Supreme Court rules in favor of CFPB, brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the funding mechanism that feeds the Obama-era agency Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constitutional.
In a 7-2 decision, authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court held that Congress uniquely authorized the bureau to draw its funding directly from the Federal Reserve System, therefore allowing it to bypass the usual funding mechanisms laid out in the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution.
“For most federal agencies, Congress provides funding on an annual basis. This annual process forces them to regularly implore Congress to fund their operations for the next year. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is different. The Bureau does not have to petition for funds each year. Instead, Congress authorized the Bureau to draw from the Federal Reserve System the amount its Director deems ‘reasonably necessary to carry out’ the Bureau’s duties, subject only to an inflation-adjusted cap,” Thomas wrote.
“In this case, we must decide the narrow question whether this funding mechanism complies with the Appropriations Clause. We hold that it does,” the opinion states.
The CFPB launched in 2008 with the help of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in the aftermath of the market crash, with authority to regulate banking and lending agencies via federal rules.
Biden’s team knows he could ‘be a disaster’ in debates: Mark Simone
‘Kudlow’ panelists Joe Concha and Mark Simone discuss voter demographics ahead of the presidential debates.
Flashback: White House Bragged About Not Asserting Executive Privilege over Special Counsel Probe into Joe Biden
The White House’s tune changed on Thursday when Biden asserted executive privilege over his interview with Hur to prevent Congress from obtaining audio recordings of the interview.
The House Oversight Committee scheduled a markup on Thursday to begin the process of holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to hand over the recordings. The contempt proceedings are a part of the impeachment inquiry into Biden.
The reversal in policy comes after White House spokesman Ian Sams touted not asserting executive privilege over the investigation, the House Judiciary Committee posted in a flashback on Thursday.
Shortly after the White House asserted executive privilege, the Department of Justice (DOJ) claimed that Biden’s executive privilege prevents Congress from holding Garland in contempt of Congress.
Trump Campaign: Joe Biden Asserting Executive Privilege Represents Double Standard
“Crooked Joe Biden and his feeble administration have irretrievably politicized the key constitutional tenet of executive privilege, denying it to their political opponents while aggressively trying to use it to run political cover for Crooked Joe,” Cheung said.
“Today’s Hail Mary from the White House changes nothing for our committee,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) responded in a statement:
The White House is asserting executive privilege over the recordings, but it has already waived privilege by releasing the transcript of the interview.
The House Oversight Committee will move forward with its markup of a resolution and report recommending to the House of Representatives that Attorney General Garland be held in contempt of Congress for defying a lawful subpoena.
Clearly President Biden and his advisors fear releasing the audio recordings of his interview because it will again reaffirm to the American people that President Biden’s mental state is in decline. The House Oversight Committee requires these recordings as part of our investigation of President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.
Netherlands to Create ‘Strictest Migration System Ever’ as Populist Geert Wilders Forms Government
The Netherlands will finally get the right wing government its people voted for, and some of the toughest border control in the Western World after veteran populist and Islam sceptic Geert Wilders got the agreement of coalition partners to form a cabinet.
Geert Wilders, who has lived under strict round-the-clock police protection since 2004 over threats to his life by Islamists hailed the success of months-long negotiations between four right wing parties in the Netherlands to form a new government.
“The sun will shine again in the Netherlands… The Netherlands will be ours again” he said in celebration of the development. The documents were presented to the Dutch King on Thursday afternoon.
Wilders, a former Breitbart News guest columnist, led his party to become the largest in the Netherlands in an unprecedented shift at the national elections last November in a result that sent the establishment centre and left into a tailspin of despair, but fell short of enough seats to govern alone.
He immediately entered negotiations with three other parties of the right but diverging views on the political facts of life saw talks break down several times, and concerns that attempts to form a government — and keep the left wing out — could fail.
EVIDENCE That YouTube is “SILENCING” Glenn’s Channel Ahead of the 2024 Election
Is YouTube throttling Glenn’s channel ahead of the 2024 election? Glenn and his team have reason to believe so. Glenn reviews the latest data, which reveals a disturbing trend that, if it continues, would all but destroy Glenn’s channel by the election.
“We are being silenced,” Glenn says, “and it’s not just us. It is EVERYBODY who has a different opinion from this administration.” But Glenn also reveals what you can do to push back.
The Biden Reelection Strategy
Biden is not so much an octogenarian as an unhealthy and prematurely aging 80-year-old. It is America’s irony that he is fit for almost no other job in the country other than President, which apparently allows for a 3-day-a-week ceremonial role while others in the shadows run the country.
So how does Biden become renominated and reelected, as polls show he is behind in almost every critical swing state on nearly every issue?
Answer: not by campaigning, not by championing his record, and especially not by doubling down on his neo-socialist and now unpopular agendas.
Instead, his campaign is focused on four other strategies to beat Donald Trump.
First, left-wing local, state, and federal prosecutors are tying Trump up in court on crimes that have never been seen before and will never be again after the election. All the cases are politically motivated, with many coordinated with the White House.
Even if Trump is not convicted by blue-state prosecutors, in blue-state courtrooms, in front of blue-state juries, he will lose critical campaigning time.
Trump may end up paying out $1 billion in legal fees and fines. At 76, the monotonous days in court are designed to destroy him financially, physically, and mentally….
Select Subcommittee On The Coronavirus Pandemic Releases Transcript Of Interview With NIH Director Collins
There was no science or data behind the six-foot social distancing recommendation, according to the testimony of the Director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), Dr. Francis Collins.
But unfortunately the social distancing recommendation had real life consequences that made it nearly impossible for schools nationwide to re-open due to the pressure from teachers unions to follow this unscientific, made-up guideline. In addition, businesses had to adapt at great cost or risk complete closure.
He was also unaware of any NIH policies that would have ensured proper oversight of foreign labs, which means that NIH “often lacks the necessary expertise to ensure U.S. taxpayer funds are spent safely.”
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UK Disinformation Unit Minutes Reveal Consideration of Placing Government Employees Inside Social Media Companies
One of the moves considered by top UK officials was to “embed” civil servants in companies running social platforms, and it remains unclear if this was in fact done, writes Big Brother Watch’s Jake Hurfurt for Public.
CDU was only one building block in the UK’s Covid-era censorship effort; several military units were enlisted to participate as well, most notably and controversially the 77th Brigade, whose job is supposed to be spreading misinformation, and in general, finding its “psyops” targets abroad, not at home.
NSOIT (CDU) also states that it is “countering disinformation and hostile state narratives.” But these and several other outfits, as well as private contractors hired by the government, were tasked with surveillance of British citizens and suppression of those seen as “Covid measures dissenters.”
And so, what scores of freedom of information requests have since revealed is that they went not after disinformation-spreading “foreign adversary” – but ordinary British citizens, medical professionals, journalists, and even politicians who were engaging in legitimate, albeit critical of the government, speech.
Netanyahu “no alternative for military victory”; MoD urges clarity re Day After TV7Israel News 16.05
1) Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare that Israel would not establish civilian and military control over Gaza after the war concludes.
2) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts that there is no alternative to a military victory versus Hamas.
3) The Iranian-proxy Hezbollah intensifies its cross border attacks against Israel.
Biden has debts of up to $815,000…and no one bought his books
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are carrying a personal debt of up to $815,000, their financial records show, and no one is buying the president’s books.
Most of the couple’s debt is the mortgage on their Delaware home and an equity loan on that home. Additionally their debt consists of a term loan of about $15,000 and a loan against a mutual fund for about $50,000.
In total, the Bidens reported assets between roughly $1 million and $2.6 million and liabilities between roughly $350,000 and $850,000, according to an Office of Government Ethics form that lists ranges rather than precise figures.
Jill Biden reported no royalties for her memoir ‘Where the Light Enters’ but did note she received royalties of up to $1,000 for her two children’s books: ‘Don’t Forget: God Bless Our Troops’ and ‘JOEY: The Story of Joe Biden.’
Jill Biden also reported receiving a salary from Northern Virginia Community College, where she has been a professor since 2009. She did not disclose the amount she has paid.
The White House released the documents for the two couples on Wednesday.
Here are the prominent Republicans backing Biden over Trump
Six months out from Election Day, a small handful of prominent Republicans have crossed party lines to support President Biden in his 2024 rematch against former President Trump.
The endorsements come as most Republicans have started to coalesce around Trump.
Here are notable Republicans who say they’ll back Biden over Trump in November, as well as some critics of the former president who haven’t gone as far…
(From My In Box)
YouTube Removes 35,000 EU Videos for “Misinformation,” Enhances Content Censorship Ahead of 2024 Elections
As for who is doing this work, YouTube suggests it is a well-oiled machine hard at it around the clock, and “at scale” – made up of “global teams of reviewers” and machine learning algorithms.
The blog post first states that one of the goals of YouTube’s efforts is to help users “learn about the issues shaping the debate.” But then in the part of the article that goes into how the platform is “dealing with harmful content,” it at one point starts to look like the giant might be trying to shape that debate itself.
“Our Intelligence Desk has also been working for months to get ahead of emerging issues and trends that could affect the EU elections, both on and off YouTube,” reads the post.
In case somebody missed the point, YouTube reiterates it: “This helps our enforcement teams to address these potential trends before they become larger issues.”
Victor Davis Hanson: Biden assumes we don’t know what he’s doing
Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses U.S. colleges dismantling DEI practices on campuses, the Biden administration sending $1 billion in weapons to Israel and his new book ‘The End of Everything.’
UNDERCOVER EXCLUSIVE: Exposing DEI in the United States Military
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