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The assaults on President Trump by Democrats, especially those attacks led by ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, were legend.
She orchestrated an impeachment vote, which failed to remove him from office, over a telephone call. When he left office she still orchestrated another, failed, campaign to impeach and "remove."
Then there was her followup, a special partisan committee run by Democrats and two Trump-hating members of the GOP that essential orchestrated testimony, witnesses and evidence to make it appear Trump urged protesters to violence on Jan. 6, 2021, when he in fact told them to protest peacefully.
Now the final report from that committee has been condemned for its "flat out lies."
U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, chief of the House Admission Subcommittee on Oversight, explained his investigation of the committee, and its politically skewed results, continues.
"But at the same time, we have uncovered enough to where it really invalidates the select committee's report," he said during an interview with John Solomon Reports.
"We do need to take some type of action because this report should never be used as a historical fact, much less used in any legal proceeding. The evidence that they have is so tainted. It is cherry picked. And in some cases, it's flat out lies."
A report at Just the News explained the investigation so far shows the final report from the Democrat-run Select Committee on the January 6 Capitol Attack is so mistake-filled it could be invalidated.
That committee, commanded by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., spent millions of dollars summoning witnesses who would bring blame against Trump, claiming in its final report that Trump repeated "invalid" claims of vote fraud and did nothing to stop his supporters from rioting.
In fact, that election was tainted by interference by the CIA and FBI, which knew of a false statement assembled by leftists formerly in the intelligence agencies that claimed the Biden family scandal sheet uncovered in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop was Russian disinformation, when in fact it was the truth.
A followup survey showed that interference likely handed the White House to Biden. Further, voters were influenced by $400 million plus Mark Zuckerberg handed out to election officials who largely used it to recruit voters in Democrat districts.
House members already have begun moving to nullify Pelosi's entire committee work, declaring its results void and canceling subpoenas it issued.
The committee was partisan because Pelosi allowed only committee members she wanted to be a part. The nominees from the then-GOP minority were refused. And the committee essentially edited and orchestrated witnesses and testimony to try to pin blame on President Donald Trump for that day.
Democrats claimed the events were an actual "insurrection" against the United States, where by definition protesters would have been intending to take over the government's economy, military, foreign policy and much, much more. They've even tried to keep Trump off the 2024 ballot on the basis of their claims. The events actually were a protest that got out of hand.
Pelosi refused to follow the resolution creating the committee, and never appointed the five members required "after consulting the minority leader." Further, the committee had no "ranking member" from the GOP, another violation of House rules. And the committee also ignored House rules requiring committees provide equal time for majority and minority members asking questions.
President Joe Biden's administration opposed a bill requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, Breitbart reported. The legislation, dubbed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, was introduced by GOP Texas Rep. Chip Roy and garnered widespread Republican support.
Over 100 House Republicans co-sponsored the legislation that would add a measure of security to bar illegal immigrants from voting in U.S. elections. "Federal law has been interpreted to prohibit states from checking to see if you're a citizen even though, technically, the law says you must be a citizen," Roy said in an exclusive to Breitbart.
This is a commonsense measure that would make elections more secure by keeping illegal voters from casting a ballot. However, the White House predictably released a statement Monday vowing to block the legislation should it make it to the president's desk.
The statement claimed that measures are already in place to prevent ineligible voters from casting a ballot. Moreover, the Biden administration pushed for Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, which would allow felons to vote and implement automatic voter registration.
The White House Office of Management and Budget statement downplayed the need for such safeguards for elections. "It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in Federal elections — it is a Federal crime punishable by prison and fines," the document said.
"The alleged justification for this bill is based on easily disproven falsehoods. Additionally, making a false claim of citizenship or unlawfully voting in an election is punishable by removal from the United States and a permanent bar to admission," the statement went on.
"States already have effective safeguards in place to verify voters' eligibility and maintain the accuracy of voter rolls. This bill would do nothing to safeguard our elections, but it would make it much harder for all eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls," the document added.
"The evidence is clear that the current laws to prevent noncitizen voting are working as intended — it is extraordinarily rare for noncitizens to break the law by voting in Federal elections," the administration claimed. It's unclear how they would know how many fraudulent ballots are cast.
BREAKING.🚨
The White House issues statement *OPPOSING* the SAVE Act stopping ILLEGAL ALIENS from voting in U.S. Elections.
"The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act... The alleged justification for this bill is based on easily… pic.twitter.com/f8abvUkekk
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 8, 2024
Most Americans understand that requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is a good idea. A 2022 poll revealed that 65% of all voters favored the requirement.
Republicans were the most enthusiastic, with 88% supporting the measure while just 48% of Democrats agreed with that measure. Among swing voters, 65% support the requirement.
Former President Donald Trump, the presumed presidential GOP nominee, hit back at Democrats who oppose the SAVE Act and urged Republicans to pass it. In a post to Truth Social Tuesday, Trump told GOP lawmakers to pass it "or go home and cry yourself to sleep," Fox News reported.
"The Dems can't win on their policies, the only way they can win is to CHEAT. They do it at every level of government, and they do it well. That's how they get an incapacitated moron like Joe Biden elected," Trump explained. "The Justice Department is CORRUPT and won't do a thing to help. They have no shame!"
There's no good reason to oppose the SAVE Act except that it makes cheating more difficult. The Democrats are showing their hand by objecting to the legislation that should be a slam dunk.
At least one Supreme Court justice was in for a shock just days ago when a shooting rocked her personal residence, leading to the involvement of multiple agencies and, no doubt, damage to the justice's feeling of well-being in her own home.
While protecting the residence of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Washington, DC, two deputy US Marshals opened fire on a would-be carjacker who brandished a weapon, according to authorities, according to the New York Post.
The 18-year-old Kentrell Flowers allegedly approached one of the marshals' vehicles at approximately 1:15 a.m. on July 5 outside Sotomayor's home in northwest DC and brandished a firearm.
As the attacker moved toward one of the federal officials, they were forced to retaliate, taking shots at the teen, according to the US Marshals Service, as reported by The Post.
During the course of the incident, one of the federal agents pulled out his handgun and fired a number of shots at the suspect. Additionally, the second officer also fired his weapon at Flowers.
Officials added that Flowers, a resident of Southeast DC, was taken into custody and treated at a nearby hospital for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
It has been reported by a source close to the incident that the justice who had been selected by former President Barack Obama was not at home when the attempted carjacking occurred.
During the course of their investigation into the shooting, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department discovered a semi-automatic weapon at the scene.
“The Deputy US Marshals involved in the shooting incident were part of the unit protecting the residences of U.S. Supreme Court justices,” the US Marshals office said in a statement.
Charges of armed carjacking, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a large-capacity magazine were brought against the teen suspect.
For the time being, the United States Marshals Service and the Metropolitan Police Department have declined to provide any additional information regarding the investigation that is still ongoing.
This is only the most recent in a string of high-profile carjackings that have occurred in the nation's capital, some of which have targeted federal agents and VIPs.
Secret Service agents who were assigned to President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi, opened fire on a group of individuals who were attempting to break into an unmarked Secret Service car. This incident occurred late last year.
When the agents arrived in Naomi's Georgetown neighborhood shortly before midnight on November 12, they discovered three individuals attempting to enter the parked car, according to the officials.
Additionally, former Trump administration staffer Mike Gill was sitting in his vehicle on K Street at approximately 5:45 p.m. in January when he was shot and killed by a carjacker. Gill was pronounced dead at the scene.
Multiple visits by a renowned neurologist to the White House have ignited speculation over the President's health, The Washington Times reported.
Dr. Kevin R. Cannard's frequent White House appointments since November 2022 have raised eyebrows about President Biden's health amid the 2024 presidential race.
Dr. Kevin R. Cannard, a noted Parkinson’s disease specialist associated with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, began his series of visits to the White House Medical Unit on November 15, 2022. His role and expertise have led to discussions regarding the purpose of these visits, given their frequency and timing.
Records reveal that Dr. Cannard met with Dr. Joshua Simmons, an emergency medicine specialist, during his first visit. This initial consultation sets the stage for the subsequent appointments, although the exact details of these meetings remain undisclosed in the logs.
Throughout his visits, Dr. Cannard also engaged with Megan Nasworthy, a medical liaison coordinating between the White House and Walter Reed. These interactions underscore the collaborative nature of the medical oversight provided at the highest level of government.
By January 17, Dr. Cannard had met with Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician, marking a significant point in his series of visits. This meeting highlighted the involvement of high-ranking medical professionals directly linked to the President’s care, though the specifics are still not public.
The White House, represented by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, has been very protective of the details surrounding these visits. Emphasizing the privacy of medical records, Jean-Pierre has declined to confirm the identities or the specialties of the medical personnel involved.
“I am not going to confirm a name. That is not something I am going to do,” Jean-Pierre stated, reinforcing the administration's stance on maintaining confidentiality regarding the President's health-related visits.
The repeated visits by a Parkinson’s specialist have naturally led to public speculation. This is compounded by the pressures of the upcoming presidential election, where President Biden's health is of significant interest to voters and analysts alike.
Jean-Pierre further explained the routine involvement of neurologists in the President’s medical examinations. “Every year that he has had this exam he sees a neurologist. That’s three times, right? So I am telling you that he has seen a neurologist three times while he has been in this presidency,” she elaborated.
This statement is part of a broader attempt to address public curiosity and concerns about the President's capability to fulfill the demands of his office as he seeks re-election.
The White House's approach to disclosing health-related information remains cautious. “There are thousands of military people who could receive medical care through the White House medical unit,” Jean-Pierre commented, highlighting the broad scope of medical services at the White House and the importance of confidentiality.
Despite this, the interest in the specifics of these medical visits continues to grow, both in the media and among the public. The administration's policy of non-disclosure has not quelled the thirst for more detailed information.
As the last recorded visit of Dr. Cannard was on March 28, according to the latest update of the visitor logs on July 1, the narrative of these consultations remains partially obscured by the absence of detailed public records.
The implications of these medical visits extend beyond immediate health concerns to encompass the overall transparency and public trust in the administration's handling of sensitive information. The lack of explicit details fuels ongoing speculation and dialogue regarding the intersection of health and politics at the highest level.
Just 48% of Americans believe that Donald Trump should go to jail for his "hush money" conviction, despite the efforts of Democrats to convince voters that he committed a serious offense.
The Associated Press poll found that 50% of Americans believe Trump should not face jail when he is sentenced in September - and just 46% approve of Trump's conviction.
Since Trump was found guilty on May 30 of vague crimes involving "hush money" payments, Democrats have repeatedly attacked Trump as a "convicted felon."
At the same time, Democrats have pointed to Hunter Biden's guilty conviction to argue that the justice system that convicted Trump is even-handed. But Americans clearly see the two cases differently.
The Associated Press poll found that roughly 60% of voters believe Hunter Biden should face time behind bars for his felony gun conviction. The results suggest that Americans believe Hunter Biden's crime is more tangible than Trump's alleged bookkeeping offense.
“I don’t think the particular crime deserves time,” said Christopher Smith, a 43-year-old independent in Tennessee. “I see what he did, lying on business records because of an affair, as more of a moral crime."
Unsurprisingly, about 8 in 10 Democrats think Trump should face prison time but only 49% of independents say the same. 46% say he should not.
Only four in ten Americans are confident that Trump was treated fairly by the judge, prosecutors, and jurors, and just 46% of Americans approve of the conviction.
The findings mesh with Trump's argument that the case against him was politically motivated.
It appears there is more of a public consensus that Hunter Biden actually broke the law: 60% of Americans support Hunter's conviction for lying about his drug use to purchase a gun.
The poll is just more bad news for Democrats, who are already facing a possible wipeout this November as Joe Biden crumbles in public following his debate disaster.
Biden has latched onto Trump's felony conviction to attack his rival, but the public apparently isn't convinced that Trump's "crime" is a huge deal.
Trump's sentencing was set for July 11 but has been delayed until September after Trump asked the judge to toss the verdict.
The survey polled 1,088 U.S. adults from June 20-24.
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That Joe Biden has been exhibiting signs of some loss of mental and physical abilities isn't a question any longer. He is, after all, 81 years old going at full throttle to 82 in just a few months.
Already, it was a federal special counsel, Robert Hur, who concluded Biden did, in fact, keep government secrets to which was not entitled in violation of federal law. But Hur recommended against filing charges, which would be felonies, because a jury would see Biden as an old man with diminished memory.
Mike Towle's book, "Biden Time," notes back in 2006 he demanded, "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent … I'm not kidding!"
In 2009 he said, "Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?' The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you."
Further, he called out a "friend" as a "butt buddy." And he bragged about knowing three presidents "intimately."
His penchant for sniffing girls' hair came out verbally, too. He said, to a 15-year-old, "How old are you? Fifteen? I hope mom has a big fence" and "You've got some eyes, Isabel, I tell you."
And he's made himself an expert on weapons: "So you want to keep people away in an earthquake? Buy some shotgun shells."
But there were indicators of issues, despite the best efforts by his circle of family and friends to hide them.
A nonscientific polling in 2020 revealed that 98%, 362 votes, to 2%, 9 votes) said he has "lost his mind."
After all, he said he "got to the Senate" "180 years ago."
He's sometimes interrupted his own teleprompter speeches with, "What am I doing here?"
He's warned about an "invasion of Hispanics."
Mishmash numbers
He complained of "one trillion, 640 billion" loopholes in the tax code.
He was talking about the costs of a program: "740 million billion dollars."
That would actually be 740 sextillion, a word that fortunately has not made it into the federal budget. Yet.
He called someone who didn't give him the answered he liked a "Lying, dog-faced pony soldier," whatever that means in his octogenarian mind.
Confronted with the irrefutable fact of Biden's' decline, the White House suddenly started claiming all such videos were "cheap fakes," a takeoff on the "deep fakes" that are manipulated with tech devices.
But these were not manipulated, only presented to Americans.
At a G7 summit, he turned his back on other leaders and started walking away. He's wandered across the White House lawn. He's tried to shake hands with people who weren't there.
Heritage Foundation tech researcher Jake Denton said what's going on is clear.
"They're trying to push a new term underneath the school of misinformation to try and pressure social media companies to take action on videos of this nature."
A full election cycle back in the 2020 presidential campaign, advertisements openly questioned his mental stability.
Questions begin
"Does Joe Biden have the mental capacity to keep America safe?" asked a narrator in one spot, titled "Lost His Mind."
He continues, "In a world losing its mind, we don’t need a president who’s already lost his."
At one point he called the Jan. 6, 2021, protesters who viewed his presidential election as fraudulent as "erectionists."
And he sometimes is barely able to move about, getting on and off stages and in and out of vehicles.
Besides putting Americans in the natural fear for their lives should their president lose control of his words during a confrontation with an enemy, Biden's mental failings already were creating a threat,
It was because his White House made a "social media misstep that exposed special operators" and could put the lives of those servicemen at risk.
Biden did that by posting an image, shortly later deleted, that showed him in a meeting with special forces in Israel that exposed their faces, and identities.
A spokesman explained, "The risk is high. These guys that got pictured, it could ruin their careers. They could put their families in danger. It could put them in danger."
Calling on the dead
Then his reputation further was skewered when he called on a member of Congress who had died a month before.
During a news briefing he called on Rep. Jackie Walorski, who was killed in a car crash weeks before.
Then Biden's spokeswoman, Karine Jean Pierre, claimed Biden didn't forget Walorski was dead.
He's also claimed to have had discussions with several world leaders during time periods that came after those leaders died.
He once claimed to have cancer.
And he once left more than one reporter with pencil suspended when he said, "I'll lead an effective strategy to mobilize truinnerashuvaduprezure, isolate and punish China."
Jill Biden demanded at one point that the media simply quit mentioning her husband's blunders.
"You can not even go there," the first lady demanded.
The protection racket
Why, or how, did someone with failing faculties get to be president? His circle worked desperately to conceal the truth, and Jill Biden pushed him into a scenario from which he could not mentally emerge successful.
Commentator Megyn Kelly explained:
And an example of Jill Biden's pushing was on video after his disastrous debate, when she told him, like a small child, that he "knew the answers!!!"
It was Jill Biden's first husband, Bill Stevenson, who ripped Jill Biden, to whom he was married 1970-1975, for insisting that Joe Biden stay in the election.
Stevenson, of Delaware, is an ardent Trump supporter who married the first lady when she was still a college student. He supported Biden when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 1972 and when Biden ran as vice president with Barack Obama. He has since been vocal with his contempt for what he has at times called "the Biden crime family."
"I just don't understand why she is so adamant about defending him and keeping him in the race since it appears that he's struggling," Stevenson said.
He added, "She's always been very driven. People say she's the one who wants to be president now."
Earlier, when Joe Biden was named the Democratic nominee in 2020, Stevenson charged Jill and Joe Biden's relationship began as an affair.
"It makes me cringe every time he calls Trump a liar because I'm telling you right now, there is no better liar than President Biden," Stevenson said. "He's just a bad person. I'm probably one of the few people outside his family who has known him for 50 years."
The Daily Mail described how members of the Biden "inner circle" "have been working for years to conceal the aging commander-in-chief's cognitive decline from the public."
Those "gatekeepers" were listed as senior advisers Anita Dunn, Steve Ricchetti, Mike Donilon, Annie Tomasini and Anthony Bernal.
"The group uses a range of tactics, including scheduling only early meetings, not taking unvetted questions in public forums and declining high profile interviews with respected journalists," the report said. "The group's worries are not just over Biden's mental abilities but also physical. A mooted plan to make a cross country journey to promote an infrastructure bill was nixed over concerns regarding his physical stamina."
Biden's circle also limits media interviews, scripts meetings with donors, put up physical barriers to stop journalists from being close enough to ask Biden questions, and fitted him with sneakers that have a better grip, following his infamous fall on stage at the Air Force Academy.
Biden also has insisted:
Such a collection does not include Biden's near expulsion from Syracuse University's College of Law over a plagiarism scandal. In a letter to the faculty, Biden pleaded, "If I had intended to cheat, would I have been so stupid?" Nor does it include Biden's plagiarism, during the 1988 presidential campaign, of a speech by British politician Neil Kinnock, a scandal that helped torpedo that campaign.
As time went on, his stumbles more and more became … silence.
Or "Uhm, Uh, Uh, Anyway."
Of late, sometimes he has simply stood, with a vacant stare in his eyes, without moving.
Why hasn't there been more of an outcry over a president who likely is unable to comprehend the complexities of America's modern world challenges?
Well, for one thing, there's that concerted coverup. A coverup that includes his family, his White House, his associates, the Democrats, even news reporters.
The coverup
One published report confirmed press members at the White House, mostly diehard liberals and leftists, admitted they were "turned off" from exposing his mental failings because those "right-wing media" WERE reporting on it.
The debate performance, described as catastrophic and shocking, prompted questions about why reports, often seeing the president daily, did nothing to expose the dramatic change.
Some revealed they "didn't want to feed into the 'right-wing talking point' about 81-year-old Biden," the report said. "Biden’s age was also a right-wing talking point for years, something the White House was quick to point out to reporters, which may have inadvertently turned off any serious investigation."
The New York Post confirmed "the media" have seen Biden's decline for years.
Carl Bernstein, of Watergate fame, confirmed "he knew of 15 or 20 occasions in the past 18 months when Joe Biden’s brain has malfunctioned as it did during last week’s debate."
But no mentions.
"Several people “who are very close to President Biden ... are adamant that what we saw the other night, the Joe Biden we saw, is not a one-off ... In the last six months particularly there has been a marked incidence of cognitive decline," he confirmed.
The White House has claimed Biden does not have dementia or Alzheimer's. And reporters who ask about that issue are questioned about whether they've asked the "other guy" the same questions.
Extremists in the Democrat party, like ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who orchestrated two failed impeach-and-remove campaigns against Trump and then created an off-the-rules House committee to blame the protest turned riot on Jan. 6, 2021, on Trump, have wildly claimed that it is Trump who has dementia.
She cited unidentified experts for her opinion.
Bill Ackman, Pershing Square CEO, explained that he no longer blamed Biden for not stepping away.
"He no longer as the mental acuity to make important judgments about himself. It is becoming increasingly clear however that the fault lies with @FLOTUS."
That would be Jill Biden, who has faced complaints of "elder abuse" for pushing her husband into situations he clearly is unable to handle.
"Jill Biden becomes irrelevant the moment her husband is no longer president. No more Air Force One. No more glamorous life. No more White House dinners for dignitaries. No more being treated like a queen when traveling the world. I am sorry to be harsh, but what has become entirely clear is that the first lady values what is best for herself over her husband’s health and the safety and security of the country at large," he wrote.
He added, "Her power has clearly grown as he gets weaker. And she likes the feeling of power. She speaks for the president when he can’t or when he is napping. She tells his team and staff when he is available, and when he is not. She likes being in control. We all do. Which begs the question, how many decisions of the president are actually made by the FL? "
It was a columnist from the Washington Examiner that wrote Jill Biden "should be held responsible for 'elder abuse.'"
Trump's former campaign press secretary said, "The majority of the American public agree with that. Jill Biden doesn’t because, I guess, she doesn’t want to be a loving wife and go take care of her husband in Delaware, which is what she should be doing,"
The statement continued, "And I think the media, it’s time for them to finally step up after they’ve been complicit in this cover-up by the Democrat Party over the last four years and ask really tough questions of Jill Biden and of the Biden family about what they know about our president’s state. Clearly, Jill Biden obviously knows her husband better than anyone else in this country, in this world, and she too continues to lie to the American people. It really is shameful. She’s been engaging in elder abuse, and she should be held accountable for that."
At Newsweek, Laura Rosen Cohen wrote, "Elder Abuse Is a Crime. We're All Watching It Happen to Joe Biden."
"Recent reports confirm what's obvious to everyone on the planet: President Joe Biden is a frail 81-year old who requires physiotherapy daily for his increasingly stiff gait and must wear slip proof sneakers to prevent frequent falls. Staff reportedly can only schedule important meetings for him from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, because that is when he is most lucid," she said.
"This is a pattern in keeping with many dementia patients, as are other symptoms: Rarely does a day go by without video of Biden looking completely confused. He also frequently shouts angrily at reporters and confuses things, like Mexico and Egypt, or the names of dead leaders with current ones.
"It's increasingly alarming, and the general consensus in America and around the world is that Biden is both too old for the job and not well."
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An expert on Parkinson's disease says he could have diagnosed Joe Biden with the neurodegenerative ailment from "across the mall."
The comment came from Dr. Tom Pitts, a Democrat and board-certified neurologist, who said in an interview with NBC News that Biden is showing obvious symptoms.
Calls for Biden to step away from the 2024 presidential race, even the White House, are surging following his recent catastrophically poor showing during a presidential debate with President Donald Trump.
Pitts explained it's easy to diagnose Biden with a neurological-degeneration just from his recent public appearances.
Pitts explained, "It's ironic because he has the classic features of neurodegeneration, word-finding difficulties, and that’s not, oh, I couldn’t find the word, that’s from degeneration of the word retrieval area."
Those symptoms are the "hallmarks" of Parkinson's, he said.
"I could have diagnosed him from across the mall," he said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to answer questions on the topic directly, claiming only Biden is not being treated for Parkinson's.
Pitts described Biden as a "wreck in slow motion."
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For many years, the People's Republic of China has been spreading funding into developing countries around the world in strategic areas. Headed by President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has been using its influence to commandeer land, resources, and other assets to advance its agenda.
A recent study by the Pew Research Center, shows just how deep that influence goes, with most people in 35 nations saying they believe China has had a large impact on their respective countries' economies.
In almost all the 35 countries polled by Pew researchers – 44,166 people between January and May 2024 spanning across six continents and ranging in income levels – said China has, at the very least, a fair amount of influence on economic conditions.
Researchers asked a similar question in 2019, and since then, this sentiment has grown substantially, though researchers note that whether people view the influence as good or bad varies greatly.
Middle-income countries had 47% of its population say the influence was positive, while 57% of people from wealthier countries viewed it as a negative. In a May report, a whopping 81% of adult Americans viewed China unfavorably.
In 2013, China launched its Belt and Road Initiative, which has since invested more than $3 trillion in 10 years, with the report noting this is the highest investment overseas by China's Ministry of Commerce in the last eight years.
These investments have not been without some controversy. Many have questioned the environmental impacts Chinese firms have on foreign environments, and concerns have been voiced about the treatment of workers, and whether the Chinese investments truly benefit local economies or if they are, in fact, harmful competition.
However, despite these concerns, Pew notes 72% of middle-income nations still have a favorable view of Chinese companies operating in their lands. Thailand had 81% of those polled saying they viewed China's influence on their economy as positive, Kenya had 80%, while Bangladesh had 79%.
Ghana, Nigeria, the Philippines and South Africa had four-in-ten people say they do not believe Chinese companies treat local workers fairly, while Ghana and South Africa also had a large share of people saying China does not work to protect the environment.
In the Asia-Pacific region, China is currently in disputes over territory – which includes the South and East China Seas, and the border between India and China. Researchers point out many of the countries surveyed in the region are concerned about such disputes.
China Ambassador Threatens Nepali Journalist After He Exposes Dragon's Expansionism in Pokhara
Friends, China has used intimidation in aide of its expansionism with all its neighbors in the recent past. From Philippines to Taiwan in South China Seas, and with India In Ladakh.… pic.twitter.com/HmhDrn8n5S
— Republic (@republic) May 30, 2024
According to the report, three-quarters of people in Australia, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea have expressed concerns about territorial disputes, while the Philippines has recently been engaged in conflict with the Chinese coast guard.
"Across the Asia-Pacific region, we also asked people whether China contributes to peace and stability around the world. Opinion is divided: In Malaysia and Thailand, around two-thirds or more see it playing this role. About three-in-ten or fewer say the same in Australia, India, Japan and South Korea," the report says.
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A key expert in Parkinson's disease has visited the White House 10 times just over the last two years, according to a report Monday from Washington Examiner.
Joe Biden's health, both physical and mental, of course, is a key topic right now following his episodes of failed memory, inability to complete a word or a sentence and more. His recent catastrophic inability even to speak coherently during a presidential debate brought the issue to the headlines.
At 81 years old, 82 in just a few months, the possibility of a progressive affliction such as dementia certainly is a possibility. But there also are symptoms he's exhibited that are linked to Parkinson's.
Those include trembling, often starting in the hands, stiffness, slowness of movement, poor balance and coordination and speech difficulties.
The report said Biden's own physician "met with a top Washington, D.C., neurologist who specializes in Parkinson's…"
White House visitor logs show Dr. Kevin Cannard, of the Walter Reed Medical Center, met with Biden's doctor, Kevin O'Connor and others at the White House last January. And Cannard's name shows up on visitor logs 10 times after Nov. 15, 2022.
"It's highly likely they were talking about Biden," explained Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas. "He should only be [regularly] treating the president and the first family."
Jackson was the White House physician for both President Donald Trump and earlier, Barack Obama.
He repeatedly has issued warnings about the declining state of Biden's mental health.
He said O'Connor and Jill Biden are leading a "coverup" of Biden's problems.
The report noted Cannard late last year released a paper in the Parkinsonism & Related Disorders journal that focuses on the early stages of the affliction.
The White House explained a "wide variety of specialists" visit the White House for the "thousands" of military members who work on the grounds.
Biden repeatedly has refused to take any sort of cognitive test that would assess his mental capacities.
His aides have confirmed his time frame for being involved during the day is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., after which he's more like to have "miscues," the report said.
His deteriorating condition, evidenced by his actions in public, has prompted a long list of names to recommend he drop out of the 2024 presidential race, but he has refused.
President Joe Biden's physician attempted to explain away the fact that a Parkinson's disease expert visited the White House eight times in as many months, Breitbart reported. White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said that neurologist Dr. Kevin Cannard was not there to treat Biden.
Visitor logs showed that Cannard made eight visits to the White House between July 2023 and March 2024. When this fact came to light Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was confronted by the press about the nature of those visits.
Facing an uncharacteristically contentious press, she claimed that Biden had only been seen by a neurologist "three times" since taking office in January 2021. O'Connor issued the letter later in the day with his explanation.
New letter from Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor: “Dr. Cannard was the neurological specialist that examined President Biden for each of his annual physicals. His findings have been made public each time…President Biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical.” pic.twitter.com/gBoinO6HQM
— Matt Viser (@mviser) July 9, 2024
In his letter, O'Connor explained that Cannard has been with the White House for over a decade. "Dr. Cannard has been the Neurology Consultant to the White House Medical Unit since 2012," O'Connor wrote.
"He was chosen for his breadth of experience and expertise across the specialty of Neurology. Prior to his Movement Disorders fellowship at Emory University, he had practiced as a general neurologist for six years," O'Connor continued about Cannard.
"He is the longest serving Neurologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and in the Military Healthcare System." O'Connor explained that Cannard received "numerous local and national teaching awards and is highly regarded for his clinical skills."
The White House physician said that "these qualities make him a valued and versatile consultant to assess and treat a wide variety of conditions." Except for a brief hiatus during the pandemic, Cannard "has held regular Neurology Clinics at the White House Medical Clinic in support of the thousands of active-duty members assigned in support of White House operations," the letter continued.
"Many military personnel experience neurological issues related to their service, and Dr. Cannard regularly visits the WHMU as part of this General Neurology practice," O'Connor added. O'Connor noted that Biden's annual White House physical includes Cannards as well as doctors from several specialties.
Whether Cannard was treating Biden or not, nobody's buying the lie that the president is doing well at all. After last month's abysmal performance during his debate with former President Donald Trump, many Democrats are calling for him to step down, CBS News reported.
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett was the first to publicly say it, stating he was "hopeful that [Mr. Biden] will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw." Others have followed suit, including Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who likened the choice to step down to George Washington's decision not to run for a third term.
"I think that can be President Biden's legacy as well. He defeated Donald Trump once, and then he was willing to hand power over to a new generation of leaders," Moulton said.
"That's the kind of amazing legacy that a great president like Biden deserves," he added. Of course, George Washington wasn't 81 years old and showing signs of dementia when he magnanimously declined to hold onto power.
Whether Cannard treated Biden or not, it's clear that the president is unable to continue with his job or reelection bid because he's in terrible shape. It certainly doesn't take a doctor to see that Biden is exhibiting signs of profound cognitive decline.