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| | According to the Center for Immigration Studies, illegal immigrants received $4.38 billion in [[stimulus]] checks.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/illegal-immigrants-to-receive-4-38-billion-in-stimulus-checks-report_3744122.html</ref> | | According to the Center for Immigration Studies, illegal immigrants received $4.38 billion in [[stimulus]] checks.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/illegal-immigrants-to-receive-4-38-billion-in-stimulus-checks-report_3744122.html</ref> |
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| − | During the Democrat primary elections, Biden stated several times that he will end [[Fracking|fracking]].<ref>[https://www.atr.org/biden-yes-we-should-end-fracking?amp Biden: "Yes" We Should End Fracking]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/biden-claimed-he-never-wanted-ban-fracking-he-did-1541552 Biden Claimed He Never Wanted to Ban Fracking. He Did]</ref> After winning the primary elections he pretended that he had never said that he will end fracking to his supporters in [[Pennsylvania]], and he declined to comment further on ending fracking. The [[Washington Post]] admitted that Biden would lose what popularity he allegedly had in Pennsylvania because of his comments on fracking.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-fracking-unions-pennsylvania/2020/10/22/447d31de-12cf-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html Biden's fracking comments could cost him Pennsylvania ...]</ref> Pump prices rose over a dollar from under President Trump a year earlier, with half of the increase occurring in Biden's first two months after signing executive orders shutting down U.S. energy independence and making the United States energy dependent on hostile foreign powers again.<ref>https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_gas_price</ref>
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| − | *[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/19/joe-biden-pressed-not-cancel-keystone-xl-pipeline-/ Canadian tribes flip pipeline script by urging Biden not to cancel Keystone XL]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
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| − | *[https://nypost.com/2021/01/19/joe-bidens-plan-to-kill-keystone-xl-pipeline-will-kill-jobs-insult-canada/ Biden’s plan to kill Keystone XL pipeline to appease loony left will kill jobs, insult top US ally ]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 23, 2021.</ref> Biden signed an executive order to revoke a permit for the [[Keystone XL]],<ref>Two references:
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| − | *[https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/535114-biden-nixes-keystone-xl-permit-halts-arctic-refuge-leasing Biden nixes Keystone XL permit, halts Arctic refuge leasing]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
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| − | *[https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/joe-biden-kills-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-460555 Biden kills Keystone XL permit, again]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 23, 2021.</ref> which led to killing 11 thousands jobs immediately, including 8,000 union jobs.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/01/21/ted-cruz-grills-pete-buttigieg-biden-killing-thousands-keystone-xl-jobs/ Ted Cruz Grills Pete Buttigieg on Biden Killing ‘Thousands’ of Keystone XL Jobs]</ref> Even far-left Canadian prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]] expressed disappointment.<ref>[https://elmoudjaweb.com/trudeau-disappointed-with-bidens-decision-to-cancel-keystone-xl-pipeline-details/ Trudeau “Disappointed” With Biden’s Decision to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline (Details)]</ref> Crude oil prices immediately rose 24%.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/15/oil-hits-pandemic-high-as-winter-storm-pushes-demand-and-poses-production-risk.html</ref>
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| − | Additionally on day one, the junta banned oil and gas leasing on federal lands, destroying the state of [[New Mexico]]'s economy.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/oil-gas-lifeblood-of-the-new-mexico-economy-energy-employee</ref> During the [[covid lockdown]], while the state government was busy destroying jobs and businesses and the state's share on income and sales taxes collected, New Mexico's oil gas severance tax contributed more than a full one-third of all state spending.<ref>https://www.krwg.org/post/oil-and-natural-gas-contributed-28-billion-new-mexico-budget-fy-2020</ref> New Mexico Democrat Gov. [[Michelle Lujan Grisham]] harshly criticized the junta's actions saying it "doesn't make any sense."<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-rips-biden-energy-plan-doesnt-make-any-sense-hurts-state-an-economic-problem</ref> Nearly one million high paying union jobs are expected to be lost across the nation by the junta's determination to make America energy dependent on America's enemies.<ref>https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/biden-suspends-new-leases-for-oil-and-gas-drilling-on-federal-lands/</ref> ''[[Reuters]]'' reported:
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