is joe thden running on ? the economy is in danger ofe ec recession. his foreign policy blunders have created an america with less power and influence, while unholy alliances led by china keep growing. and oh yeah, the massive corruption engulfing his presidency shows no sign ofno sg abating. watch this remarkable momentn ti ngfrom the white house briefing yesterday. it was one committee trying to get by alleging that president biden took bribes. there s another irs whistleblower whose religion was a cover up in the investigation. the middle of this, there was partner ed harris poll this month that found that 53% of the public, including a fourth of democrats, believe, quote, joe biden was involved with his son in an illegal influence peddling scheme. there s, of course, evidencethes the president interacting with his associates from china, mexico, kazakhstan, russia, ukraine. so what do you say to thessia, a majority of americans who believe thatuld you sa the prest is him
in the faulkner focus. americans face real economic consequences as politicians are dug in. more and more lawmakers are saying that the president and the house speaker must find common ground but the house the white house sounds like it is not really interested in doing that. this is not an issue that we will negotiate on. he is not going to negotiate over avoiding default. this is congress s constitutional duty. he will not negotiate on the debt ceiling. very clear. that isn t going the change. congress needs to avoid a default. i ll leave it there without conditions. harris: without conditions. that sounded like a negotiation. for their part, house democrats are now trying to use a procedural scheme to bypass speaker mccarthy s debt bill. republican senator mike lee and senior congressional correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill. let s start with the news with chad. it is called a discharge petition, 218 members can go over the head of the speaker and put a bi
tenth grade biology class, co2, co2, hmm, don t trees consume co2 for photosynthesis? quick google check. how about we plant a whole lot more trees across the country and across the world? that seems like a natural solution with lots of upside, trees are beautiful, and might help fight global warming. oh, but no, there is a problem with that idea. planting more trees might help solve climate change, but it definitely will not enrich your donors. trees are cheap. it is hard to make money from trees. worse than that, trees are impossible to regulate. once you plant trees, they grow by themselves, they do not need federal help. trees definitely will not make you more powerful, so instead, here is an idea, let s invest trillions of dollars of other people s money in batteries and wind farms and electric school buses. that way democratic politicians get fingertip control over the entire u.s. economy and all of their friends get rich. sounds perfect. let s go with that idea. that i