There are so many stories that would be worthy of reporting in the news that it makes it difficult to decide what to talk about. And it makes it hard to figure out which ones are "wag the dog" type stories and which ones are really newsworthy, but they don't want us to be aware of what's going on. It's kind of like being hit in the face full blast with water from a hose.

Mike McCormick, former White House stenographer that spent several years following Joe Biden around when he was vice president confirms that Joe knew about Hunter's business dealings while he was vice president. Jake Sullivan, then an aide to Joe Biden, gave a briefing on Air Force 2 as they were headed to the Ukraine to announce among other things, a $50 million payment from the US government to boost Ukraine's energy industry. Joe Biden has said multiple times he had no idea about his son's business dealings. Jake Sullivan gave a briefing to members of the press on Air Force 2 touting the $50 million payment from the United States government to help bolster the Ukrainian energy industry, specifically fracking for natural gas. Burisma was a recipient of a large amount of that money. We now have bank records that show some of that money was paid to Hunter Biden's company and redistributed to members of the Biden family including one identified only as 'Biden'.

Now Hunter Biden is accompanying his dad on a trip to Ireland. Why is Hunter on that plane? He's not an aide or an advisor or a member of the press. He is there to explore business opportunities and investments. At the very least the optics are questionable. Hunter Biden is on Air Force One and you can't tell me he's not using that as leverage to create business opportunities. So the American taxpayer is paying for a private individual to fly to another country and explore personal business opportunities? Can you imagine the outcry from the press if it had been Donald Trump's offspring? Well you don't have to imagine it because it happened even though his children were aides to their father and there is no evidence they used those positions to create business opportunities for themselves.

While this trip is going on and the new revelations about the Ukrainian trip are being made, all of a sudden there is an arrest of a 21-year-old man who allegedly leaked the intelligence documents regarding the Ukrainian war. We are supposed to believe that a 21-year-old soldier with low level clearance was able to obtain and walk out with physical documents that he then put online. We've been told before that people aren't supposed to be able to walk out with documents because they are searched to ensure that they aren't stealing information. You have to ask the question is this to cover up the Biden crime family operations or to distract from some of the revelations in those documents? It's clear things are not going as well in the Ukraine as we have been led to believe by the mainstream media. It is also apparent that there are US personnel on the ground in the Ukraine, something we were told would never happen. And it appears the Ukrainian government has become an arms dealer, quite possibly enriching the pockets and bank accounts of high-ranking government and military officials.

Anheuser-Busch has temporarily destroyed the sales of their most popular product. Of course, those in mainstream media are denigrating the frat boys and rednecks that are offended by a simple can of beer with the picture of a transgender female. These are the very same people that were offended by a bottle of pancake syrup, a box of rice, and a tub of butter.

Where are the feminists? Dylan Mulvaney, the transgender on the Bud Light can, is also selling sports bras for Nike. No offense to Dylan, but I would fill out a sports bra much better than he can. One of the stated goals of a sports bra is to prevent things from bouncing but if you have nothing to bounce what good is a sports bra? If they want to promote their wokeness, at least find a transgender that has something on the chest to contain and control. Heck, for $200,000 I'd be glad to put on a sports bra and run around on the beach to show how well it works. I guess the feminists, who have worked so hard to promote opportunities for women, are admitting that a man is better at selling women's products than any woman could be.

I had a revelation this week that Joe Biden is actually doing quite a bit to put an end to our border crisis. We were just looking at it from the wrong angle. Those that are truly coming here for economic freedom are fleeing what type of country? Socialist, communist, or extremely corrupt. These countries are the poorest in the world. They come to America for an opportunity to have a better economic life. Joe Biden is trying to make us like the countries they have left which will eventually disincentivize others from trying to come here.

There is so much more that we could discuss but I'll remind you that all of it is designed to distract your attention away from the real end game. Which is to fundamentally change our country into exactly what we fought a revolution to get away from. A country in which those in power can dictate to us how we can live, punish us for being independent and free thinkers, and put us in jail if we dare speak or act out against them.

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