U.S. And International Politics

[Rick Plant]

Here's another look at the historic job creation under President Biden.

We had another really strong month for our booming economy with 428k new jobs. Unemployment is at 3.6% so adding nearly one half million new jobs with an incredibly low unemployment rate when people already have a job is really remarkable.   

So with the addition of 428,000 new jobs in April 2022, President Biden has now created 8.3 million jobs in just 15 months. No other President has ever accomplished that feat before. Both Bushes and Trump only created 1.6 million jobs between all three of them in a span of 16 years. Most of those jobs were created by Bush Senior because Bush Jr. and Trump were the worst economic jobs Presidents in modern times. President Biden has them all beat in just over 1 year.

So, these "pundits" that claim "Republicans are better for the economy" are just full of crap because the results speak for themselves. And don't forget about the 33 million + jobs that Clinton and Obama created further proving Democrats are the best for job creation and the economy.             

That brings us to:

33.8m jobs - 16 yrs Clinton Obama

8.3m jobs - 15 months Biden

1.9m jobs - 16 years Bush Sr., GW Bush, Trump




Now here is another economic fact:

Of the 44 million jobs created since 1989, 42 million of them - 96% - have come under Democratic Presidents. We lost millions of jobs because of the George W Bush economic crisis and Donald Trump economic crisis they gave us. Both times a Democrat, Obama and Biden, got us out of the economic disasters that they inherited from a Republican.




So yes, 4 times as many jobs have been created in Biden's first 15 months as were created under the last 3 GOP Presidents combined.

But by month, Biden job creation is 50 times that of those last 3 GOP Presidents. 50 times more. And Biden even beats Clinton and Obama who were two of the best jobs Presidents in modern history.   

That's why President Biden's record job creation is historic and is truly remarkable. This President has already accomplished more than what a President can do in 4 years. Actually, President Biden has done more in 15 months than what 3 Republican Presidents have done for a combined 16 years. So no, Republicans are not better for the economy. They hardly created any jobs which barely registered 1.6 million for 16 years and we suffered 2 economic crises due to their failed leadership and disastrous economic policies. Why would anybody vote for a Republican to give us another economic crisis with the same failed trickle down economics that has always falied? GOP Senator Rick Scott currently has this same failed plan for the 2022 Republican platform that has failed us twice before.     

Once again, these statistics speak for themselves.

[Rick Plant]

Lauren Boebert's campaign caught possessing tens of thousands in illegal donations



Controversial first-term Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has found herself caught in yet another scandal over her alleged failure to follow the campaign finance laws that govern political candidates in America.

"In a warning letter from the Federal Election Commission made public on Thursday, Boebert’s latest campaign finance filing for the first quarter of 2022 shows her campaign accepted as much as $30,000 in contributions that exceed federal campaign finance limits," the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Saturday. "The six-page letter notes 20 separate incidents where the campaign took more than the $2,900 that is allowed for individuals to give in any one election."

Less than two weeks before being elected to Congress, Boebert paid of nearly $20,000 in state tax liens on Shooters Grill, her financially challenged firearms-themed restaurant. She also claimed more than $22,000 in mileage reimbursements from her campaign. To receive that much money in gas reimbursements, Boebert would have had to have driven 38,712 miles — which is 13,811 miles more than the circumference of Earth.

She also failed to disclose her husband's income and received $6,650 via Venmo from her campaign.

Boebert is being challenged by Republican state Sen. Don Coram in the GOP primary.

"Last month, Boebert’s campaign finance reports to the FEC showed that she raised more than $4 million in her reelection bid, about two-thirds of which have come from donors who live outside the 3rd Congressional District," the Daily Sentinel reported.

Read the full report: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/fec-to-boebert-campaign-donations-exceed-legal-limits/article_36506dfe-ccac-11ec-a7b9-0b562227c42f.html

[Rick Plant]

The Republican war on women continues to go even further. And this is another Republican who praises nazis.

GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters wants to allow states to ban contraception use



After the U.S. Supreme Court overturns women’s constitutional right to abortion this summer, one Arizona Republican candidate for U.S. Senate thinks judges should also take aim at the right to buy and use contraception.

Blake Masters, a Tucson-based venture capitalist, boasts on his website that he will only vote to confirm federal judges “who understand that Roe and Griswold and Casey were wrongly decided, and that there is no constitutional right to abortion.” Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, decided in 1973 and 1992, respectively, both upheld a constitutional right to abortion access.

But the ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 protected a married couple’s right to buy and use contraceptives without government restrictions. The case centered on a Connecticut law that banned the use of contraceptives, which the court determined violated a married couple’s constitutional right to privacy, establishing the basis for the right to privacy with respect to intimate practices.

Masters’ campaign could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Supreme Court in June will issue its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case centered on a Mississippi abortion law that is a vehicle for the court to overturn Roe, as conservative justices appear poised to do in a draft opinion that was leaked.

In Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion, he mentioned other landmark cases that could potentially be overturned in the future, Including Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage.

Donald Trump hasn’t yet endorsed an Arizona Senate candidate, but Masters is viewed as the favorite to receive his endorsement. His campaign is also being supported by his former boss and mentor, technology investor Peter Thiel, who is spending at least $10 million to bankroll a campaign to support Masters. Masters has already won the support of some extremist Republicans, most recently Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who spoke to a white nationalist conference earlier this year. Other media reports have noted his past praise for the Unabomber and Hermann Goering, one Hitler’s top military leaders and one of the most prominent members of the Nazi Party. 

AFP

[Rick Plant]

New poll reveals warning signs for GOP on abortion ahead of midterms

Many right-wing politicians and pundits have spent the week rejoicing over Monday's momentous report that five conservative Supreme Court justices appear poised to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion almost half a century ago.

Yet a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, one of the first to be conducted entirely after the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s controversial draft opinion, suggests that Republicans risk overplaying their hand on abortion ahead of the 2022 midterms — and that Democrats could benefit if the hot-button issue is on the ballot.

The survey of 1,577 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 3 to May 6, found that registered voters initially preferred a generic Democrat (44%) over a generic Republican (39%) by 5 percentage points when asked how they would vote in their district if the congressional election were being held today.



But when voters were asked to choose instead between a “pro-choice Democrat” and a “pro-life Republican,” GOP support fell to 31% while Democratic support held steady — more than doubling the gap between the two candidates, to 13 percentage points.

By the same token, 69% of Americans say they would “oppose Congress passing a law that bans abortion nationwide.” The Washington Post reported this week that conservative groups have already met with their congressional allies about a possible “nationwide ban on the procedure if Republicans retake power in Washington,” and several GOP senators have started sketching out policy details.

"I think you could expect that pro-life activists would push for federal protections” if the Supreme Court overturns Roe, GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told NBC News. “I wouldn't take that off the table.”

A mere 22% of Americans say they would favor such a law — while more than twice as many (48%) would support a law "that keeps abortion as legal and accessible nationwide as it had been under Roe.”

These warning signs for Republicans reflect a deeper, and remarkably consistent, pattern. On question after question, only about a third of Americans say they agree with the transformative decision the court is now careening toward — that is, a decision to end all federal protections for abortion, allowing state legislatures to restrict or ban the procedure as they please.

Just 31% of U.S. adults, for instance, say Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Just 34% say abortion should be illegal in “all” or “most” cases. Only 33% say they want their own states to make all or most abortions illegal. And just 30% say abortion is “something that individual states should be [able to] outlaw.”

In contrast, nearly twice as many Americans see abortion as “a constitutional right that women in all states should have some access to” (56%) and say the procedure should be legal in all or most cases (55%).



The Yahoo News survey was conducted by YouGov using a nationally representative sample of 1,577 U.S. adults from May 3 to 6, 2022.

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Facts

[Rick Plant]

The American people are continuing to create new business at an explosive, historic rate - another sign of the remarkable economic vitality we are witnessing. This is all due to President Biden's American Rescue Plan which jump started the economy. Don't forget that every single Republican voted against The American Rescue Plan and now they want to try and falsely take credit for it. Via @uscensusbureau




There are more than 5 million job openings than there are unemployed people in America today. 

Another sign of the historic health, vitality of the US economy right now. We are living in an extraordinary boom. 

"Employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March, meaning the U.S. now has an unprecedented 2 job openings for every person who is unemployed.”

https://www.9and10news.com/2022/05/03/employers-post-record-11-5-million-job-openings-in-march/


Manufacturing job openings remain near an all time high. 

There were 860,000 manufacturing job openings in March, with increased postings for both durable and nondurable goods firms. Over the past 12 months, job openings in the sector have averaged nearly 865,000, including the record 943,000 in July.




Biden is the 3rd consecutive Dem President to have dramatically lowered the annual deficit. Clinton even got us to surplus. 

The last 3 GOP President's saw the deficit explode on their watch. Under Trump it grew more than any President since WWII.

Biden highlights deficit reduction, says U.S. will pay down national debt for first time in 6 years

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-deficit-national-debt-reduction/


Biden is the third consecutive Dem President to have seen the unemployment drop significantly on their watch. It has risen under the last 3 GOP Presidents. Trump was first with net job loss since Hoover. 




GDP growth under Biden is running twice what it ran for last 3 GOP Presidents. 4 times Trump.

[Rick Plant]

GOP lawmaker who was raped says 'vast majority of Republicans' support abortion rights



Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) argued on Sunday that it was important for pro-choice Republicans to speak up after a leaked ruling indicated the Supreme Court will overturn federal abortion rights.

During an interview on Face the Nation, host Margaret Brennan noted that Mace had spoken out about abortion rights because she was a victim of rape.

"You said that it took you 25 years to talk about your attack and that you only shared it with your mother and one of your good friends," Brennan observed. "So I wonder what you think about some of these restrictions in states that would require rape victims to provide police reports in order to obtain an abortion."

"From experience as a state lawmaker, I know that South Carolina's fetal heartbeat bill would not have passed without exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother," Mace insisted. "And I told that story. I thought it was a really important story that's often missed and not told because women are afraid."

Mace revealed that she is often attacked on social media for speaking about her rape.

"And one of the things that I think that's missing in this conversation is that, when you have it, when Ohio did their fetal heartbeat bill, there was a 10-year-old girl that had been found to be pregnant that was raped repeatedly by her father," she recalled. "And so, I know it's part of the Republican Party platform. The vast majority of Republicans support those exceptions for rape and incest and life of the mother."

She added: "And it's important for some of us to step forward and tell those stories that are often missed in all of this."

The Associated Press reported over the weekend that many conservative states are looking to eliminate exceptions for rape and incest if the Supreme Court allows them to outlaw abortion.

Watch the video below from CBS.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1523325299055857667