Hey, Joe...

Looks like you've got an unhappy NYC Democratic mayor. You know him, right? [Eric Andrews] It seems like 42,000 illegal immigrants have sought asylum in New York City since last spring. He stated, "We continue to surpass our moral obligations with shelter, food, health care, education, and a host of other services." What about it, Joe? What are you going to do? Isn't the government out of money?

Mr. President: I think the Democrats are growing restless; I know the Republicans have gone way past that. I hope you and Kevin McCarthy have a stellar meeting on Wednesday because a lot of our citizens are waiting to see what you'll do for them. You reportedly stated that you weren't budging. Speaking for myself, I think I deserve more than these illegal immigrants. I've lived in this great land my entire life and worked hard until retirement. So, Joe...Who comes first?Today in NYC, some illegals refused to leave a grand hotel to be transported to another shelter. Objecting to the move, they slept in the street. [Gee, isn't that what most of our own homeless have to do?] We're going to let these people object to things in OUR country? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!Peggy Kelley

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RB February 1, 2023, 1:51 pm Kevin, and the republicans, are holding the country and our economy hostage over the debt limit. The debt limit is for money already agreed to and spent. Kevin helped to lead increasing the debt limit three times under our previous criminal President.

I hope they do find common areas to reduce spending. Is everything on the table Kevin? Defense spending? We spend more than the next 10 highest countries on defense!

Am I going to continue to pay the taxes I owe while billionaires pay a much smaller actual percent and many stash portions of their income offshore? The very country that allows them plentiful profits and security on their money see the top income folks dodge their obligation while 99% meet our obligation.

Since you bring up immigration are Republicans going to lead the way in immigration reform or continue to block efforts to fix the problem?
DL February 1, 2023, 2:37 pm Actually, anyone on American soil has all of the same rights as American citizens, except to vote. It's key when reading our Constitution, that you recognize the difference between "citizens" and "people" or "persons".
NG February 1, 2023, 4:33 pm This country has been experiencing increasing income inequality ever since Ronald Reagan started his "trickle down economics." The people at the top get all the benefits and it is supposed to trickle down to the rest of us. Of course we know that doesn't happen.

Republicans in congress do not offer any policy information about what they plan on doing for this country, only who they want to investigate and try to destroy. They want to make cuts to social security and Medicare until it starts making them look bad and they they backtrack and say that is not what they want to do.

The thing to always remember about republicans is watch what they do, not what they say. They lie all the time and can't be trusted. They won't work with the Democrats on immigration reform, and they won't work with the Democrats on gun legislation. I have asked many times why does any citizen need an assault weapon. They are used only for murder, murdering our children.

Do they care about immigrants or those less fortunate, of course not. They care only about making this administration look bad and destroying President Biden. They are using the immigrants as pawns in their game of destruction.

DeSantis in Florida has now blocked an AP African American studies program because according to him it has no value. Well of course it has no value to him, he is a racist. He has also put his cronies in place in a liberal college that is teaching things he doesn't want taught. If he isn't stopped and should ever become president his form of racism will be spread across the country.
Stop and think about it, is that what you want?

Norma Gould
PK February 2, 2023, 1:35 pm Six more years of "sleepy" Joe, and this country will be beyond help! Watch him walk; listen to him talk. He is aging right before our eyes. What is going on in his administration that is positive? Last year at this time, 71% of our citizens thought the country was going down the "wrong" road; this year 81% say that our country is a "dysfunctional" family. [There are 4 million too many family members here!] That's a GROWING problem; it's getting BIGGER with each passing day!

A quick reminder: If Governor Abbot and Governor DeSantis hadn't moved these illegal immigrants to Chicago and New York City and other places, Biden would have been oblivious to the problem. [Even the Arizona governor is busing the illegals, and she is a Democrat!] The Republicans would love to support a border plan...IF BIDEN HAD ONE.

So...many of you feel the illegal immigrants have all the rights you have since they are on our soil? I strongly disagree! Sorry you feel they are your equals. THEY ARE SUCKING THE VERY MORROW OUT OF THE BONES OF THIS COUNTRY!!

NG...Since Ron DeSantis will be our next President, you should get a button. Would you like one? I have three.

NG February 2, 2023, 11:48 pm So we are going down the wrong road you say.
Over 11 Million jobs have been added since Biden took office.
750,000 manufacturing jobs have been added since he took office.
Unemployment is at its lowest rate in 50 years.
Capped the cost of insulin at $35 for Medicare patients. They would have done it for everyone but republicans said no to that.
Signed the Pact Act into law for Veterans and their families.
Expanded NATO Alliance.
Historic funding for HBCUs
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as first black female supreme court justice.
Signed the chips and science act
Signed the Respect for Marriage Act.
Signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Law
10 of the last 11 recessions began under a republican administration.
8 of the 10 poorest states in America are controlled by republicans
Of the 7 presidents with the highest job creation rates since 1945, 6 were Democrats
The only presidents to lower the deficit in the last 50 years were Clinton, Obama, and Biden, all Democrats.
GDP growth averages 2.5% under republican presidents and 4.3% under Democratic presidents.
Reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act which the republicans had allowed to expire.

So for all of you who love to complain about President Biden go right ahead, but compare what he has done to what President Trump did.
President Trump passed a huge tax cut that put money into rich peoples pockets, permanent by the way and made the tax cut for working people expire because someone has to support the government. President Trump withheld money from Ukraine until they agreed to dug up dirt on Joe Biden and his family. He wanted that to help him win the election in 2020, but it didn't work.
Some republicans in congress are now wearing gun lapel pins in the house. I think that is sickening.

Peggy, you keep talking about DeSantis. Well he is now targeting African American studies, saying they have no value. What kind of America do you want this to be? A country where Black Americans,and LGBTQ Americans are discriminated against is not the America I want.
This could go on and on but I will stop now.

Norma Gould
SG February 3, 2023, 1:30 am Dear NG,
I'm calling BS.
If unemployment is at its lowest thanks to President Biden's dementia ridden leadership, well, I think you might have the same issues.
Do you actually see the businesses that have had to close thanks to this economy? We've seen it here in Vinton! Yet you continue to think we're better off now than we were two years ago!
Have you bought groceries lately? Prices have more than DOUBLED. That is NOT a Trump issue, that's all on Biden.
How about gasoline? You know, we can't drill because we want to go electric...that's all on Biden.
Currently, we have a new supreme court justice, yes, she's black, that's the only reason she was chosen. Yet, she can't even define what a woman is...while allegedly being one, thanks for that, Biden.
We have rising inflation, that's on Joe.
All of the hospital staff shortages, people lined up in hallways, thanks to Joe and governors like the bimbo in New York crying "science" while ignoring those working in a scientific world. Their addled brains DEMAND that health professionals receive the COVID vaccine...and many are refusing...ya know, the people that understand science...so they are fired. Makes sense. Why have unvaccinated healthy people caring for the sick when we can have vaccinated, often sick WITH COVID healthcare providers trying to manage it alone. BIDEN.
I am at the place where all I can afford now is prayer. And I'm praying for some mean tweets about now.
You are one delusional person if you think that we're doing wonderful. If this is wonderful, I can't afford it. You can blame republicans all you want. But under Trump, life was good just a few years ago.
Now we have a president who can't find his way out of a paper bag.
He's starting WWIII by dumping money into Ukraine, arming them with our equipment, while Putin is in talks with Afghanistan to purchase the military equipment that our dear president Biden left there...another of Biden's accomplishments.
When this all hits the fan, I'm sure you'll be sitting there enjoying it...and STILL too blind to see who is at fault...it's the one in your mirror. Way to go.
I think you and Kamala might enjoy talking about school buses or rocket ships or whatever her elementary-level word salad speeches are taking on now. Maybe it's Venn diagrams. I used to have a teacher like her. Just give her a ball of yarn and she'd be entertained for hours.
This administration is one of the most ignorant, intellectually absent, brain dead groups of people...leading folks like you into the abyss.
I just want to know who REALLY is calling the shots, we all know that it's not Biden. The guy can barely function.
Where's the call for a cognitive test? You all wanted Trump to take it, let's see how it measures up to Joe. Joe can barely read a teleprompter. Let's see how he does. Let's put it on live TV.
Let's not forget Biden also brought Hunter and his laptop full of schemes to the forefront. (not to mention Hunter's other disgusting behavior...where is the Me Too movement now?)
You're right. Biden brought us a lot, and let's not discuss the millions of whiny illegals here complaining about having to sleep on army cots.
YOU did this.
Let's talk the rising natural gas prices.
Also, courtesy of YOU and YOUR vote.
How about the Chinese spy balloon that we're allowing to float free OVER THE UNITED STATES. If Trump were in office how long do you think that thing would be allowed to float overhead?
Our military is so busy training our soldiers about pronouns now, that we are content to let it stay there.
THIS IS ON YOU!
Thanks but I really can't afford your votes any longer. I'm pretty close to going under, but you just sit there cheering on this insanity. You go!
I've already started asking how sleeping in my mini van would work on these cold nights.
If we're in good hands with Biden, I'm sunk.
PK February 3, 2023, 9:08 am NG..You are so naive! For everything you state about Joe Biden, there us also a negative side. Have you gone to the store lately...filled your tank with gas...bought any medicine? What about the price of cars? How many people can purchase a home? How many people can't even afford a decent place to live due to unreasonable rent prices? Two years of Joe Biden's "handiwork" have made this mess we're in. You need to get your glasses made stronger and watch the news sources more frequently!

You ramble on about compassion for these illegal immigrants. WHAT ABOUT OUR CITIZENS? Think about senior citizens who sit in their kitchens trying to stay warm and deciding if they get their medicine, can they still buy food. Consider a mother and father who both work and still struggle to put food on the table for their children. Why don't you get it? It is costing this country BIG BUCKS to house and clothe and feed and provide health care for these non-citizens. They are warm this winter. They are getting three meals a day. They have warm clothing. So...Can you say the same about our people? WE DIDN'T INVITE THEM HERE!! Joe Biden is 100% responsible for them being here and draining our resources!!

If you are implying-for one moment-that I don't like Blacks, or that I am a racist; you couldn't be be more wrong!! When George Floyd was MURDERED by Derek Chauvin, I had Black Lives Matter signs in my yard. They were stolen three times. I wear a Black Lives Matter bracelet every day of my life. I cheered when the sentences were handed down for the McNichols who shot and killed Armand Aubrey.

And, as far as Ron DeSantis goes, you cannot state he is a racist due to him believing an AP class wouldn't be appropriate in schools. Most Florida schools already have a Black History class in their curriculum. I went back to his statements and reread them. You misquoted and paraphrased much of what he said. But why wouldn't you? You just don't like him.

I would be proud of Ron DeSantis as the President of this country! He would represent a strong figure to other countries...someone with fresh ideas and some "guts." The "milk-toast" man in the White House now is an embarrassment and a joke!!
PK February 3, 2023, 11:43 am SG...AWESOME!!!
BT February 3, 2023, 1:11 pm SG - DITTO. WELL WRITTEN.
GB February 3, 2023, 10:52 pm Joe Biden is a walking vegetable corrupted by his son, Hunter. Jill Biden should be ashamed of herself for not putting an end to this monky show before it even started and this country became a laughing stock to the rest of the world.
The previous president would have never tolerated a Chinese "weather balloon" to freely dance over this country at will. Biden thinks it's the Tooth Fairy! Great job Democrats!!!!
PK February 4, 2023, 10:25 am Well...Well...Well...I guess everyone is patting their fearless leader on the back for the lowest unemployment rate in half a century. Not so fast, Joe! Could it that no one can afford to quit their jobs now whether they are happy or not? Maybe people have had to go out and find jobs. Why would that be? HIGH GAS PRICES...HIGH FOOD PRICES...HIGH HEATING BILLS...HIGH MEDICINE PRICES...HIGH CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES...???

HIGH time to quit patting yourself on the back for anything, Mr. President. I believe you are on your way OUT!!

Editor's Note: Or it COULD be that after people are on unemployment and their benefits expire, they are no longer counted in the unemployment number.












GB February 4, 2023, 5:26 pm NG, you are in that weather balloon. Enough said..
DE February 4, 2023, 11:18 pm Or it "could be" that corporations are happily posting record profits because Trumpublicans have been proving PT Barnum correct since 2015

Editor's Note: Read under the heading of "Where do the statistics come from?" on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
PK February 5, 2023, 10:19 am I don't know about anyone else, but I'm trembling with anticipation... Why?? President Biden's "State of the Union" address on Tuesday night. The majority of our U.S. citizens are already aware of
how BAD things really are.

Mr. President: Put a spit shine on the stats. Maybe a few more citizens will believe your B.S.

Ho-hum!!
DC February 6, 2023, 4:39 pm My oldest daughter at age 3, came to the US with her mother from Canada where she was born. I still recall the day we went to Cedar Rapids to the Federal Building and she became a LEGAL CITIZEN of this great country. She was so proud as were Mary and I.
It is a sad situation we are in when a total and complete disregard for our border is blamed on the Republican Party for not passing immigration reform that the other side is so intent on. WHAT HAPPENED TO FOLLOWING THE LAW? It used to be that just because you do not like the law was no excuse for not following it. Some folks seem to think it is just fine to not follow immigration laws. There was a wall going up to protect our country from the very thing that is happening. Some fool with dementia shut it down. You know, the one that can't find his way off the stage without help. People should be ashamed for allowing this illegal invasion of our country to take place. It will have an effect of the economy of this country for many years to come. Biden should be impeached and jailed as a traitor to the USA. And I think all the bleeding hearts that feel so sorry for the illegals could be helping them if they are so concerned. There is no reason these people can not make a place in their homes for a family or two of illegals. Remodel the garage, share your bank account, support these people. Cut out the lip service and do something. Laws are laws, follow them until they are changed.

Dave Coots
PK February 6, 2023, 7:16 pm DC...HOORAY for your response!! When I consider everything these illegals are getting from our government that our vets and our old people and our poor don't get, I'd like to write something that Valerie wouldn't or couldn't print. [BLIND RAGE!!!]

Anyone who is planning on watching "sleepy" Joe tomorrow night, drink a pot of coffee or take some NoDoz. You wouldn't want to miss finding out how WELL OFF we all are. [By the way, NG, Democrats lie too. The best two examples are in the White House right now.]

I believe I'll wait and see the "low-lights" on ABC after the grand event. I'd rather look at David Muir.

Really...Really.