Morning Jolt: Biden’s Many, Many Wrong Assumptions

On the menu today: counting all of the erroneous assumptions that have guided the Biden administration's decision-making; wondering why congressional Democrats keep getting cold feet about legislation banning Chinese imports made with slave labor; the FDA continues to move at the speed of bureaucracy; and wondering just how rough Ben Affleck could’ve had it.

A Presidency Built Upon Erroneous Assumptions

If Biden administration officials find themselves in a morose mood as 2021 comes to a close, the holiday season will hopefully give them ample time to stare out the window and contemplate how so much went so wrong and what to do about it. Hopefully, they will come to accept that their system of beliefs about how the world operates proved to be inaccurate in many essential ways.

This happens, to varying degrees, to just about every elected official. They step into office thinking that the country and their state, district, city, or town works a certain way, then eventually reality intrudes, ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 16 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 16 2021 Biden's Many, Many Wrong Assumptions On the menu today: counting all of the erroneous assumptions that have guided the Biden administration's decision-making; wondering why congressional Democrats keep getting cold feet about legislation banning Chinese imports made with slave labor; the FDA continues to move at the speed of bureaucracy; and wondering just how rough Ben Affleck could’ve had it. A Presidency Built Upon Erroneous Assumptions If Biden administration officials find themselves in a morose mood as 2021 comes to a close, the holiday season will hopefully give them ample time to stare out the window and contemplate how so much went so wrong and what to do about it. Hopefully, they will come to accept that their system of beliefs about how the world operates proved to be inaccurate in many essential ways. This happens, to varying degrees, to just about every elected official. They step into office thinking that the country and their state, district, city, or town works a certain way, then eventually reality intrudes, ...   READ MORE

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