- The GOP is conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Biden for alleged corruption, with the final outcome depending on evidence and Senate votes
- The House impeachment inquiry will force the media to inform Americans and also provide legal tools to access information readily
- The GOP must avoid overdoing the inquiry and stay focused on the alleged corruption of President Joe Biden
- If the case is not strong enough to get 67 votes in the Senate, the House must not impeach Biden
- The House should let the Court of Public Opinion decide in the 2024 election
In late July, former President Trump, campaigning in Erie, PA, received thunderous applause from his supporters with this line: “The Republicans are very high class,” he said. “You’ve got to get a little bit lower class…Any Republican that doesn’t act on Democratic fraud should be immediately primaried.”
Among modern leaders, Trump’s political acumen is unmatched. That mugshot in a Fulton County jail, where Trump deliberately scowled (there’s no law against scowling), was a brilliant moment for the campaign, which raised over $11 million in 24 hours. Trump’s martyr status is now cemented, even among many Independents who feel that the Left’s lawfare has gone overboard. Trump leads his GOP rivals by as much as 49%. He is tied with Biden in a general election matchup within the margin of error.
The Democrats are known to play dirty to win. Under the leadership of always-smiling but wily Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the party became “low-class” like never before. Joining hands with the media, they pushed the Russia-Russia-Russia scam, investigating Trump for two years under another Special Counsel. They manufactured evidence against Justice Brett Kavanaugh to derail his nomination. Using whistle-blower protections, they impeached Trump for a phone call when it is clear now that Trump had a point: The Biden machine was attempting to protect Hunter Biden in Ukraine.
But for Trump to plan revenge against the Democrats should he return to the White House – he repeated this call in Iowa rallies this past week – is politically unwise. Egged on by Trump, the GOP House is proceeding at full speed on an impeachment inquiry of President Biden and his son Hunter. Speaker McCarthy finally relented yesterday and signed off on the idea.
The impeachment inquiry serves two purposes. It will force the media to cover the issue of Biden’s family business dealings with foreign entities. Second, it will provide the GOP House with legal tools to quickly access information that various entities have withheld. Both are legitimate goals for the inquiry because mainstream media outlets have deliberately ignored covering the Hunter Biden story in detail.
The decision on whether President Biden should be impeached should depend on the outcome of the inquiry. The House GOP must impeach only if the country is ready for it and if there are 67 votes in the Senate to remove the President from office.
In a recent I&I/TIPP Poll, nearly two-thirds of Americans want action if it can be shown that President Biden and his family took bribes from foreign nations. Most Americans will support impeachment if the inquiry reveals solid evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors by the President. To save themselves, as politicians always do, Democrat Senators up for reelection would throw Biden under the bus rather than be thrown out of office in the 2024 election.
But, if there are not enough votes in the Senate, the GOP should not impeach in the House. The GOP would have achieved its objective of exposing corruption to the public via its impeachment inquiry. Even from a biased media, the drip-drip-drip negative stories will do more damage to the Democrats than any legal proceedings launched by the GOP, which could be considered partisan. The GOP can let the Court of Public Opinion be the final judge to vote Biden out of office in 2024, assuming that Biden does not resign before then and hand the reigns over to VP Kamala Harris.
In our opinion, the GOP should stay high class and not overdo the inquiry. Don’t focus on Hunter Biden – a Special Counsel is already looking at him. Besides, he is not running for office. Limit the investigation to the alleged corruption of President Joe Biden.
Voters will then appreciate that the GOP is different. They will recall that the extraordinary plan that the Left unleashed to hit Trump below the belt has continued to this day, going back to Trump’s inauguration day in 2017, when the Washington Post wrote, “The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun.” Broadcast coverage of Trump was 95% negative. After the Covid-19 outbreak, media reporting on the pandemic allowed negativity surrounding Trump to escalate even further.
Despite such media efforts and the Left’s aggressive behind-the-scene activities to change voting processes at the last minute, on election day 2020, Trump led, having won over 11 million more votes than in 2016. But as mail-in ballots trickled in, the AP called the race for President Biden four agonizing days later. Polls today show that more than 70% of Republicans believe the 2016 election was rigged to favor President Biden.
As the country reels under Biden’s extraordinary mismanagement, which includes a 40-year high in inflation, a war that is pushing America closer to a direct conflict with Russia, and an open southern border that is devastating cities and lowering the quality of life, the best advantage that Trump and the GOP can capitalize on is the public’s perception that, despite the aggressive tactics employed by the Left, they are ineffective at governing.
Theodore H. White, who wrote a series of popular political books called “The Making of the President,” said in 1965, quoting Napoleon: “Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself.”
The GOP should heed Napoleon’s advice and not Trump’s.
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1. Biden Admin Might Send Ukraine Yet Another Weapon It Once Ruled Out – DCNF
The administration is close to sending Ukraine the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), formerly considered a bridge too far in giving Kyiv the capability to strike Russia and risk major escalation.
ATACMS are “coming” and “on the table,” one U.S. official told ABC News.
If authorized, they would be available for rapid shipment to Ukraine as its military struggles to penetrate Russian lines and make progress in freeing occupied territory.
2. Putin Says Trump Charges Are ‘Politically’ Motivated – DCNF
Putin said the indictments are “good because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others democracy.”
“What’s happening with Trump is a persecution of a political rival for political motives, Putin said. “Everything that is happening with Trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons.
3. Putin Says Russia Developing Weapons Based On ‘New Physical Principles’ – Al Arabiya
Developing weapons based on new physical principles involves using novel technologies and principles of action. TASS reported that such weapons include laser, ultrasonic, radio-frequency arms, and others.
Last month, Putin said Russia offered its partners a wide selection of state-of-the-art weaponry in virtually all categories.
4. Russia Introduces Islamic Banking – Al Arabiya
As part of a two-year pilot program, Russia launched the Islamic banking system in four major Muslim-dominated regions – Chechnya, Dagestan, Tatarstan, and Bashkortostan.
Under the prevailing circumstances, the “diversifying opportunities created by Islamic banking have become particularly timely,” an academic adviser at Oxford University, Dr Diana Galeeva, said. “Serious consideration of Islamic finance and banking as an alternative to the Western system is partly driven by this reorientation.”
5. At What Level Will Saudi Arabia And Russia Stop Pushing Oil Prices Higher? – Oilprice.com
The first part of this revolves around the necessity or not of higher prices to keep these two economies afloat, or whether it is simply greed at work, a geopolitical power play, or any combination thereof.
The second part – at what level will they face overwhelming pressure from their customers to stop doing so? The first group of customers is the U.S. and its core allies, in which ever-increasing oil and gas prices have caused dramatic spikes in inflation and the interest rates required to combat it, making economic recessions more likely.
6. China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu Goes Missing Amid Leadership Shake-Up – WION
China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been conspicuously absent from public view for more than two weeks, prompting widespread speculation regarding his whereabouts and political future.
This unexpected absence comes amid recent changes in China’s leadership landscape and ongoing investigations into corruption cases within the military.
7. Pentagon Report Warns Of China’s Cyber Preparations For War After Networks Serving U.S. Military Bases Hacked – DCNF
China’s cyber power is intended to reduce the ability of the U.S. armed forces to operate, according to the Pentagon’s unclassified 2023 DoD Cyber Strategy Summary.
The strategy warns that China’s “malicious” cyber activity informs how it prepares for conflict. It comes after news of concerted Beijing-backed cyber attacks at networks that serve U.S. military bases in Guam and elsewhere.
8. ‘Couldn’t Be Clearer’: Top Air Force Leader Warns China Is Prepping For War ‘Specifically’ With U.S. – DCNF
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned that China is preparing for a war that the U.S. has “no modern experience with” during a speech at the 2023 Air, Space, and Cyber Conference.
Kendall said that the catalyst for a war with China would likely be Taiwan and evoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an example of an international war with no easy solution.
9. China Key To Preventing Possible Russia, North Korea Arms Deal, Expert Says – Al Jazeera
Any agreement will be an “alliance of convenience” and one in which China will tacitly have great influence in deciding the outcome, Fyodor Tertitskiy, a historian of North Korea and researcher said.
China is the largest trading partner and Moscow and Pyongyang’s most powerful political patron.
10. Iran To Spend Biden Admin Payment ‘Wherever’ They Need, Despite White House Assurances – DCNF
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Tehran would spend $6 billion shelled out by the administration “wherever we need it.” U.S. officials had stated that it was intended strictly for humanitarian purposes.
According to NBC, Raisi said that Iran has the “authority” to use the funds however it sees fit, raising questions about the terms of the deal.
11. North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward East Sea: S. Korean Military – Yonhap
South Korea’s military said that North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea.
Pyongyang’s latest saber-rattling came as its leader, Kim Jong-un, is going to Russia this week to meet with President Vladimir Putin.
12. Colombian Cocaine Output Soars To Record of About 1,700 Tons – Bloomberg
Satellite photos show the amount of land planted with coca, the raw material for making the drug, rose to 230,000 hectares in 2022, up 13% from the previous year.
The supply glut has led to rising purity in Europe and the U.S. and seizures everywhere from Africa to Asia to Eastern Europe. And it has turned once-peaceful Ecuador into one of the most violent countries in the world, as cartels fight for control of ports and routes.
13. Tantalising Sign Of Possible Life On Faraway World – BBC
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected a molecule called dimethyl sulphide (DMS). On Earth, at least, this is only produced by life.
The researchers stress that the detection on the planet 120 light years away is “not robust,” and more data is needed to confirm its presence. Researchers have also detected methane and CO2 in the planet’s atmosphere.
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