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It seems weird and unconnected but President Biden’s plan to promote gender equity includes a proposal to eliminate cash bail for suspects, despite skyrocketing violence.  The reasoning appears to be that it causes too much harm to Black women and families.  This is along with increased oversight of police departments by the federal government.

Cash bail needs to be eliminated to help combat gender and race disparities.  That seems like a real stretch, but in line with the current narrative. 

Shockingly this is at a time when, according to FBI data, the number of murders in the U.S. rose almost 30% in 2020.  That is the largest single year increase since they began tracking the statistic.  The overall violent crime rate, which includes assault, robbery, and rape, rose 5% in 2020.

Advocates for cash bail point to statistics that show those cities that eliminated cash bail show the likelihood of re-arrest before trial rose 37%.  Without cash bail suspects were also more likely to miss their court date.

According to a letter from Biden and Harris, these are needed reforms since America has never fully lived up to the idea that every one of us is equal in dignity and deserves to be treated equally.  They say this not only a moral imperative, but a strategic imperative.

Not surprisingly, President Biden ignored a question from Fox News regarding a plan to pay $450,000 per person to illegal immigrants who had been separated from their families during the Trump administration.

Although Biden was looking directly at the camera while the question was being asked, his response was looking away and scratching his forehead.

The total cost of this potential plan is about $1 billion overall.  These payments will exceed what some victims of 9/11 and Gold Star families have received.  If a loved one dies in military service, there is a single tax-free payment of $100,000.

It is hard to think President Biden puts us first when his administration is consistently putting America last.

Good news! Jen Psaki says the oldest sitting president, Joe Biden who is almost 79 years old, will undergo a physical examination soon, no date has been set.  We’ll see if it gets scheduled anytime soon. 

Psaki had previously been questioned about Biden’s health by NBC’s O’Donnell as Biden was seen coughing during a number of speeches and appearances.  Psaki replied there are a number of reasons for us to clear our throat or have a light cold.  I think we all notice it more since we never see Joe leaving the bunker.  On a side note, I would appreciate if Psaki could tell my kids school about that, since if they sniffle or cough they get sent home until they have a negative covid test, vaccinated or not.

Psaki says that she has travelled with Biden a fair amount and “sometimes he’s hard to keep up with”.  Psaki is 42 years old, if she if having trouble keeping up with Biden perhaps she needs a physical.

Psaki did say the White House will provide the results of any physical examination once it is done.  We’ll see if it gets done, but more importantly will we see a mental or cognitive exam?  I am doubtful.

Citation: “Biden, nearly 79, plans to undergo physical exam ‘soon’, Psaki says https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-79-physical-exam-soon-psaki