bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Joe Biden’s Six Biggest Foreign Policy Lies (So Far)

From Iraq to Iran , Afghanistan to Ukraine , and everywhere in between , President Donald Trump ’ s campaign says former Vice President Joe Biden has been lying nonstop about foreign policy in recent days in an attempt to revise history in his political favor .
The Democrat presidential frontrunner in 2020 , Biden , has made a number of claims in recent days that are demonstrably untrue , ranging from false claims that the Iran deal during the Obama administration “ solved ” the problem of Iran to untrue claims that he was supportive of former President Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raid that finally killed Osama bin Laden .
Matt Wolking , the deputy communications director for rapid response for President Trump ’ s re-election campaign , joined Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel this weekend to expose several of Biden ’ s recent lies about foreign policy .
“ What you ’ re seeing is Joe Biden is out there on the campaign trail trying to claim he is a foreign policy expert , and he claims that that is his area of expertise—which is really quite funny when you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ His own Defense Secretary under Obama , Bob Gates , said that he was wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades .
So , now Biden is trying to rewrite history .
He ’ s telling lie after lie to voters on a whole host of issues.
” LISTEN TO TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL MATT WOLKING ON BREITBART NEWS SUNDAY : Wolking and the Trump campaign before the show released a document demonstrating how Biden has in recent days spread six separate lies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempting to clean up what has been a political mess for him in the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries next month .
At an event in Iowa on Friday , Biden claimed that the Trump administration had , regarding Iran , sparked an “ extremely dangerous problem that our administration had solved and put on the back burner back on the table.
” The claim that Biden and Obama “ solved ” the Iran issue just is not true .
“ He claims that with the Iran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and President Obama solved the Iran issue and put it on the back burner , ” Wolking said on Breitbart News Sunday .
“ But that ’ s ridiculous .
President Obama himself admitted that down the road his nuclear deal would have allowed Iran to build the bomb almost instantly , moving the breakout time to near-zero.
” Obama did in an interview NPR in 2015 admit that his deal would not stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb , and that after the thirteenth year of that framework , Iran would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ What is a more relevant fear would be that in Year 13 , 14 , 15 , they have advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium fairly rapidly , and at that point , the breakout times would have shrunk almost down to zero , ” Obama said of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) , commonly known as the “ Iran deal.
” But that ’ s not the only reason Biden ’ s claims that he and Obama “ solved ” Iran are untrue , Wolking said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ stages , Iran infamously took hostage ten American sailors and brought them to their knees .
Wolking also detailed how Iran never stopped its militant aggression against the United States , continuing it for years after that deal , eventually leading up to the attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in the past couple weeks .
“ Of course , we all remember when the deal was being finalized Iran took ten American sailors hostage and had them on their knees with their hands up , ” Wolking said .
“ Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden included treated Iran very respectfully during that whole situation in order to make sure that they could still get that deal done .
After the deal was done , Iran continued its provocations against U.S. military assets—harassing ships , launching attacks through their proxies in the region against U.S. troops and Americans .
Of course that all culminated over Christmas when an American was killed in Iraq .
[ They were also behind the embassy attack ] a few days later.
” 2 . )
Biden falsely claims he did not support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of December , in an interview with the Des Moines Register , Biden claimed he never supported “ nation building ” in Afghanistan : But back during the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks , in early October 2001 , CNN reported that Biden—then the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee—was developing a plan to “ propose reconstruction ” in Afghanistan after a then-eventual U.S. invasion .
Biden did not want to nation build in just Afghanistan , either : He sought to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ region as well .
Wolking , in his Breitbart News Sunday interview , explained how this proves another blatant lie from the former Vice President .
“ This was right before the U.S. invaded Afghanistan , after the Sept. 11 attacks , ” Wolking said .
“ Even before we had troops on the ground there , he was wanting to propose legislation that would rebuild the country after the war to create an environment where terrorists would not flourish—but it wouldn ’ t just cover Afghanistan .
He was talking about a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , Pakistan .
It was a whole host of things .
So this idea that he ’ s out there telling people that from the very beginning he did not support nation-building in Afghanistan is another lie.
” 3 . )
Biden inaccurately claims he opposed the war in Iraq Biden lied again in Iowa at a Saturday rally saying he opposed the war in Iraq from the “ very moment ” that now former President George W. Bush launched it .
Biden , who actually voted for the Iraq @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate in 2002 , now is claiming that Bush misled him into voting for it .
Biden said on Saturday , according to Bloomberg News : Biden made similar claims in a debate earlier this cycle , for which he was vigorously fact-checked .
One such fact-checker even noted how on the day the war with Iraq began , Biden publicly said he was supportive of the president .
“ We voted to give him the authority to wage that war , ” Biden said the day the Iraq war started .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Biden has come under serious scrutiny from all sides for his record on Iraq , with everyone from Trump to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont ripping him over it .
“ Similarly , he ’ s also been talking about how he claims he opposed the war in Iraq from the very beginning , ” Wolking said in his Breitbart News Sunday interview .
“ This is lie number three .
Earlier this year , he started telling this story and he kind of got called out by all the fact checkers—FactCheck.org @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At the time , Biden ’ s campaign claimed he misspoke .
Now we know that was a lie too , because over Christmas and again this Saturday he told a version of the story where he voted for the war in Iraq but then decided to oppose it as soon as George W. Bush launched it .
There ’ s really so much dishonesty coming from him .
He ’ s having to run from his record.
” 4 . )
Biden now falsely claims to have supported Obama ’ s 2011 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lie Biden has told on foreign policy in recent days is that he claims now to have been supportive of President Obama ’ s decision in 2011 to launch a raid that ended up finally claiming the life of Osama bin Laden , the terrorist mastermind of the Sept. 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks .
Bin Laden had proved elusive for nearly a decade after the attacks , despite U.S. vows under two administrations to bring him to justice , but Obama finally got him in the spring of 2011—just before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed thousands of American lives .
When asked by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy if Biden told Obama not to go after bin Laden in that successful raid , Biden falsely claimed “ I didn ’ t. ” But Biden himself in a 2012 speech admitted that he told Obama “ don ’ t go ” when Obama went around the room and asked all of the leaders whether he should do it or not : Obama himself , in a 2012 general election debate with then GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Then-White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed Biden was “ speaking accurately ” when he told Obama “ don ’ t go ” on the bin Laden raid : Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , the eventual 2016 Democrat presidential nominee , confirmed Biden was “ skeptical ” of the bin Laden raid in her book : As did former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta—who was at the time CIA director—in his book : But Biden , starting in 2013 and continuing through 2015 to the present day , has begun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ favorably upon himself , now claiming he never told Obama “ don ’ t go.
” Wolking said this history revision is more blatant dishonesty from Biden .
“ Osama bin Laden , they killed him in 2011 , ” Wolking said .
“ In 2012 , Joe Biden was giving a speech—and this is on video—he told the story about how President Obama went around the table with all the senior people including the chiefs of staff of the military and said : ‘ What do you guys think ?
’ Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was ‘ don ’ t go.
’ At the time , this was pretty newsworthy .
Jake Tapper even asked White House press secretary Jay Carney at the time about it .
‘ Is this true ?
He was against it ?
’ Jay Carney said he was speaking , that Biden was speaking accurately when he told this story .
And then when President Obama was debating Mitt Romney in 2012 , he even made reference to the fact that his current vice president , Joe Biden , did not support the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This was backed up by at least five other senior administration officials from the Obama administration—Hillary Clinton , Leon Panetta , Bob Gates , Michael Morrell—and they all say Biden opposed the raid .
Biden started changing the story in 2015 .
He repeated a different version of events just this past week when talking with Fox News ’ s Peter Doocy , who asked him : ‘ Didn ’ t you tell Obama not to go after Osama bin Laden and launch that raid ?
’ He said : ‘ No , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I didn ’ t do that.
’ Well , it ’ s on video Joe .
You said it.
” 5 , ) Biden now falsely claims he never supported moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem After President Trump moved the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem—something the last several presidents of both parties promised but never actually did—Biden did an interview in November with PBS NewsHour in which he falsely claimed he never supported moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem .
“ I wouldn ’ t have done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden said when asked about Trump following through on his promise to move the embassy , something Obama , Bush , and several other previous presidents promised but never accomplished .
Biden supported a number of pieces of legislation as a U.S .
Senator that called for the embassy to be moved to Jerusalem , and in a 2008 interview as the vice presidential nominee in Florida Biden even admitted that moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem has always been his position and Obama ’ s position .
Biden said in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wolking said this is yet another example of Biden ’ s dishonesty in an effort to attack President Trump .
“ Another example of him running from his record .
He supported this for many years , ” Wolking said .
“ President Trump keeps his promise to the American people and does this , and proves the experts wrong in terms of the consequences of this decision , which was overall positive .
Of course , Joe Biden then says he ’ s against it.
” 6 . )
Biden claims ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest with son Hunter and Ukraine dealings Another recent foreign policy fib Biden has told came in early December , when the former vice president claimed that “ nobody warned me ” about a potential conflict of interest over his son ’ s business dealings with Burisma in Ukraine .
“ Nobody warned me about a potential conflict of interest , ” Biden said in an interview with NPR in December .
“ I never , never heard that once at all.
” It turns out that Biden ’ s office was warned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State Department official George Kent testified that he did alert the vice president ’ s office on the matter during his testimony in the House Democrats ’ impeachment push against President Trump .
“ If you think about the story about how Joe Biden and then-Secretary of State John Kerry , who has endorsed Joe Biden , are now telling in regards to these recent questions about Hunter Biden ’ s role and who knew what when , it really just doesn ’ t pass the smell test , right ?
” Wolking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all of these senior administration officials at the State Department and elsewhere—including George Kent—were worried that Hunter Biden was engaging in a conflict of interest in Ukraine at the time that Vice President Biden was leading our foreign policy in that country at the time .
So , we have George Kent who went to Joe Biden ’ s staff at the time , who said , ‘ hey this is a problem ’ and they just kind of brushed him off .
Joe Biden claims he didn ’ t know anything .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ t know anything .
But , it really just doesn ’ t pass the smell test .
All these people were complaining about and raising red flags about this potential conflict of interest—nobody told the Secretary of State ?
Nobody told Joe Biden , the Vice President , whose son was involved ?
It just doesn ’ t pass the smell test .
”

From Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Ukraine, and everywhere in between, President Donald Trump’s campaign says former Vice President Joe Biden has been lying nonstop about foreign policy in recent days in an attempt to revise history in his political favor.
The Democrat presidential frontrunner in 2020, Biden, has made a number of claims in recent days that are demonstrably untrue, ranging from false claims that the Iran deal during the Obama administration “solved” the problem of Iran to untrue claims that he was supportive of former President Obama’s decision to launch the 2011 raid that finally killed Osama bin Laden.
Matt Wolking, the deputy communications director for rapid response for President Trump’s re-election campaign, joined Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel this weekend to expose several of Biden’s recent lies about foreign policy.
“What you’re seeing is Joe Biden is out there on the campaign trail trying to claim he is a foreign policy expert, and he claims that that is his area of expertise—which is really quite funny when you think about it,” Wolking said. “His own Defense Secretary under Obama, Bob Gates, said that he was wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades. So, now Biden is trying to rewrite history. He’s telling lie after lie to voters on a whole host of issues.”
LISTEN TO TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL MATT WOLKING ON BREITBART NEWS SUNDAY:
Wolking and the Trump campaign before the show released a document demonstrating how Biden has in recent days spread six separate lies about his foreign policy record, all attempting to clean up what has been a political mess for him in the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries next month.
1.) Biden falsely claims he and Obama ‘solved’ Iran
At an event in Iowa on Friday, Biden claimed that the Trump administration had, regarding Iran, sparked an “extremely dangerous problem that our administration had solved and put on the back burner back on the table.”
The claim that Biden and Obama “solved” the Iran issue just is not true.
“He claims that with the Iran nuclear issue, he claims that he and President Obama solved the Iran issue and put it on the back burner,” Wolking said on Breitbart News Sunday. “But that’s ridiculous. President Obama himself admitted that down the road his nuclear deal would have allowed Iran to build the bomb almost instantly, moving the breakout time to near-zero.”
Obama did in an interview NPR in 2015 admit that his deal would not stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb, and that after the thirteenth year of that framework, Iran would be able to build one almost instantly.
“What is a more relevant fear would be that in Year 13, 14, 15, they have advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium fairly rapidly, and at that point, the breakout times would have shrunk almost down to zero,” Obama said of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the “Iran deal.”
But that’s not the only reason Biden’s claims that he and Obama “solved” Iran are untrue, Wolking said. When the JCPOA was in its final stages, Iran infamously took hostage ten American sailors and brought them to their knees. Wolking also detailed how Iran never stopped its militant aggression against the United States, continuing it for years after that deal, eventually leading up to the attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in the past couple weeks.
“Of course, we all remember when the deal was being finalized Iran took ten American sailors hostage and had them on their knees with their hands up,” Wolking said. “Of course, the Obama administration and Joe Biden included treated Iran very respectfully during that whole situation in order to make sure that they could still get that deal done. After the deal was done, Iran continued its provocations against U.S. military assets—harassing ships, launching attacks through their proxies in the region against U.S. troops and Americans. Of course that all culminated over Christmas when an American was killed in Iraq. [They were also behind the embassy attack] a few days later.”
2.) Biden falsely claims he did not support ‘nation building’ in Afghanistan
At the end of December, in an interview with the Des Moines Register, Biden claimed he never supported “nation building” in Afghanistan:
When the military came along and said here’s what we’re going to do, we’re going to unite this nation and nation-build. And I argued from the very beginning, there’s no nation building. There’s been no nation building there for five centuries. Five centuries.
But back during the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, in early October 2001, CNN reported that Biden—then the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee—was developing a plan to “propose reconstruction” in Afghanistan after a then-eventual U.S. invasion.
Biden did not want to nation build in just Afghanistan, either: He sought to do so in several other nations in the region as well.
CNN reported on Oct. 3, 2001:
Sen. Joseph Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is expected to propose legislation for a long-term reconstruction and development plan in Central and South Asia following any military campaign against Afghanistan, an aide to the senator told CNN on Wednesday. The senator will propose the plan, similar in nature to the Marshall Plan’s reconstruction of Europe after World War II, in an effort to create an economic and social climate in which terrorists will not be able to operate, the aide said. The aide said the initiative would cover Afghanistan and the Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, as well as Pakistan.
Wolking, in his Breitbart News Sunday interview, explained how this proves another blatant lie from the former Vice President.
“This was right before the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, after the Sept. 11 attacks,” Wolking said. “Even before we had troops on the ground there, he was wanting to propose legislation that would rebuild the country after the war to create an environment where terrorists would not flourish—but it wouldn’t just cover Afghanistan. He was talking about a whole host of central Asian countries—Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan. It was a whole host of things. So this idea that he’s out there telling people that from the very beginning he did not support nation-building in Afghanistan is another lie.”
3.) Biden inaccurately claims he opposed the war in Iraq
Biden lied again in Iowa at a Saturday rally saying he opposed the war in Iraq from the “very moment” that now former President George W. Bush launched it.
Biden, who actually voted for the Iraq war on the floor of the U.S. Senate in 2002, now is claiming that Bush misled him into voting for it.
Biden said on Saturday, according to Bloomberg News:
He [Bush] looked me in the eye in the Oval Office and promised me all he was doing was wanting to get the authority to be able to send in inspectors to find out if Saddam Hussein was hiding nuclear weapons. The president then went ahead with ‘Shock and Awe’ and right after that and from the very moment he did that, I opposed what he was doing and spoke to him.
Biden made similar claims in a debate earlier this cycle, for which he was vigorously fact-checked. One such fact-checker even noted how on the day the war with Iraq began, Biden publicly said he was supportive of the president.
“We voted to give him the authority to wage that war,” Biden said the day the Iraq war started. “We should step back and be supportive.”
Biden has come under serious scrutiny from all sides for his record on Iraq, with everyone from Trump to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont ripping him over it.
“Similarly, he’s also been talking about how he claims he opposed the war in Iraq from the very beginning,” Wolking said in his Breitbart News Sunday interview. “This is lie number three. Earlier this year, he started telling this story and he kind of got called out by all the fact checkers—FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, the Washington Post. At the time, Biden’s campaign claimed he misspoke. Now we know that was a lie too, because over Christmas and again this Saturday he told a version of the story where he voted for the war in Iraq but then decided to oppose it as soon as George W. Bush launched it. There’s really so much dishonesty coming from him. He’s having to run from his record.”
4.) Biden now falsely claims to have supported Obama’s 2011 raid that killed bin Laden
The fourth lie Biden has told on foreign policy in recent days is that he claims now to have been supportive of President Obama’s decision in 2011 to launch a raid that ended up finally claiming the life of Osama bin Laden, the terrorist mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Bin Laden had proved elusive for nearly a decade after the attacks, despite U.S. vows under two administrations to bring him to justice, but Obama finally got him in the spring of 2011—just before the 10-year anniversary of the deadly attacks that claimed thousands of American lives.
When asked by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy if Biden told Obama not to go after bin Laden in that successful raid, Biden falsely claimed “I didn’t.”
Joe Biden just got CAUGHT LYING about how he OPPOSED the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. In 2012, he told the story of how he advised President Obama not to give the order. It's on video! pic.twitter.com/dfviVrDYbm — Trump War Room — Text FIGHT to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) January 3, 2020
But Biden himself in a 2012 speech admitted that he told Obama “don’t go” when Obama went around the room and asked all of the leaders whether he should do it or not:
2/ In 2012, Biden said he told Obama unequivocally: "Mr. President, my suggestion is don't go." pic.twitter.com/zTm1HQ6wiZ — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
Obama himself, in a 2012 general election debate with then GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, confirmed Biden told him not to go:
5/ There's one problem with Biden's claim though: virtually every other account from Obama Administration officials contradicts Including Barack Obama, who in 2012, said Biden had "the same critique" of the raid as Mitt Romney did pic.twitter.com/37vDBKHyOr — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
Then-White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed Biden was “speaking accurately” when he told Obama “don’t go” on the bin Laden raid:
6/ In 2012, Obama White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Biden was "speaking accurately" when Biden originally said he was opposed to the raid pic.twitter.com/Z2AnqUp8yP — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the eventual 2016 Democrat presidential nominee, confirmed Biden was “skeptical” of the bin Laden raid in her book:
7/ Hillary Clinton in "Hard Choices" said Biden was "skeptical" of the raid pic.twitter.com/Wj7QKYQVVz — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
As did former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta—who was at the time CIA director—in his book:
8/ Obama CIA Director Leon Panetta in his book "Worthy Fights": Biden was "firmly in favor of waiting" and "did not have enough confidence that bin Laden was in the compound" pic.twitter.com/r2ybrPdG4h — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
So did then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates:
9/ Robert Gates, the Defense Secretary at the time, in his book "Duty": Biden was one of the "two primary skeptics" of the bin Laden raid whose primary concern was the "political consequences of failure" pic.twitter.com/ZlENgOXZZU — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
But Biden, starting in 2013 and continuing through 2015 to the present day, has begun amending the historical record to reflect more favorably upon himself, now claiming he never told Obama “don’t go.”
3/ But by 2013, Biden was starting to claim that he privately told Obama to "follow [his] instincts" something which he had never claimed beforehttps://t.co/BTOeLy6QpJ pic.twitter.com/cbjTaeOx8h — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
4/ By 2015, Biden completely contradicted what he said before Biden claimed he never told Obama "don't go" and that he privately gave Obama his real advice to "go" and "follow his own instincts" when (conveniently) other witnesses weren't around pic.twitter.com/qjfKtLCNSg — Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
Wolking said this history revision is more blatant dishonesty from Biden.
“Osama bin Laden, they killed him in 2011,” Wolking said. “In 2012, Joe Biden was giving a speech—and this is on video—he told the story about how President Obama went around the table with all the senior people including the chiefs of staff of the military and said: ‘What do you guys think?’ Biden said he told President Obama my suggestion was ‘don’t go.’ At the time, this was pretty newsworthy. Jake Tapper even asked White House press secretary Jay Carney at the time about it. ‘Is this true? He was against it?’ Jay Carney said he was speaking, that Biden was speaking accurately when he told this story. And then when President Obama was debating Mitt Romney in 2012, he even made reference to the fact that his current vice president, Joe Biden, did not support the raid to get Osama bin Laden. This was backed up by at least five other senior administration officials from the Obama administration—Hillary Clinton, Leon Panetta, Bob Gates, Michael Morrell—and they all say Biden opposed the raid. Biden started changing the story in 2015. He repeated a different version of events just this past week when talking with Fox News’s Peter Doocy, who asked him: ‘Didn’t you tell Obama not to go after Osama bin Laden and launch that raid?’ He said: ‘No, I didn’t do that, I didn’t do that.’ Well, it’s on video Joe. You said it.”
5,) Biden now falsely claims he never supported moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
After President Trump moved the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem—something the last several presidents of both parties promised but never actually did—Biden did an interview in November with PBS NewsHour in which he falsely claimed he never supported moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
“I wouldn’t have done it in the first place,” Biden said when asked about Trump following through on his promise to move the embassy, something Obama, Bush, and several other previous presidents promised but never accomplished.
Biden supported a number of pieces of legislation as a U.S. Senator that called for the embassy to be moved to Jerusalem, and in a 2008 interview as the vice presidential nominee in Florida Biden even admitted that moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem has always been his position and Obama’s position.
Biden said in that interview about moving the embassy:
That’s been my position for years, and that’s Barack’s position. Look, when Barack said ‘undivided,’ he was talking about that there can’t be physical barriers. People turned it around and said he’s talking about a divided Jerusalem. His point was you can’t have a Jerusalem that has any physical divisions. Jerusalem must be the capital of Israel. Whatever decision the Israelis make, that’s a decision we’ll support.
Wolking said this is yet another example of Biden’s dishonesty in an effort to attack President Trump.
“Another example of him running from his record. He supported this for many years,” Wolking said. “President Trump keeps his promise to the American people and does this, and proves the experts wrong in terms of the consequences of this decision, which was overall positive. Of course, Joe Biden then says he’s against it.”
6.) Biden claims ‘nobody warned me’ about conflict of interest with son Hunter and Ukraine dealings
Another recent foreign policy fib Biden has told came in early December, when the former vice president claimed that “nobody warned me” about a potential conflict of interest over his son’s business dealings with Burisma in Ukraine.
“Nobody warned me about a potential conflict of interest,” Biden said in an interview with NPR in December. “I never, never heard that once at all.”
It turns out that Biden’s office was warned about this conflict of interest, as State Department official George Kent testified that he did alert the vice president’s office on the matter during his testimony in the House Democrats’ impeachment push against President Trump.
“If you think about the story about how Joe Biden and then-Secretary of State John Kerry, who has endorsed Joe Biden, are now telling in regards to these recent questions about Hunter Biden’s role and who knew what when, it really just doesn’t pass the smell test, right?” Wolking said. “We now know that all of these senior administration officials at the State Department and elsewhere—including George Kent—were worried that Hunter Biden was engaging in a conflict of interest in Ukraine at the time that Vice President Biden was leading our foreign policy in that country at the time. So, we have George Kent who went to Joe Biden’s staff at the time, who said, ‘hey this is a problem’ and they just kind of brushed him off. Joe Biden claims he didn’t know anything. And John Kerry claims he didn’t know anything. But, it really just doesn’t pass the smell test. All these people were complaining about and raising red flags about this potential conflict of interest—nobody told the Secretary of State? Nobody told Joe Biden, the Vice President, whose son was involved? It just doesn’t pass the smell test.”


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Devin Nunes: House Republicans are Investigating the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

House Republicans are investigating Michael Atkinson , the Intelligence Community inspector general who notified Congress of the whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment effort against President Trump .
California Rep. Devin Nunes , the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee , told The Sara Carter Show on Monday that Atkinson still faces `` serious questions '' after his testimony in October , which to this day remains under wraps .
Democrats have not released the transcript of that deposition despite mounting pressure by Republicans .
`` Everyone needs to see that testimony , '' Nunes said , adding that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is `` because it 's very damaging , not only to the whistleblower but also to Atkinson himself . ''
Nunes said House Republicans have `` an active investigation '' open into Atkinson .
They have sent a letter to the inspector general , but Nunes said they `` gave us a very typical IC response , which is to not answer the question . ''
He also conceded that , as the minority party in the House , Republicans can not subpoena Atkinson or force him to testify again .
A representative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington Examiner 's request for comment .
Atkinson received the complaint from a CIA analyst , whose identity has not yet been confirmed , in August and deemed it to be urgent and credible .
The complaint raised concerns about Trump 's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , in which the Trump pressed for an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden .
It also raised concerns about an effort to conceal details of that conversation and others using a highly secure computer system .
Atkinson forwarded the complaint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maguire , who did not give the watchdog permission to share it with Congress after seeking guidance from the White House and the Justice Department , but it did allow him to notify them of its existence .
After a clash over access with Democratic lawmakers , the complaint was declassified on Sept. 25 , the same day the transcript of the Trump-Zelensky call was released , and it was made available to the public the next day .
Republicans have complained that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff , who had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , had foreknowledge of the whistleblower 's complaint and misled them about what he knew .
With some allies of Trump pointing the finger at CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella , the whistleblower 's lawyers and Democrats have argued that the whistleblower 's identity is no longer relevant and that outing the whistleblower would put that person 's life in danger .
After testimony by dozens of witnesses , the House passed two articles of impeachment nearly three weeks ago that charged Trump with abuse of power in dealing with Ukraine and obstruction of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Democrat from California , has been withholding articles of impeachment because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has signaled he may not call any witnesses .
The Kentucky Republican said he will not agree in advance to the Democrats ' demands .

House Republicans are investigating Michael Atkinson, the Intelligence Community inspector general who notified Congress of the whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment effort against President Trump.
California Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, told The Sara Carter Show on Monday that Atkinson still faces "serious questions" after his testimony in October, which to this day remains under wraps. Democrats have not released the transcript of that deposition despite mounting pressure by Republicans.
"Everyone needs to see that testimony," Nunes said, adding that the reason it has not been released is "because it's very damaging, not only to the whistleblower but also to Atkinson himself."
Nunes said House Republicans have "an active investigation" open into Atkinson. They have sent a letter to the inspector general, but Nunes said they "gave us a very typical IC response, which is to not answer the question." He also conceded that, as the minority party in the House, Republicans cannot subpoena Atkinson or force him to testify again.
A representative for Atkinson declined to comment for this report.
Atkinson received the complaint from a CIA analyst, whose identity has not yet been confirmed, in August and deemed it to be urgent and credible. The complaint raised concerns about Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which the Trump pressed for an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden. It also raised concerns about an effort to conceal details of that conversation and others using a highly secure computer system.
Atkinson forwarded the complaint to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, who did not give the watchdog permission to share it with Congress after seeking guidance from the White House and the Justice Department, but it did allow him to notify them of its existence. After a clash over access with Democratic lawmakers, the complaint was declassified on Sept. 25, the same day the transcript of the Trump-Zelensky call was released, and it was made available to the public the next day.
Republicans have complained that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who had a leading role in the House impeachment process, had foreknowledge of the whistleblower's complaint and misled them about what he knew. With some allies of Trump pointing the finger at CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella, the whistleblower's lawyers and Democrats have argued that the whistleblower's identity is no longer relevant and that outing the whistleblower would put that person's life in danger.
After testimony by dozens of witnesses, the House passed two articles of impeachment nearly three weeks ago that charged Trump with abuse of power in dealing with Ukraine and obstruction of Congress.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, has been withholding articles of impeachment because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has signaled he may not call any witnesses. The Kentucky Republican said he will not agree in advance to the Democrats' demands.


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Donald Trump Jr. Is the Second Most Popular 2024 Candidate Among Republicans

Rick Wilson won ’ t be surprised by this chart .
The Republican strategist and fierce Trump critic — he wrote “ Everything Trump Touches Dies : A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever ” — told the L.A. Times last month that the Trump name could remain in the White House well beyond even a second term for Donald Trump .
“ I honestly think Don Jr. or Ivanka will be the nominee in 2024 , ” Wilson said in the interview .
“ Because the party doesn ’ t care about any of the issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now they care about Trump.
” Clearly , he ’ s not the only one thinking that way .
According to a recent SurveyMonkey poll , Republican voters recently chose President Trump ’ s kids — Donald Jr. is 42 , and Ivanka is 38 — as two of their top for picks for 2024 .
As you can see , Vice President Mike Pence tops the list , followed by the guy who just posted this picture , featuring an apparent line drawing of Hillary Clinton behind bars and other controversial symbology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explained that early polls like this are typically a measure of name ID , but they are also a “ vivid illustration of just how strong Trump ’ s brand ” among today ’ s self-identified Republican voters .
If one of Trump ’ s kids were to win the presidency in 2024 , it would be the fourth time a direct descendant of a president became president .

Rick Wilson won’t be surprised by this chart.
The Republican strategist and fierce Trump critic — he wrote “Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever” — told the L.A. Times last month that the Trump name could remain in the White House well beyond even a second term for Donald Trump.
“I honestly think Don Jr. or Ivanka will be the nominee in 2024,” Wilson said in the interview. “Because the party doesn’t care about any of the issues that used to drive the party. Now they care about Trump.”
Clearly, he’s not the only one thinking that way.
According to a recent SurveyMonkey poll, Republican voters recently chose President Trump’s kids — Donald Jr. is 42, and Ivanka is 38 — as two of their top for picks for 2024.
Here’s the breakdown from Axios:
As you can see, Vice President Mike Pence tops the list, followed by the guy who just posted this picture, featuring an apparent line drawing of Hillary Clinton behind bars and other controversial symbology — on his Instagram account:
Axios explained that early polls like this are typically a measure of name ID, but they are also a “vivid illustration of just how strong Trump’s brand” among today’s self-identified Republican voters.
If one of Trump’s kids were to win the presidency in 2024, it would be the fourth time a direct descendant of a president became president.


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Fake News CNN Settles Lawsuit With Covington Catholic Student

CNN reportedly agreed to settle with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann on Tuesday .
The amount of the settlement is not known , according to local news outlet FOX19 .
The attorneys for Sandmann cited the “ emotional distress , damage to reputation and distress to his family ” that he has been through , FOX19 also reported .
Sandmann is still suing the Washington Post and NBC Universal .
The teenager became the focus of a national media firestorm after a number of news outlets took out-of-context video to make it look like he was mocking a Native American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ March for Life in January 2019 .
( RELATED : Nathan Phillips Keeps Changing His Story , Still Keeps Getting It Wrong ) In fact , it was the Covington students who were being verbally attacked by nearby protesters associated with the Black Hebrew Israelite group , and Sandmann stood quietly while Phillips beat a drum in his face .
( RELATED : MAGA Hat Kid Speaks Up : ‘ It Was Clear To Me That He Had Singled Me Out ’ ) CNN contributor Bakari Sellers fantasized about punching Sandmann in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrities like Kathy Griffin and Chelsea Handler piled on the students on social media .

CNN reportedly agreed to settle with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann on Tuesday.
The amount of the settlement is not known, according to local news outlet FOX19. The attorneys for Sandmann cited the “emotional distress, damage to reputation and distress to his family” that he has been through, FOX19 also reported.
#BREAKING
Sandmann’s lawsuit sought $800 million from CNN, the Washington Post and NBC Universal. https://t.co/hyxLSUTNbx — FOX19 NOW (@FOX19) January 7, 2020
Sandmann is still suing the Washington Post and NBC Universal.
The teenager became the focus of a national media firestorm after a number of news outlets took out-of-context video to make it look like he was mocking a Native American man, Nathan Phillips, at the March for Life in January 2019. (RELATED: Nathan Phillips Keeps Changing His Story, Still Keeps Getting It Wrong)
In fact, it was the Covington students who were being verbally attacked by nearby protesters associated with the Black Hebrew Israelite group, and Sandmann stood quietly while Phillips beat a drum in his face. (RELATED: MAGA Hat Kid Speaks Up: ‘It Was Clear To Me That He Had Singled Me Out’)
CNN contributor Bakari Sellers fantasized about punching Sandmann in the face, while a number of Hollywood celebrities like Kathy Griffin and Chelsea Handler piled on the students on social media.
HBO host Bill Maher also called Sandmann a “little prick.”


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Secret Service Conducting “Open and Active” Criminal Investigation Following Incident at Mar-a-Lago

Police in Florida are conducting an `` open and active criminal investigation '' at President Donald Trump 's private club Mar-a-Lago following an incident Monday night , according to a report from the Miami Herald .
A Palm Beach Police Department spokesperson declined to give details of the incident to the Herald .
But the department said the Secret Service is leading the investigation and there have been no arrests , according to the report .
The Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC .
A Police Department incident report said officers received a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to respond to the incident , the Herald said .
The Secret Service has reportedly heightened security at the president 's Florida resort following tensions between the United States and Iran due to an airstrike that killed Iran 's top commander , Gen. Qasem Soleimani , in Baghdad .
Trump authorized the killing while staying at Mar-a-Lago .
Soleimani led the elite Quds Force of Iran 's Revolutionary Guard , and has been blamed for the deaths of many Americans across the Middle East .
The killing has been met with criticism from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for president , who contend that the move could trigger a major conflict between Iran and the United State .
Iran has vowed `` harsh revenge '' over the killing .
Various media reports cited Trump-owned properties as possible targets for retaliation by Iran .
Hesameddin Ashena , advisor to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani , tweeted on Sunday a link to a YouTube video featuring several Trump-owned properties , along with a link to a Forbes list with similar information .
The two links were accompanied by a quote from former Iranian Supreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell the whole world that if the world wants to stand up to our religion , we will stand up against their whole world , '' the quote read .
When reached for comment Monday , the Secret Service did not confirm whether there are heightened security measures at the resort .
But in a statement to CNBC , a spokesperson said , `` The U.S. Secret Service continuously assesses the threat environment surrounding all protectees and will adjust postures as necessary as part of the robust execution of our zero-fail mission .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mar-a-Lago since Trump took office .
In November , a Shanghai businesswoman was sentenced to eight months in jail after being convicted of trespassing at Mar-a-Lago .
She was found carrying four mobile phones , a laptop computer , an external hard drive , and a thumb drive that `` contained malicious software , '' a criminal complaint against her said .
Florida federal Judge Roy Altman also ordered the woman , Yujing Zhang , to be deported after her jail sentence is complete .
Zhang had made it past at least five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reception area of Mar-a-Lago before she was intercepted by officers , according to the complaint .
A second Chinese woman was arrested in December for allegedly trespassing at Mar-a-Lago and refusing to leave , Palm Beach Police said .
Read the report from the Miami Herald here .

Police in Florida are conducting an "open and active criminal investigation" at President Donald Trump's private club Mar-a-Lago following an incident Monday night, according to a report from the Miami Herald.
A Palm Beach Police Department spokesperson declined to give details of the incident to the Herald. But the department said the Secret Service is leading the investigation and there have been no arrests, according to the report.
The Secret Service "does not confirm or comment on the absence or existence of our criminal investigations," a spokesperson said in an email to CNBC. Receptionists at Mar-a-Lago told CNBC that the resort does not speak to media and gave a phone number for the Trump Organization, which did not answer several calls.
A Police Department incident report said officers received a call at around 7 p.m. Monday night to respond to the incident, the Herald said.
The Secret Service has reportedly heightened security at the president's Florida resort following tensions between the United States and Iran due to an airstrike that killed Iran's top commander, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad. Trump authorized the killing while staying at Mar-a-Lago.
Soleimani led the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and has been blamed for the deaths of many Americans across the Middle East. The killing has been met with criticism from members of Congress and 2020 Democratic candidates for president, who contend that the move could trigger a major conflict between Iran and the United State. Iran has vowed "harsh revenge" over the killing.
Various media reports cited Trump-owned properties as possible targets for retaliation by Iran.
Hesameddin Ashena, advisor to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, tweeted on Sunday a link to a YouTube video featuring several Trump-owned properties, along with a link to a Forbes list with similar information.
Tweet with YouTube video
The two links were accompanied by a quote from former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. "I tell the whole world that if the world wants to stand up to our religion, we will stand up against their whole world," the quote read.
The Secret Service did not confirm whether there are heightened security measures at the resort. But in a statement to CNBC, a spokesperson said, "The U.S. Secret Service continuously assesses the threat environment surrounding all protectees and will adjust postures as necessary as part of the robust execution of our zero-fail mission."
There have been multiple breaches at Mar-a-Lago since Trump took office.
In November, a Shanghai businesswoman was sentenced to eight months in jail after being convicted of trespassing at Mar-a-Lago. She was found carrying four mobile phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive, and a thumb drive that "contained malicious software," a criminal complaint against her said.
Florida federal Judge Roy Altman also ordered the woman, Yujing Zhang, to be deported after her jail sentence is complete. Zhang had made it past at least five Secret Service agents and into the main reception area of Mar-a-Lago before she was intercepted by officers, according to the complaint.
A second Chinese woman was arrested in December for allegedly trespassing at Mar-a-Lago and refusing to leave, Palm Beach Police said.
— CNBC's Kevin Breuninger contributed to this report.


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--FBI Seeking Help From Apple in Unlocking Phones of Pensacola Shooter

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is once again asking Apple to help unlock the iPhone of a potential terrorist .
The FBI is looking to crack two iPhones that they believe were owned by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani , the Saudi-born suspect in the shooting attack that killed three people in December at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola , Fla .
Both phones are password-protected , and agents are trying “ to ‘ guess ’ the relevant passcodes but so far have been unsuccessful , ” according to a letter sent to Apple ’ s general counsel , obtained by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the attack and is believed to have been acting alone , but the letter explained that the FBI wants to search the phone “ out of an abundance of caution.
” The Bureau has not yet offered a definitive statement on whether or not the attack should be seen as an act of terrorism , and the phone contents could help clarify his motives and any ties to outside organizations or groups .
The letter goes on to detail the FBI ’ s efforts so far to open the phones , including soliciting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to third-party vendors and even asking experts from other countries ’ intelligence and law-enforcement communities .
For Apple ’ s part , “ We have the greatest respect for law enforcement and have always worked cooperatively to help in their investigations , ” the computing giant said in a statement .
“ When the FBI requested information from us relating to this case a month ago , we gave them all of the data in our possession and we will continue to support them with the data we have available.
” The statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact assist in unlocking the phones , which the FBI said are being held in the crime lab at Quantico , Va .
The FBI has been in this situation before , when it wanted to open the locked phone of Syed Farook in 2015 .
Farook was one of two men who carried out a shooting attack on a city meeting in San Bernardino , Calif. in 2015 ; though he died in a shootout that same day , the Justice Department asked for Apple ’ s help to access the phone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the case was a potential case of terrorism with national security implications .
The issue was that the iPhone 5C was locked with a four-digit passcode—after 10 incorrect guesses , the phone would be wiped .
Apple however refused to help , and ultimately the DoJ took the vendor to court over the issue .
That resulted in a court order demanding that Apple assist in cracking the phone by providing a one-time firmware update , customized for that one device , that would bypass the auto-erase function protecting the phone .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brute-force the passcode .
Apple however argued that this set a dangerous precedent whereby the FBI could demand a backdoor into any person ’ s device .
“ The implications of the government ’ s demands are chilling .
If the government can use the All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone , it would have the power to reach into anyone ’ s device to capture their data , ” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a court filing at the time .
“ The government could extend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages , access your health records or financial data , track your location , or even access your phone ’ s microphone or camera without your knowledge.
” Before the court case could come to its final conclusion , the FBI withdrew its request and announced that it had unlocked the iPhone with an unnamed third party ’ s help .
FBI Director James Comey said at the time that the FBI had purchased a “ tool ” to hack the phone that cost more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified the third party as Israeli company Cellebrite , but the Washington Post reported that the Bureau had in fact purchased a zero-day exploit from “ professional hackers ” to get the work done .
In another incident , Apple was ordered to unlock an iPhone 5S in a drug case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn , which it challenged .
Ultimately , a magistrate judge in the case denied the government ’ s request , saying that its legal argument – involving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flimsy at best .
“ The implications of the government ’ s position are so far-reaching – both in terms of what it would allow today and what it implies about Congressional intent in 1789 – as to produce impermissibly absurd results , ” he wrote in the opinion .

It’s unclear yet whether the Cupertino giant will assist, given past history of court battles over such incidents.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is once again asking Apple to help unlock the iPhone of a potential terrorist.
The FBI is looking to crack two iPhones that they believe were owned by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the Saudi-born suspect in the shooting attack that killed three people in December at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.
Both phones are password-protected, and agents are trying “to ‘guess’ the relevant passcodes but so far have been unsuccessful,” according to a letter sent to Apple’s general counsel, obtained by NBC News.
Alshamrani was killed during the attack and is believed to have been acting alone, but the letter explained that the FBI wants to search the phone “out of an abundance of caution.” The Bureau has not yet offered a definitive statement on whether or not the attack should be seen as an act of terrorism, and the phone contents could help clarify his motives and any ties to outside organizations or groups.
The letter goes on to detail the FBI’s efforts so far to open the phones, including soliciting help from other federal agencies, turning to third-party vendors and even asking experts from other countries’ intelligence and law-enforcement communities.
For Apple’s part, “We have the greatest respect for law enforcement and have always worked cooperatively to help in their investigations,” the computing giant said in a statement. “When the FBI requested information from us relating to this case a month ago, we gave them all of the data in our possession and we will continue to support them with the data we have available.”
The statement does not indicate whether Apple will in fact assist in unlocking the phones, which the FBI said are being held in the crime lab at Quantico, Va.
Deja-Vu Privacy Implications
The FBI has been in this situation before, when it wanted to open the locked phone of Syed Farook in 2015. Farook was one of two men who carried out a shooting attack on a city meeting in San Bernardino, Calif. in 2015; though he died in a shootout that same day, the Justice Department asked for Apple’s help to access the phone’s contents on the grounds that the case was a potential case of terrorism with national security implications. The issue was that the iPhone 5C was locked with a four-digit passcode—after 10 incorrect guesses, the phone would be wiped.
Apple however refused to help, and ultimately the DoJ took the vendor to court over the issue. That resulted in a court order demanding that Apple assist in cracking the phone by providing a one-time firmware update, customized for that one device, that would bypass the auto-erase function protecting the phone. That in turn would allow the FBI to brute-force the passcode.
Apple however argued that this set a dangerous precedent whereby the FBI could demand a backdoor into any person’s device.
“The implications of the government’s demands are chilling. If the government can use the All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone’s device to capture their data,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a court filing at the time. “The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone’s microphone or camera without your knowledge.”
Before the court case could come to its final conclusion, the FBI withdrew its request and announced that it had unlocked the iPhone with an unnamed third party’s help. FBI Director James Comey said at the time that the FBI had purchased a “tool” to hack the phone that cost more than $1.3 million. Some news sources identified the third party as Israeli company Cellebrite, but the Washington Post reported that the Bureau had in fact purchased a zero-day exploit from “professional hackers” to get the work done.
In another incident, Apple was ordered to unlock an iPhone 5S in a drug case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, which it challenged. Ultimately, a magistrate judge in the case denied the government’s request, saying that its legal argument – involving the 18th-Century All Writs Act – was flimsy at best.
“The implications of the government’s position are so far-reaching – both in terms of what it would allow today and what it implies about Congressional intent in 1789 – as to produce impermissibly absurd results,” he wrote in the opinion.
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bonginoreport--2020-01-07--California Single-Handedly Boosted the Nation’s Homelessness Statistics Last Year

A 16 % increase in homelessness in California accounted for most of the 3 % national increase , putting more heat on the state ’ s lagging effort to curb the surge , according to a new federal report .
The Housing and Urban Development Department late Tuesday released its homelessness report and counted 568,000 people without homes .
Significantly , it found that homelessness among veterans , youths , and families is down .
For veterans , it ’ s down 40 % over the last 10 years .
The department , which bases the numbers on a one-night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that if California hadn ’ t seen such an explosion in homelessness , the national number would not have increased .
Essentially , said a senior HUD official , California ’ s increase “ offset ” the national trend downward .
In the report , the second “ key finding ” singled out California .
It said : “ While homelessness in most states declined between 2018 and 2019 , homelessness in California increased by 16 percent , or 21,306 people .
The large increase in California is reflected in a nationwide increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experiencing homelessness , between 2018 and 2019.
” HUD Secretary Ben Carson also didn ’ t mince words in his memo included in the 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress .
He wrote , “ This year ’ s report shows that there was a small increase in the one-night estimates of people experiencing homelessness across the nation between 2018 and 2019 ( 3 % ) , which reflects a 16 percent increase in California , and offsets a marked decrease across many other states.
” He added in a statement , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and needs to be addressed by local and state leaders with crisis-like urgency .
Addressing these challenges will require a broader , community-wide response that engages every level of government to compassionately house our most vulnerable fellow citizens . ''
The administration has been critical of California ’ s handling of the crisis , which is notable for tent cities in downtown areas .
California has blamed President Trump for the crisis , but HUD recently pushed back , claiming that the state is sitting on $ 450 million in federal aid and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ driven up the price of a single low-income unit to $ 750,000 .
Throughout the report , California ’ s woes were highlighted .
A sampling : • In terms of absolute numbers , California has more than half of all unsheltered homeless people in the country ( 53 % or 108,432 ) , with nearly nine times as many unsheltered homeless as the state with the next highest number , Florida ( 6 % or 12,476 ) , despite California ’ s population being only twice that of Florida .
• An @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homelessness , specifically unsheltered individuals , drove the national increase in all people experiencing homelessness .
The number of unsheltered individuals in California rose 21 percent between 2018 and 2019 , an increase of more than 18,000 people .
• Nearly half of all people experiencing homelessness in the country were in three states : California ( 27 % or 151,278 people ) ; New York ( 16 % or 92,091 people ) ; and Florida ( 5 % or 28,328 people ) .
• California and New York had the largest numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rates of homelessness , at 38 and 46 people per 10,000 , respectively .
• California also had the highest percentage of all people experiencing homelessness staying in unsheltered locations ( 72 % ) .

A 16% increase in homelessness in California accounted for most of the 3% national increase, putting more heat on the state’s lagging effort to curb the surge, according to a new federal report.
The Housing and Urban Development Department late Tuesday released its homelessness report and counted 568,000 people without homes. Significantly, it found that homelessness among veterans, youths, and families is down. For veterans, it’s down 40% over the last 10 years.
The department, which bases the numbers on a one-night national count of homeless people, said that if California hadn’t seen such an explosion in homelessness, the national number would not have increased.
Essentially, said a senior HUD official, California’s increase “offset” the national trend downward.
CNN spewing out more FAKE NEWS on homelessness. In CA, homelessness increased by 21,306 people, that’s more than the entire national increase. No matter how hard @CNN tries to deny it, California is driving this crisis.
As @realdonaldtrump said, we are just a phone call away. — Ben Carson (@SecretaryCarson) January 3, 2020
In the report, the second “key finding” singled out California. It said: “While homelessness in most states declined between 2018 and 2019, homelessness in California increased by 16 percent, or 21,306 people. The large increase in California is reflected in a nationwide increase of 3 percent, or 14,885 people experiencing homelessness, between 2018 and 2019.”
HUD Secretary Ben Carson also didn’t mince words in his memo included in the 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. He wrote, “This year’s report shows that there was a small increase in the one-night estimates of people experiencing homelessness across the nation between 2018 and 2019 (3%), which reflects a 16 percent increase in California, and offsets a marked decrease across many other states.”
He added in a statement, "California is at a crisis level and needs to be addressed by local and state leaders with crisis-like urgency. Addressing these challenges will require a broader, community-wide response that engages every level of government to compassionately house our most vulnerable fellow citizens."
The administration has been critical of California’s handling of the crisis, which is notable for tent cities in downtown areas. California has blamed President Trump for the crisis, but HUD recently pushed back, claiming that the state is sitting on $450 million in federal aid and doing nothing to slash regulations that have driven up the price of a single low-income unit to $750,000.
Throughout the report, California’s woes were highlighted. A sampling:
In terms of absolute numbers, California has more than half of all unsheltered homeless people in the country (53% or 108,432), with nearly nine times as many unsheltered homeless as the state with the next highest number, Florida (6% or 12,476), despite California’s population being only twice that of Florida.
An increase in the number of individuals experiencing homelessness, specifically unsheltered individuals, drove the national increase in all people experiencing homelessness. The number of unsheltered individuals in California rose 21 percent between 2018 and 2019, an increase of more than 18,000 people.
Nearly half of all people experiencing homelessness in the country were in three states: California (27% or 151,278 people); New York (16% or 92,091 people); and Florida (5% or 28,328 people).
California and New York had the largest numbers of people experiencing homelessness and the highest rates of homelessness, at 38 and 46 people per 10,000, respectively.


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Disturbing Allegations Emerge About Transgender “Woman” In Viral Video of GameStop Freakout

Biology is hatred .
That ’ s the verdict from model turned actress turned podcast host Jameela Jamil regarding a statement made by Candace Owens that only women can give birth .
Saying that Owens ’ remarks were bullying to trans people , Jamil cut Owens from a guest spot on her podcast .
SAD TO ANNOUNCE that @ jameelajamil has revoked my invitation to her podcast bc I tweeted “ only women can give birth ” .
Apparently the statement made her trans co-workers feel “ unsafe ” .
My refusal to untether myself from biological realities has cost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pic.twitter.com/OTHcO0TEy4— Candace Owens ( @ RealCandaceO ) December 30 , 2019 The dispute was over this head-scratching headline that read more like a tongue twister : “ Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner ’ s baby with female sperm donor.
” Owens and many others across social media pointed out that there ’ s nothing quite unique about a lesbian couple using a sperm donor to conceive a baby .
This sort of thing happens all the time .
That one of the women has a beard and the other labelled herself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their reproductive systems .
Owens pointed that out .
Jamil said it was mean .
Owens wouldn ’ t back down , and the public tweet spat continued until Jamil blocked Owens .
LOL “ only women can get pregnant and only men can impregnate them ” is now considered a form of bullying .
@ jameelajamil — keep us posted when 2+2=4 becomes a form of bullying as well .
😂 https : //t.co/76VRqpIsvu— Candace Owens ( @ RealCandaceO ) December 29 , 2019 Jamil was worried that those trans individuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violated by Owens ’ refusal to deny that pesky condition called reality that her mere presence in studio would be a violation of their existence .
Jamil spoke out against JK Rowling recently when Rowling tweeted in support of Maya Forstater , who was released from her contract for stating her perspective that biological sex is extant and immutable .
While Forstater lost her employment tribunal case wherein she claimed that belief in biological sex should be a protected philosophical belief , veganism has recently been awarded that status .
Dietary preference enshrined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is so 2019 , I can ’ t even .
https : //t.co/akeGgcW2IL— # Peak FFS 🏁 Literal XX ( @ ShurelyNot ) January 3 , 2020 This controversy over trans keeps roiling in media , churning up women who believed , for decades , that being female had something to do with the femaleness of their bodies .
As they are dashed against the rocks of public opinion , hitting their own “ peak trans ” moments , those who oppose the view that women are defined as being female heap on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to shame women about their bodies , trans rights activists like Jamil shun and humiliate women like Owens , who will not let go of reality in favour of fantasy .
Centering femaleness in womanhood over the male idea of what it means to be a woman took excessive effort from generations of women who proclaimed as loudly as they could that despite the differences between men and women ’ s bodies , the sexes must be equal under the law .
The shorthand used by feminists , saying that there are no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , clearly , that there ought be no difference between men and women under the law , and that equality was not dependent on sameness of body and mind , but legal recognition .
This concept that men and women are equal has now been used against women , and the abstraction that men and women are the same is what has led to this completely bats opinion that the literal physical differences between men and women ’ s bodies don ’ t exist simply because we are capable of speaking aloud our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different .
Pink pussy hats at the Women ’ s March were deemed transphobic because they reference vaginas , which women have .
Pregnancy has been reframed to include all people who may get pregnant , ignoring entirely the fact that we have a word for those people , and it is “ women.
” Menstrual products have removed women from packaging and advertising , despite the fact that women are the primary consumer base .
Girls are told that boys should change with them in locker rooms , or told that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and boxed into society ’ s stereotypes of womanhood means that they ’ re really boys and should have their breasts and uteruses removed .
Even Eve Ensler ’ s seminal play The Vagina Monologues has been mercilessly censored to delete vaginas , as there mere existence of vaginas is offensive to men who say they are women despite having penises .
Despite decades of feminists fighting hard to make space for women and women ’ s stories in narrative and culture , women are being erased , and they ’ re being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Many transgender individuals know that biological sex is real– if it weren ’ t , they wouldn ’ t feel the need to surgically transition from one to the other .
Reality can ’ t be interpreted as bullying .
Women ’ s bodies can ’ t be erased out of compassion for people who have male bodies .
We can ’ t allow men to redefine women and women ’ s experiences to align with male ideas of femaleness and femininity– that ’ s what was going on before feminism .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of which there have been plenty ( as with so many social movements ) , it created a space within culture where women could own their bodies , their stories , and their conception of what femaleness is .
Feminism elevated women ’ s culture from the kitchen , the wells , and the laundry lines to the mainstream .
It was feminism that allowed women the voice to not have to whisper about the reality of their bodies , the condition of motherhood , the need for proper , sex-based , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give it back just because Jamil , a bunch of men in dresses , and women with beards , find women ’ s bodies offensive and unpalatable .
Women ’ s bodies are not subjective .
Women are female , and there ’ s nothing wrong with that .

Allegations have surfaced regarding Tiffany Michell Moore, who rose to infamy and internet memehood after her shocking public freakout in GameStop about a year ago. Many remember the meltdown Moore had when misgendered by a cashier in the gaming store. The self-proclaimed “trans activist” was met with much online backlash, even from the trans community who widely agreed that the misgendering was surely accidental, as Moore objectively appeared as male. The video has been shared millions of times across the internet.
Since then, Moore has become somewhat of an e-celeb, and the social media posts that have followed the GameStop incident have many concerned for the safety of the 4th grade son in the picture. Moore has proclaimed to the world via Instagram that her son is also transgender, referring to him as a “gentlethem” and “non- binary.” It’s unclear if a medical transition is in the expected future, but the possibility is unnerving.
Other points of criticism over Moore’s posts include unabashed boasting about drug use, smoking amidst her son’s asthma and respiratory issues, as well as posing for a photo with her son brandishing a fetish collar. Her alleged boyfriend also appears in the photo. Many claim that most of the videos posted on Moore’s Instagram reveal her to be under the influence of drugs.
Moore’s criminal record is quite long, including arrest for armed robbery. Her plethora of mugshots can be seen across the internet, all of which were taken before her alleged transition and GameStop freakout. The mother of Moore’s child doesn’t appear to be much more of a fit parent either, having no custody over their son and allegedly struggling with meth and a lengthy criminal record herself.
Some are even questioning the validity of Moore’s transition entirely, with many citing that there is little to no physical change between before and after photos. Speculations are going around that being “trans” is moreso a fetish for Moore, keeping in mind the fetish collar and repeated social media posts referring to her own genitals as a “girldick.” This is a common phrase used by crossdressers and fetishists. While there is nothing wrong with a person safely engaging in their own sexual interests, it is highly problematic to play those fetishes out in public or near a child.
I’ve chronicled these allegations in further detail in a new video on my YouTube channel, which will be embedded below. I sincerely hope that things are not as bad as they seem and that the child involved in this situation is not in the danger that is seemingly apparent in these posts. I also hope that similar to the reaction of condemnation that the trans community had for Jessica Yaniv, there is an outcry that this type of behaviour is not representative of trans people. Again, similarly to the Jessica Yaniv story, public figures within the community such as this serve to only reinforce negative and harmful stereotypes that have plagued not only trans people but LGBT people as a whole for centuries.
Moore responded late Tuesday afternoon to the allegations in an Instagram video, saying “How dare you criticize my parenting?”


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--IRS Audits Fall to 10-Year Low

IRS Audits Fall to 10-Year Low

Individual taxpayers are almost half as likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service than they were 10 years ago — likely meaning that tens of billions of dollars go uncollected by the Treasury Department each year .
In 2019 , the IRS audited 0.45 percent of personal income tax returns , down from 0.59 percent in 2018 .
That marks the eighth consecutive year of decline and the lowest percentage of audits conducted since 2002 .
The decline in tax enforcement is a result of years of cuts in the agency ’ s budget .
According to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is about 20 percent below the amount it received in 2010 , when appropriations for the agency reached their highest level .
The reductions in funding directly targeted IRS enforcement -- though at 43 percent in 2018 , it still received the largest share of funding -- which has coincided with a drop in audits .
In 2010 , for instance , the agency audited 0.9 percent of tax returns .
IRS WILL FAIL TO COLLECT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT DECADE , RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE Over the last 10 years , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in areas including enforcement and criminal investigation , according to the agency ’ s annual report , which provides a summary of its operations in the previous fiscal year .
“ These losses directly correlate with a steady decline in the number of individual audits during the past nine years , ” the report said .
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS Although employment at the agency grew to about 78,000 workers last year , it also anticipates that up to 31 percent of its current workforce -- roughly 19,719 full-time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five years , “ creating a significant risk of a large knowledge and experience gap for the nation ’ s tax agency.
” “ Another 20 percent cut in IRS auditing , ” said Harvard University economist Lawrence Summers , who served as Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton .
“ America is giving away tens of billions a year to tax cheats by cutting the IRS , even as its responsibilities grow .
This is madness.
” According to a report from Summers and University of Pennsylvania Law School assistant professor Natasha @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax gap by around 15 percent by increasing investment in additional compliance efforts .
Most of the non-compliance benefits high-income earners because their income falls in opaque categories , like dividend income , capital gains and proprietorship income .
The report found that taxes are paid on only 55 percent of income earned in some of these categories .
GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE “ Assuming immediate implementation , our estimates suggest that it would be possible to generate around $ 1.1 trillion in additional revenue in a decade @ @ @ @ @

Individual taxpayers are almost half as likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service than they were 10 years ago — likely meaning that tens of billions of dollars go uncollected by the Treasury Department each year.
In 2019, the IRS audited 0.45 percent of personal income tax returns, down from 0.59 percent in 2018. That marks the eighth consecutive year of decline and the lowest percentage of audits conducted since 2002.
The decline in tax enforcement is a result of years of cuts in the agency’s budget. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the IRS budget is about 20 percent below the amount it received in 2010, when appropriations for the agency reached their highest level.
The reductions in funding directly targeted IRS enforcement -- though at 43 percent in 2018, it still received the largest share of funding -- which has coincided with a drop in audits. In 2010, for instance, the agency audited 0.9 percent of tax returns.
IRS WILL FAIL TO COLLECT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT DECADE, RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE
Over the last 10 years, the IRS has lost nearly 30,000 full-time positions in areas including enforcement and criminal investigation, according to the agency’s annual report, which provides a summary of its operations in the previous fiscal year.
“These losses directly correlate with a steady decline in the number of individual audits during the past nine years,” the report said.
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Although employment at the agency grew to about 78,000 workers last year, it also anticipates that up to 31 percent of its current workforce -- roughly 19,719 full-time employees -- will retire over the next five years, “creating a significant risk of a large knowledge and experience gap for the nation’s tax agency.”
“Another 20 percent cut in IRS auditing,” said Harvard University economist Lawrence Summers, who served as Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton. “America is giving away tens of billions a year to tax cheats by cutting the IRS, even as its responsibilities grow. This is madness.”
According to a report from Summers and University of Pennsylvania Law School assistant professor Natasha Sarin, the IRS could shrink the tax gap by around 15 percent by increasing investment in additional compliance efforts. Most of the non-compliance benefits high-income earners because their income falls in opaque categories, like dividend income, capital gains and proprietorship income. The report found that taxes are paid on only 55 percent of income earned in some of these categories.
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“Assuming immediate implementation, our estimates suggest that it would be possible to generate around $1.1 trillion in additional revenue in a decade,” they wrote.


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Senate Panel Passes USMCA Trade Deal

Senate Panel Passes USMCA Trade Deal

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement moved closer to a final vote in the Senate , with the Senate Finance Committee advancing the legislation Tuesday in a 25-3 vote .
The timing of a vote in the full Senate is uncertain , however .
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said a vote will come after an impeachment trial , but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not yet sent the two articles of impeachment to the Senate .
Republicans Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana , with Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island , voted against the updated North American trade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreement will open new markets for American exporters , create hundreds of thousands of new jobs , grow the national economy and protect U.S. workers , '' Sen. Chuck Grassley , R-Iowa , said in a statement .
USMCA is expected to create around 176,000 new jobs and inject $ 34 billion into the U.S. auto industry , Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told FOX Business ' Maria Bartiromo last month , citing International Trade Commission data .
He added that as many as 589,000 new jobs could be created within five years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ add 0.5 percent to U.S. GDP , at least .
Mexico and Canada are the two largest trading partners with the U.S. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE '' This new NAFTA delivers long-overdue upgrades to labor standards , the environment and digital trade , while providing certainty to farmers and manufacturers who have been hammered in recent years , '' Sen. Ron Wyden , D-Ore. , said .
It requires 75 percent of automobile components be manufactured in the United States , Canada and Mexico in order to avoid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of automobile parts be made by workers who earn at least $ 16 an hour by 2023 .
WHILE AFL-CIO GOES ALL IN FOR USMCA , UAW WORRIES IT WO N'T HELP ITS MEMBERS It further opens Canadian markets to U.S. dairy and poultry , a win for American farmers , and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has called the deal `` absolute gold standard on digital trade and financial services . ''
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The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement moved closer to a final vote in the Senate, with the Senate Finance Committee advancing the legislation Tuesday in a 25-3 vote.
The timing of a vote in the full Senate is uncertain, however. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said a vote will come after an impeachment trial, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not yet sent the two articles of impeachment to the Senate.
Republicans Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, with Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, voted against the updated North American trade deal.
"This modernized trilateral trade agreement will open new markets for American exporters, create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, grow the national economy and protect U.S. workers," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement.
USMCA is expected to create around 176,000 new jobs and inject $34 billion into the U.S. auto industry, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo last month, citing International Trade Commission data. He added that as many as 589,000 new jobs could be created within five years.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said it will add 0.5 percent to U.S. GDP, at least.
Mexico and Canada are the two largest trading partners with the U.S.
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"This new NAFTA delivers long-overdue upgrades to labor standards, the environment and digital trade, while providing certainty to farmers and manufacturers who have been hammered in recent years," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said.
It requires 75 percent of automobile components be manufactured in the United States, Canada and Mexico in order to avoid tariffs, and that 40 to 45 percent of automobile parts be made by workers who earn at least $16 an hour by 2023.
WHILE AFL-CIO GOES ALL IN FOR USMCA, UAW WORRIES IT WON'T HELP ITS MEMBERS
It further opens Canadian markets to U.S. dairy and poultry, a win for American farmers, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has called the deal "absolute gold standard on digital trade and financial services."
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FOX Business' Evie Fordham contributed to this report.


bonginoreport--2020-01-07--Three-Quarters of Newly Employed Are Coming From Outside the Labor Force

Despite the low unemployment rate , the labor market is primed to rapidly add jobs as workers get jobs from outside the labor force .
The unemployment rate is at a 50-year low , yet employers are adding jobs faster than needed to keep up with the growth of the population .
How can the labor market continue to add so many jobs ?
The pool of available jobless workers is deeper than the unemployment rate would have us believe .
This strong and steady pace has continued because increasingly , the workers finding a job are coming from outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside the labor force have been the majority of people moving into jobs since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking these flows .
For example , recent graduates entering the job market and caretakers returning to paid work skip unemployment and move right into employment .
What ’ s notable is how high this share of flows into employment has gotten .
At the peaks of the economic expansions in 2000 and 2007 , the share of flows into employment from outside the labor force only briefly got close to 70 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has moved all the way up to 74.3 % .
This recovery has steadily pulled workers back into the labor force and moves straight into employment from the sidelines have been an important part of that story .
The labor force participation rate of prime-age workers is still more than a percentage point below its peak back in 2000 , suggesting that roughly 1.5 million prime-age workers are currently out of the labor force and could move into employment .
In the December report , I ’ ll be looking to see if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in October and November keeps up , • the pickup in weekly earnings growth in the last report was a sign of something to come , • And whether employment growth in the goods-producing sector returns to its previous slowing trend after the uptick last month due to GM workers returning from their strike .

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