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Monday, October 24, 2022
'Middle Class Joe' loses his mojo with the middle class, new polling finds Majority in a recent AMAC-Trafalgar poll said President Biden doesn't care about the middle class. EDITOR’S NOTE—This section is reserved as an editorial and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.
Trump Organization setfor Manhattancriminal taxfraudtrial By Madeleine Hubbard The Trump Organization is set to go to trial in Manhattan on Monday as former President Donald Trump's company faces criminal tax fraud charges. The Trump company, but not Trump himself, is accused of helping some of their executives avoid paying income for benefits they received over and above their salaries, such as for rent-free apartments and luxury cars. The trial will begin Monday with jury selection, the Associated Press reported. Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty in August to taking more than $1.7 million in untaxed benefits from the company, is expected to be the prosecution's star witness. Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case comes to trial more than three years after prosecutors in his office first started investigating Trump. The former president's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have been in charge of the daily operations of the business since their father entered the Oval Office. The Trump Organization could face a fine of more than $1 million if convicted. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan expects the trial to take four weeks after the jury is seated, the wire service reported. (continue reading)
By Charlotte Hazard President Joe Biden built his political rise on a "Middle Class Joe" from Scranton, Pa., persona. But after nearly two years in the White House, most Americans don't believe he cares for the middle class. A Trafalgar poll conducted for the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) found nearly 55% of Americans believed Biden and his administration care less for the middle class than prior presidents. That total included 51.5% of respondents who answered "much less," 3% who said "somewhat less," 11.4% who said "somewhat more," and 31.7% who said "much more." Rebecca Weber, the CEO of AMAC, told Just the News the findings were a reflection of just how much Americans have soured on the consequences of the Biden agenda, such as soaring energy costs, historic inflation, rising crime and soaring illegal immigration. She added the alienation was even great among some of the Democratic Party's traditionally core constituencies. "This is really catastrophic for Biden, because 61% of Hispanics and 66.8% of Asians said Biden cares much less about the middle class," Weber said this week on the John Solomon Reports podcast. "Those numbers are quite huge."
"Average Americans are feeling it when we go to the pump," she added. "We have to remember that gas shot up more than 60% under Joe Biden. The nation is not safer today than we were just a few years ago." There are other warning signs for America's 46th president in the poll. Only 6.7% of voters believed Biden's explanations for inflation and most blamed the president.
dous number of of young people that disagree with the Biden proposal," she explained. "It could suggest that that generation is actually experiencing some of the left's punitive gender indoctrination in schools. So the young folks are even against it." Weber predicted parents' rights — an issue that burst onto the scene with Glenn Youngkin's win in Virginia in 2021 — will play a big role in the congressional midterm elections.
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Houseconservatives must'slow downtheBiden regime'sdevastatingpolicies':Rep.AndyBiggs The House Freedom Caucus currently has 42 members, and it could become even larger after the Nov. 8 election.
By Nicholas Ballasy The conservative House Freedom Caucus should do everything it can to "slow down the Biden regime's devastating policies" in the next Congress, Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs told Just the News.
The caucus currently has 42 members, and it could become even larger after the Nov. 8 election. For comparison, the Tea Party Caucus established in "Over 52% point their 2010 during the presifinger at the Biden admin- "The federal government dency of Barack Obama istration as being respon- needs to stay out of the had 60 members in 2011, sible for inflation," Weber way and not be involved when the GOP took consaid. "69 percent of Lati- in parental decisions," trol of the House due, in nos are blaming the Biden Weber stated. "Parental large part, to the passage administration. That tells rights are so important. It's of the Affordable Care a big part of our freedom, Act, or Obamacare. us something. That tells us that people are fed up and confidence in public and we ought to be listen- schools is very, very low By 2013, the caucus had — only at 28%. dwindled to 48 members. ing." Former House Speaker "Safety is a major reason John Boehner often Another warning sign was that younger Ameri- they don't feel like their wrestled with Tea Party children are protected," cans seem disaffected Caucus members to garWeber added. "They also ner enough GOP votes to with Biden's pursuit of liberal ideology in public don't feel like they're pass spending bills and learning the basics such as raise the debt ceiling. education, especially inreading and writing and volving gender, Weber arithmetic. Instead, they're House Freedom Caucus said. being taught this gender Chairman Scott Perry lunacy. They're being released a memo recently "If you look at all of the age groups that are reject- taught how to become to assist newly elected ing gender indoctrination, leftist activists. They're conservative lawmakers being taught not to love you even see a tremenin navigating the legislaour nation." tive process. It encourages them to push back Bluecitiesbleeding:Homicideratessurging on the status quo in Washington.
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"This memo is important because it helps members understand what they may be up against in their efforts to keep their In fact, homicide rates campaign promises," rose by an average of said Biggs, a member of nearly 10% in 50 of the the caucus and its former most populated U.S. cities chairman. between the third quarter of last year and the third "For all members it’s a quarter of this year — and reminder that we have a are still rising — accord- tremendous responsibil(Continued on page 16) ity and opportunity to do all we can to slow down the Biden regime's devastating policies," he added. "We have to keep the trust of those who elect us by being active in the fight to restore this nation."
Less than three weeks before Election Day, a new study shows killings are on the rise, while polling indicates crime remains a top issue for voters.
By Aaron Kliegman As polling continues to show crime is a top issue for voters, the number of homicides has skyrocketed nationwide.
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casts are pointing to GOP House majority of between 221 and 232 seats. "Republicans must be united in opposition," the memo urges, "and allow our incoming freshmen reinforcements to arrive and take our anticipated majority in January so that they and the voters who will send them to Washington can have a voice on legislation to fund the government as well as any other must pass bills such as the National Defense Authorization Act." A united House Freedom Caucus of more than 40 members will have enough power to significantly influence legislation. On the campaign trail, Republican candidates are arguing that Washington's increased spending is fueling the record levels of inflation the nation is experiencing. The House GOP's "Commitment to America" agenda advocates sharply reducing federal spending. "Everyone knew that wasteful Washington spending would spur inflation," reads the agenda. "Millions in hardworking taxpayer dollars were sent to luxury resorts and ski slopes, even stimulus checks to prisoners like the Boston Marathon bomber. Yet after more than a year of crushing inflation, Democrats still have no plan to solve it. Americans can't afford Democrats' policies, but we are certainly all paying for them." House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a recent interview that he would consider pushing for federal spending cuts in exchange for a vote to raise the debt ceiling. McCarthy has yet to share his reaction to the House Freedom Caucus memo. His office did not return a request for comment before press time.
