OPINION: Biden’s Cancer Moonshot is Laudable

President Joe Biden’s recent visit to New Orleans highlighted his Cancer Moonshot initiative which aims to cut cancer death rates in half by 2047.  

The President’s goal is laudable, but meeting it will require greater leadership from this Administration and the next one in embracing new strategies to further reduce cigarette smoking, which is still responsible for nine out of 10 of all lung cancer deaths. 

First, the Administration must act to clear the current backlog of millions of reduced-risk, smoke-free products awaiting authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  

Second, the Administration’s health experts must do a better job of communicating with the public and medical professionals about the misperceptions surrounding these products, which have been scientifically shown to be a significantly better option than combustible cigarettes.

The good news is that youth smoking is at an all-time low and cigarette smoking among adults has declined substantially over the past twenty years. One reason for this decline is the availability of tobacco harm reduction products, such as pouches and other smoke-free alternatives. The government should be making it easier, not more difficult, for smokers to access these products. 

If President Biden and his successor are serious about their cancer moonshot, these small steps would represent a giant leap in the right direction. 

Lu Jones, RN

Rep. Geymann commentary: Carbon capture, sequestration efforts in La. important

In today’s rapidly evolving energy landscape, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is more than just a buzzword—it’s a critical component of our future. As the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, I am dedicated to ensuring a positive economic impact in our state. By advocating for a robust energy sector and positioning Louisiana ahead of our competitors in the industry, we can achieve this goal. Louisiana’s leadership in CCS efforts not only highlights our commitment to the energy sector and its workforce but also ensures our continued relevance in the global energy market. CCS is the natural evolution of the oil and gas industry. By embracing this transition and committing to doing it safely, we are securing jobs for our current workforce and creating new opportunities for future generations.

Read more: Rep. Geymann commentary: Carbon capture, sequestration efforts in La. important

Kennedy in the American Press: Biden-Harris administration’s anti-energy policies terrible for Louisiana

“Apparently, President Biden and Vice President Harris would rather see LNG exported from the Kremlin than Louisiana.”

MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, penned this op-ed in the American Press detailing how the Biden-Harris administration’s anti-energy policies have harmed Louisiana. Kennedy also explained how he has helped push back against these damaging policies.

Key excerpts of the op-ed are below:   

“If there were a contest to design the worst possible energy policies for Louisiana, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris would win by a mile.

“Their administration’s breathtakingly dumb energy agenda is killing Louisiana jobs, driving up prices, and draining America’s emergency fuel reserves.

“In January, for example, the Biden-Harris administration followed the advice of TikTok activists and paused all new permits for liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals. The permit prohibition has jeopardized several Louisiana facilities and thousands of jobs, including those at the Calcasieu Pass 2 export terminal in Cameron Parish.

“The LNG permit pause also makes it more difficult for our allies to get American natural gas. Under this administration’s watch, Russia recently surpassed the United States to become the European Union’s top LNG supplier. Apparently, President Biden and Vice President Harris would rather see LNG exported from the Kremlin than Louisiana.”

. . .

“My work in Congress will help mitigate some of the damage the Biden-Harris administration has caused in Louisiana, but the best way to get out of this hole is to stop digging.

“Louisianians and indeed all Americans are beginning to understand that the voting booth is the only place they can go to restore common sense and stop the Biden-Harris administration’s awful energy policies.”

Read Kennedy’s full op-ed here.

Kennedy, Rubio: “Dictator Nicolás Maduro has once again stolen a presidential election”

“To no one’s surprise, dictator Nicolás Maduro has once again stolen a presidential election. However, what the narco-regime will never steal is the Venezuelan people’s desire to return to democracy and live in freedom after decades of tyranny.”

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) along with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) and Reps. Carlos Giménez (R-Fla.), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-P.R.), María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) in releasing a joint statement regarding authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro’s illegitimate claim of victory in Venezuela’s presidential election.

The senators’ statement is below:

“To no one’s surprise, dictator Nicolás Maduro has once again stolen a presidential election. However, what the narco-regime will never steal is the Venezuelan people’s desire to return to democracy and live in freedom after decades of tyranny. We must prioritize uniting the free world in rejecting these sham election results and securing the release of the more than 300 Venezuelans that remain arbitrarily detained in torture centers as political prisoners.

“The Maduro dictatorship is experiencing an internal fracture, and members of the dictatorship know their status quo, which is filled with incompetence, is no longer sustainable. There is massive discontent in the streets of Venezuela, and everyday citizens have stood in support of opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez. Let there be no doubt: the countries and international organizations backing this fraud of unimaginable proportions must be held accountable, as should members of the narco-regime and its ‘National Electoral Council.’”

According to reporting, “independent exit polling and partial results” suggest “González captured twice as many votes as Maduro.” Despite these reports and international concern, Maduro declared victory on Monday.

Background:

• In February, in retaliation to U.S. sanctions, the Maduro regime halted the deportation of Venezuelans who came into America illegally.

• Kennedy introduced the No Dollars for Dictators Act to prevent taxpayer money from flowing to perpetrators of genocide and state sponsors of terrorism, including Nicolás Maduro.

• Kennedy has repeatedly called on the Biden-Harris administration to unleash American energy production so that the U.S. does not need to rely on foreign adversaries, including Venezuela, for oil.

THE REAL TRUMP PLATFORM

THE REAL TRUMP PLATFORM – Kamala Harris can’t run on her disastrous record, and she can’t run against President Trump’s historic record of accomplishment. So what does she do? Lie.

Enter the Lie Of The Year: Kamala Harris’s claim that it’s “Trump’s Project 2025.”

Project 2025 is not President Trump’s agenda. You’d think that a candidate already facing serious questions about her central role in lying about Biden’s cognitive decline wouldn’t base her entire campaign on another lie, but here we are.

Every time you hear Harris or Democrats say, “Project 2025 is the Trump Agenda,” they are lying.  Not only has President Trump said that Project 2025 is not his agenda repeatedly, including explicitly disavowing it, but USA Today also fact checked this bogus claim, labeling it as false:  “Project 2025 is a political playbook created by the Heritage Foundation and dozens of other conservative groups, not Trump.”                                 

For those interested in the truth, here is President Trump’s real platform:

These 20 promises are a unifying proposal to Make America Great Again. Given the popularity and success of these ideas, it’s no wonder Harris has resorted to simply making things up. For more information on President Trump’s and the RNC’s platform, go to: http://DonaldjTrump.com/platform.

Kennedy statement on Israel, Netanyahu address

“Hamas is working with Iran, and Iran is hellbent on developing a nuclear weapon and pointing it at America and our allies. . . . America needs to keep supporting Israel as it destroys Hamas and working with Israel to defeat Tehran’s terrorism and its evil aspirations definitively. I’m thankful that Prime Minister Netanyahu came to join us in that effort today.”

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today released the following statement upon attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech was exceptional. Unfortunately, mere months after the October 7 massacre, some people in Washington still seem confused about why America supports Israel. Too many people—many of whom descended on the Capitol today—still apparently believe in diversity, equity, inclusion and the right to kill Jews. That bloodlust has never been—and will never be—what most Americans believe.

“Louisiana still understands that the debased people who slaughtered more than 300 young people at a peaceful music festival are the bad guys. The odious men who raped women next to the bodies of their dead friends don't deserve to be on this planet. The evil we saw unfold when Hamas butchered Israeli civilians is indefensible. And we all saw it.

“Hamas terrorists brutalized thousands of people, including Americans. Hamas is still holding eight Americans in Gaza. We believe five of our fellow citizens being held there are still alive. President Biden and Vice President Harris need to bring them home, and every day until then they need to condemn the Hamas terrorists who have murdered, kidnapped and abused our fellow Americans

“Israel has both the right and the responsibility to defend itself. This world will be a safer place for Americans and Israelis alike when Hamas ceases to exist.

“Let's not forget that Hamas are the wicked people who are using civilians as human shields. Hamas are the bloodthirsty people who dug up their people’s water pipes to turn them into rocket launchers.

“The truth is that the Palestinian people, the people of Gaza and the Israeli people all suffer because of Hamas. The truth is that Hamas brutalized Israeli citizens and then ran home to hide behind their women and children, using them as human shields.

“The only way to stop the cycle is to eliminate Hamas. Hamas doesn't want a permanent cease fire. After all, they had that on October 6. Hamas wants America, Israel and every decent person on earth to let them catch their breath so that they can reload and take aim again at innocent Americans and Israelis.

“Hamas is working with Iran, and Iran is hellbent on developing a nuclear weapon and pointing it at America and our allies. Iran is the author of chaotic, senseless suffering across the Middle East, and Tehran wants nothing more than to annihilate Israel and take its terrorism global. America needs to keep supporting Israel as it destroys Hamas and working with Israel to defeat Tehran’s terrorism and its evil aspirations definitively. I’m thankful that Prime Minister Netanyahu came to join us in that effort today.”

SOTH Johnson on President Biden

At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election.

Having invalidated the votes of more than 14 million Americans who selected Joe…

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 21, 2024

Sen. John Kennedy on Resignation of Secret Service Director

Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation is welcome but overdue.

This is only the beginning of accountability for an incredible failure to protect a former president and leading candidate for that office.

— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) July 23, 2024

Governor Landry Orders Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of Firefighter Corey Comperatore

Baton Rouge, LA- Today, Governor Jeff Landry signed an Executive Order to fly flags at half-staff for Corey Comperatore who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally for Donald J. Trump. The flags of the United States and the State of Louisiana shall be flown at half-staff over the State Capitol and all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on July 18, 2024. Executive Order is attached.

On July 13, 2024, former fire chief Corey Comperatore lost his life when he shielded his family with his own body when shots rang out from the rooftop of a nearby building. He dedicated his life to serving his country as a United States Army Reserve soldier and a fire chief at the Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department. He will be laid to rest today, July 18, 2024, in Freeport, Pennsylvania, with friends and family honoring his legacy. 

“Exercising our First Amendment rights should never come at the cost of the ultimate sacrifice, even when attending a political rally. Mr. Comperatore is a hero, and Louisiana is proud to honor him today and every day for his selfless acts,” said Governor Landry.

OPINION: Opposition to Credit Card Competition Act

Photo source: Merchant’s Payment Coalition

I am writing as a concerned resident of Lafayette, Louisiana, to express my strong opposition to Democrat Senator Dick Durbin's Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA). If this law is passed, it will have severe repercussions for our community's access to affordable air travel and could endanger the sustainability of our local airport.

In Lafayette, our flight options are already limited and often come with a high price. Many of us rely on credit card rewards earned through co-branded airline cards to make air travel feasible. These reward programs are vital for us, enabling visits to family, pursuing career opportunities, and supporting our local economy through tourism.

The potential elimination of these reward programs, as major airlines fear due to the CCCA, could lead to less activity in our local market. This shift would not only inconvenience us but also pose a significant risk to the viability of our local airport.

Regional airports like Lafayette Regional Airport are essential for connecting our community to the wider world. They are crucial for local businesses, tourism, and overall economic growth. Let’s not pass any legislation that would stifle this important fixture of our community. 

We need Senator Kennedy and Senator Cassidy to oppose the CCCA and focus on solutions that promote healthy competition without undermining the accessibility of air travel for communities like ours. Preserving credit card rewards programs is critical for maintaining affordable flight options and ensuring the sustainability of regional airports.

Sincerely,

Rob Broussard

Lafayette, Louisiana

Kennedy to Louisianians following assassination attempt on Pres. Trump: “The American people deserve answers” and “We’ll figure this out together”

“. . . the American people deserve answers to that, but let's wait and get the facts. . . . We'll figure this out together. In the meantime, let’s all respect each other’s humanity.” 

Watch Kennedy’s full statement here.

MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today made the following statement regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

“Why? That's what most Americans are asking themselves today, ‘Why did President Trump almost lose his life?’

“First, there aren’t words in English, it seems to me, to describe how horrible the attempt on President Trump's life was. I know it could’ve been worse, but it was really, really bad. And, inevitably, Americans today, as I said, are asking themselves, ‘Why?’

“Look, America hasn't been happy for a while, and this crosses all political spectrums. It costs more to live in our country today. Many people on both sides of the political spectrum are upset about the open border. Crime is . . . still bad. People are scared. They see the rise of China and the rise of Iran and the rise of Russia, and they instinctively know that [those regimes’] domination creates a world that's not safe for democracy or America. And this has led to disagreement in our politics. That disagreement is inevitable.

“It's been especially sharp because I think it reflects two things: It reflects the unhappiness that I've talked about, but it also reflects the fact that all Americans, they care deeply about their families, and they care deeply about their country.

“I don't have an answer for why, but what I will respectfully suggest is that we wait and try to figure out why together. Don't make assumptions. Don't jump to conclusions. I've already heard some people saying, ‘Well, the shooter was left-wing,’ or ‘the shooter was a right-winger,’ or ‘it was all political.’ We just don't know. Maybe he wasn’t left-wing or right-wing. Maybe he was just a broken wing. Maybe he was a nut. Maybe he was mentally ill.

“I've also seen people pointing fingers at our government officials about how could they have allowed this to happen. Well, the American people deserve answers to that, but let's wait and get the facts.

“So, I just wanted to say that—it was in my head and on my heart—to the people of America and the people of Louisiana: We'll figure this out together. In the meantime, let’s all respect each other’s humanity.”

Sen. Kennedy continues to pray for the loved ones of Corey Comperatore, who attended the rally with his family and died while protecting his wife and daughter.

“Becky and I are praying for the family of the attendee who died this evening at Pres. Trump’s rally as well as for the quick recovery of all others who are injured. Political violence has no place in America,” said Kennedy Saturday as he thanked God for protecting Pres. Trump and others that evening.

Watch Kennedy’s statement here.

TRUMP MOMENTUM

“Trump Widens Lead After Biden’s Debate Debacle” read The New York Times headline, and the headline was right (a welcome change from The New York Times)!

In fact, a series of polls show President Trump with a commanding lead over Joe Biden and any Democrat that may take his place. The Democrats are even in a place where they are bragging about polls showing them losing. As we mentioned earlier this week, President Trump is playing offense all over the electoral map. This isn’t just about Crooked Joe Biden. The Democrats have failed our country, and in November, Americans will hold them responsible at the ballot box.

LA Voters End Schizophrenic Gov't, So Can Other Red States

By Michael Reagan - Newsmax

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Up until this legislative session Louisiana suffered from a strange phenomenon found in some red states.

Louisiana had a solidly Republican legislature, but was saddled with a Democratic governor. This problem is easier to solve than the more common red state conundrum: A conservative legislature with a RINO (Republican In Name Only) governor.

Louisiana voters came to their senses and elected a solid conservative in Republican: Gov. Jeff Landry.

What a difference that has made!

As noted left-adherent Barack Obama observed, "Elections have consequences."

And as The Washington Times concluded, "Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, with the help of his solid Republican majorities, signed off on a laundry list of legislation that spells out a Republican agenda that could ping the national GOP’s radar."

This development brought some measure of joy to your authors.

Now we can point to someone other than Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., as an exemplar of using government for conservative ends.

Here a just some of the laws passed and signed by Landry that return a measure of sanity to living in Louisiana:

• $3 billion cut from the state budget

• Universal school choice

• Constitutional carry

• A ban on vaccine mandates

• A ban on ranked choice voting

• A ban on sanctuary cities

• State police can now arrest illegal immigrants

Other improvements made to the Bayou State include:

Public (read government) schools are forbidden to teach DEI (Diversity Equity Inclusion) indoctrination, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Teachers must also use pronouns that match the sex on a student’s birth certificate.

Local governments are banned from passing firearms restrictions exceeding state law.

Protesters demonstrating outside private residences can be fined.

Liability is limited for people in fear of their lives when rioters illegally block a road.

Major expansion of RICO and racketeering law applied to organized riots.

Two abortion-inducing drugs will be classified as controlled substances.

Men pretending to be women, and vice versa, are banned from using facilities that do not match their birth certificate sex.

That’s quite a return on a vote in a single election.

Landry, though, didn’t do all this on his own. "Last October, Louisiana elected a conservative governor and the Louisiana Freedom Caucus doubled their size in the legislature," the Louisiana Freedom Caucus tweeted.

Over 27 new laws were authored by members of the Freedom Caucus and passed by the legislature.

Making a red state red is a two-step process.

Elect a genuinely conservative governor and fill both houses of the legislature with equally conservative members, while expelling the Chamber of Commerce 'conservatives' that have plagued red states for so long.

That’s what Louisiana and Florida have both done.

"Andy Roth, president of the State Freedom Caucus Network, wrote on X above the list of new legislation Friday, 'I’m officially declaring it now — Louisiana is the new Florida!'"

As we wrote earlier, this should be the goal for conservatives.

Make your red state as red as possible.

Create a cultural environment so hostile to leftists that they move to the nearest blue state.

Louisiana and Florida are starting down this path.

Readers outside those states need to ask their state leadership what’s holding them back?

DIRECT LINK:

https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/landry-red-states/2024/07/06/id/1171451/

Kennedy wishes Louisianians a Happy Fourth of July

“We have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to be proud of this July Fourth.” 

Watch Kennedy’s remarks here.   

MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today wished Louisianians and all Americans a Happy Independence Day.

Kennedy’s full statement is below:

“The United States of America is star-spangled awesome. The United States of America is the greatest country in all of human history, and the whole world knows it. When was the last time you heard of someone trying to sneak into China? The whole world wants to come here.

“We have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to be proud of this July Fourth. So, I hope you'll join Becky, Preston and me in celebrating this extraordinary country this Fourth of July. Have a safe and happy Fourth. God bless America.”

View Kennedy’s full statement here.

Gov. Landry Supports Gov. Abbott’s Request & Announces Operation Lone Star Extended to Include Engineer Support

Will use unspent money from pre-approved fund 

Baton Rouge, LA- Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced with the support of Senate President Cameron Henry, Speaker Phillip Devillier, Brig. Gen. Thomas Friloux, and GOHSEP Director Jacques Thibodeaux that Operation Lone Star is being extended. During the initial mission that ended earlier this month, the LANG spent approximately $2.2 million of the $3 million previously approved. As such, Texas submitted an additional request for engineer soldiers that will utilize the remaining $800,000. The LANG will remain in Texas until mid-November when the final contingent of Soldiers begins movement back to Louisiana. Attached are letters from Governor Landry and Speaker DeVillier and President Henry.

“As the Biden Administration repeatedly ignores the crisis on our southern border, the Louisiana National Guard continues to step up and assist our neighbors in Texas as they work to protect our citizens and secure our country’s border. I am grateful to the Louisiana National Guard for their hard work defending and securing our nation’s border,” said Governor Jeff Landry. 

“We strongly support the continuation of the Louisiana National Guard’s aid to the State of Texas through Operation Lone Star with the remaining $800,000 from the legislature’s initial allocation of $3 million. We understand the importance of protecting the Southern border and will continue to work closely with Governor Landry on this important matter,” said Senate President Cameron Henry and Speaker Phillip DeVillier.  

“Our soldiers are trained and ready to continue supporting Texas and the border operation. The engineer soldiers are tasked with missions that support their assigned individual and collective training tasks,” stated Brig. Gen. Thomas Friloux, Adjutant General of Louisiana. 

“Louisiana is proud to support this critical mission protecting our nation’s border,” said GOHSEP Director Jacques Thibodeaux. “Texas is one of our closest emergency management partners and Gov. Landry has remained strong in his backing of this mission along the border.” 

Letter from the Governor

Letter from Senate President and Speaker of the House

Debate Domination

It wasn’t even close. President Donald Trump won the debate in a landslide! Even CNN’s instant poll gave President Trump the resounding victory, and it’s not hard to see why. President Trump offered a clear vision for our country of a booming economy, a secure border, and peace through strength.

• President Trump delivered the greatest debate performance in history to the largest voter audience in history, while Joe Biden was too incompetent to defend his record on inflation and the invasion at the border.

• The contrast was clear: President Trump made the case for how he can improve the lives of every American, while Joe Biden lied, invented stories, and couldn't articulate a single plan to make things less expensive or secure our southern border.

• Biden should not receive a participation trophy for standing upright for 90 minutes.

• He should be fired for being unable to explain why he's ruined our country.

• Joe Biden had no excuses for his disastrous performance.

• He took a weeklong vacation at Camp David - all while ISIS terrorists run loose in the United States - and Biden still didn't have any answers.

• The question isn't whether Joe Biden can make it through the next 4 years - it's whether Joe can make it to the election.

• If we want to save America, if we want to make life better for the American people, if we want to bring back the American Dream, we need to Fire Joe Biden and Hire President Donald J. Trump.

• Everything is more expensive under Joe Biden:

  • Mortgages are up 90%.

  • Gasoline is up 50%.

  • Bread is up 41%.

  • Eggs are up 40%.

  • Baby food is up 28%.

• Joe Biden has caused Americans to lose $28,000 per household in inflation costs.

• Inflation was up 1.4% when President Trump left office.

  • Cumulative inflation is up 20% under Joe Biden.

• Joe Biden is running a $2 trillion federal budget deficit this year.

• The unprecedented crisis at the border is due to Joe Biden.

  • Joe Biden has allowed 10 million illegal migrants to cross the southern border.

    • There are now over 150k missing migrant children in the United States.

    • There are ISIS terrorists at large in the United States.

    • There is a 43% increase in violent crime victims under Biden, much due to the Biden Migrant Crime Wave sweeping across our country.

• Biden’s weak leadership has emboldened America’s adversaries.

  • 13 service members died because of Joe Biden's incompetence during the disastrous withdrawal of Afghanistan.

  • Hamas launched an assault against our greatest ally in the Middle East – Israel.

  • Russia has started war in Ukraine and Biden has failed to stand up to Putin.

  • President Trump will safeguard America and preserve peace through strength.

  • President Trump was the first American leader since Ronald Reagan not to start a war.

• Don’t forget - 10% for "The Big Guy.”

Bottom Line: Joe Biden further embarrassed the United States with last night’s debate performance, and he is too weak to serve as Commander in Chief. The contrast between President Trump and Biden is clear—it's time to retire Joe Biden once and for all and allow President Trump to Make America Great Again.

Killers Continue To Abuse Biden’s Open Border Policies

Joe Biden’s open border policies have led to innocent Americans being raped and slaughtered, yet Biden still refuses to secure the border.

What you need to know:

• Biden’s border bloodbath continues.

  • 9.8 million illegal immigrants have crossed the border since Biden took office.

    • This includes the 8 million illegal immigrants that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered and the more than1.8 million gotaways that have escaped past Border Patrol into the U.S.

• 170,000-plus illegal immigrants were encountered attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in May.

  • That’s approximately 5,500 illegal aliens crossing the border every single day.

  • That’s a 185% increase from the average number of May apprehensions during the Trump administration.

  1. 8,642 unaccompanied children were encountered.

  2. 82,189 illegal immigrants were encountered from countries outside the Northern Triangle and Mexico, showing that Biden's crisis is global.

  3. At least 90 people on the terror watchlist have been encountered trying to enter the U.S. between ports of entry this fiscal year.

     • Just last week, ICE arrested six suspected terrorists with ISIS ties living in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia

• Biden’s fake executive order has done absolutely nothing to secure the border.

• The blood is on his hands as U.S. citizens are raped and murdered by illegal aliens who have no legal right to be in the country.

  • Laken Riley’s murder was preventable. Rachel Morin’s murder was preventable. The shooting of two NYPD officers was preventable. The list goes on and on.

• Now, Biden is doubling down on his orchestrated invasion by offering mass amnesty to a million illegals already in the country — putting them, and their families, on the fast-track for citizenship and the public benefits that come with it.

• Biden doesn’t care about the American lives that will forever be destroyed by the illegal criminals he is importing.

• He also doesn’t care that law-abiding taxpayers, crushed by inflation, are forced to pay for free food, housing, and healthcare for illegals.

• It doesn’t have to be this way.

Bottom Line: Biden’s open border policies aren't compassionate; they are deadly. On day one, President Trump will seal the border and begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.

Let's Get Ready To Rumble

“The media wants to lower Joe Biden’s debate performance bar so low he gets a participation trophy simply for standing upright for 90 minutes, but make no doubt about it - Biden will be highly prepared and alert on debate night, relying on the same perfectly calibrated dosage used to deliver his widely praised 2024 State of the Union Address or his 2012 thrashing of Paul Ryan in the VP debate. 
 
“The true benchmark for Thursday’s debate should be whether or not Joe Biden can defend his disastrous record on inflation and the out-of-control border invasion versus President Trump’s unquestioned first-term record of success, and if Biden can speak for himself without the overt participation and interference of two CNN moderators.
 
“If given a fair opportunity to present his vision for America, President Trump will lay out exactly how he plans to improve the lives of every American suffering from everything becoming too expensive and every community being turned into a border community thanks to Joe Biden’s incompetence.” — Steven Cheung
 

What you need to know:

• On Thursday, Joe Biden will have to answer for his record of historic inflation, border invasion, and incompetence.

• Less than one week from the debate the case against him continues to grow. He is a weak, failed, dishonest president.

• With the first presidential debate of the 2024 election just a week away, the Biden team has been in “intensive discussion and preparation” at Camp David, hoping Biden will be able to revive his former strength.

  • President Trump takes on numerous tough interviews every single week and delivers lengthy rally speeches while standing, demonstrating elite stamina.

  • He does not need to be programmed by staff or juiced up like Joe Biden does.

• More than three years into Biden’s presidency, the American people have seen nothing but crisis after crisis, have less money in their pockets, and are tired of their tax dollars being wasted.

• It’s time for Joe Biden to defend his disastrous record:

• Biden has created an unprecedented crisis at the border.

  • In Biden's first 100 days, he took more than 94 executive actions on immigration, including halting construction of the border wall and ending the successful "Remain in Mexico" policy.

  • Since then, more than 6 million migrants have crossed the border illegally.

  • Biden has set the record for all-time migrant encounters at the southern border every year of his presidency.

  • Under Biden, more people on the FBI terror watchlist were arrested at the southern border in FY 2023 than in the last six years combined.

  • Illegal aliens have committed horrific crimes against American citizens. 

  • Under Trump, the border was secure – and will be again under his leadership.

• Americans are worse off financially under Biden.

  • Under Biden, Americans experienced the worst inflation in four decades, with groceries up 21.2%, rent up 21.2%, and electricity up  29% since Biden took office.

  • Bidenflation outpaced wages for a majority of Biden’s presidency – both year-over-year real average hourly earnings and real average weekly earnings were negative for 25 months.

  • Soaring home prices combined with high interest rates have created an unaffordable housing market.

  • Americans suffering under Bidenomics long for the Trump economy once again.

• Biden’s trade policies have put America last.

  • Biden has failed to recover jobs in iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing.

  • There are 7,000 fewer jobs in the American iron and steel industry than there was pre-pandemic.

  • Biden announced he would raise tariffs on Chinese imports only after Trump made this a key issue.

  • President Trump successfully negotiated a deal requiring China to purchase an additional $200 billion worth of United States exports.

• Hardworking Americans have paid for Biden’s war on American energy.

  • Biden has wreaked havoc on American energy after promising to “eliminate” oil and natural gas.

  • Biden halted oil and gas leases on federal lands, issued sweeping bans on drilling, proposed  billions in new taxes on the U.S. fossil fuel industry, and pushed stifling environmental regulations that have raised costs for American consumers.

  • Biden has looked everywhere but the U.S. for solutions to high gas prices.

  • Hardworking Americans are suffering the cost of Biden’s war on American energy.

  • Under Biden, energy prices have soared nearly 30% —13 times faster than the previous seven years, and all 50 states have reached new record-high gas prices.

• Biden’s weak leadership has emboldened America’s adversaries.

  • Under Biden, Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Taliban control Afghanistan, Iran-backed groups are attacking U.S. troops and allies,  Iran can fuel at least three nuclear weapons now, and China is menacing Taiwan.

  • President Trump will safeguard America and preserve peace through strength.

  • President Trump was the first American leader since Ronald Reagan not to start a war.

• Medicare premiums and long-term care costs have spiked under Biden.

  • While Biden promises to bring down health care costs, seniors saw the largest ever Medicare Part B premium increase in 2022, jumping 14.5% . 

  • Seniors are facing rising costs for long-term care thanks to Biden.

  • Despite claiming to oppose Medicare cuts, Joe Biden is actively working to enact cuts to Medicare Advantage, an increasingly popular Medicare option for seniors in America.

  • President Trump expanded health care choice, transparency, and affordability. 

  • President Trump signed several executive orders to increase price transparency by requiring hospitals to publish costs for a wide range of procedures, allowing patients to shop among hospitals for the most affordable healthcare

• Americans are less safe under Biden.

  • According to the “nonpartisan” Council on Criminal Justice, crime has surged since 2019, with homicides up 18%, gun assault up 32%, motor vehicle theft up 105%, carjackings up 93%, and aggravated assault up 8% percent.

  • In most cities, homicide rates remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.

  • President Trump will restore law and order and make America safe again.

• Biden has a long history of offensive racial pandering.

  • Biden’s failed policies for Black Americans has come on top of nearly half a century of racist and racially insensitive remarks from Biden.

  • Biden uses the woke term “Latinx” – which only one in four Latino adults have heard of and only three percent use

  • Instead of providing real solutions, all Biden can do is pander and mock Asian Americans.

  • Meanwhile, President Trump is focused on uplifting all Americans. 

  • President Trump’s tax cuts created the Opportunity Zones program, which led to $75 billion in new private investment into distressed communities.

• Biden has failed to push back on antisemitism.

  • Caving to progressive anti-Israel and antisemitic “activists,” Biden has backtracked on his initial support for Israel.

  • Biden said it was “a big mistake” to push for the total elimination of Hamas.

  • Under President Trump’s leadership the United States recognized Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel.

  • Meanwhile, President Trump stands with Israel and against anti-Semitism.

  • Despite promises of unity, Biden frequently targets his political opponents.

  • Biden has repeatedly smeared Trump supporters as “MAGA extremists,” labeling half the country as “backwards, full of anger, violence, hate, and division.”

  • Biden weaponized the Department of Justice (DOJ) to promote his radical left agenda, with the DOJ backing a memo calling parents domestic terrorists.

• While Biden is wielding the levers of power for his own political ends, President Trump is focused on cleaning out the deep state.

  • On day one, Trump will re-issue his 2020 executive order restoring the president’s authority to fire rogue bureaucrats.

Bottom Line: Americans, get your popcorn ready. The time has finally come for Joe Biden to defend his awful record and destructive agenda.

Terror From The Border

More unvetted aliens from third-world countries continue to pour into our communities. This is the direct result of Biden’s border bloodbath.
 

• In a horrifying new report, we learned that eight suspected ISIS-K terrorists were released into the U.S. by the Biden administration after they illegally crossed the southern border earlier this year.

• We know that more terror suspects than ever are crossing the border illegally into the United States.

  • A few weeks ago, we learned that a suspected ISIS terrorist from Uzbekistan was allowed to live freely in the U.S. for nearly two years after being released by the Biden administration after illegally crossing the border.

• Per reports, the eight suspects had received “full vetting” before being released.

• This shows how nonsense the term “full vetting” is when it comes to the border crisis.

• Reminder: It is impossible to vet the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens Biden is allowing into the country because the ability to vet them does not exist.

  • Every time Biden and his administration claim there is an effective vetting process of the illegal aliens he is releasing into the country, they are flat-out lying.

  • There is little to no cooperation from many countries around the world.

  • There is no database to cross reference, no documents to consider – and that’s assuming those records would even be adequate if they were shared.

• In fact, the inability to vet illegal aliens has allowed the vicious transnational criminal gang Tren de Aragua to infiltrate the United States, according to a new report from CNN.

  • Tren de Aragua — a brutal, ruthless Venezuelan gang — has been terrorizing Latin America for years.

  • Now, they've infiltrated the U.S. via Biden’s open border and they're coming to a city near you.

• Every day, American citizens are paying the price for the resulting Border Bloodbath.

Bottom Line: For the sake of our nation’s security and the preservation of democracy for future generations, America needs President Trump back in the White House.

Biden’s Border Disorder

Joe Biden’s executive order doesn’t secure the border. It codifies the invasion – an invasion he aided and abetted from the start.

• Crooked Joe Biden couldn’t care less about the illegal immigrant invasion in our country.

• Nothing he announced this week will “shut down” the border or “limit” asylum claims.

• He did the opposite, in fact — by establishing a weekly minimum number of illegal aliens allowed into the country and expanding eligibility for his fraudulent asylum scheme.

• In short, Biden is trying to make the border invasion permanent.

• Biden’s new order will fast-pass the entry of even more illegal aliens into the country by simply routing them to ports of entry — where they’ll be processed and released into the country to await adjudication years from now.

• It’s yet another expansion of illegal immigration under Biden, who has already offered mass amnesty to hundreds of thousands of inadmissible aliens.

• Biden's failed policies created the crisis at the border, and this new executive order is too little too late.

  • In Biden's first 100 days, he took more than 94 executive actions on immigration, including halting construction of the border wall and ending the successful "Remain in Mexico" policy.

  • By his three-year mark, Biden had taken 535 executive actions related to immigration.

  • Biden’s new FY 2025 budget proposal calls for eliminating $50 million in border wall funding.

  • Illegal immigrants have confirmed this: "The border is open…everybody believes that the border is open. It's open because we enter. We come in, free, no problem…We came illegally."

• More than 9.6 million illegal immigrants have crossed the border since Biden took office.

  • For 38 straight months, monthly encounters have been higher than even the highest month seen under the previous administration.

  • April’s 179,000-plus encounters is a 272% increase from the average number of April apprehensions during the Trump administration.

  • On day one, President Trump will seal the border, stop the invasion, and send Joe Biden’s illegal aliens back home.

• Despite Biden's promise of a "fair and humane immigration system," his open border policies aren't compassionate; they are deadly.

• Biden could actually shut down the border any time he wanted.

• But all today’s action will do is bring more unvetted aliens from third-world countries directly into our communities.

• The only way to end the bloodbath is to re-elect President Trump in November.

Bottom Line: How loud does the terror-threat alarm need to sound before Joe Biden reimplements President Trump’s policies? America needs President Trump back in office.