Latest alleged rape and murder of a young American by illegal aliens pinned on Biden



Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old Houston girl, was brutally murdered on June 17. A pair of illegal aliens from Venezuela who stole into the nation under the Biden administration's watch allegedly lured the girl under a bridge, stripped her, tied her up, subjected her to hours of sexual torment, strangled her, then tossed her lifeless body in a swampy creek near the North Freeway.

Nungaray's body was found by Billie Jackson, who was driving home from dropping off her husband. Jackson told KTRK-TV, "I drove past, and when I looked up the creek, I thought it was a mannequin. I did a U-turn, and I stopped on the bridge, put my flashers on, looked down, and realized it was someone. I parked right here and called 911 immediately."

The Houston Police Department confirmed Thursday that suspects Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, — whom the Associated Press was apparently keen not to identify as illegal aliens — were charged with capital murder in the 232nd State District Court.

Nungary's suspected killers. (Houston Police Department)

Nungaray, whose committal service is scheduled for Thursday, is one of the latest in a seemingly interminable series of American innocents victimized by foreign nationals whom the Biden administration has failed to keep out or send packing.

Earlier this month, an illegal alien from Ecuador who stole into the country months after Biden took power reportedly came upon two teens hanging out in Queens park, drew a "large machete-style knife," then forced them to a remote area of the park, where he allegedly raped the young girl.

Another illegal alien suspected of raping and murdering beloved Maryland mother of five Rachel Morin was also arrested this month. Harford County Sheriff Jeffery Gahler indicated there's a good chance Morin was not the illegal alien's first victim, reported WBFF-TV.

Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have underscored who they believe is ultimately to blame for this grisly trend.

"We have a new Biden Migrant Killing," Trump wrote on his platform. "It's only going to get worse, and it's all Crooked Joe Biden's fault. He's a disgrace to the Office of the President, he's a disgrace to America."

Trump signaled interest in having Biden explain at Thursday's presidential debate "why he has allowed MILLIONS of people to come into our Country illegally!"

Not including the month of June, over 1.69 million illegal aliens have already stolen across the southern border this fiscal year. Nearly 1 million of those were single adults.

The Trump campaign echoed the candidate on X, noting, "The brutal murders of these Americans is on the hands of Biden — and the evil Biden migrants he released into our country."

The House Committee on Homeland Security explained in a breakdown last week that the Biden administration set the stage for these kinds of murders and rapes by illegal aliens, in part, by ending "policies and practices that could have prevented these tragedies" such as the "remain in Mexico policy." The congressional committee also noted that the Biden administration's under-use of detention all but ensures that illegal aliens like Nungaray's suspected killers end up roaming the land, free of accountability.

The committee further noted that the notion that illegal aliens crossing the border can be adequately vetted or screened is a sick joke with a frequently deadly punch line delivered at citizens' expense. Additionally, the committed stressed that the so-called "bipartisan Senate border bill" Biden frequently suggests would have served as a corrective would have done nothing to prevent these tragedies.

Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said, "These tragedies could have been avoided if the Biden administration would simply enforce the laws they swore to uphold. It's truly that simple."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a statement last week, "These men are illegal aliens and Jocelyn Nungaray would still be alive and with her family if not for Joe Biden’s open border policies. The Biden administration is directly responsible."

Extra to advocating that both illegal aliens should receive the death penalty if found guilty, Cruz said that Nungaray's family deserves justice in the way of meaningful remedies to the problem of illegal immigration.

"Joe Biden is out of excuses: He must reinstate Remain in Mexico and end catch-and-release immediately, or we will lose more innocent life. There is no time for half measures — we need to look at what works, and do it now," said Cruz.

When the White House released what appeared to be template responses to the deaths of Morin and Nungaray, Tuberville wrote, "Shameful. Innocent people were murdered by illegal immigrants and the @WhiteHouse still REFUSES to accept responsibility."

The Biden campaign has desperately attempted to displace blame, suggesting the fault instead lies with Biden's opponent, who has been out of office for years.

"Donald Trump is making Americans less safe by blocking the border deal," Lauren Hitt, a Biden campaign spokeswoman, told NBC News.

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KJP goes on power trip, abruptly ends press briefing when African reporter calls her out for refusing to let him ask question



White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly ended Thursday's press briefing when a reporter protested her refusal to call on him.

For the first part of the briefing, reporters peppered National Security Council spokesman John Kirby with questions about issues of national security. Toward the end of his Q&A period, a reporter asked him about Angola, a pertinent topic because President Joe Biden met with Angola President João Lourenço on Thursday.

After Kirby answered the questions, Today News Africa correspondent Simon Ateba, who is African, attempted to ask a follow-up question three separate times. But each time Jean-Pierre ignored Ateba and called on a different reporter.

Eventually, Ateba had enough of Jean-Pierre's disregard.

"It's so surprising that you don’t take a — you are receiving an African leader, and you can’t take a question from an African journalist," Ateba said.

"We can end this briefing right now if you’re not going to be respectful," Jean-Pierre fired back.

"It's not about ending the briefing. I want to ask an African question because you’re receiving an African leader," Ateba responded.

As other reporters in the roomed jeered at Ateba, he tried to respond to Jean-Pierre's threat. It was at that moment that Jean-Pierre urged Kirby to leave the briefing room. And when Ateba made his case for why he deserved the opportunity to ask a question, Jean-Pierre ended the briefing.

"We can end this briefing if it's not going to be respectful here," she said.

"You’re not doing the right thing. That’s what I’m saying. You are receiving an African leader, and you don’t take questions," Ateba protested.

"OK. Thanks, everybody. Thanks, everybody. All right. Thank you," Jean-Pierre said as she walked away from the lectern and left the briefing room.

BREAKING NEWS: KJP Bolts Press Briefing, Answers No Questions Due To Finding Reporter Disrespectful www.youtube.com

In a statement after the incident, Ateba accused the White House of discriminating against him.

"It's a shame that @WhiteHouse@PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre decided to abruptly end the press briefing rather than take a question from me after a year. Even when President Biden is hosting an African leader like the President of Angola today, the White House does not take a question from the African journalist in the room," he said.

"I am highly disappointed and even heartbroken that in the citadel of democracy, and in the most powerful house in the world, I'm being discriminated against for a year for trying to do my job while journalist colleagues remain silent," he added.

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I-95 rebuild after partial collapse may take 'months'; tanker truck driver identified; human remains found in wreckage



Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia has been shut down in both directions after a commercial truck burning beneath an overpass caused a portion of the roadway to collapse, officials say.

"With regards to the complete rebuild of the I-95 roadway, we expect that to take some number of months," Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) said in a press conference late Sunday afternoon.

"Interstate 95 is a critical artery that supports our economy and plays an important role in Pennsylvanians' day-to-day lives. My administration is all hands on deck to repair this safely and as efficiently as possible," Gov. Shapiro also said.

Officials are still working to identify "an individual or individuals" who may have been caught in the fire and the collapse.

The tanker truck driver is Nathaniel Moody, family members and other sources confirmed to WPVI. Moody was an experienced driver who worked for a trucking company from Pennsauken.

Human remains were discovered in the wreckage Monday, but the the identity of the remains is unknown, the outlet also reported.

Shapiro, having seen the site both from aerial and ground-level perspectives, described the collapse as "remarkable devastation."

"I found myself thanking the Lord that no motorists who were on I-95 were injured or died."

Shapiro shared overhead photos of the active scene showing cleanup and recovery efforts under way.

\u201cEarly this AM a vehicle fire under I-95 in Philly caused part of the highway to collapse.\n\nWhile this is still an active scene, I completed an aerial view of the site and was briefed by first responders, law enforcement and transportation experts on the ground with @PhillyMayor.\u201d
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@Governor Josh Shapiro) 1686522262

A commercial truck carrying a "petroleum-based product" was the source of the fire that caused the northbound side of the interstate to collapse and the southbound side to buckle and become structurally unsound, Shapiro said.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney urged travelers to plan alternate routes and thanked state and federal partners who offered support.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg tweeted that he was in contact with Gov. Shapiro, Mayor Kenney, and other regional leaders regarding the collapse.

"I've spoken directly to @SecretaryPete, @SenBobCasey, @RepBrendanBoyle and other federal officials. All of our federal partners, including the @WhiteHouse, have pledged complete and total support and assistance as we create alternative routes," Gov. Shapiro tweeted Sunday evening.

Governor Shapiro signed a proclamation of disaster emergency Monday to allow the commonwealth to access federal funds and expedite repair work. The proclamation makes $7 in state funds immediately available to begin the reconstruction, according to a press release from the governor's office.

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Karine Jean-Pierre slammed for 'making a mockery of the First Amendment,' discriminating against reporters during White House briefing



A White House press briefing this week erupted into a shouting match between reporters after press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was slammed for "making a mockery of the First Amendment."

The press secretary was accused of discriminating against certain reporters during a briefing Monday with actors Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham, cast members of the show "Ted Lasso."

The actors, who attended the briefing to discuss mental health, awkwardly stood behind Jean-Pierre as Simon Ateba, Today News Africa chief White House correspondent, claimed that the press secretary had not allowed him to ask a question in seven months. He alleged that Jean-Pierre discriminated against him and other reporters.

"This is not China. This is not Russia. What you are doing, you're making a mockery of the First Amendment," Ateba said.

At one point, Jean-Pierre turned around to address the "Ted Lasso" cast members and stated, "Fun times, welcome, guys." She then asked Ateba if he was "going to behave."

After the "Ted Lasso" actors left the room, Ateba continued to press Jean-Pierre and claimed reporters toward the front of the room were offered more opportunities to ask questions than those seated in the back.

Other press corps members off camera urged Ateba to quiet down. One member said he was "tired of dealing" with his attitude, and another stated, "It's not just about you, Simon."

Another reporter spoke up over the chaos and said, "Don't make assumptions about what the rest of us do, mind your manners when you're in here, and if you have a problem, you bring it up afterward, but you are impinging on everybody in here who's only trying to do their job."

After the clash between reporters quieted down, Jean-Pierre addressed the incident stating, "As you know, this is the White House press briefing room. A historic room. A room that should have decorum. A room where folks should respect their colleagues and respect the guests that are here. And I understand that there's going to be give and take. That's the way the press briefing has gone for decades before me."

Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller later used a "point of personal privilege" to apologize on behalf of Ateba.

"I just wanted to express our apologies to the press corps, to the folks watching at home for the display you saw earlier. Our responsibility to them, we're here to ask questions on their behalf, to hold their government accountable, but they can't all be here. This isn't about us," Miller said.

Ateba fired back at Miller on Twitter, writing, "This @WhiteHouse Correspondent @ZekeJMiller for @AP is a disgrace to the First Amendment and journalism. He believes he's better than me. But he's not. He apologized to @PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre today for discriminating against me for seven months. In the past 7 months, as I sat behind him, I watched him him ask those questions at every press briefing, he became entitled, believing that he's better than those who get no questions. This is insane!"

According to Ateba, the press secretary has refused to meet with him until 2024, and he believes she is attempting to avoid his challenging questions.

Ateba and Jean-Pierre squabbled in November when he defended Daily Caller White House correspondent Diana Glebova for attempting to ask Dr. Anthony Fauci a "good question" about the origins of COVID.

Jean-Pierre scolded Glebova for shouting her question, stating, "I'm not calling out on people who yell."

Ateba intervened and told Jean-Pierre she needed to "call [on] people across the room."

"Simon, I'm done with you right now," Jean-Pierre replied.

In May 2022, Ateba similarly accused former press secretary Jen Psaki of failing to call on reporters in the back of the room.

"Why don't you take questions from across the room? Because that's not what you've done for the past 15 months," Ateba told Psaki.

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Social Security numbers of nearly 2,000 Trump White House visitors — including governors and former cabinet members — leaked by January 6 committee: Report



The House committee entitled the "Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol," now likely defunct, may have recently released the Social Security numbers of nearly 2,000 Americans, many of whom are allies of former President Donald Trump.

According to the Washington Post, hundreds of documents had been released in the committee's final report, including a spreadsheet containing the identities of thousands of people who, based on visitor logs, had visited the White House in December 2020. Though the personal identification information of most of the visitors listed on the logs had been redacted in the spreadsheet, about 1,900 of the visitors had their information — including their Social Security number — publicized.

Those reportedly affected include South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) and her family, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R). Two members of Trump's cabinet were also reportedly affected: former Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. Two unnamed federal judges, an attorney for a Jan. 6 witness, and at least six people who testified before the committee also reportedly had their information compromised.

According to the Post, none of the individuals whose information had allegedly been exposed had been notified.

On Friday, Noem posted to Twitter a letter, written by her attorney, excoriating the data release and demanding to know "how the breach of privacy occurred, who was responsible, what steps [have been] taken to remedy the breach, and what specific measures and remedies will be taken to protect Governor Noem and her family in light of the public dissemination of their private information and the heightened risk for identity theft and and other future privacy violations."

\u201cMy lawyers have asked the @WhiteHouse, the @USNatArchives, and @BennieGThompson which of them is responsible for leaking the Social Security Numbers of me, my husband, my 3 kids, and my son-in-law.\n\nWhat specific measures and remedies will be taken to protect our identities?\u201d
— Kristi Noem (@Kristi Noem) 1673046548

Carson likewise expressed his outrage: "Whether it was a careless and sloppy handling of records or a deliberate disregard of decorum, either scenario is a perfunctory and callous display of government and a frightening reminder of the current state in Washington."

An aide associated with the committee who spoke with the Post on condition of anonymity claimed that any data breach would have been "inadvertent." Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the former chairman of the committee, did not comment on the Post's report.

Adam Kinzinger, a former representative from Illinois and one of just two Republicans on the committee, said that the breach was "unfortunate" and "something we’ll have to look into."

Though the data and the documents in the committee's report had been gathered mainly by committee members and their staff, the Government Publishing Office ultimately released the report itself. However, the GPO has since denied culpability for any breach. The GPO "does not edit or alter materials provided by Congress for publication," a spokesperson stated. On Wednesday, the GPO temporarily removed the files to scan for any other traces of sensitive identification information.

Now that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has been elected speaker of the House and the new representatives sworn into office, the January 6 committee is likely officially closed. It issued its final report on December 22. Though it had initially subpoenaed Trump and recommended that he be charged criminally for the events of January 6, 2021, that subpoena was ultimately withdrawn.

Transgender activist meets Biden in Oval Office, says president has watched 'Days of Girlhood' TikTok series about transitioning



Interviews with President Joe Biden are very rare and difficult to procure. According to a report from the White House Transition Project, Biden only gave 28 interviews in his first year in office – compared to 95 by Donald Trump, 162 by Barack Obama, and 50 by George W. Bush. In 2022, Biden went 220 days without an interview with an American TV journalist until he sat down with "60 Minutes" host Scott Pelley in mid-September. However, Biden has reportedly found the time to fit in interviews with six young people at the Oval Office.

NowThis – a progressive video-centric news site for young people – was allegedly granted access to Biden for interviews regarding Democrat-friendly topics such as gun legislation, student loan relief, abortion access, criminal justice reform, climate change, and trans rights.

NowThis said of the event, "President Joe Biden sat down with six young people focused on finding solutions to some of the most critical issues facing their generation" during the "NowThis Presidential Forum."

Transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney will be interviewing President Biden about trans rights. Mulvaney is a 25-year-old TikTok content creator who hosts a social media series titled "Days of Girlhood" about transitioning.

In a TikTok video posted on March 12, the transgender activist claimed to have become a "girl." In the video, Mulvaney mocked negative female stereotypes, such as crying throughout the day and buying unaffordable dresses.

The "dylanmulvaney" TikTok account has more than 8.3 million followers and over 267 million likes.

One of Mulvaney's viewers is apparently President Joe Biden – who turns 80 years old in less than a month.

Mulvaney announced on Thursday that Mulvaney had interviewed President Biden for NowThis. The trans activist noted that President Biden had watched the "Days of Girlhood" series about Mulvaney's transgender transition.

"It's day 222 of being a girl. I'm in Washington D.C., and I’m going to the White House to speak to the President of the United States," Mulvaney said on the video on Chinese social media platform TikTok.

"You know that phrase, ‘I think I may have girlbossed too close to the sun?’ Well that’s how I feel today," Mulvaney said while wearing a "Don't mess with trans kids" shirt and filming in a bathroom. "Because I get to sit down with Joe Biden and NowThis News, and I get to ask him a few questions surrounding trans issues in the United States and talk to him about my transness, and I really just want to represent my community the best that I can.”

"And you know what, as silly as I am on here, I am ready to step up and show that trans people, we’re not going anywhere, and that trans kids, they deserve a fighting chance to be their true selves," Mulvaney continued.

To meet President Biden, the transgender activist wore an outfit featuring the colors of the trans flag, including white high heels and a pink scarf.

Video shows Mulvaney entering the White House, seeing a portrait of Michelle Obama, and saying, "Our queen, love you, I love you."

President Biden allegedly gave the trans activist a cookie in the Oval Office.

Mulvaney frantically gushed about petting Biden's dog.

Mulvaney said of the meeting, "I left with a lot of hope and optimism, not only for just trans people, but many different topics."

"And the fact that our president has watched 'Days of Girlhood' – it's kind of epic," the trans activist said of Biden watching the TikTok series about transitioning.

"And I'm not gonna lie I have been having a rough go of it lately. A lot of darkness," Mulvaney added. "And today was what I needed to keep going."

Mulvaney called on everyone to vote in the midterms because they will "be one of the most important elections of our lifetimes."

Mulvaney said, "We're going to clean up some messes that have needed cleaning for hundreds of years."

The NowThis interviews with Biden are said to be released on Sunday night.

@dylanmulvaney

Day 222- talking to the president at the White House with @nowthis (interview goes live on Sunday Night!) #trans #whitehouse #nowthisnews

Last week, Mulvaney was embroiled in a controversy involving cosmetics behemoth Ulta Beauty. Mulvaney appeared in a Ulta-sponsored video along with gender-fluid hairstylist David Lopez. The two biological men discussed girlhood and motherhood.

Mulvaney declared, "I know I can find love, I know I can still be a performer, I know I can have a family. I want to be a mom one day — and I absolutely can!"

The controversial video sparked outrage, and many women vowed to boycott Ulta Beauty.

This isn't the first time Biden's White House has enlisted social media influencers to appeal to young voters.

Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced it would utilize social media influencers to "combat scams and misinformation" about the new federal student loan debt relief program.

In March, the White House welcomed popular TikTok content creators to deliver a briefing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In December 2021, Biden appeared in a TikTok video with the Jonas Brothers to promote COVID-19 vaccines.

In August 2021, "Queer as Folk" actor Benito Skinner, aka "Benny Drama," appeared in a video pretending to be the intern of former White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

White House says that Republicans who criticized the Biden admin's student loan cancellation plan previously benefitted from PPP loan forgiveness



Republicans have been lambasting the Biden administration's plan to cancel massive amounts of federal student loan debt, but on Thursday, the White House fired back at several GOP lawmakers by saying that the Republican figures had benefitted from Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness.

The PPP program was meant to help buoy businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The official White House Twitter account retweeted a clip in which Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia had described student loan cancellation as "completely unfair."

"Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven," the White House tweeted.

\u201cCongressman Vern Buchanan had over $2.3 million in PPP loans forgiven.\n\nhttps://t.co/bXpwJlWRm4\u201d
— The White House (@The White House) 1661463234

The White House also targeted GOP Reps. Vern Buchanan of Florida, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, and Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.

In response to the White House, Mullin tweeted, "Another ignorant attack from a career politician who has never created a single job. 74 days before midterms, Joe Biden is targeting business owners for protecting their employees from government lockdowns. President Trump always supported American workers and job creators."

The White House also retweeted a post in which Matt Gaetz of Florida appeared to ridicule the idea of the U.S. shelling out billions more to aid Ukraine — "Congressman Matt Gaetz had $482,321 in PPP loans forgiven," the White House tweet declared.

\u201cCongressman Matt Gaetz had $482,321 in PPP loans forgiven.\n\nhttps://t.co/XPgC0pETkp\u201d
— The White House (@The White House) 1661463234

"So it is now the White House's position that if the government forces you to shut down your business and provides you just compensation to keep people employed, that's the same thing as you failing to pay the college loans you voluntarily undertook. Geniuses," tweeted conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, editor emeritus of the Daily Wire. "As long as the White House is targeting businessowners who were locked down and who used PPP to pay their employees, let's find out how many top Democrats have student loans they're about to pay off with your money," he added in another post.

Jonah Goldberg, editor in chief of the Dispatch, tweeted, "The @WhiteHouse is going all in comparing PPP loan forgiveness to student debt forgiveness. It’s a terrible analogy because A) PPP loans were designed to be forgiven if conditions met & B) They were designed **by Congress.** What Biden is doing is lawless fiat *and* bad policy."

Leon Wolf, managing editor of TheBlaze, tweeted, "Loans made by the government to bail out businesses that were forced by the government to temporarily close their doors are not the same as student loans, thank you for coming to my TED Talk."

\u201cLoans made by the government to bail out businesses that were forced by the government to temporarily close their doors are not the same as student loans, thank you for coming to my TED Talk\u201d
— Leon Wolf \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Leon Wolf \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1661466538

White House told a lie about vaccines that was so outrageous that even CNN and WaPo called them out: 'Delete this'



The White House was slammed for a statement about vaccines that spread disinformation. The statement was so blatantly false that even fact-checkers from CNN and the Washington Post called on the Biden administration to delete the misinformation.

The official White House Twitter account claimed that there was no COVID-19 vaccine available when President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.

"When President Biden took office, millions were unemployed and there was no vaccine available," the White House stated on Twitter. "In the last 15 months, the economy has created 8.3M jobs and the unemployment rate stands at 3.6% — the fastest decline in unemployment to start a President's term ever recorded."

When President Biden took office, millions were unemployed and there was no vaccine available.\n \nIn the last 15 months, the economy has created 8.3M jobs and the unemployment rate stands at 3.6% \u2014 the fastest decline in unemployment to start a President's term ever recorded.
— The White House (@The White House) 1652391900

However, President Joe Biden received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose on Dec. 21, 2020.

"Today, I received the COVID-19 vaccine," Biden tweeted. "To the scientists and researchers who worked tirelessly to make this possible — thank you. We owe you an awful lot. And to the American people — know there is nothing to worry about. When the vaccine is available, I urge you to take it."

Today, I received the COVID-19 vaccine.\n\nTo the scientists and researchers who worked tirelessly to make this possible \u2014 thank you. We owe you an awful lot.\n\nAnd to the American people \u2014 know there is nothing to worry about. When the vaccine is available, I urge you to take it.pic.twitter.com/QBtB620i2V
— Joe Biden (@Joe Biden) 1608598500

Biden received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 13, 2022. The official White House Twitter account shared a video of Biden being vaccinated against COVID-19.

President-elect Biden received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine because he trusts scientists.\n\nOur administration is committed to doing everything possible to ensure every American has all the information they need to get vaccinated.pic.twitter.com/9FzLEeqwOi
— The White House (@The White House) 1610560869

According to the Our World in Data website, there were nearly 19 million Americans who had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by President Biden's Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2021. There were 3.5 million Americans who were fully vaccinated by the time Biden became president.

The White House's tweet was fact-checked by CNN and the Washington Post – both of which are generally friendly outlets to the Biden administration.

The Washington Post's resident fact-checker Glenn Kessler stated, "Who’s manning the @WhiteHouse Twitter account? Delete this false tweet. Biden himself has said 8% of seniors had gotten the vaccine on the day he took office. Biden was one of them."

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale wrote, "'There was no vaccine available' is very clearly false. More than 3 million Americans were fully vaccinated and more than 18 million had at least one dose by Biden’s Inauguration Day. Biden himself was fully vaccinated. Obviously became more widely available with time, but no doubt, and they’re free to tweet 'the vaccine wasn’t available to much of the public' or whatever. 'There was no vaccine available,' the end, goes way too far given that there were nearly 19 million people with shots, wrongly suggesting the whole rollout began under Biden."

Twitter reactions to the false statement came in fast and furious. Many commentators called for Biden's recently-created Disinformation Governance Board and the Department of Homeland Security-appointed misinformation czar Nina Jankowicz to correct the misleading statement from the White House.

CNN contributor Scott Jennings: "Joe Biden himself was vaccinated during the Trump administration, and we were doing one million shots a day when Biden was sworn in. These guys aren’t even trying anymore."

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas): "Will the new Ministry of Truth be fact checking this absurd propaganda from the White House? No vaccines? None? Seriously? Delete this tweet and stop disgracing the office."

Libertarian politician Spike Cohen: "Hey @DHSgov, how do I report a tweet to your new Disinformation Governance Board? The vaccine was available before Biden took office."

Fox News anchor John Roberts: "And.... @twitter appears content to let this go unchallenged."

Cultural commentator Michael Malice: "Their lies are becoming more explicit and more brazen They are using Twitter etc to literally script an imaginary universe."

Singer Phil Labonte: "The vaccine was available when Biden took office. There was not job 'creation.' The jobs existed before the shutdown. If Trump said this the whole of the establishment media would be fact jacking and there would be wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth over 'TRUMPS LIES.'"

Radio host Buck Sexton: "Biden regime propaganda isn’t just untrue, it’s pathetic."

Sports commentator Clay Travis: "The first sentence is a lie. Joe Biden, and millions of others, received covid shots before January 20th. The second paragraph is classic disinformation. These are not 'new' jobs, they are the jobs we shut down in March 2020. We still aren’t back to the March 2020 job numbers."

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.): "The Communist Ministry of Truth is in full force."

Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat: "This is inaccurate false information. I received my vax Dec 2020 when Trump was President thanks to Operation Warp Speed which was available to me & millions of others."

Former assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services Michael Caputo: "As a senior HHS leader on Operation Warp Speed I confirm this statement is false and misleading pandemic disinformation, a very clear violation of @TwitterSafety rules. The FDA authorized the first COVID19 vaccine for public use 12-11-2020."

Prominent immunologist now regrets voting for Biden



A prominent immunologist has come out to admit that he now regrets voting for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election because of the administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Dr. Hooman Noorchashm has held positions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and the Philadelphia VA Hospital, according to Drugwatch, a consumer advocacy organization of which Noorchashm is a contributor. Noorchashm has also assisted in acquiring grants from the National Institutes of Health, as well as "authored more than 65 articles, abstracts and reviews in peer-reviewed medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Immunology, Nature Medicine, American Journal of Transplantation, Critical Care Medicine, and Diabetes."

Noorchashm is a proponent of COVID-19 vaccines for those without natural immunity, and recently encouraged adults to "get vaxxed, if not immune." However, Noorchashm is sternly against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, especially for those who have "pre-established acquired immunity" to coronavirus.

Noorchashm is cited in a lawsuit arguing that Michigan State University's vaccine mandate should include an exemption for those who have COVID-19 antibodies. Jeanna Norris, a 37-year-old Michigan State administrative associate and fiscal officer, filed a lawsuit against the school claiming that she shouldn't need a vaccine because she contracted coronavirus in 2020 and recovered, and thus has natural immunity.

"I consulted with Dr. Hooman Noorchashm on August 21, 2021 and August 26, 2021 about receiving a vaccine in light of my natural immunity. Dr. Noorchashm advised me that immunization was medically unnecessary," Norris said in a declaration, WDIV-TV reported on Aug. 30.

Noorchashm slammed Biden's White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in late August for an "irrational focus on mandated vaccination, instead of immunity," which he claims causes harm by not promoting determination of medical necessity and vaccinating already immune individuals.

The last straw for Noorchashm came when Biden announced his sweeping vaccine mandate last Thursday.

"LET ME BE CLEAR @POTUS: To mandate vaccination of any COVID-recovered American against his/her will is unscientific, unethical and illegal," Noorchashm wrote on Twitter. "@WhiteHouse U have overstepped and are operating in dangerous territory when it comes to already immune Americans. Cease and desist!"

Noorchashm, who voted for Biden in the 2020 presidential election, instantly regretted helping the Democrat get into the White House.

"I voted for Biden....As a McCain republican. It was an error and I now regret it," the immunologist tweeted on Friday morning. "Last night's chest beating press conference by @POTUS was one of the most destructive and divisive speeches ever given by a US president who claims 2 B a well-reasoned uniter, acting on science."

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There are multiple studies that point toward natural immunity being more robust than COVID-19 vaccinations.

Dr. Marty Makary, who also serves as a surgical oncologist and chief of the Johns Hopkins Islet Transplant Center and a professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in May that "natural immunity works."

Makary called the CDC's dismissal of natural immunity "one of the biggest failures of our current medical leadership," adding, "I never thought I'd say this, but please ignore the CDC guidance" if a person is vaccinated or has natural immunity.

Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked about a recent Israeli study that found natural immunity from previous COVID-19 infection provided longer-lasting protection against the Delta variant than two shots of the Pfizer vaccine. During his appearance on CNN, Fauci was questioned how he would respond to people who believe natural immunity is as effective or better than vaccines based on the new data.

Fauci, the White House's top adviser for the COVID-19 pandemic, responded, "I don't have a really firm answer for you on that."

Biden addresses Afghanistan catastrophe: 'The buck stops with me,' but it's also Trump's fault



President Joe Biden on Monday said he "squarely" stands behind his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan after the Taliban wrested control of the country from the U.S.-backed government Sunday.

In a speech delivered from the East Room of the White House, Biden said his national security team has been "closely monitoring" the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. He acknowledged that what the world witnessed in the past few days was the "rapid collapse" of the Afghani government and military to Islamist Taliban militants and blamed Afghanistan leaders for being incapable of or unwilling to fight a civil war on their own.

"Our mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to have been nation-building. It was never supposed to be creating a unified, centralized democracy. Our only vital national interest in Afghanistan remains today what it has always been: preventing a terrorist attack on American homeland," Biden said.

"As president, I am adamant we focus on the threats we face today in 2021, not yesterday's threats," he added.

The president defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, but offered few words about the disastrous way the U.S. withdrawal has unfolded.

"I stand squarely behind my decision," said Biden. "After 20 years, I've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces."

The president's speech on the situation in Afghanistan was initially unplanned. Biden was spending time away from public view at Camp David when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on Sunday. He was expected to remain at the presidential retreat but cut his time there short to return to the White House and deliver remarks on the horrific events taking place in Kabul as the U.S. continues evacuation efforts.

The only public image of Biden released during this time was a photo the White House published Sunday showing the president at an empty conference room table holding a video meeting with his national security team.

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Biden changed his schedule amid mounting pressure from Democrats and Republicans to address the unfolding catastrophe in Afghanistan. The president was hammered by both sides for being silent as the U.S. failed to fully evacuate thousands of Afghani interpreters and others who had assisted U.S. personnel for decades during the war against the Taliban.

"Why is Joe Biden hiding?" Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Sunday. "He should immediately address the nation and answer for the catastrophic situation in Afghanistan. Conference calls between cabinet secretaries and senators don't cut it in a crisis."

"There's no way to hide it. The situation in Afghanistan is another shame on this admin," Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) said. "Withdrawal was never going to be easy but it didn't need to come to this. The US must do everything in its power to help our partners & allies to safety & protect our national security."

White House officials have publicly admitted that the administration was caught off-guard by the speed with which the Taliban seized control of Kabul after U.S. forces began withdrawing on Biden's orders. A U.S. intelligence report leaked to Reuters last week estimated that the Taliban could capture Kabul within 90 days. But by Sunday, Taliban soldiers seized the presidential palace and overthrew the Western-backed government. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was forced to flee the country.

The Afghanistan military, which received decades of training from U.S. forces, collapsed "more quickly than we anticipated," Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN Sunday.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan echoed Blinken's comments on Monday, telling NBC's "Today," "It's certainly the case that the speed with which cities fell was much greater than anyone anticipated, including the Afghans, including many of the analysts" watching the situation.

In response, the Biden administration ordered a total of 6,000 U.S. troops to return to Afghanistan to secure evacuation and withdrawal efforts from incursions by Taliban militants. Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, met face to face with Taliban leaders Sunday in Doha, Qatar, to inform them that interference with U.S. evacuation efforts at the airport in Kabul would be met with force.

Desperate Afghani citizens have swarmed the Hamid Karzai International Airport seeking to board U.S. military flights and flee the country. Horrific videos posted to social media show the airport in utter chaos, with people clinging to departing U.S. aircraft and falling to their deaths after the planes took off.

The chaos forced U.S. troops to temporarily suspend evacuation efforts and fire warning shots to dissuade the crowd from surging at departing flights. Witnesses told Reuters that at least five people were killed at the airport as hundreds tried to force themselves onto U.S. aircraft. A U.S. official said said the military fired shots into the air in an attempt to scatter the crowd. It's unclear whether the victims died by gunfire or by stampede.

Several former Obama administration officials have come forward to publicly criticize Biden's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said Sunday the Biden's administration had "a total lack of coordinated, post-withdrawal planning" and called the deteriorating situation a "self-inflicted wound."

David Petraeus, who served as CIA director under President Obama, said in an interview that the Taliban's conquest of Afghanistan was "disastrous" and "catastrophic" for the world.

"This is an enormous national security setback and it is on the verge of getting much worse unless we decide to take really significant action," he warned.

Biden on Monday insisted that his national security team was "clear-eyed about the risks" of leaving Afghanistan, which included the possibility that the Taliban would overrun the Western-backed government, but he argued that continued U.S. military presence in the country wouldn't have made a difference since the government in Afghanistan couldn't stand on its own.

"Afghanistan's political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight," Biden said.

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"If anything, the developments of the past week reinforced that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision. American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves," he added.

"We gave them every tool they could need. We paid their salaries," Biden continued. "We gave them every chance to determine their own future. We could not provide them the will to fight for that future."

The president also laid blame on his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for negotiating a deal with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan in the first place. He said the choice he faced was to follow through with withdrawal or escalate the conflict in Afghanistan by sending thousands of U.S. troops into the nation's third decade of war.

"American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves," Biden declared.

Addressing his critics, he asked, "How many more generations of America's daughters and sons would you have me send to fight Afghanistan's civil war when Afghan troops will not?"

Concluding, Biden accepted "my share of responsibility" for what is happening in Afghanistan.

"I am president of the United States of America, and the buck stops with me," he said.

"I'm deeply saddened by the facts we now face, but I do not regret my decision to end America's war fighting in Afghanistan," the president added. "I cannot and will not ask our troops to fight on endlessly in another country's civil war."

After delivering his speech, Biden exited the East Room without taking questions from reporters. The White House announced that he will return to Camp David.