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THE NEW YORK POST
"‘Incredibly suspicious’ Hunter Biden email may be based on classified info: GOP senator"
Story by Miranda Devine
25 JANUARY 2023
A Hunter Biden email about Ukraine from 2014 looks ‘suspiciously’ like it could have come from classified information, a leading GOP senator has claimed.
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the April 12, 2014 message to one of the first son’s business partners resembles documents that the State Department gives members of the Senate when they travel overseas.
“It reads like one of those scene-setters — highly detailed information in terms of Ukraine,” Johnson told Fox News Tuesday.
The email from Hunter to Devon Archer includes a granular 22-point memo the Biden scion described as “thoughts after doing some research.”
Those “thoughts” include the prescient predictions that Petro Poroshenko would be elected Ukraine’s president the following month and that “some sort of decentralization will likely occur in the East.”
“If it doesn’t the Russians will continue to escalate there [sic] destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale take over of the eastern region most critically Donetsk,” Hunter Biden wrote.
“The strategic value is to create a land bridge for RU[ssia] to Crimea.”
The 1,300-word email — far more detailed and lengthy than anything else found on Hunter’s abandoned laptop — also referenced an upcoming trip to Ukraine by then-Vice President Joe Biden and appeared to acknowledge the older Biden’s penchant for gaffes.
“The announcement of my guys [sic] upcoming travels should be characterized as part of our advice and thinking — but what he will say and do is out of our hands,” Hunter Biden wrote.
“In other words it could be a really good thing or it could end up creating too great an expectation."
"We need to temper expectations regarding that visit.”
The email from Hunter to Devon Archer includes a granular 22-point memo the Biden scion described as “thoughts after doing some research.”
Johnson noted that the email was written at the same time “when Devon Archer and Hunter Biden were trying to get on the board of [Ukrainian energy company] Burisma and get their $3, $4 million worth of payday trying to prove their worth.”
“Three days later, Vice President Biden meets with Devon Archer in the White House,” he said.
“Then [Joe Biden] goes to Ukraine and is listed as the face of the Obama administration in Ukraine.”
“It’s obvious Hunter Biden is selling access to information,” Johnson added.
“Does that have anything to do with some of the classified documents Vice President Biden was squirreling away in his residence?"
"I don’t know, but it looks incredibly suspicious.”
However, an official with knowledge of Ukraine intelligence matters scoffed at the notion that the email may have been gleaned from classified information, telling The Post late Wednesday: “It sounds like something he got from Wikipedia or a YouTube interview — like a paraphrased version of open-source reporting.”
Hunter Biden and Devon Archer were both named to the Burisma board of directors, with the first son getting paid as much as $83,000 a month — equivalent to $1 million a year — despite having no experience in the energy industry, according to information stored on his infamous laptop.
Hunter Biden’s 1,300-word email also referenced an upcoming trip to Ukraine by then-Vice President Joe Biden.
But that salary was slashed after Joe Biden left office and Hunter Biden resigned from the board in April 2019, when his business dealings began complicating his dad’s White House bid.
Johnson — who, with fellow Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), has been investigating Hunter Biden’s controversial overseas business dealings — added: “We’re starting to stitch together this sordid story of sleaze and corruption.”
In October 2020, The Post exclusively revealed the existence of Hunter Biden’s laptop with a blockbuster scoop about how he introduced his father to a top Burisma exec in 2015.
An email also showed that Vadym Pozharskyi, who advised the company’s board, asked Hunter Biden for “advice on how you could use your influence” on Burisma’s behalf.
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"‘Incredibly suspicious’ Hunter Biden email may be based on classified info: GOP senator"
Story by Miranda Devine
25 JANUARY 2023
A Hunter Biden email about Ukraine from 2014 looks ‘suspiciously’ like it could have come from classified information, a leading GOP senator has claimed.
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the April 12, 2014 message to one of the first son’s business partners resembles documents that the State Department gives members of the Senate when they travel overseas.
“It reads like one of those scene-setters — highly detailed information in terms of Ukraine,” Johnson told Fox News Tuesday.
The email from Hunter to Devon Archer includes a granular 22-point memo the Biden scion described as “thoughts after doing some research.”
Those “thoughts” include the prescient predictions that Petro Poroshenko would be elected Ukraine’s president the following month and that “some sort of decentralization will likely occur in the East.”
“If it doesn’t the Russians will continue to escalate there [sic] destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale take over of the eastern region most critically Donetsk,” Hunter Biden wrote.
“The strategic value is to create a land bridge for RU[ssia] to Crimea.”
The 1,300-word email — far more detailed and lengthy than anything else found on Hunter’s abandoned laptop — also referenced an upcoming trip to Ukraine by then-Vice President Joe Biden and appeared to acknowledge the older Biden’s penchant for gaffes.
“The announcement of my guys [sic] upcoming travels should be characterized as part of our advice and thinking — but what he will say and do is out of our hands,” Hunter Biden wrote.
“In other words it could be a really good thing or it could end up creating too great an expectation."
"We need to temper expectations regarding that visit.”
The email from Hunter to Devon Archer includes a granular 22-point memo the Biden scion described as “thoughts after doing some research.”
Johnson noted that the email was written at the same time “when Devon Archer and Hunter Biden were trying to get on the board of [Ukrainian energy company] Burisma and get their $3, $4 million worth of payday trying to prove their worth.”
“Three days later, Vice President Biden meets with Devon Archer in the White House,” he said.
“Then [Joe Biden] goes to Ukraine and is listed as the face of the Obama administration in Ukraine.”
“It’s obvious Hunter Biden is selling access to information,” Johnson added.
“Does that have anything to do with some of the classified documents Vice President Biden was squirreling away in his residence?"
"I don’t know, but it looks incredibly suspicious.”
However, an official with knowledge of Ukraine intelligence matters scoffed at the notion that the email may have been gleaned from classified information, telling The Post late Wednesday: “It sounds like something he got from Wikipedia or a YouTube interview — like a paraphrased version of open-source reporting.”
Hunter Biden and Devon Archer were both named to the Burisma board of directors, with the first son getting paid as much as $83,000 a month — equivalent to $1 million a year — despite having no experience in the energy industry, according to information stored on his infamous laptop.
Hunter Biden’s 1,300-word email also referenced an upcoming trip to Ukraine by then-Vice President Joe Biden.
But that salary was slashed after Joe Biden left office and Hunter Biden resigned from the board in April 2019, when his business dealings began complicating his dad’s White House bid.
Johnson — who, with fellow Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), has been investigating Hunter Biden’s controversial overseas business dealings — added: “We’re starting to stitch together this sordid story of sleaze and corruption.”
In October 2020, The Post exclusively revealed the existence of Hunter Biden’s laptop with a blockbuster scoop about how he introduced his father to a top Burisma exec in 2015.
An email also showed that Vadym Pozharskyi, who advised the company’s board, asked Hunter Biden for “advice on how you could use your influence” on Burisma’s behalf.
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CNN
"Opinion: We're seeing the first major blow to Biden's 'regular Joe' image"
Opinion by Julian Zelizer
25 JANUARY 2023
President Joe Biden, who has struggled for weeks to contain the fallout surrounding the discovery of classified documents at his home and former office, must have sighed with relief when former Vice President Mike Pence announced classified documents were also found at his home in Indiana.
Both of these incidents come on the heels of the documents saga surrounding former President Donald Trump, who – like Biden – is now under a special counsel investigation.
In August, the FBI seized more than 100 classified documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home during a court-approved search.
News reports have emphasized the way the Biden and Pence responded differently than Trump.
For one, lawyers working for Biden and Pence notified authorities shortly after the classified documents were first discovered and made an effort to return them, while Trump’s team resisted efforts by the Department of Justice to retrieve all the documents at Mar-a-Lago.
But, as evidenced by the latest revelations, this is not simply an inside Washington story.
Nor is it one that it will go away anytime soon.
While Pence’s disclosure certainly takes the heat off Biden, this scandal is bad news for Biden’s brand name.
And new polling makes this clear.
More than eight out of 10 Americans approve of the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the handling of classified documents found at Biden’s home and office.
However, according to the same CNN poll, it seems Americans understand the differences between the two cases involving Biden and Trump.
While a majority of Americans disapprove of the way Biden has handled the issue and consider it a serious or “somewhat serious” problem, it’s telling that only 37% of Americans believe he has done something illegal.
Yet, when it comes to Trump’s case, 52% of Americans believe he has done something illegal.
Biden, who established himself as the responsible foil to Trump in 2020, has now squandered the political high ground on this issue.
And with Pence thrown into the mix, Trump’s team believes the latest developments could help support their argument that this should be treated as an administrative issue, rather than a criminal one.
Biden also has more to lose when it comes to the issue of reputation.
One of Biden’s greatest assets has been his image as a regular Joe – a straight shooter who can be trusted.
Like former President Jimmy Carter, who cast himself as an upstanding candidate after Watergate, Biden ran for president in 2020 as the seasoned “adult in the room” after the tumult of the Trump years.
We’re now seeing the first major blow to that image, with more attacks sure to come now that the Republicans who have gained control of the House are vowing to investigate everything from Hunter Biden to the president’s border policies.
Regardless of what House Republicans will find, if anything, they are capable of redirecting our attention to negative attacks on Biden and further damaging his reputation.
If Democrats don’t think these sorts of stories can have legs, they should just ask Hillary Clinton’s emails, which the GOP famously used to bludgeon her reputation right through the 2016 election.
Biden might have a stronger reputation than Clinton, which will help.
But that certainly won’t insulate him from an onslaught of attacks in the next two years.
The turmoil will also renew talks within the Democratic Party about whether Biden should run for reelection or who might challenge him in the primaries — two conversations that had largely abated after the party’s stunning performance in the midterms.
All of these controversies can easily distract both the public and the media from the issues Biden would rather focus on, such as the slowing of inflation or military support for Ukraine.
And, of course, there are plenty of ways this could continue going south for Biden, especially if there are fresh revelations surrounding his handling of classified documents.
But all of this is surmountable.
While there are constraints on what Biden can say in the midst of an ongoing investigation, he should be as direct with the public as possible and make every effort to turn over whatever material he has.
He must also be proactive in pushing forward conversations about his domestic agenda and keeping the public eye focused on the chaos and division House Republicans are sowing.
But he and his supporters shouldn’t discount the significant political impact this story can have.
It has already opened the door to questions about his prospects in 2024 and given a laggard Trump campaign something to crow about.
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"Opinion: We're seeing the first major blow to Biden's 'regular Joe' image"
Opinion by Julian Zelizer
25 JANUARY 2023
President Joe Biden, who has struggled for weeks to contain the fallout surrounding the discovery of classified documents at his home and former office, must have sighed with relief when former Vice President Mike Pence announced classified documents were also found at his home in Indiana.
Both of these incidents come on the heels of the documents saga surrounding former President Donald Trump, who – like Biden – is now under a special counsel investigation.
In August, the FBI seized more than 100 classified documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home during a court-approved search.
News reports have emphasized the way the Biden and Pence responded differently than Trump.
For one, lawyers working for Biden and Pence notified authorities shortly after the classified documents were first discovered and made an effort to return them, while Trump’s team resisted efforts by the Department of Justice to retrieve all the documents at Mar-a-Lago.
But, as evidenced by the latest revelations, this is not simply an inside Washington story.
Nor is it one that it will go away anytime soon.
While Pence’s disclosure certainly takes the heat off Biden, this scandal is bad news for Biden’s brand name.
And new polling makes this clear.
More than eight out of 10 Americans approve of the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the handling of classified documents found at Biden’s home and office.
However, according to the same CNN poll, it seems Americans understand the differences between the two cases involving Biden and Trump.
While a majority of Americans disapprove of the way Biden has handled the issue and consider it a serious or “somewhat serious” problem, it’s telling that only 37% of Americans believe he has done something illegal.
Yet, when it comes to Trump’s case, 52% of Americans believe he has done something illegal.
Biden, who established himself as the responsible foil to Trump in 2020, has now squandered the political high ground on this issue.
And with Pence thrown into the mix, Trump’s team believes the latest developments could help support their argument that this should be treated as an administrative issue, rather than a criminal one.
Biden also has more to lose when it comes to the issue of reputation.
One of Biden’s greatest assets has been his image as a regular Joe – a straight shooter who can be trusted.
Like former President Jimmy Carter, who cast himself as an upstanding candidate after Watergate, Biden ran for president in 2020 as the seasoned “adult in the room” after the tumult of the Trump years.
We’re now seeing the first major blow to that image, with more attacks sure to come now that the Republicans who have gained control of the House are vowing to investigate everything from Hunter Biden to the president’s border policies.
Regardless of what House Republicans will find, if anything, they are capable of redirecting our attention to negative attacks on Biden and further damaging his reputation.
If Democrats don’t think these sorts of stories can have legs, they should just ask Hillary Clinton’s emails, which the GOP famously used to bludgeon her reputation right through the 2016 election.
Biden might have a stronger reputation than Clinton, which will help.
But that certainly won’t insulate him from an onslaught of attacks in the next two years.
The turmoil will also renew talks within the Democratic Party about whether Biden should run for reelection or who might challenge him in the primaries — two conversations that had largely abated after the party’s stunning performance in the midterms.
All of these controversies can easily distract both the public and the media from the issues Biden would rather focus on, such as the slowing of inflation or military support for Ukraine.
And, of course, there are plenty of ways this could continue going south for Biden, especially if there are fresh revelations surrounding his handling of classified documents.
But all of this is surmountable.
While there are constraints on what Biden can say in the midst of an ongoing investigation, he should be as direct with the public as possible and make every effort to turn over whatever material he has.
He must also be proactive in pushing forward conversations about his domestic agenda and keeping the public eye focused on the chaos and division House Republicans are sowing.
But he and his supporters shouldn’t discount the significant political impact this story can have.
It has already opened the door to questions about his prospects in 2024 and given a laggard Trump campaign something to crow about.
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FOX NEWS
"DOJ officials 'frustrated,' 'irritated' with Biden team over classified docs scandal: report"
Story by Joe Silverstein
25 JANUARY 2023
CNN senior legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid reported Wednesday that officials within the Department of Justice are unhappy with President Joe Biden and his team over their handling of the classified document scandal.
Her comments came during "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer".
"Some Justice officials have been frustrated at times by certain decisions the Biden team has made."
"For example, weeks after the Justice Department told the Biden team that they would be reviewing this case, the president's team searched the Wilmington home and didn't tell the Justice Department until after they found classified material," Reid said.
"A notification wasn't required, but the lack of advanced notice irritated some Justice officials," Reid noted.
"Now we've also heard concerns about how the White House was not fully forthcoming with the public when the story first broke."
"They confirmed the discovery of documents at the Penn Biden Center, but they failed to mention that classified documents had also been found in Wilmington," she continued.
"All of this, Wolf, helped inform the decision to ultimately appoint a special counsel," Reid said.
Reid noted that once Special Counsel Robert Hur begins his investigation, it will be a "full-blown criminal investigation."
She said that there can be more searches of Biden's homes and offices for additional classified information.
Classified documents were first found at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. by the president's attorneys in November.
Biden has since dismissed concerns about his handling of classified information, arguing that some were secure and locked away next to his Corvette in his garage in Delaware.
Some have pointed out that Biden was very critical of former President Trump after the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago home this past summer.
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"DOJ officials 'frustrated,' 'irritated' with Biden team over classified docs scandal: report"
Story by Joe Silverstein
25 JANUARY 2023
CNN senior legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid reported Wednesday that officials within the Department of Justice are unhappy with President Joe Biden and his team over their handling of the classified document scandal.
Her comments came during "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer".
"Some Justice officials have been frustrated at times by certain decisions the Biden team has made."
"For example, weeks after the Justice Department told the Biden team that they would be reviewing this case, the president's team searched the Wilmington home and didn't tell the Justice Department until after they found classified material," Reid said.
"A notification wasn't required, but the lack of advanced notice irritated some Justice officials," Reid noted.
"Now we've also heard concerns about how the White House was not fully forthcoming with the public when the story first broke."
"They confirmed the discovery of documents at the Penn Biden Center, but they failed to mention that classified documents had also been found in Wilmington," she continued.
"All of this, Wolf, helped inform the decision to ultimately appoint a special counsel," Reid said.
Reid noted that once Special Counsel Robert Hur begins his investigation, it will be a "full-blown criminal investigation."
She said that there can be more searches of Biden's homes and offices for additional classified information.
Classified documents were first found at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. by the president's attorneys in November.
Biden has since dismissed concerns about his handling of classified information, arguing that some were secure and locked away next to his Corvette in his garage in Delaware.
Some have pointed out that Biden was very critical of former President Trump after the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago home this past summer.
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THE HILL
"Treasury tells Comer to wait on decision on possible Hunter Biden bank records"
Story by Stephen Neukam
25 JANUARY 2023
The Treasury Department has delayed a House Republican request for information on Biden family financial transactions that may have been marked as suspicious, saying that it must first determine whether the disclosure of the records is consistent with “longstanding Executive Branch interests.”
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who chairs the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, requested suspicious activity reports related to the Biden family earlier this month in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Suspicious activity reports are generated by financial institutions when flagging suspicious financial moves and are submitted to the federal government.
But the Treasury at least temporarily rebuked Comer’s request, saying it needed to further communicate with the committee to figure out why it wants the information and what it plans on doing with it.
“It is important that a requesting committee specify in writing its purpose in seeking to obtain the requested information and the use it intends to make of it so that the Department can make a determination as to whether the disclosure is appropriate and consistent with longstanding Executive Branch interests, including the protection of ongoing law enforcement investigations,” the department said in the letter to Comer on Wednesday.
Comer blasted the Treasury’s decision to shield the records, saying it was a coordinated effort by the Biden administration to hide information about the president’s family.
“This coordinated effort by the Biden Administration to hide information about President Biden and his family’s shady business schemes is alarming and raises many questions,” Comer said in a statement after the letter was released.
“We will continue to press for access to suspicious activity reports generated for the Biden family and their associates, and will use the power of the gavel to get them if needed.”
The Oversight Committee’s investigation is just one of a number of probes that House Republicans have launched into President Biden and his family.
In campaigning for their new House majority, the GOP made oversight and investigation of the Biden administration one of their main selling points.
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"Treasury tells Comer to wait on decision on possible Hunter Biden bank records"
Story by Stephen Neukam
25 JANUARY 2023
The Treasury Department has delayed a House Republican request for information on Biden family financial transactions that may have been marked as suspicious, saying that it must first determine whether the disclosure of the records is consistent with “longstanding Executive Branch interests.”
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who chairs the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, requested suspicious activity reports related to the Biden family earlier this month in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Suspicious activity reports are generated by financial institutions when flagging suspicious financial moves and are submitted to the federal government.
But the Treasury at least temporarily rebuked Comer’s request, saying it needed to further communicate with the committee to figure out why it wants the information and what it plans on doing with it.
“It is important that a requesting committee specify in writing its purpose in seeking to obtain the requested information and the use it intends to make of it so that the Department can make a determination as to whether the disclosure is appropriate and consistent with longstanding Executive Branch interests, including the protection of ongoing law enforcement investigations,” the department said in the letter to Comer on Wednesday.
Comer blasted the Treasury’s decision to shield the records, saying it was a coordinated effort by the Biden administration to hide information about the president’s family.
“This coordinated effort by the Biden Administration to hide information about President Biden and his family’s shady business schemes is alarming and raises many questions,” Comer said in a statement after the letter was released.
“We will continue to press for access to suspicious activity reports generated for the Biden family and their associates, and will use the power of the gavel to get them if needed.”
The Oversight Committee’s investigation is just one of a number of probes that House Republicans have launched into President Biden and his family.
In campaigning for their new House majority, the GOP made oversight and investigation of the Biden administration one of their main selling points.
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NEWSWEEK
"Joe Biden's 'Brutal' Gaffe Tarnishes Monumental Ukraine Announcement"
Story by Jon Jackson
25 JANUARY 2023
President Joe Biden on Wednesday appeared to momentarily state the wrong country's name while delivering an important announcement regarding the sending of tanks to Ukraine.
The slipup occurred as Biden listed statistics for various armaments sent by Ukraine's allies to aid the country against the invading Russians.
He said such supplies were "all to help counter Ukraine's brutal aggression that's happening because of Russia."
The president seemingly meant to say "Russia's brutal aggression."
He paused briefly after he said aggression, then added the statement about Russia to the end of the sentence.
Earlier in the speech, he had said the phrase "Russia's aggression" multiple times.
The gaffe occurred during Biden's announcement that the United States would provide Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's forces with 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks.
GOP War Room, an official YouTube account for the Republican National Committee, shared a clip of Biden's mistake.
The post was captioned "Biden Makes No Sense."
Several social media users and a few right-wing outlets also quickly picked up on Biden's error and posted messages about it.
"Statements like this are why his lawyers are suddenly finding he left classified documents everywhere," journalist Dan Cohen tweeted about the gaffe.
Biden was recently subjected to online mockery from social media users when he mistakenly referred to the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol as "July the 6th" instead of January 6 while delivering a speech on the second anniversary of the event.
That verbal blunder came at a White House event where Biden awarded 14 individuals with the Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the nation's highest civilian honors, for their actions in thwarting the Capitol rioters.
"If I can halt for a second and just say to you the impact of what happened on July the 6th had international repercussions beyond what any of you, I think, can fully understand," Biden said to those being honored.
Biden's Wednesday announcement regarding the Abrams tanks came on the same day that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced his country would send Zelensky 14 Leopard 2 tanks.
The decision was an abrupt shift for Germany, which had been reluctant to give Ukraine tanks.
The United States had also hesitated for a period before acquiescing to Ukraine's repeated calls for tanks.
The Associated Press reported the U.S. initially resisted supplying Zelensky with the Abrams tanks because of the "extensive and complex maintenance and logistical challenges with the high-tech vehicles."
Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Republican National Committee for comment.
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"Joe Biden's 'Brutal' Gaffe Tarnishes Monumental Ukraine Announcement"
Story by Jon Jackson
25 JANUARY 2023
President Joe Biden on Wednesday appeared to momentarily state the wrong country's name while delivering an important announcement regarding the sending of tanks to Ukraine.
The slipup occurred as Biden listed statistics for various armaments sent by Ukraine's allies to aid the country against the invading Russians.
He said such supplies were "all to help counter Ukraine's brutal aggression that's happening because of Russia."
The president seemingly meant to say "Russia's brutal aggression."
He paused briefly after he said aggression, then added the statement about Russia to the end of the sentence.
Earlier in the speech, he had said the phrase "Russia's aggression" multiple times.
The gaffe occurred during Biden's announcement that the United States would provide Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's forces with 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks.
GOP War Room, an official YouTube account for the Republican National Committee, shared a clip of Biden's mistake.
The post was captioned "Biden Makes No Sense."
Several social media users and a few right-wing outlets also quickly picked up on Biden's error and posted messages about it.
"Statements like this are why his lawyers are suddenly finding he left classified documents everywhere," journalist Dan Cohen tweeted about the gaffe.
Biden was recently subjected to online mockery from social media users when he mistakenly referred to the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol as "July the 6th" instead of January 6 while delivering a speech on the second anniversary of the event.
That verbal blunder came at a White House event where Biden awarded 14 individuals with the Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the nation's highest civilian honors, for their actions in thwarting the Capitol rioters.
"If I can halt for a second and just say to you the impact of what happened on July the 6th had international repercussions beyond what any of you, I think, can fully understand," Biden said to those being honored.
Biden's Wednesday announcement regarding the Abrams tanks came on the same day that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced his country would send Zelensky 14 Leopard 2 tanks.
The decision was an abrupt shift for Germany, which had been reluctant to give Ukraine tanks.
The United States had also hesitated for a period before acquiescing to Ukraine's repeated calls for tanks.
The Associated Press reported the U.S. initially resisted supplying Zelensky with the Abrams tanks because of the "extensive and complex maintenance and logistical challenges with the high-tech vehicles."
Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Republican National Committee for comment.
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Jalopnik
"Driving 100 Miles in an EV Is Now More Expensive Than in an ICE"
Story by Ryan Erik King
25 JANUARY 2023
No longer needing to buy gasoline is one of the most convincing selling points for potential electric vehicle customers.
It’s easy to conclude that owning an EV and recharging at home is cheaper than using a car powered by an internal combustion engine.
The conclusion is correct if a driver switches powertrains between luxury vehicles, like going from a Porsche Macan to an electric Porsche Taycan.
However, a recent report from the Anderson Economic Group (AEG) found that fueling costs from mid-priced ICE-powered vehicles are lower than similarly priced electric vehicles.
Combustion drivers pay about $11.29 per 100 miles on the road.
EV drivers who charge up at home spend about $11.60 per 100 miles.
The price difference is more dramatic for those who mainly recharge at stations.
Frequent charging station users pay $14.40 per 100 miles.
AEG founder Patrick Anderson stated, “The run-up in gas prices made EVs look like a bargain during much of 2021 and 2022."
"With electric prices going up and gas prices declining, drivers of traditional ICE vehicles saved a little bit of money in the last quarter of 2022.”
There were several factors AEG used in determining that owning an electric vehicle was more expensive, like home charging equipment costs, road taxes and deadhead miles.
ICE-powered car owners have gas purchases taxed to fund road construction and maintenance.
While EV owners don’t pay a gas tax, some states have introduced an additional EV registration fee to compensate.
The massive increase in the report for charging station users versus home chargers is accounted for by the deadhead miles to reach stations and the opportunity cost of waiting for vehicles to charge at stations.
The difference highlights the lackluster coverage for electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the United States.
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"Driving 100 Miles in an EV Is Now More Expensive Than in an ICE"
Story by Ryan Erik King
25 JANUARY 2023
No longer needing to buy gasoline is one of the most convincing selling points for potential electric vehicle customers.
It’s easy to conclude that owning an EV and recharging at home is cheaper than using a car powered by an internal combustion engine.
The conclusion is correct if a driver switches powertrains between luxury vehicles, like going from a Porsche Macan to an electric Porsche Taycan.
However, a recent report from the Anderson Economic Group (AEG) found that fueling costs from mid-priced ICE-powered vehicles are lower than similarly priced electric vehicles.
Combustion drivers pay about $11.29 per 100 miles on the road.
EV drivers who charge up at home spend about $11.60 per 100 miles.
The price difference is more dramatic for those who mainly recharge at stations.
Frequent charging station users pay $14.40 per 100 miles.
AEG founder Patrick Anderson stated, “The run-up in gas prices made EVs look like a bargain during much of 2021 and 2022."
"With electric prices going up and gas prices declining, drivers of traditional ICE vehicles saved a little bit of money in the last quarter of 2022.”
There were several factors AEG used in determining that owning an electric vehicle was more expensive, like home charging equipment costs, road taxes and deadhead miles.
ICE-powered car owners have gas purchases taxed to fund road construction and maintenance.
While EV owners don’t pay a gas tax, some states have introduced an additional EV registration fee to compensate.
The massive increase in the report for charging station users versus home chargers is accounted for by the deadhead miles to reach stations and the opportunity cost of waiting for vehicles to charge at stations.
The difference highlights the lackluster coverage for electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the United States.
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REUTERS
"Intel sees more losses as PC makers sharply cut chip buying; shares slump"
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Chavi Mehta
January 26, 2023
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Intel Corp said on Thursday it expects to lose money in the current quarter, surprising investors with a bleaker-than-expected outlook for both the PC market and slowing growth in its key data center division.
The company's shares fell 8% in trading after the bell.
Two of Intel's most important markets are showing signs of weakness after two years of strong growth as remote work boomed during the pandemic.
Now, the PC industry is struggling with a glut of chips after demand for consumer electronics fell off a cliff and business customers wary of a recession are slowing spending on data centers.
"We expect some of the largest inventory corrections literally that we've ever seen in the industry taking place that's affecting the Q1 guide in a meaningful way," Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger told Reuters.
"Everything hinges on the PC market recovery."
"AMD isn’t immune to this either," said Wayne Lam, an analyst at CCS Insight about Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
"Don’t think we’ve seen the bottom for INTC..."
"They are not running a sustainable business model."
Intel expects profit margins to fall further after dropping from 58.4% in the fourth quarter of 2020 to 39.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022.
"Its safe to say that ambitions to return to a 60% margin in the future is light years away," said CFRA Research analyst Angelo Zino.
Shares of other microchip companies fell as well, with AMD down 2.6% and Nvidia Corp down 2%.
PC shipments fell 16.5% to 292.3 million units in 2022, per data from research firm IDC, forcing chipmakers to cut back production and slash revenue forecasts.
Shrinking PC demand also pressured Microsoft Corp's More Personal Computing segment, which includes Windows, devices and search revenue, leading to a 19% drop in the segment in its second quarter.
Meanwhile, the data center market has also slowed from double-digit growth as businesses cut costs to ride out an economic slowdown.
After Gelsinger returned to the company nearly two years ago, Intel has focused on regaining the lead in chipmaking technology.
Outsourcing the chipmaking process has helped rivals like AMD make much smaller and faster chips and outpace Intel's technology.
The company forecast first-quarter revenue in the range of about $10.5 billion to $11.5 billion.
Analysts on average were expecting total revenue of $13.93 billion, according to Refinitiv data.
The company expects an adjusted loss of 15 cents per share versus expectations of a 24 cents per share profit.
Revenue in the fourth quarter fell 32% to $14 billion.
Analysts on average expected revenue of $14.46 billion.
Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and David Gregorio
https://www.reuters.com/technology/inte ... 023-01-26/
"Intel sees more losses as PC makers sharply cut chip buying; shares slump"
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Chavi Mehta
January 26, 2023
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Intel Corp said on Thursday it expects to lose money in the current quarter, surprising investors with a bleaker-than-expected outlook for both the PC market and slowing growth in its key data center division.
The company's shares fell 8% in trading after the bell.
Two of Intel's most important markets are showing signs of weakness after two years of strong growth as remote work boomed during the pandemic.
Now, the PC industry is struggling with a glut of chips after demand for consumer electronics fell off a cliff and business customers wary of a recession are slowing spending on data centers.
"We expect some of the largest inventory corrections literally that we've ever seen in the industry taking place that's affecting the Q1 guide in a meaningful way," Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger told Reuters.
"Everything hinges on the PC market recovery."
"AMD isn’t immune to this either," said Wayne Lam, an analyst at CCS Insight about Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
"Don’t think we’ve seen the bottom for INTC..."
"They are not running a sustainable business model."
Intel expects profit margins to fall further after dropping from 58.4% in the fourth quarter of 2020 to 39.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022.
"Its safe to say that ambitions to return to a 60% margin in the future is light years away," said CFRA Research analyst Angelo Zino.
Shares of other microchip companies fell as well, with AMD down 2.6% and Nvidia Corp down 2%.
PC shipments fell 16.5% to 292.3 million units in 2022, per data from research firm IDC, forcing chipmakers to cut back production and slash revenue forecasts.
Shrinking PC demand also pressured Microsoft Corp's More Personal Computing segment, which includes Windows, devices and search revenue, leading to a 19% drop in the segment in its second quarter.
Meanwhile, the data center market has also slowed from double-digit growth as businesses cut costs to ride out an economic slowdown.
After Gelsinger returned to the company nearly two years ago, Intel has focused on regaining the lead in chipmaking technology.
Outsourcing the chipmaking process has helped rivals like AMD make much smaller and faster chips and outpace Intel's technology.
The company forecast first-quarter revenue in the range of about $10.5 billion to $11.5 billion.
Analysts on average were expecting total revenue of $13.93 billion, according to Refinitiv data.
The company expects an adjusted loss of 15 cents per share versus expectations of a 24 cents per share profit.
Revenue in the fourth quarter fell 32% to $14 billion.
Analysts on average expected revenue of $14.46 billion.
Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and David Gregorio
https://www.reuters.com/technology/inte ... 023-01-26/
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REUTERS
"Chip equipment maker KLA's third-quarter forecasts disappoint, shares sink"
Reuters
January 26, 2023
Jan 26 (Reuters) - U.S. chip toolmaker KLA Corp on Thursday forecast third-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates, the latest company to signal a hit from easing demand as customers seek to reduce excess inventory.
The company's shares fell more than 5% in trading after the bell.
"As we begin 2023, it is clear that this will be a year of industry capacity adjustments," the company said in a shareholder letter, adding that customers were adapting their capex plans for 2023 to reflect lower end demand.
KLA had earlier said its systems & service revenues could be affected in the near term by the U.S. export regulations on the sale of U.S. semiconductor technology to China.
The company expects third-quarter revenue between $2.2 billion and $2.5 billion, falling short of analysts' average expectation of $2.55 billion, according to Refinitiv IBES.
It sees current-quarter adjusted profit in the range of $4.52 to $5.92 per share, the midpoint of which was below expectation of $5.89.
The downbeat forecast came after KLA managed to beat Wall Street estimates for profit and revenue for the October-December quarter, benefiting from increased customer demand across each of the major product group in the quarter.
Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath and Sriraj Kalluvila
https://www.reuters.com/technology/kla- ... 023-01-26/
"Chip equipment maker KLA's third-quarter forecasts disappoint, shares sink"
Reuters
January 26, 2023
Jan 26 (Reuters) - U.S. chip toolmaker KLA Corp on Thursday forecast third-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates, the latest company to signal a hit from easing demand as customers seek to reduce excess inventory.
The company's shares fell more than 5% in trading after the bell.
"As we begin 2023, it is clear that this will be a year of industry capacity adjustments," the company said in a shareholder letter, adding that customers were adapting their capex plans for 2023 to reflect lower end demand.
KLA had earlier said its systems & service revenues could be affected in the near term by the U.S. export regulations on the sale of U.S. semiconductor technology to China.
The company expects third-quarter revenue between $2.2 billion and $2.5 billion, falling short of analysts' average expectation of $2.55 billion, according to Refinitiv IBES.
It sees current-quarter adjusted profit in the range of $4.52 to $5.92 per share, the midpoint of which was below expectation of $5.89.
The downbeat forecast came after KLA managed to beat Wall Street estimates for profit and revenue for the October-December quarter, benefiting from increased customer demand across each of the major product group in the quarter.
Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath and Sriraj Kalluvila
https://www.reuters.com/technology/kla- ... 023-01-26/
Re: AMERICA'S FIGHTING BULLDOG JOE BIDEN
FOX NEWS
"Biden says some people think he's 'stupid' just before getting congressman's name wrong"
Story by Louis Casiano
26 JANUARY 2023
President Biden joked about his gaffes and intelligence Thursday while touting his administration's economic record while in Virginia.
Speaking in Springfield, Biden joked that some people think he's "stupid."
"I said that when I was seeking the nomination, I said ‘Take a seat everybody’ and there wasn't a single chair in the place," he said while speaking at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield.
"They said that Biden really is stupid and he doesn't know it."
He then asked "where's Doug the congressman," apparently referring to Rep. Don Beyer.
"He's around here somewhere," the president said.
Biden has become infamous for his gaffes, leading to criticism from some Republicans who have questioned his mental capacity for the job.
He averaged nearly a gaffe, which includes errors that included mispronunciations, confusion, inaccuracies, and forgetting that a congresswoman had died, per workday over a four-week period, Fox News Digital reported in October.
Biden, as he wished a happy birthday to Vice President Kamala Harris last year, called her a "great president."
He later called Harris the "highest ranking black Indian, with Indian background, woman, in American history to be Vice President."
That same day, he botched United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's name.
One day prior, NowThis posted an interview with the president where he falsely described his executive order on college debt forgiveness as a bill that "passed by a vote or two."
The president’s struggles come as he turned 80 on November 20.
Fox News' Patrick Hauf contributed to this report.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 2537646dba
"Biden says some people think he's 'stupid' just before getting congressman's name wrong"
Story by Louis Casiano
26 JANUARY 2023
President Biden joked about his gaffes and intelligence Thursday while touting his administration's economic record while in Virginia.
Speaking in Springfield, Biden joked that some people think he's "stupid."
"I said that when I was seeking the nomination, I said ‘Take a seat everybody’ and there wasn't a single chair in the place," he said while speaking at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield.
"They said that Biden really is stupid and he doesn't know it."
He then asked "where's Doug the congressman," apparently referring to Rep. Don Beyer.
"He's around here somewhere," the president said.
Biden has become infamous for his gaffes, leading to criticism from some Republicans who have questioned his mental capacity for the job.
He averaged nearly a gaffe, which includes errors that included mispronunciations, confusion, inaccuracies, and forgetting that a congresswoman had died, per workday over a four-week period, Fox News Digital reported in October.
Biden, as he wished a happy birthday to Vice President Kamala Harris last year, called her a "great president."
He later called Harris the "highest ranking black Indian, with Indian background, woman, in American history to be Vice President."
That same day, he botched United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's name.
One day prior, NowThis posted an interview with the president where he falsely described his executive order on college debt forgiveness as a bill that "passed by a vote or two."
The president’s struggles come as he turned 80 on November 20.
Fox News' Patrick Hauf contributed to this report.
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NEWSWEEK
"Democrats accuse Joe Biden of 'violating' law"
Story by Fatma Khaled
26 JANUARY 2023
A coalition of democratic lawmakers and senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden opposing the expansion of Title 42 and his proposed asylum "transit ban", arguing that those measures violate asylum law and international obligations.
The 77 democrats, who signed the Wednesday letter urging Biden to reverse Title 42 and to drop the transit ban rule, include Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Representative Greg Casar of Texas.
"We urge the Biden Administration to engage quickly and meaningfully with members of Congress to find ways to adequately address migration to our southern border that do not include violating asylum law and our international obligations," the Democrats said in their letter to Biden.
Menendez's office said in a statement on Thursday that the lawmakers emphasized that immigration policies and actions shouldn't "come at the expense of fulfilling our commitment to restore and protect the rights of asylum seekers and refugees."
Title 42 is a pandemic-era rule that allows authorities to send migrants back over the border without going through a formal asylum process.
It was introduced under the Trump administration in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic to curb the spread of the virus.
Though other pandemic-related policies have been dropped, Title 42 has remained in place as per a Supreme Court ruling in December.
Under a newly proposed version of Trump's asylum "transit ban," the Biden administration urged migrants earlier this month to take advantage of legal immigration pathways in countries across the Western Hemisphere and "avoid the dangerous consequences of irregular migration."
The proposed transit ban would prohibit asylum for individuals who didn't apply for asylum in a third country before reaching the U.S., the American Immigration Council said in a statement citing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Those who sought asylum without going through a new process at a port of entry will also be barred from asylum.
The Democratic lawmakers wrote in their letter to Biden: "We are further concerned by the administration's announcement that it will be issuing a proposed rulemaking in the coming days that would require asylum seekers to first apply for asylum in a transit country instead of allowing them to seek their legal right to asylum at our southern border."
"This, in effect, is a transit ban."
"The courts rightly rejected the Trump administration's attempt to categorically end asylum when he similarly required asylum seekers to seek asylum in transit countries."
"Specifically, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Trump-Era Third Country Transit ban violated well-settled U.S. asylum laws that prohibit turning people away unless they have 'firmly resettled' in a transit country, especially not if conditions in the transit country are not safe."
"At the time of this ruling, countries across the Western Hemisphere were unable to meet such requirements," the letter read.
"There does not appear to be evidence to show that country conditions in transit countries have improved since the relevant appellate decision was rendered as to justify a new Third Country Transit bar."
"As the administration well knows, current conditions in Mexico — the primary transit country — cannot ensure safety for the families seeking refuge in the United States," the lawmakers continued.
The U.S.-Mexico border saw a drop in daily migrant encounters by more than half in January compared to the prior month, a Homeland Security official told CNN on Tuesday.
The official cited the expansion of Title 42 and recent immigration rules as reasons behind the decline.
Border authorities dealt with an increase in migrant encounters that averaged around 7,000 daily last month.
Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 2537646dba
"Democrats accuse Joe Biden of 'violating' law"
Story by Fatma Khaled
26 JANUARY 2023
A coalition of democratic lawmakers and senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden opposing the expansion of Title 42 and his proposed asylum "transit ban", arguing that those measures violate asylum law and international obligations.
The 77 democrats, who signed the Wednesday letter urging Biden to reverse Title 42 and to drop the transit ban rule, include Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Representative Greg Casar of Texas.
"We urge the Biden Administration to engage quickly and meaningfully with members of Congress to find ways to adequately address migration to our southern border that do not include violating asylum law and our international obligations," the Democrats said in their letter to Biden.
Menendez's office said in a statement on Thursday that the lawmakers emphasized that immigration policies and actions shouldn't "come at the expense of fulfilling our commitment to restore and protect the rights of asylum seekers and refugees."
Title 42 is a pandemic-era rule that allows authorities to send migrants back over the border without going through a formal asylum process.
It was introduced under the Trump administration in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic to curb the spread of the virus.
Though other pandemic-related policies have been dropped, Title 42 has remained in place as per a Supreme Court ruling in December.
Under a newly proposed version of Trump's asylum "transit ban," the Biden administration urged migrants earlier this month to take advantage of legal immigration pathways in countries across the Western Hemisphere and "avoid the dangerous consequences of irregular migration."
The proposed transit ban would prohibit asylum for individuals who didn't apply for asylum in a third country before reaching the U.S., the American Immigration Council said in a statement citing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Those who sought asylum without going through a new process at a port of entry will also be barred from asylum.
The Democratic lawmakers wrote in their letter to Biden: "We are further concerned by the administration's announcement that it will be issuing a proposed rulemaking in the coming days that would require asylum seekers to first apply for asylum in a transit country instead of allowing them to seek their legal right to asylum at our southern border."
"This, in effect, is a transit ban."
"The courts rightly rejected the Trump administration's attempt to categorically end asylum when he similarly required asylum seekers to seek asylum in transit countries."
"Specifically, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Trump-Era Third Country Transit ban violated well-settled U.S. asylum laws that prohibit turning people away unless they have 'firmly resettled' in a transit country, especially not if conditions in the transit country are not safe."
"At the time of this ruling, countries across the Western Hemisphere were unable to meet such requirements," the letter read.
"There does not appear to be evidence to show that country conditions in transit countries have improved since the relevant appellate decision was rendered as to justify a new Third Country Transit bar."
"As the administration well knows, current conditions in Mexico — the primary transit country — cannot ensure safety for the families seeking refuge in the United States," the lawmakers continued.
The U.S.-Mexico border saw a drop in daily migrant encounters by more than half in January compared to the prior month, a Homeland Security official told CNN on Tuesday.
The official cited the expansion of Title 42 and recent immigration rules as reasons behind the decline.
Border authorities dealt with an increase in migrant encounters that averaged around 7,000 daily last month.
Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 2537646dba