Wow, even for Manchin this is breathtaking dishonesty. When manufacturers deduct the cost of new equipment/investment/expansion these are not “loopholes” but incentives prior Congresses passed to keep jobs in AMERICA. Manchin’s bill PUNISHES Made in USA, rewards Made in CHINA.
Manchin’s bill also violates basic human decency. Under current law, companies deduct losses from their tax liability (again, not a loophole). Manchin would force manufacturers to pay taxes on losses (eg turned minor profit this year but lost more prior year) to satisfy 15% AMT.
Biden Admin & Dem Party orchestrated a campaign to threaten, intimidate & delegitimize the Supreme Court—triggering weeks of illegal demonstrations at Justices’ homes (which DOJ refused to disband) & an assassination attempt. That campaign has now become an open insurrection. 1/4
The unprecedented leak, the WH/DOJ refusal to enforce fed law against efforts to intimidate justices, the entire orchestrated assault on the institution of the Court, was designed to extort SCOTUS into betraying their oath, violating the constitution, and overruling democracy.2/4
The question before Court was simple: do voters decide abortion law through the Democratic process or do judges have the power to steal that choice from Americans in the form of undemocratic fiat? So, in a very literal sense, this is an insurrection to overthrow democracy. 3/4
The scandal is not only that Biden is malnourishing American children by diverting scarce formula to the border, but that he is purposefully encouraging the largest wave of illegal child smuggling in human history. 1/4
In 2020, when the Trump Administration used T42 to promptly repatriate UACs to their home countries (not just back to Mexico) #’s radically plummeted, # of very young UAC fell especially drastically. Arrivals were older teen runners here for jobs (or crime) like single adults.2/4
Biden exempted UAC from T42 prompting tidal UAC surge—2X highest peak in history w/out cessation. Biden also ended family detention/MPP/Safe 3rds/while exempting vast majority from T42. Message to world: smuggle a child, get a free ticket into USA. World heeded Biden’s call. 3/4
Watched inveterate liar @SecMayorkas on Sunday Shows today. He repeated one of his most appalling and galling lies: that the illegal families, UACs & single adults he’s releasing en masse face future removal. THEY DON’T. Once released, they’re on HONOR SYSTEM & here to stay. 1/9
As it is, ICE removals are at all-time record lows, now under 2K removals monthly —far less than the # freed DAILY—but those few who are being removed are almost all from the *detained* population, not those free and at large (can take weeks to find just 1 at large alien). 2/9
Detained vs. non-detained is all that matters when it comes to enforcement outcomes. Those detained are almost always removed, those non-detained almost never are—and for released families, UACs it’s near zero. This is why open borders activists *virulently* oppose detention. 3/9
Powerful opening statement from @Jim_Jordan making it clear that every bit of the border catastrophe is *intentional*.
When questioned by @RepMcClintock, @SecMayorkas was unable to name one single way the Biden immigration policy is good for Americans. A shocking exchange that tells you everything you need to know.
The Biden Doctrine—a global crusade for Democracy against autocracy—means we’re living through restoration of the Bush-Hillary foreign policy establishment, which of course never left gov’t/DC but is now unchecked & in charge under a weak Biden. Nat’l interest no longer controls.
This doctrine—which rejects gradualism & self-determination, and which holds that our security depends on toppling foreign autocracies—is what led to the debacle in Libya and jeopardized cornerstone of Mideast security by briefly putting the Muslim Brotherhood in charge of Egypt.
Biden Doctrine will convince many US strategic partners who are not democracies (Egypt, Jordan, Saudis) that it’s only matter of time before we set our sights on them, so they’ll start forming partnerships elsewhere. Founders wanted us to be an example for self-gov, not crusader.
THREAD: The constitutional illiteracy of our political class is breathtaking. Article II begins: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” The Presidency is the only branch of gov’t in which its powers are vested in a single person. 1/6
That one person is directly answerable & accountable to the Citizenry. No independent exec authority attaches to unelected subordinates—their authority flows from/is delegated by POTUS. If the POTUS cannot remove them (as is the case now) then they are answerable to no one. 2/6
The whole constitutional order is upended b/c exec power is wielded over & against Citizens by federal authorities who cannot be removed & who are insulated from all Democratic accountability. They are often recruited & hired by others so insulated. Lifetime exec appointments.3/6