I wonder what kind of lies biden's handlers are telling him leading up to the midterm elections? If the senile buffoon has any working brain cells at all, then he knows the jig is up....

 

What happened to the value conservatives used to place on personal responsibility. President Biden did not force that 17 year old to take fentanyl.

 

How to get a liberal off of your porch?

Pay him for the pizza

 

Karma is a bitch, eh despicables?

 

Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman mocked Biden in private questioned mental state: report
People inside the Saudi government said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was unimpressed with Biden and favored former President Trump

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s 37-year-old ruler, has reportedly mocked President Biden in private while questioning his mental state, a move that could fracture U.S.-Saudi relations at a time when the partnership is being tested following a move by OPEC+ to cut oil production and harsh criticism of the regime by American lawmakers.

The Wall Street Journal reported that several people inside the Saudi government said the prince preferred former President Trump and has seemed unimpressed with Biden since his days as vice president while also making fun of his gaffes.

Prince Faisal denied that Prince Mohammed had privately made fun of Biden or told aides he favored his predecessor.


"These allegations made by anonymous sources are entirely false," Faisal said. "The kingdom’s leaders have always held the utmost respect for U.S. presidents, based on the kingdom’s belief in the importance of having a relationship based on mutual respect."


President Biden being welcomed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15. The prince reportedly mocked Biden in private and said he is unimpressed with him. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The report didn't specify what gaffes or instances Prince Mohanned allegedly referred to when speaking about Biden. The president has been criticized over the years for a number of them. Most recently, he was criticized when he called out a recently deceased congresswoman during a White House event in September.

"Jackie are you here? Where's Jackie? She must not be here," he said, referring to Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., during the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

During his campaign, Biden refused to talk to Prince Mohammed for over a year, and when they did meet in Jeddah in July, it seemed like Biden didn't want to be there and was uninterested in the policy discussions, the people in the Saudi government said, according to the report.

American and Saudi interests have often aligned to form a relationship of convenience, whether it be to combat terrorism or the mutual trade worth hundreds of billions of dollars of Saudi oil and American weapon systems.

The White House has said Mr. Biden wants to review whether the Saudi relationship is serving U.S. national security interests, the Journal report said. A recent move by the Saudi-led OPEC+ to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day at a time when gas prices are increasing has prompted several U.S. lawmakers to call for Biden to reassess the relationship.

Since the production cut could increase oil prices, many say it will help fund Russian President Vladimir Putin's war effort in Ukraine and has undermined U.S. sanctions on Moscow.

In addition, Biden has raised human rights issues within the kingdom, including the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council, said Biden "has engaged with leaders from across the region" to establish "a more stable and integrated Middle East," the Journal report said.

 

‘As I Have Said Before’: Biden Takes I Told You So Victory Lap After Positive GDP Report
By Tommy ChristopherOct 27th, 2022, 10:53 am
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President Joe Biden took a victory lap after a 3rd quarter GDP report that was better than expected, pointedly reminding “doomsayers” that he has been saying all along the economy is strong.

On Thursday morning, brand-new economic numbers showed a better-than-expected increase in Gross Domestic Product and a significant slowing in a key inflation indicator, the PCE price index:

• “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the third quarter of 2022 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP decreased 0.6 percent.”
• “The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 4.6 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 8.5 percent in the second quarter (table 4). The PCE price index increased 4.2 percent, compared with an increase of 7.3 percent. Excluding food and energy prices, the PCE price index increased 4.5 percent, compared with an increase of 4.7 percent.”

In a statement emailed to Mediaite, President Biden rebuked “doomsayers” who insist the U.S. is in a recession or headed for one, touted the strength of the numbers, and said they are “further evidence that our economic recovery is continuing to power forward.”

“As I have said before, it is never a good bet to bet against the American people,” the president said.

Here’s the full statement:

Statement by President Biden on Third Quarter GDP Report

For months, doomsayers have been arguing that the US economy is in a recession and Congressional Republicans have been rooting for a downturn. But today we got further evidence that our economic recovery is continuing to power forward. This is a testament to the resilience of the American people. As I have said before, it is never a good bet to bet against the American people. Our economy has created 10 million jobs, unemployment is at a 50 year low, and U.S. manufacturing is booming. Today’s data shows that in the third quarter, Americans’ incomes were up and price increases in the economy came down.

Now, we need to make more progress on our top economic challenge: bringing down high prices for American families. Even with our historic economic recovery, gas prices are falling – down $1.26 since the summer, and down over the last three weeks. The most common price at gas stations in America today is $3.39 a gallon. That is progress, but we need to do more to bring other prices down as well. My Administration has passed laws that will bring down prescription drug prices and health insurance premiums starting next year. We must do more.

Congressional Republicans have a very different agenda – one that would drive up inflation and add to the deficit by cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations. It would raise the cost of prescription drugs, health care, and energy for American families. That failed economic vision is not the way to give families more breathing room and grow our economy so working families can get ahead.

The president has consistently said that the two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth don’t necessarily mean the United States is in a recession, especially given other positive economic indicators. But many critics have slammed Biden, suggesting he’s in denial about a recession.

Some analysts debate whether the GDP report is an indicator of a durable recovery, or a temporary surge, but the better-than-expected numbers are the last GDP figures that will be released before the midterms.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/as-i-...you-so-victory-lap-after-positive-gdp-report/

 

Another left wing BS rag.

 

2.6 growth in GDP is an abysmal number. When the numbers in the next cycle come out and completely wipe it out we'll only be deeper than we are now...

 

This says it all.

 

Are you saying GDP did not grow 2,6%?

This is the same thing treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans were saying last time.

 

@stumbler
New GDP number not nearly as positive as Biden White House's spin. Here's why
Third quarter GDP numbers from the Commerce Department do not show an improving business or consumer climate. Here's where the growth came from

The latest data from the Department of Commerce show that the economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), grew 2.6% from July through September, at an annualized rate. After two consecutive quarters of negative growth, the economy is now roughly flat for the first nine months of 2022. Although depressing, that’s not the worst part – the real devil is always in the details.



The third quarter GDP report does not show a stronger consumer or a healthy business climate. Rather, consumer expenditures grew at an anemic 1.4% and business investment fell for the second quarter in a row, dropping 8.5%. These two categories combined for a decrease of 0.62 percentage points to GDP while government spending grew 2.4%. Even including the nonproductive government sector, these three categories combined contributed -0.2 percentage points to GDP growth.

So, from where did all the growth come? A category called net exports. This is total exports minus total imports and is commonly called the trade deficit. It shrunk substantially in the third quarter, and that added to GDP.

Interpreting the actual impact of changes in net exports can be tricky. In this case, imports fell 6.9% as Americans were unable to afford as many foreign goods and services as before. This, combined with an increase in exports, added 2.77 percentage points to GDP—more than the total in the headline number.

Far from signs of wealth, these data indicate decline. Although the headline GDP number is positive for the third quarter, it does not reflect an improvement in the life of the common man, contrary to the White House’s rhetoric. The average American’s finances continue to deteriorate under the current administration.

When Biden took office, the economic recovery already underway was growing at an annualized rate of $1.5 trillion and inflation was just 1.4%. In less than two years, Biden has delivered consecutive quarters of negative economic growth and managed to drive inflation so high that prices rose nearly as fast in a single month as they did in the entire year before he became president.

For American families, this has been devastating. Real disposable income is down 12% under Biden and the average worker has lost the equivalent of $3,000 in annual pay because prices have risen so much faster than wages. Higher interest rates add insult to injury, inflicting another $1,200 per year on average in higher borrowing costs.

But that’s just the average. If you get a mortgage on a median-priced home today, it will cost you $10,000 more per year than when Biden took office. That’s $300,000 more over the life of the loan—for the same house. It’s no wonder homeownership affordability has dropped 33% under Biden.

Savers have also been devastated by Biden’s inflationary and anti-growth policies. The average 401(k) has lost 25% of its value in 2022, about $34,000 per person and $68,000 per couple. With prices rising so fast, many people are unable to save at all and are instead relying on credit cards to make ends meet. Monthly savings have plummeted 83% under Biden while credit card debt is up 23%.

Things are equally grim looking froward. The dollar’s recent strength relative to other currencies signals that foreigners will be able to afford fewer American exports in coming months. That will exacerbate the trade deficit and be reflected in lower future GDP numbers as well. In that case, and unlike the third quarter GDP report, worsening economic numbers do reflect financial pain for Americans as reduced production means fewer jobs and less income.

Sadly, there is little relief in sight coming from the Biden administration, which has only doubled down on failures like its anti-energy agenda, policies that already produced the highest gasoline and diesel prices in the nation’s history. With winter around the corner, there is even the risk of a home-heating-oil shortage.

Instead of reversing course, as the Clinton administration did in the 1990s, the Biden administration seems content to hang its hat on Orwellian word games. Yet just because the White House redefines the word "recession" doesn’t mean families are immune to the financial reality that they cannot afford to live in Biden’s America.

E. J. Antoni is a research fellow in regional economics at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis and a senior fellow at Committee to Unleash Prosperity.

 

Wait. Watch.
We'll see proof from a despicable that figures never lie, but liars figure.



The only thing despicables can talk about is abortion, and it doesn't even make the top issues on voters minds as they head for the polls in 2 weeks.
What is on their mind?
1. Inflation
2. Economy
3. Open borders
4. Crime



And they have no one to blame but themselves