Biden Administration
February 11, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The Rocky Mountain Institute is a far-left, “environmentalist” organization that is best known for leading the campaign to ban gas stoves. But there is more to the organization’s radicalism than that, as energy expert Robert Bryce notes: RMI is pushing these policies even though 69% of voters oppose bans on gas stoves. However, the gas bans are only one aspect of RMI’s radical agenda. In 2023, it published a report
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February 8, 2025 — John Hinderaker
During the last months of Joe Biden’s presidency, he obviously was not fit to serve as president. So who ran the White House during that time? Lindy Li is a former Democratic National Committee insider who was heavily involved in Kamala Harris’s campaign. Li answers that question: According to Li, Joe Biden, already staggering from public scrutiny, effectively lost control of the White House after that fateful debate [with Donald
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February 2, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The Democratic Party press is working feverishly to chronicle the Trump administration’s many sins. Thus, in just one morning’s New York Times email: For them, it’s going to be a long four years. They may want to pace themselves. At the top of the left’s current list, of course, is the trade war that President Trump supposedly has ignited by imposing 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico.
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January 29, 2025 — Scott Johnson
President Trump’s opposition to illegal immigration had more than a little to do with his stunning defeat of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and may have been the leading issue (after the economy) that accounted for his stunning reelection in in 2024. President Biden’s opening of the borders and invitation to come on up proved not to be hugely popular among likely voters. Biden’s invitation was a shot heard
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January 27, 2025 — John Hinderaker
On his way out of the White House, Joe Biden pardoned or commuted the sentences of around 2,500 “non-violent drug offenders.” But drug users don’t get incarcerated; the drug offenders in federal prisons are dealers. And anyone who thinks drug dealers who are worth a federal prosecution are “non-violent” is deluded. But it came out a few days ago that one of the “non-violent drug offenders” whose sentence Biden commuted
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January 26, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The New York Post reports on another immigration crackdown: Federal agents rounded up dozens of members of Tren de Aragua [Ed.: around fifty] in an overnight raid on a “makeshift nightclub” in Denver — after the vicious Venezuelan prison gang terrorized the city and the suburb of Aurora. The DEA said agents in Colorado interrupted an “invite-only party” where dozens of the gangbangers were cutting loose in Adams County —
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January 21, 2025 — Scott Johnson
With less than 20 minutes before his term in office expired, the head of the Biden crime family preemptively pardoned his three siblings: James Biden, Francis Biden, and Valerie Biden Owens. He also pardoned his in-laws, John Owens and Sara Jones Biden. This was in addition to the pardon that the family boss had previously conferred on his son, Hunter Biden. I’m referring, of course, to “President Biden.” “Biden” also
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January 20, 2025 — John Hinderaker
As Steve’s chart shows, the sheer number of pardons issued by Joe Biden shatters all previous records. There has been much outrage over the pardons given to members of Biden’s family who shared in his bribery enterprise, to Anthony Fauci, and the January 6 committee members. But perhaps the most outrageous of such actions was Biden’s commutation of Leonard Peltier’s life sentence for murdering two FBI agents. The murders happened
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January 20, 2025 — Scott Johnson
“President Biden” probably won’t be done inflicting harm on the United States until he leaves office later today. There is yet more to come. At the moment, we have today’s preemptive pardons. Biden’s “presidency” already seems like a strange interlude in our history. One might have thought that only an avowed enemy of the United States would open our borders and invite the rest of the world to come on
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January 19, 2025 — Steven Hayward
Down to the last few hours of the Biden interregnum, and the scene is almost enough to make this near-geezer giddy. First, who would imagine you’d ever see this: Now, is that a Village Person, or is it Elon Musk in costume doing his patented X-dance? I’m good either way. But the New York Times isn’t: While we’re talking about the Times, it is worth gong back to savor how
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January 19, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Last night I was on the Outsiders TV show on Sky News, Australia. As always, it was a fun appearance. We talked about Trump’s nominees and their confirmation hearings, in particular Pete Hegseth, about the end of the disastrous Biden Administration and the imminent inauguration of Donald Trump. I am impressed to see that the YouTube version of the interview has already gotten 53,000 views: I’ll be doing the Bolt
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January 19, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Last week Free Press founder/editor Bari Weiss interviewed House Speaker Mike Johnson for her Honestly podcast. In the clip below, Johnson testifies to his observation of the mental incompetence of “President Biden.” John draws on the New York Post story reporting Johnson’s testimony in his post “It isn’t funny.” Eli Lake posted the video and reported on it in his Free Press story here. EXCLUSIVE: @SpeakerJohnson tells @BariWeiss that President
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January 18, 2025 — John Hinderaker
We and many others had fun yesterday at Joe Biden’s expense. He tweeted an announcement: the Equal Rights Amendment has been adopted! It’s the law of the land! No one took it seriously; if a president really tried to change the Constitution via executive order, he would be impeached and driven from office. Personally, I doubt Biden has any idea that he tweeted the supposed adoption of the ERA. I
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January 17, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The last week of Joe Biden’s sorry term in office is turning out to be even worse, and even more bizarre, than what preceded. Today Biden decreed, apparently by tweeting about it, that the Equal Rights Amendment has now passed: Today I'm affirming what I have long believed and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: The 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights
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January 16, 2025 — Scott Johnson
President Biden gave his farewell speech last night. He promised it was his final such address near the top of his remarks. The White House has posted the video below on YouTube, but has not yet posted the text. The New York Times has posted a transcript here for those who might prefer to take it in without the full Madam Tussauds effect. Behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval
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January 12, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Reading serious reference to President Biden’s “legacy” as though it is anything but an unprecedented catastrophe presents a challenge to my progress in anger management. Joe Biden — this is the guy who opened our borders and invited the world to “come on down,” like someone trying to find his calling as a game show host. This is the guy who deployed the forces of the Department of Justice to
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January 10, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Meta announced today that it is saying goodbye to DEI. Its memo to employees, which I take it was signed by Mark Zuckerberg, is here. It begins: Hi all, I wanted to share some changes we’re making to our hiring, development and procurement practices. Before getting into the details, there is some important background to lay out: The legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the
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