting program (still operating today in 2024) was a fatal program resulting premature death of totally innocent Americans.
Neither party, nor the press, will investigate Ashcroft’s lethal program, which now likely includes many Trump supporters.