FEMA is doing a national emergency test tomorrow, but what’s it REALLY about?



FEMA, a federal agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, was implemented to prepare for, protect against, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, manmade incidents, and terrorist attacks.

Occasionally, FEMA deems it appropriate to test the EAS, otherwise known as the Emergency Alert System, and the WEA system, which sends wireless emergency alerts to cellphones, to ensure all is in order.

“The wireless (WEA) portion of the test is going to be directed at all consumer cellphones tomorrow,” reports Glenn Beck.

Citizens with cellphones can expect to receive a text message in the language their phone, or “wireless handset,” is programmed to.

“I just would like to point out no one should be in charge of our Emergency Alert System that calls your cellphone a 'handset' or a 'wireless,'” says Glenn.

“This will be the second test that they've done to all cellular devices,” he explains. “It’s been like 12 years, 15 years since we’ve had a test.”

Which begs the question: why now? Why conduct a test tomorrow of all days?

“In completely unrelated news,” says Glenn sarcastically, “the former Soviet Union is also running a test, and they're running it today.”

“Their test is of the emergency, ‘holy crap, get out of your house; only a third of Russia is going to survive,’ nuclear blast test,” he continues.

Another completely unrelated fact is that our Emergency Alert System “was established in the Cold War when we realized, hey, we could all be dead in 18 minutes. So let's do a minute-long tone and then come out and say, 'Hey, by the way, we're going to give you some information here,'” says Glenn.

“So, anyway, nothing to worry about tomorrow.”


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Biden signs measure to end COVID-19 national emergency



More than three years after then-President Donald Trump proclaimed the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency, President Joe Biden on Monday signed a measure to terminate the national emergency.

When the H.J. Res. 7 measure passed the House chamber earlier this year, only 11 Democrats voted to approve it, but a larger number of Senate Democrats voted for passage when the measure cleared the Senate chamber in a 68-23 vote.

The Biden administration had opposed the measure that the president signed on Monday.

"The Administration strongly opposes enactment of H.R. 382 and H.J. Res. 7, which would be a grave disservice to the American people," a statement of administration policy dated January 30, 2023 noted.

"The COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) were declared by the Trump Administration in 2020. They are currently set to expire on March 1 and April 11, respectively. At present, the Administration's plan is to extend the emergency declarations to May 11, and then end both emergencies on that date," the administration's statement said, warning that "an abrupt end to the emergency declarations would create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system."

While the measure Biden signed puts the kibosh on the national emergency, Politico indicated that it does not impact the public heath emergency.

"Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023," a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services press release from late February stated.

Trump has already launched a 2024 presidential bid. Biden, who hosted the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, has said that he plans to run but has stopped short of making a formal announcement.

In a statement on Monday about a deadly shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, Biden went after Republicans.

"How many more Americans must die before Republicans in Congress will act to protect our communities?" Biden asked in the statement, claiming that "from Florida to North Carolina to the U.S. House of Representatives, we've watched Republican officials double down on dangerous bills that make our schools, places of worship, and communities less safe."

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22 Democrats fight to keep COVID emergency alive, but fail in decisive Senate vote



The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday on a Republican resolution to terminate the COVID-19 national emergency first declared by former President Donald Trump on March 13, 2020.

To the chagrin of a gang of Democratic lawmakers keen to preserve emergency powers in the name of "consistency," the resolution, first introduced by Republican Rep. Paul Gosar (Ariz.) passed the Senate without amendment by a Yea-Nay vote of 68-23.

Facing significant Democratic opposition, it previously passed the House on February 1 in a 229-197 vote.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R--Ala.) noted Thursday, "The national emergency gave the government unprecedented power over our lives. Those days are coming to an end."

The Democrats and lone independent who opposed the executive's relinquishment of emergency powers were:

  • Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut;
  • Cory Booker and Bob Menendez of New Jersey;
  • Maria Cantwell and Patt Murray of Washington;
  • Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland;
  • Debbie Stabenow of Michigan;
  • Tina Smith of Minnesota;
  • Tom Carper of Delaware;
  • Tammy Duckworth of Illinois;
  • Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer of New York;
  • Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz of Hawaii;
  • Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts;
  • Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon;
  • Alex Padilla of California;
  • Jack Reed of Rhode Island; and
  • Peter Welch (D) and Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont.

It will now go to President Joe Biden for ratification. A White House official has indicated that Biden will ultimately sign it into law, reported the Hill.

"The President strongly opposes HJ Res 7, and the administration is planning to wind down the COVID national emergency and public health emergency on May 11. If this bill comes to his desk, however, he will sign it, and the administration will continue working with agencies to wind down the national emergency with as much notice as possible to Americans who could potentially be impacted," said the official.

In January, the White House stated, "If the PHE were suddenly terminated, it would sow confusion and chaos into this critical wind-down. ... Due to this uncertainty, tens of millions of Americans could be at risk of abruptly losing their health insurance, and states could be at risk of losing billions of dollars in funding."

The Associated Press noted that Biden's forthcoming ratification of the resolution will be the second time in recent weeks the president has signed legislation he previously made a big show of opposing.

On March 20, he signed into law a resolution to block a radical Washington, D.C., crime bill, disappointing many of the 173 Democrats who had voted against it in Congress.

White House officials indicated that Biden's latest acquiescence has much to do with timing, granted the resolution was initially set to deprive the executive branch of the wide-reaching powers, which it had temporarily enjoyed, back in February.

Biden was aiming for May 11 as the date on which to wind down the national COVID emergency status.

Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) told The Hill that Biden's apparent about-face was "frustrating"; at best an "unacceptable lack of clarity in their message to us."

"This is a problem," added Kildee.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said, "I find it surprising and I'd like to see a little more consistency."

Democratic Rep. Rick Larsen (Wash.) said in January that ending the emergency "would be harmful and irresponsible."

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Joe Biden wants to spend $22 billion of taxpayer money on pandemic he declared is 'over'



President Joe Biden recently declared the COVID-19 pandemic is "over."

But that has not stopped his administration from asking Congress to approve more than $20 billion in new pandemic-related funding.

What are the details?

The White House is asking Congress to approve $22.4 billion "to meet immediate short-term domestic needs" that are allegedly connected to the pandemic.

That money will go toward testing, accelerating "research and development of next-generation vaccines and therapeutics," helping the U.S. prepare for future COVID-19 variants, and to support the global pandemic response. It's not clear how, with the exception of testing, any of those stated needs are, in the words of the White House, "immediate short-term domestic" priorities.

"[O]ur COVID-19 response efforts continue to require additional funding," the White House said in a release.

"In March, we requested that Congress provide supplemental COVID-19 funding and repeatedly warned that without congressional action, we would be forced to make difficult trade-offs and pull existing funding from critical efforts to meet the most pressing needs," the release continued. "That is precisely what has happened."

The request comes as lawmakers in Washington negotiate a stopgap spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

As the Washington Post highlighted, Republicans are understandably seizing on the apparent double standard and pointing out that Biden's rhetoric contradicts his policies.

For example, the legal justification for canceling $10,000 of student loan debt per borrower is the alleged national emergency stemming from the pandemic. Meanwhile, Biden officials have argued that migrants should no longer be expelled from the U.S. under Title 42 because the pandemic is a relic of the past.

What does the WH say?

Administration officials were called in for clean-up duty this week after Biden's "60 Minutes" interview.

An official, for instance, told CNN the official policy of the U.S. government has not changed, and that a declaration of national emergency over the pandemic will be extended in October.

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre muddied the waters further with confusing remarks when asked about Biden's declaration.

"Just to step back for a second," she said. "When he made those comments, he was walking through the Detroit car show, the halls of the Detroit car show, and he was looking around. We have to remember the last time that they had held that event was 3 years ago.

"We are in a different time. He’s been very consistent about that," she went on to say, attributing Biden's work as president for the improving pandemic.

\u201cWH @PressSec says Biden didn't actually mean the Covid pandemic is over despite saying it: "Just to step back for a second, when he made those comments, he was walking through the Detroit car show, the halls of the Detroit car show, he was looking around."\u201d
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1663764433

Biden inadvertently sabotages legal justification for student loan debt plan with telling admission



President Joe Biden appeared to inadvertently sabotage on Sunday the legal justification for his student loan forgiveness plan.

What did Biden say?

Speaking in a "60 Minutes" interview, host Scott Pelley asked Biden whether the pandemic is "over" considering he attended the Detroit Auto Show last week, the event's first occurrence since 2019.

In response, Biden declared without exception that the pandemic is "over."

"The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lotta work on it," the president said.

"But the pandemic is over. If you notice, no one's wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape," he continued. "And so I think it's changing. And I think this is a perfect example of it."

President Joe Biden: The 2022 60 Minutes Interview youtu.be

What are the implications of his admission?

Last month, Biden announced his student loan forgiveness plan will cancel $10,000 of student loan debt per borrower who annually earns $125,000 or less and $20,000 of debt per Pell Grant recipient.

On the same day as the announcement, the Biden administration released the legal justification for the Biden's plan. A memo released by the Education Department claimed a post-9/11 law, known as the HEROES Act of 2003, authorized broad and sweeping debt cancelation.

That memo read:

The HEROES Act, first enacted in the wake of the September 11 attacks, provides the Secretarybroad authority to grant relief from student loan requirements during specific periods (a war,other military operation, or national emergency, such as the present COVID-19 pandemic) andfor specific purposes (including to address the financial harms of such a war, other militaryoperation, or emergency).

The Secretary of Education has used this authority, under both this and every prior administration since the Act’s passage, to provide relief to borrowers in connection with a war, other military operation, or national emergency, including the ongoing moratorium on student loan payments and interest.

Questions of legality aside, Charles Cooke at National Review explained the implications of Biden's admission.

"But, even if one were to ignore all [of the questions of legality], one could still not get past the fact that the powers to which Biden laid claim can be applied only when there is an active emergency, and that the active emergency Biden is citing has now passed," Cooke wrote.

For what it's worth, the Biden administration is expected to formally extend the COVID national emergency in mid-October.

Reporter exposes the double standard Biden is using as legal justification for student loan debt plan: 'How is this a national emergency?'



The White House was confronted Thursday over the appearance that the Biden administration has exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to enact its political agenda.

What is the background?

As part of President Joe Biden's plan to unilaterally forgive student loan debt, the Biden administration disclosed what it believes is the legal authority to take such action.

That authority, according to a five-page legal memorandum from the Education Department, stems from a post-9/11 law known as the HEROES Act of 2003.

The memorandum claims the nearly two-decade-old law gives the Biden administration "broad authority to grant relief from student loan requirements during specific periods (a war, other military operation, or national emergency, such as the present COVID-19 pandemic) and for specific purposes (including to address the financial harms of such a war, other military operation, or emergency)."

Thus Biden is exploiting the supposed national emergency stemming from the pandemic as the legal justification for sweeping debt forgiveness.

What happened Thursday?

At the White House press briefing, Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich exposed a double standard apparently being used by the Biden administration, pointing out that administration officials have argued in court that the pandemic is over.

"I want to ask about the legal basis for canceling student debt," Heinrich began. "The HEROES Act hinges on student debt cancellation being tied to the pandemic and that being a national emergency. But the administration argued in court that the pandemic is over at the southern border to lift Title 42. It’s so over that the government is going to stop buying vaccines in the fall and shift to the private sector.

"So, how is this a national emergency? How is COVID a national emergency when it comes to student debt?" she asked.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the administration is justified in now arguing the pandemic remains a national emergency because when the moratorium on student loan payments ends months from now, people will "suffer."

"There's gonna be some folks who are going to have a hard time," Jean-Pierre argued.

"Because of the economy?" Heinrich fired back.

Jean-Pierre responded, "Because they're just in a different bracket. They've probably had a hard time before."

08/25/22: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre youtu.be

Heinrich then cornered Jean-Pierre over another narrative the Biden administration pushes, namely the economy is booming and in great shape because of Biden.

Thus, if the economy is great, "Why are those appropriate conditions to forgive student debt?" Heinrich asked.

In response, Jean-Pierre argued that "both can be true. It's not one or the other."

The White House has not yet said how much Biden's plan will cost taxpayers or how it will be financed. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates the plan will cost roughly $500 billion.

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WATCH: This is why Eric Weinstein is FINALLY talking to Glenn Beck



Eric Weinstein, managing director of investment firm Thiel Capital and host of "The Portal" podcast, is not a conservative, but he says conservative and center-right-affiliated media are the only ones who will still allow oppositional voices.

On "The Glenn Beck Podcast" this week, Eric told Glenn that the center-left media, which "controls the official version of events for the country," once welcomed him, but that all changed about eight years ago when they started avoiding any kind of criticism by branding those who disagree with them as "alt-right, far-right, neo-Nazi, etc.," even if they are coming from the left side of the aisle. But their efforts to discredit critical opinions don't stop there. According to Eric, there is a strategy being employed to destroy our national culture and make sure Americans with opposing views do not come together.

"We're trifling with the disillusionment of our national culture. And our national culture is what animates the country. If we lose the culture, the documents will not save us," Eric said. "I have a very strongly strategic perspective, which is that you save things up for an emergency. Well, we're there now."

In the clip below, Eric explains why, after many requests over the last few years, he finally agreed to this podcast.


Don't miss the full interview with Eric Weinstein here.

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