{"id":235614,"date":"2021-04-26T03:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T00:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T03:04:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T00:04:30","slug":"team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Team Biden is totally lost on the border and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a257232de987\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a257232de987\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_Biden_%E2%80%98Out_to_Lunch_on_Border\" >Conservative: Biden \u2018Out to Lunch\u2019 on Border<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_right_Housing_First_Fails\" >From the right: Housing First Fails<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary\/#Iconoclast_Green_New_Deals_War_on_Workers\" >Iconoclast: Green New Deal\u2019s War on Workers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_left_Save_Classics_at_Howard_U\" >From the left: Save Classics at Howard U<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/team-biden-is-totally-lost-on-the-border-and-other-commentary\/#Media_watch_NBCs_Columbus_Bungle\" >Media watch: NBC\u2019s Columbus Bungle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Team Biden is totally lost on the border and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/joe-biden-7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_Biden_%E2%80%98Out_to_Lunch_on_Border\"><\/span>Conservative: Biden \u2018Out to Lunch\u2019 on Border<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cOut to lunch\u201d might be \u201cthe kindest way to describe Joe Biden and Democrats these days on immigration,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/democrats-are-fooling-themselves-on-immigration-11618955116\">snarks The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Jason L. Riley<\/a>. \u201cIf they think they have a voter mandate to reverse restrictions advanced by the previous administration, even with the southern border effectively under siege, they\u2019re kidding themselves.\u201d As with \u201ctaxes, climate, court-packing,\u201d Team Biden \u201cis confusing the nation\u2019s rejection of Donald Trump with an endorsement of a progressive agenda.\u201d If that\u2019s what voters wanted, \u201cthe Democratic House majority wouldn\u2019t be so puny,\u201d and \u201cthe Senate wouldn\u2019t be evenly split.\u201d Trump\u2019s \u201cprioritization of border security resonated with millions,\u201d while Democrats\u2019 hard-left turn on the issue \u201cplayed a role in the party\u2019s underperformance among Hispanics last year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_right_Housing_First_Fails\"><\/span>From the right: Housing First Fails<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2016, \u201cLos Angeles voters <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved a $1.2 billion bond for the construction of 10,000 units for the city\u2019s homeless,\u201d making the city \u201cthe most significant testing ground for the \u2018housing-first\u2019 approach\u201d to homelessness, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2021\/04\/21\/the_shaky_foundations_of_las_housing_entitlement_for_the_homeless_773617.html\">reports Christopher F. Rufo at RealClearInvestigations<\/a>. \u201cFive years in, the project has been plagued by construction delays, massive cost overruns and accusations of corruption.\u201d The bare-bones apartments \u201chave construction costs similar to luxury condos,\u201d while 40 percent of costs go to \u201cconsultants, lawyers, fees and permitting.\u201d Meanwhile, \u201cunsheltered homelessness has increased 41 percent, vastly outpacing\u201d construction. And \u201ca range of studies\u201d show \u201cresidents of housing-first programs show no improvement regarding addiction and mental illness.\u201d Instead, the program \u201cprovides a stable residential environment for the homeless to live out their pathologies, subsidized by the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Iconoclast_Green_New_Deals_War_on_Workers\"><\/span>Iconoclast: Green New Deal\u2019s War on Workers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Green New Deal has made the \u201cmetamorphosis from a leftist fantasy into a serious political initiative\u201d as President Biden plans to \u201cimpose many of its goals through administrative diktats on gas-powered cars, land use, airplanes, any form of fossil fuel and nuclear power,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2021\/04\/23\/the-green-new-deal-will-impoverish-america\/\">laments Joel Kotkin at Spiked Online<\/a>. The first victim: \u201cpeople working in energy and fields that depend on reliable and affordable energy.\u201d With \u201cparticularly ludicrous\u201d proposals like replacing roads and planes with high-speed rail, \u201cdaily life under the Green New Deal would not only be more crowded, it would likely also leave more people poorer.\u201d The best hope is that a conflict between hard-left \u201cgreens and the plutocratic \u2018green\u2019 oligarchy\u201d will lead to \u201ca more reasoned, gradual and less <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ly regressive environmental approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_left_Save_Classics_at_Howard_U\"><\/span>From the left: Save Classics at Howard U<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Frederick Douglass \u201crisked mockery, abuse, beating and even death to study the likes of Socrates, Cato and Cicero,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/04\/19\/cornel-west-howard-classics\/?fbclid=IwAR3-9gogst3u2TR2tOOjdMOlZFmyjClUmO6hZ_WDsshPaT6VaeJn1MfwzrI\">recall Cornel West and Jeremy Tate at The Washington Post<\/a>, while the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. \u201cmentions Socrates three times in his 1963 \u2018Letter From Birmingham Jail.\u2019\u200a\u201d Yet historically black Howard University is dissolving its classics department, \u201cdiminishing the light of wisdom and truth that inspired Douglass, King and countless other freedom fighters.\u201d The anti-classics trend \u201cis a sign of spiritual decay, moral decline and a deep intellectual narrowness running amok in American culture.\u201d Our elites can\u2019t distinguish \u201cbetween Western civilization and philosophy on the one hand, and Western crimes on the other. The crimes spring from certain philosophies and certain aspects of the civilization, not all of them.\u201d Classics are vital for blacks, too: \u201cEngaging with the classics and with our civilizational heritage is the means to finding our true voice. It is how we become our full selves, spiritually free and morally great.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Media_watch_NBCs_Columbus_Bungle\"><\/span>Media watch: NBC\u2019s Columbus Bungle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>NBC\u2019s coverage of the killing of knife attacker Ma\u2019Khia Bryant \u201cwas an abomination,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectator.us\/topic\/anti-police-media-lebron-james-mob-bryant\/\">fumes Charles Lipson at Spectator USA<\/a>. The network sliced the part of the 911 call in which Bryant \u201ctrying to stab us\u201d was heard. It also \u201comitted the shot of the knife in the attacker\u2019s hand\u201d from the police body-cam footage, thus setting up a false racial narrative. \u201cTaken together, those two omissions completely erased the lethal threat to the victim.\u201d Has NBC apologized? \u201cOf course not.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board\u00a0<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Riley. \u201cIf they think they have a voter mandate to reverse restrictions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/joe-biden-7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[103386,43,70616,72402,71039,33487,991,70553,103004,1597,71544],"class_list":["post-235614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4-25-21","tag-editorial","tag-fast-takes","tag-green-new-deal","tag-homelessness","tag-immigration","tag-joe-biden","tag-los-angeles","tag-makhia-bryant","tag-nbc","tag-us-border"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}