The Patriot Post® · Friday: Below the Fold
Cross-Examination
The falling president: While handing out diplomas at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday, 80-year-old Joe Biden fell on stage. He turned and pointed to explain his fall to the three men who had to help him get up, and he later joked that he “got sandbagged” by an actual sandbag on stage. Given concerns about his age and clearly diminishing physical and mental health, however, this latest fall is yet another reason to worry he can’t handle the rigors of the job. More to the point, the nation isn’t doing so well under his stewardship, a point Ron DeSantis hilariously made in his response. “We hope and wish Joe Biden a swift recovery from any injuries he may have sustained,” he said, “but we also wish the United States of America a swift recovery from the injuries it has sustained because of Joe Biden and his policies.”
The Biden economy is doing just dandy: The U.S. Department of Labor released jobs numbers for May this morning, and the economy saw a “better than expected” addition of 339,000 jobs, with the headline unemployment rate sitting at 3.7%. Those are good numbers, of course, but there are still a lot of reasons to worry about the economy. Cumulative inflation since Joe Biden took office is about 16%, though he loves to brag about how “wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.” Wage growth, unfortunately, is also a cause of inflation, and Biden is wrong — wages did not keep up with inflation. In fact, CNBC reports that higher wages are leading to “a nearly fivefold increase in layoffs across some industries.” Moreover, consumers continue to cut back on restaurant visits and shopping at big retailers. But everything’s just fine. Biden promises.
Biden can now raise the debt ceiling: Republicans and Democrats agreed to kick the fiscal can down the road last weekend. By a vote of 314-117, the House passed a debt ceiling hike Wednesday, and the Senate followed suit yesterday, voting 63-36. The measure now goes to Joe Biden’s desk, and he is expected to sign the bill. The deal suspends the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025, when we can look forward to another game of Debt Ceiling Apocalypse right after the presidential election.
Team Biden to legalize more illegals through phone app: Maybe the best way to reduce illegal border crossings is to make the border crossings legal. That’s the lesson Team Biden seems to be employing with its latest program for admitting migrants. CBP One, an app made available by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), allows for migrants to more easily apply for entry via their phones on the way here. Homeland Security spokeswoman Erin Heeter explained, “The process cuts out smugglers while also providing a safe, orderly, and humane process for noncitizens to access ports of entry instead of attempting to enter the United States unlawfully.” Cutting out the middle man just means more border crossers. The app launched in January, and from then through April, 79,000 migrants scheduled appointments via the app. Beginning in June, the administration announced it will expand that program to accept 40,000 applications a month.
Sologamy: “These women wanted a symbolic expression of self-love,” reads a CNN headline. “So they married themselves.” The article adds: “The practice is called sologamy. Its adherents may be on to something, [an] expert says.” Narcissists everywhere want to know: If you marry yourself more than once, is that polysologamy? What if you changed pronouns — would that then be polytransologamy? What if you have an extramarital affair with yourself? And divorce could get complicated. Oh, so many questions!
Headlines
Comer wins: FBI relents, agrees to deliver subpoenaed memo alleging Biden bribery to Capitol (Just the News)
Senate votes to kill $400 billion student loan handout, sets up fifth Biden veto (Fox News)
Biden to nominate Mandy Cohen to lead the CDC (Roll Call)
Five suspected MS-13 gang members in U.S. illegally charged with murder in death of Maryland 15-year-old (Fox News)
Elon Musk responds to Twitter canceling deal to stream “What Is a Woman?”: “A mistake by many people at Twitter” (Daily Wire)
Twitter employee with history of chiding white people announces exit (Daily Wire)
CUNY Law alumni condemn school’s “toxic, intolerant, and antisemitic environment” (National Review)
Parent files suit after teen daughter “severely beaten” by “trans” student in Oklahoma (NY Post)
Vermont school agrees to pay $125K to father, daughter punished for speaking out against “trans” student (Daily Signal)
Someone spotted a pride flag in behind-the-scenes footage from “The Chosen.” Check out the show’s official response. (Not the Bee)
Fewer babies born in U.S. in 2022, and teen birth rate hit record low, CDC reports (CBS News)
New Montana law bans firearm sales tracking by financial institutions (Just the News)
Minnesota will give illegal immigrants free college tuition (Daily Wire)
Democrat Florida mayor charged with voter fraud (Free Beacon)
POLLAGANDA TIME: Most Americans say companies should publicly support LGBTQ community, survey finds (NBC News) | Nearly one in 10 adults around the globe identify as LGBTQ: survey (The Hill)
Satire: Corporations paint rainbows on door posts so woke gangs will pass them by (Babylon Bee)
Policy: Unrigging our elections: Republicans need a serious counteroffensive if they want to stand a chance (American Mind)
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