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To: Eric who wrote (1456981)	5/15/2024 3:19:53 PM
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Destroying the Constitution was completed by Bush/Obama I'm sure you were concerned, right? As for Biden, he's a senile warmonger that is also a pervert and crook. Biden Readies $1BN In Bombs For Israel Despite Progressive & Swing State Voter Revolt by Tyler Durden Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - 09:05 AM The Biden administration continues to speak out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to Israel and Gaza policy as Progressive Democratic voters continue peeling off in droves, declaring that they can't in good conscience vote for Biden in November. On Tuesday, the contradictions continued and abounded, as the White House informed Congress it is planning a new $1 billion arms transfer to Israel. And ironically this will mark the first new package since Biden earlier this month announced it paused a weapon shipment to Israel on human rights concerns. [url=]Pool photo/AP[/url] A State Department report has since found that US weapons have likely been used in a way contrary to international humanitarian law, but stopped short of condemning Israel for war crimes. The Wall Street Journal first broke the news of the new package, writing "The Biden administration notified Congress on Tuesday that it was moving forward with more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel, U.S. and congressional officials said, a massive arms package less than a week after the White House paused a shipment of bombs over a planned Israeli assault on Rafah." Here's what the newly proposed package includes: $700 million in tank ammunition $500 million in tactical vehicles $60 million in mortar rounds This follows on the heels of Congress passing and Biden sighing into effect the $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Biden's threats to pause shipments of offensive weapons to Israel has come under criticism by Democrat pro-Israel hawks in the last several days. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has responded this week by saying: "We strongly, strongly oppose attempts to constrain the President’s ability to deploy US security assistance consistent with US foreign policy and national security objectives." Meanwhile, Democrats continue to be angry over the Gaza crisis: Approximately 13% of poll respondents in six swing states who voted for U.S. President Joe Biden in 2020 but would not vote for him again said that his foreign policy or Israel's war on Gaza were the most important issues determining their vote. The figure comes as part of a new set of polls released Monday from The New York Times, Siena College, and The Philadelphia Inquirer that show former President Donald Trump narrowly leading Biden in 5 out of 6 crucial battleground states. "We have warned that this would happen for months, and the Democratic Party didn't give a damn," author and organizer Daniel Denvir wrote on social media in response to the news. We have warned that this would happen for months and the Democratic Party didn’t give a damn. pic.twitter.com/8KtC294lVZ — Daniel Denvir (@DanielDenvir) May 13, 2024The policy debate continues raging within Israel itself, with Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant on Wednesday calling on Netanyahu to affirm that Israel won't govern Gaza after Hamas is defeated.

To: Eric who wrote (1456981)	5/15/2024 3:34:05 PM
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Coalition Of States Sue Biden Admin, California Over Electric Vehicle Mandates by Tyler Durden Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - 08:45 AM Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, A coalition of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration and the State of California in an attempt to prevent new electric vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country from going into effect. Two legal challenges were filed over the new emissions rules, Nebraska Attorney General Hilgers said in a statement on May 13. They include a petition for review filed by a coalition of 24 states in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit which challenges the Biden administration’s new regulation setting stronger greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles. That petition lists the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its administrator Michael Regan as defendants. In the legal filing, plaintiffs argue the EPA’s rule imposing stringent tailpipe emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles effectively forces manufacturers to produce more electric trucks and fewer internal combustion trucks. The EPA has said the new rules, which are set to take effect for model years 2027 through 2032, are needed to help combat climate change and will help avoid up to 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades. However, the infrastructure needed to support such vehicles is “virtually nonexistent” and they also have shorter ranges and require longer stops, according to Mr. Hilgers. The new regulation will also negatively impact the economy and put extra pressure on power grids, according to the lawsuit. Electric Trucks ‘More Expensive’A separate coalition of 17 states and the Nebraska Trucking Association also filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California seeking to block a package of regulations that they say are “targeting trucking fleet owners and operators.” That lawsuit lists the EPA and the California Air Resources Board as defendants. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are challenging a string of California regulations called “Advanced Clean Fleets” which aims to “accelerate a large-scale reduction in tailpipe emissions focusing on zero-emissions medium- and heavy-duty vehicles,” according to the California Air Resources Boards’s (CARB) official website. The rules would ban big rigs and buses that run on diesel from being sold in California starting in 2036. According to the CARB, the new regulation will save around $26.5 billion in statewide health benefits from criteria pollutant emissions and save fleet owners $48 billion in operating costs. However, those regulations force truckers in and out of California to “retire their internal-combustion trucks if they want to come to California” and “transition to more expensive electric trucks” by 2035, the states wrote in the lawsuit. The regulations could also damage the U.S. economy, they added. Rules Could Impact ‘Untold Number of Jobs’According to Mr. Hilgers, the rule also applies to “fleets that are headquartered outside of California if they operate within California” which he argues could have significant nationwide effects on the supply chain. Both lawsuits argue that the Biden administration and California regulators are exceeding their respective authorities in introducing the rules. The multi-state coalitions are being led by Nebraska. The state is joined in its legal challenge by attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Additionally, the Arizona State Legislature and the Nebraska Trucking Association have joined the lawsuit. In a statement, Mr. Hilgers claimed California and an “unaccountable EPA” are “trying to transform our national trucking industry and supply chain infrastructure.” “This effort—coming at a time of heightened inflation and with an already-strained electrical grid—will devastate the trucking and logistics industry, raise prices for customers, and impact an untold number of jobs across Nebraska and the country,” he continued. “Neither California nor the EPA has the constitutional power to dictate these nationwide rules to Americans.” The Nebraska attorney general added that he was proud to be leading efforts to “stop these unconstitutional attempts to remake our economy.” The Epoch Times has contacted the EPA and the CARB for comment.