Thursday, April 29, 2021

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Biden's Anti-Vax Ad, Build Government Bigger , Biden's Amnesty Address

By Gary Bauer

Biden's Anti-Vax Ad

I don't know about you, but I thought President Biden's speech last night was scary. 

To begin with, the optics were terrible. His address to an almost empty chamber looked like an hour-long anti-vaccine ad

Normally, 1,600 people squeeze into the House chamber during a State of the Union address. That might be excessive given current circumstances.  But why was the number cut by nearly 90%? 

Why were so few members of Congress allowed to attend when they were among the very first given access to the vaccines four months ago? Why were they forced to sit so far apart, and still forced to wear masks? 

If the vaccines work, all those absurd theatrics were totally unnecessary. If they want the American people to get vaccinated, then start allowing us to return to normal. That is the whole point, after all!



Build Government Bigger

Biden's calm demeanor disguised a radical agenda that was more appropriate for socialist Venezuela than the United States. He said nothing about the border crisis, while calling for a massive expansion of government and huge tax increases. 

His "build back better" mantra is better described as "build government bigger." Biden proposed $4 trillion in new spending last night. That's on top of the $2 trillion COVID "relief" bill Congress passed last month!

In addition, he made a number of statements that ranged from laughable to ludicrous. There's not enough space to list them all, so here are just two examples.

Biden said, "We must come together to heal the soul of this nation." No one disagrees with that sentiment. But as nice as that sounds, Biden's agenda and the radical left's cultural jihad that he is empowering are creating even more division!

Biden also said that the events of January 6th were "the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War." Really, Joe?  That's just demonstrably untrue

What about the assassinations of Presidents Abraham Lincoln or John F. Kennedy, and the attempt to kill Ronald Reagan?

Was January 6th a worse attack on our democracy than Pearl Harbor? Was it worse than the 1954 attack by Puerto Rican terrorists who opened fire from the House gallery, wounding five congressmen? Was it worse than 9/11? Of course not!

The rioting and chaos that liberal politicians permitted all last summer was a far greater attack on our democracy.  The siege of the White House, in which 60 Secret Service agents were wounded, was a greater attack on our democracy.
 
But there's an even bigger threat. The intelligence agencies of the United States have been coopted by the left. They used their immense powers meant to stop our foreign enemies against the Trump/Pence campaign. 

When that failed, they used a lie to try to bring down his presidency and stop the America First movement. They entrapped members of his administration, and treated them completely differently than they treated Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden.

America can survive demonstrations on the left and the right. What we can't survive is our institutions being corrupted and used to crush dissenting opinions. 

We can't survive elections being stolen. We can't survive a media that is nothing more than a propaganda machine. We can't survive censorship by big corporations. 

All these things are ongoing threats to our democracy far surpassing anything that happened on January 6th.



Biden's Amnesty Address

Predictably, Biden used his address to demand a massive amnesty for illegal aliens, while offering nothing on border security. My friends, we have to think clearly about this issue.

Conservatives have long acknowledged our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants. But the left always tries to shame us over concerns about illegal immigration, and the rule of law gets relegated to an afterthought in the debate.

In previous waves of mass immigration, we did not have a welfare state. Immigrants had to succeed on their own. They did not come here to get free healthcare or to live off the largess of the America taxpayer. 

We were also a great "melting pot." We promoted assimilation, and immigrants wanted to become Americans. 

What we have now is a witch's brew of open borders, a growing welfare state and radical ideologues hellbent on convincing everyone that America is evil.  And the Biden Administration has banned the term "assimilation."

Biden and Harris are saying that the way to solve the immigration problem is to make life better in Central America. But last night, Biden proposed that the federal government will take care of our children from cradle to college.

So, unless Biden and Harris plan to redistribute hundreds of billions of American tax dollars for free pre-school and college in Central America, every person south of the border (or anywhere else in the world) still has a huge incentive to come here. 

Not that long ago, many liberals, including Cesar Chavez and Bernie Sanders, understood this obvious fact. The overwhelming majority of Americans still do.

The only answer is what Donald Trump proposed: Secure the border because that is what a serious nation does. Then establish a manageable level of humanitarian immigration for refugees, and a merit-based immigration system for people who will help make our country stronger. 



Smearing Scott

Unfortunately, what happened after Biden's speech was, in many ways, even worse. 

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina delivered the Republican response. (If you missed Scott's address last night, you can watch it here.) Scott comes from humble beginnings. He's an outstanding Christian man, and a strong conservative.

In stark contrast to the left's radical agenda, rammed through a narrowly divided Congress, Scott suggested that we could find common ground around commonsense solutions. But many liberals lost their minds hearing a black man articulate conservative ideas. 

The left really went nuts when Scott proudly defended America, declaring that we are not a racist country. Scott went even further by condemning critical race theory, and the scandal of teaching our children that if their skin happens to be white then they are inherently oppressors.

One of the worst insults you can level against a black American man is to call him an "Uncle Tom." The phrase means that the individual acts too submissively to white people. 

In recent years, that slur has been hurled at any black individual who expresses conservative ideas, who is pro-life, patriotic or pro-police. The left did it to Justice Clarence Thomas, to Dr. Ben Carson and many others. 

Last night, after Sen. Tim Scott's address, "Uncle Tim" began treading on Twitter. Many comments from these so-called "progressives" are too offensive to repeat here.

The left claims to stand for diversity. But it can't stand diversity of thought. The intolerant, totalitarian left increasingly demands that everyone must think, speak, act and vote the same way.

FCC: In first 100 days, Biden's level of funding available for abortion is 19 times Obama levels

April 29, 2021

In first 100 days, Biden's level of funding available for abortion is 19 times Obama levels

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Coinciding with President Biden's 100th day in office today, Family Research Council is releasing a new resource, "Tracking the Biden Administration," that reports President Biden has made at least $479.9 billion available that can subsidize abortion and abortion businesses -- more than 19 times the level set under President Obama.

Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package made $467.8 billion available for abortion and abortion businesses. By comparison, within President Obama's first 100 days, he had signed a stimulus bill that included $24.7 billion in subsidies for employer-sponsored plans that cover abortion. These funds made available by the Biden administration expressly exclude existing prohibitions on abortion funding, including the Hyde amendment and Helms amendment. In his first 100 days, President Biden has also funded abortion and abortion businesses by delivering an additional $12.1 billion through executive actions.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins issued the following statement:

"On his 100th day in office, it's more than clear that President Biden has not only returned to the pro-abortion policies of the Obama administration, and is eliminating many of the Trump administration's pro-life policies, but he has expanded abortion funding far beyond the level of any previous administration.

"In his 100-day sprint to the Left, President Biden has forced taxpayers back into a partnership with the abortion industry, both at home and abroad. He has made clear that he places no value on the inherent dignity of human life. His actions deny the truth that every human life, born and unborn, possesses inherent dignity and deserves to be treated with respect.

"As Senator Tim Scott noted in his remarks last night after the Biden address, this is a president who has failed to find the common ground he promised. Instead, President Biden has prioritized spending taxpayer dollars on abortion, making Obama look moderate by comparison," concluded Perkins.

Connor Semelsberger, Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity at Family Research Council, added:

"The level of federal taxpayer funds made available to the abortion industry in President Biden's first 100 days is unprecedented. As a senator from Delaware, Joe Biden consistently supported key provisions like the Hyde and Helms amendments, which prohibit funding for abortion at home and abroad. But as president, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that expressly excluded these longstanding provisions in key areas, despite members of both parties coming together to maintain abortion funding restrictions in the five COVID-19 relief packages signed by President Trump."


Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Virginia Federation of Republican Women,Host Successful Gubernatorial Debate


Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Springfield, VA - The Virginia Federation of Republican Women (VFRW) hosted a debate among the contenders for the Republican nomination to be Virginia's next Governor tonight at the Springfield Golf and Country Club in Springfield, VA. The sold out event had the maximum number of in-person attendees in the club's dining room in accordance with COVID 19 regulations. Over seven hundred others participated virtually. To view the debate, go to VFRW.org.

The invited candidates included Amanda Chase, Kirk Cox, Sergio de la Pena, Peter Doran, Octavia Johnson, Pete Snyder, and Glenn Youngkin. All attended except Pete Snyder who had a prior engagement. Ginni Thomas delivered remarks on his behalf. The debate was moderated by WMAL radio host Larry O'Connor and VFRW President Paula Steiner.

"I am awestruck by the amount of interest in this debate and in the candidates running for Governor this year," said VFRW President Paula Steiner, "Since Virginia is one of two states having statewide elections this year, and all eyes are upon us. Virginia is once again the bellwether state for what is to come politically."

The questions were submitted by the members of different VFRW clubs from around the Commonwealth and included issues such as improving election integrity, combatting divisive curriculum in our schools, upholding the rule of law, promoting economic development, and the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order in which candidates answered questions was determined by pseudo random number generator.

"This type of debate format allows voters to not only see what unites our candidates, but also what sets them apart," said Steiner, "I'm really pleased with the amount of talent shown by our candidates. No matter what happens on May 8th, we are building a bench for the future."

The Republican Party of Virginia will select its statewide candidates at an unassembled convention on Saturday, May 8th with delegates voting at polling locations in each jurisdiction. The number of registered delegates is now at a record breaking 53,524.

"And following the Republican convention on May 8th, the National Federation of Republican Women's President Ann Shockett announced that the NFRW will send a strike force team to help our statewide candidates win in November," concluded Steiner.

The Virginia Federation of Republican Women is a diverse group of patriotic women and a member of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW), one of the largest volunteer organizations in the country. Chartered in 1953, the VFRW is the largest such organization in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With nearly 1,700 members and 45 active clubs, the VFRW exerts an influence on local, state and federal policy and is a force within Virginia Republican Party. Membership in the VFRW is available to any Republican women in the Commonwealth of Virginia through clubs located in all Congressional Districts.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

ICE PICK: Biden's Lethal Attack on Immigration Enforcement Continues by Naming Staunch Immigration Enforcement Foe to Head-Up ICE, Charges FAIR

(April 27, 2021, Washington, D.C.) – The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), regarding the nomination of Ed Gonzalez to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):


"As part of his unrelenting assault on the integrity of our immigration enforcement system, President Biden has chosen a staunch opponent of interior immigration enforcement to lead the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Harris County (Texas) Sheriff Ed Gonzalez will bring the sort of contempt for enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the country that Chris Magnus, President Biden's pick for Customs and Border Protection, will bring to controlling our borders. Neither is fit for the important jobs for which they are being nominated, and their appointments should be rejected by the Senate.

"As sheriff, Gonzalez ended cooperative agreements between Harris County and ICE, making it more difficult for ICE to do its job protecting the safety of the American public and enforcing U.S. immigration laws. At a time when we are facing a full-blown border crisis and sharp increases in violent crime all across the country, President Biden's choice for ICE director will further restrict local-federal cooperation and protect criminal aliens.

"While millions of Americans still struggle to reclaim jobs lost during the COVID crisis, ICE's duty to enforce laws that bar illegal aliens from filling jobs is more important than ever. There is little chance that that will happen under Gonzalez's leadership.

"After a hundred days of deliberate sabotage of border enforcement, it seems the president is now attacking interior immigration enforcement…with his ICE pick."

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Biden Delays Health Security Rule

April 26, 2021


IRLI urges agencies to finalize health protection at the border

 

WASHINGTON— In the waning days of the Trump administration, agencies proposed a rule recognizing that, because public health can be a matter of national security, those who pose a public health danger to the country are ineligible for asylum. Once in office, the Biden administration announced that it was delaying implementation of this new rule until the end of this year, and may rescind it altogether. In response, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has submitted a public comment showing why the rule should be adopted now.

 

In its comment, IRLI emphasizes that both United States law and international protocols recognize that national security takes precedence over affording refuge to asylum-seekers. Indeed, U.S. law explicitly bars asylum to those who pose a national security threat. IRLI also points out that the rule only applies to aliens with a disease officially recognized as a public health threat by federal authorities, and strikes the right balance between protecting foreign refugees and protecting the public health.

 

"Once again, even though health security is clearly part of national security, the Biden administration has proven that it doesn't take public health seriously when it comes to the border," said Dale L. Wilcox, executive director and general counsel of IRLI. "It is outrageous that if a dangerous pandemic disease originates from abroad, Biden will still grant asylum in the United States to aliens carrying that disease. Nothing but blind politics of a particularly perverse kind could motivate doing anything else than implementing the rule Trump proposed now, and we implore the administration to do just that, for the protection of all Americans."

 

The comment is on Security Bars and Processing; Delay of Effective Date (86 Fed. Reg. 15069).

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Biden's Gift To China, Enviros Still Not Happy

By Gary Bauer

Biden's Gift To China

Joe Biden unveiled his climate change agenda yesterday, which is heavily influenced by AOC's radical Green New Deal. But Biden's climate plan could easily be called the "Make China Great Again" plan. I'm not kidding. 

Everything he is proposing will put a straight jacket on the American economy, hurt working-class jobs and destroy our energy industry.  At the same time, he is empowering communist China.

Biden wants to reduce carbon emissions to 50% of 2005 levels by 2030. While the U.S. is making tremendous progress reducing emissions, Biden's radical goal is virtually impossible to meet. As the Wall Street Journal notes: 

"Amid last year's Covid-19 lockdowns, greenhouse gas emissions fell to about 21% below 2005 levels. In other words, even with the economy shut down and a large share of the population stuck at home, the U.S. was less than halfway to Mr. Biden's goal."

How much more are you willing to give up for the sake of the left's climate claims?

While Biden plans to shut down our coal industry and who knows what else, the rest of the world isn't quite so willing to go along.  Sen. Joe Manchin noted, "There's 667 coal-fired plants being constructed as we speak today around the world — zero in the U.S. and 667 in the world."

Much of that coal construction is taking place in communist China. According to one report, "China built more than three times as much new coal power capacity as all the other countries in the world combined last year." China is building more than one new coal plant every week

Communist China is the biggest threat to Mother Nature on the planet. It is more than canceling out everything that Joe Biden and John Kerry will inflict on the American people over the next ten years.

White House officials seem disappointed at communist China's attitude. I get the feeling that some progressives seem to think, "Sure, China is running genocidal camps trying to wipe out an entire ethnic group, but as long as they are carbon neutral it's okay." 

In other words, it seems the Biden White House is more upset with China's environmental policies than its human rights abuses!


Still Not Happy

A group of climate extremists weren't happy that Biden and Kerry weren't destroying the U.S. economy fast enough. So, they dumped piles of cow manure in front of the White House in protest. 

When this was happening, no one knew for sure what they were dumping. What if it had been laced with something toxic? This could have been a dangerous event yesterday.

But what if a group of conservatives drove a truck near the White House and started dumping an unknown substance to protest ongoing violations of our civil liberties? 

I have no doubt that before the week was over, there would be FBI raids at the homes of these activists. There would be editorials declaring that the right-wing, which assaulted the Capitol, is now assaulting the White House. 

Tech giants would be volunteering to turn over anyone on social media who supported this "assault." Big Banks would be turning over their financial information. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer would be condemning this act of extremism, and the Pentagon would be drumming out of the military anyone who supported the protest.

Texas Takes on Biden’s COVID Border Surge

April 21, 202

 

IRLI represents state in hard-hitting lawsuit

 

WASHINGTON—Today the State of Texas commenced a lawsuit in a federal district court accusing the Biden administration of causing, through its deliberate policies, an influx of illegal aliens infected with COVID-19 into Texas and the United States. This influx imperils both the public health and the economic recovery of that state and the nation. Texas has retained the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) to represent the state as Outside Counsel in the case.

 

The complaint filed today shows in detail how a raft of Biden administrative actions—each a sharp departure from previous Trump policies—has resulted in a surge of COVID-infected illegal aliens into the United States and Texas, endangering public health and straining the resources of Texas. Each one of the actions that cause this influx—such as the policy of releasing unaccompanied children and families after putting them in crowded detention settings where COVID can spread—is unlawful as contrary to law, arbitrary and capricious (meaning unexplained and irrational), procedurally invalid (meaning no public notice and opportunity to comment were provided), or in violation of the Take Care Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The relief Texas seeks is a return to the previous Trump policies.

 

"To reopen our country and restart our economy, we need the pandemic to get better, not worse," said Christopher Hajec, director of litigation for IRLI. "But amazingly, the administration did not even consider the economic effects of its actions on Texas or anywhere else. That disregard of a highly relevant factor shows the administration's recklessness—and it is also, in and of itself, a violation of law."

 

"These dangerous and inexplicable actions demonstrate that Biden, though he bills himself as the COVID president, cares nothing about COVID if it gets in the way of his administration's project of releasing more and more illegal aliens into the country," said Dale L. Wilcox, executive director and general counsel of IRLI. "The effects of this calculated irresponsibility will be devastating. It is vital that we stop the administration here, and also block its other lawless policies that threaten the safety and well-being of Americans."

 

The case is Texas v. Biden, No. 4:21-cv-00579-P (N.D. Tex.).


FAIR: Preventing Deadly Diseases from Entering the Country Should Be a No-Brainer

FAIR Submits Public Comments Urging Immediate Implementation of the "Security Bars" Rule During COVID Pandemic 

(April 22, 2021, Washington, D.C.) – In response to the COVID pandemic that has claimed more than half a million American lives and wreaked havoc on our economy, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), last December, issued a final rule, known as the Security Bars rule, that establishes a "statutory bar to eligibility for asylum and withholding of removal" in the face of "certain emergency public health concerns," such as global pandemics. Implementation of that rule was delayed by the incoming Biden administration – a delay the administration now intends to extend through the rest of 2021.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has submitted public comments opposing further delay of the Security Bars rule finalized by DHS late last year. FAIR "believes the rule will significantly mitigate the risk of another deadly communicable disease being brought to the United States, or being further spread within the country, by the entry of aliens from countries where the disease is prevalent," state the comments submitted today.

"If the past 14 months have taught us anything, it is that the United States must respond quickly and nimbly in the face of threats posed by pandemics. Virtually every nation on Earth has taken steps to bar entry of people with the intent of safeguarding public health. The United States has a legal right and a moral obligation to do the same," said Dan Stein, president of FAIR.

"The ability to bar entry of people, particularly those attempting to cross our borders illegally, should not be a political issue. It is a public health issue, plain and simple, and DHS must have the tools it needs to prevent people – many of whom may have been exposed to COVID or other communicable diseases on their journey to our border – from entering. The American people need this protection now, not in 2022, which is why FAIR is urging the Biden administration not further delay implementation of this important rule," Stein concluded.

Monday, April 19, 2021

Criminal Aliens Bank on Confusion

April 19, 2021

IRLI, attorneys' group, urge common sense in reading state statute

 

WASHINGTON—The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the nation's appellate immigration court, on an issue that will determine whether certain criminal aliens may be deported as aggravated felons.

 

By federal law, aliens lawfully in the country who commit an aggravated felony are to be deported. Specifically, an alien who has been convicted of violating a state law setting forth an offense Congress has defined as an aggravated felony qualifies for this adverse immigration consequence. The Supreme Court has interpreted the law as requiring courts to decide whether the state criminal statute an alien was convicted under cannot be violated except by committing an offense Congress has defined as an aggravated felony.

 

Congress has defined theft by taking property as an aggravated felony. In Iowa, this offense is set forth in a statute that also sets forth other theft offenses, some of which are not aggravated felonies. The issue before the Board is whether this statute is divisible into theft by taking and these other kinds of theft, making the theft by taking part, in effect, a separate statute—in which case aliens shown by court records to have violated it must be deported. IRLI, in its brief, and also Attorneys United for a Secure America (AUSA), in its own brief, use Iowa state case law to demonstrate that the statute is clearly divisible. (AUSA is a project of IRLI.)

 

"The Board should resist this attempt to twist statutes away from their clear meaning—here, a meaning clear on the face of the statute and also obvious to the state courts of Iowa—to obtain favorable immigration consequences for criminal aliens," said Dale L. Wilcox, executive director and general counsel of IRLI. "At present we face an overwhelming border crisis brought on by unlawful government policies. But for years we have faced the crisis of a systematic weakening of our immigration laws caused by lawsuit after lawsuit meant to hollow out the law gradually. We have to keep fighting on both fronts if we are to ensure that our immigration system functions as intended by Congress."

 

The case is Amicus Invitation No. 21–15–03 (B.I.A.).

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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Patriotism vs. Critical Race Theory

By Gary Bauer

Serious people around the world see what's on the horizon. Everything coming out of communist China shows a society, which has an ethnic minority in concentration camps, that is supremely confident. 

Its youth are on fire with patriotism. (Here and here.) Communist China has no problem teaching its children "China First," and they believe the future belongs to them. 

And while patriotism in China is surging, it's dying here in America. Younger generations of Americans have been fed a steady diet of anti-American history. They have been indoctrinated to believe that their country is evil, founded on genocide and slavery. As a result, our younger generation is the least patriotic in history.

But it gets worse. As we reported yesterday, the Pentagon is now scrutinizing the social media posts of active-duty personnel and potential recruits for "extremism." As we know, the left has a very broad definition of extremism. 

Believing in traditional marriage or that there are only two genders is extremism. "Make America Great Again" and "America First" were blasted as examples of racism and extremism.  After all, the left insists that America was never great

Even our military academies are buying into the left's woke ideology. Critical race theory is being taught at West Point. So, while we're training our future officers and leaders, we're telling them their country is systemically racist. 

In other words, we're telling them exactly what the communists told our diplomats in Alaska!

How exactly do you encourage young military officers to lead their men into battle for one of the most racist nation's on earth, most likely against a nation whose youth are on fire to die for their country? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how that conflict will end.