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Line 134: − − ===Ethics=== − ====Nepotism==== − In a long [[profanity]]-laced Twitter thread, former Obama administration director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub lambasted the − way the junta handed out jobs to “privileged white kids,” as a “f*****g failure.” The ''Washington Post'' reported that while Biden banned his son Hunter, his brother James, and his sister-in-law from working in the federal government, “that vow did not extend to his senior staff and their relatives. In the first few months of Biden’s presidency, at least five children of his top aides have secured coveted jobs....Beyond children, other relatives of top Biden aides also have secured high-level administration jobs or nominations.” − − Steve Ricchetti, Counselor to Joe Biden,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/17/joe-biden-wants-washington-swamp-monster-steve-ricchetti-back-at-the-white-house/ Joe Biden Wants Washington Swamp Monster Steve Ricchetti Back at the White House]</ref> is the father of J.J. Ricchetti, Special Assistant in the Office of Legislative Affairs, Shannon Ricchetti, the Deputy Associate Director for the White House Social Secretary, and Daniel Ricchetti, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/06/14/the-ricchetti-administration-493243</ref> Steve Ricchetti is the brother of Jeff Ricchetti, who was paid $60,000 to lobby members of the National Security Council for [[General Motors]] in the first part of 2021 on “issues related to China.”<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/26/brother-of-top-biden-advisor-lobbied-executive-office-of-president-for-gm.html</ref> General Motors is a 49% partner with Chinese Communist Party entities who hold a 51% share in GM's China operations.<ref>https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/gm-officially-out-of-control-in-china/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/wip/0RqmI</ref> − − ====Influence peddling and money laundering==== − Former Obama administration director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub implied that those Democrats who hyperventilated about [[Ivanka Trump]] and [[Jared Kushner]] working as unpaid advisers should apply the same benchmark to the current White House occupant. “I’m sorry, I know some folks don’t like hearing any criticism of [Biden]. But this royally sucks. I’m disgusted. A lot of us worked hard to tee him up to restore ethics to government and believed the promises. This is a a real “f–k you” to us—and government ethics.”<ref>https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1405882687026520065</ref> − [[File:Daddy is a war criminal.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden art gallery. A peaceful protester was assaulted by security before he could complete, "Daddy is a war criminal."<ref>https://youtu.be/u1w6-NNE9Iw</ref><ref>https://rodwebber.wordpress.com/2021/07/09/daddy-war-crimes-bidens-make-it-rain/</ref>]] − Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates told the ''Washington Post'': “The president has instituted the highest ethical standards of anyone to ever hold this office. And he’s proud to have staffed the most diverse administration in American history with well-qualified public servants who reflect his values.” Shaub responded: “The White House’s defense that they had the minimum qualifications is total BS. The issue isn’t whether they were qualified (some weren’t). It’s that a WH that promised diversity is giving these [[white privilege|privileged white kids]] with connected mommies and daddies prime jobs over others!” Shaub wrote that “Even the f-ing head of presidential personnel, who is supposed to be keeping them honest, has a child who’s a recent college grad working in the administration. And the spouse of the White House chief of staff, for crying out loud. This is ridiculous. What a f—–g failure.” − − Shaub explained that he's harboring feelings of bitterness for stupidly backing Biden for president: "Do I sound bitter? HELL, YEAH, I’M BITTER! I’m the stupid moron who fell for his false promises. I wasn’t naive enough to think he’d be a transformative president. He told us he’d be plain vanilla. But I thought there was momentum behind his ethics promises. Boy was I stupid." Shaub claimed that Biden has watered down ethics rules that prohibited appointees from participating in matters with former clients to avoid [[conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]]: "The guidance also quietly said it doesn’t apply if a news channel paid you to appear on TV. You can work directly with them. But remember how mad we were when the Trump admin gave waivers to former [[Fox News]] personalities? Well, here we go again.<ref>https://t.co/QvGStfsU7h</ref> − − Shaub commented on an alleged art exhibition to sell Hunter Biden's "art work" listed between $75,000 and $500,000 to anonymous buyers. "The notion of a president's son capitalizing on that relationship by selling art at obviously inflated prices and keeping the public in the dark about who's funneling money to him has a shameful and grifty feel to it."<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/06/22/obama-head-of-government-ethics-hunter-bidens-inflated-cost-of-art-has-seems-shameful-and-grifty-n2591346?</ref> Schaub commented, "So instead of disclosing who is paying outrageous sums for Hunter Biden’s artwork so that we could monitor whether the purchasers are gaining access to government, the WH tried to make sure we will never know who they are. ...The White House has put its stamp of approval on the president’s son profiting off his father’s public service again."<ref>https://therightscoop.com/amateur-hour-for-government-ethics-obama-ethics-chief-blasts-biden-wh-for-helping-hunter-profit-off-bidens-public-service-again/</ref> Writing in the ''Washington Post'', Schaub said that the arrangement was a “perfect mechanism for funneling bribes.”<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/13/obama-ethics-chief-on-hunter-bidens-art-scheme-perfect-mechanism-for-funneling-bribes-1103027/</ref> − − Chief propagandist Jen Psaki described Hunter, who is 49 years old, as a “child” who has the right to pursue his new “profession,”<ref> https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2021/07/23/hunter-bidens-art-profession-is-obviously-a-money-laundering-scheme-n2593031</ref> and admitted Hunter would meet with buyers after claiming the money transfers would be anonymous.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/white-house-now-admits-that-hunter-biden-will-get-to-meet-the-anonymous-purchasers-of-his-high-priced-artwork/</ref> George Berges Gallery offered for sale Biden's alleged art in [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York]]. Berges described Biden’s work as having “authenticity” that he “personally” loves. “A lot of the issues that are thrown at Hunter is what makes him produce really great work," Berges finished. Berges told Chinese state-owned media outlet ''China Daily'' in 2014 that, “The questions that I always had was how’s China changing the world in terms of art and culture.” Berges was reported to be "keen to open other art galleries in Beijing and Shanghai" in 2015.<ref>https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/former-police-chief-hunters-art-deal-sure-looks-like-a-money-laundering-scheme/</ref> − − ===Illegal actions=== − In June 2021, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] ruled that the [[Center for Disease Control]] (CDC) “exceeded its existing statutory authority” by imposing an eviction moratorium and ordered the unconstitutional regime activity to cease by August 2021. In August 2021 Biden announced an extension of the “eviction moratorium” while admitting that the “bulk of constitutional scholars” would say the executive dercrees are “not likely to pass constitutional muster.”<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/06/bidens-unprecedented-attack-on-the-constitution/</ref> The illegal regime action supposedly grants the CDC the authority to seize rental properties of landlords.<ref>https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-expert-eviction-moratorium-presidential-fiat-blatantly-violates-constitution-defies</ref> In this instance, the junta blatantly defied the Supreme Court.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-04/biden-s-rebuff-to-supreme-court-on-eviction-ban-will-backfire</ref>
→Biden junta
Biden told ABC’s [[George Stephanopoulos]] that American troops would remain in place as long as there were American citizens on the ground in Afghanistan trying to get out. Biden said, "no one's being killed right now." Days later 60 people including 13 American soldiers were killed in a suicide attack.<ref>https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2021/0826/Islamic-State-says-it-was-behind-suicide-attacks-at-Kabul-airport</ref> At a press conference following the attack, Biden said he "was instructed to call on" specific reporters for questions.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/watch-biden-says-he-was-instructed-to-call-on-certain-reporters-in-press-conf-on-us-military-members-killed-in-kabul/</ref>
Biden told ABC’s [[George Stephanopoulos]] that American troops would remain in place as long as there were American citizens on the ground in Afghanistan trying to get out. Biden said, "no one's being killed right now." Days later 60 people including 13 American soldiers were killed in a suicide attack.<ref>https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2021/0826/Islamic-State-says-it-was-behind-suicide-attacks-at-Kabul-airport</ref> At a press conference following the attack, Biden said he "was instructed to call on" specific reporters for questions.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/watch-biden-says-he-was-instructed-to-call-on-certain-reporters-in-press-conf-on-us-military-members-killed-in-kabul/</ref>
==Domestic policy==
==Domestic policy==