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NEWS ROUNDUP: JULY 20th

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Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some recent news stories.

IN JULY OF 2021 JOE BIDEN CLAIMED “NO SERIOUS ECONOMIST IS PREDICTING HIGH INFLATION.” The working class and the poor are paying the price for Biden’s inflation thanks to his and his “experts'” monumentally bad judgment.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS HELP DEMOCRATS ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ AND ILHAN OMAR FAKE THEIR PROPAGANDA PRETENDING THEY WERE HANDCUFFED AT DEMONSTRATION IN WHICH SEVENTEEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE ARRESTED. More HERE. And the media wonder why people are so aware of their pro-Democrat or pro-Republican biases.

biden off bike“BRANDON FALLS.” COURAGEOUS POLITICAL DISSIDENTS MOCK THE FASCIST BIDEN REGIME BY MAKING A TOURIST DESTINATION OF THE PLACE WHERE THE UNFIT MAN FELL WHILE ON HIS BIKE. Hilarious! Ugly political trash like Joe Biden can’t stand being ridiculed.

MORE COURTS RULING THAT CERTAIN STATES VIOLATED THEIR OWN ELECTION LAWS IN THE FOREVER TAINTED 2020 ELECTION. Scrutiny of that most corrupt election since 1876 and 2000 must continue, to try preventing repeated abuses.

biden frowningCAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN GREETED IN MA WITH CHANTS OF “LET’S GO BRANDON.” Heroic American dissidents strike again. 

THE DEMOCRATS OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTINUE THEIR PLANS TO SILENCE CRITICISM OF THEIR POLITICAL PARTY CLOSE TO ELECTION DAY. It will be like the way they buried the proven TRUE reports about the Hunter Biden/ Joe Biden scandals in 2020.  Continue reading

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MOTHER JONES: DEMOCRATS VS THE REST OF US – JULY 17th

mother-jonesOnce again, Mary Harris Jones – aka Mother Jones – speaks with Balladeer’s Blog despite having passed away in 1930.

MOTHER JONES: Thank you, Balladeer, now if you’ll kindly shut your mouth I’ll proceed –

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY – EVEN MORE EVIDENCE ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S ENTANGLEMENT WITH HIS UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN’S RACKETS. Mother Jones: The Bidens deserve a RICO investigation.

BIDEN REGIME’S INFLATION CONTINUES TO CRUSH THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR. More HERE.  Mother Jones: Joe Biden is a callous and uncaring monster.

JOE BIDEN’S POLICIES SERVED TO MASSIVELY LOWER THE REAL INCOME OF THE WORKING CLASS. Mother Jones: Like I said above … 

PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTERS THE PELOSIS TO CASH IN ONCE AGAIN; BUY STOCKS AHEAD OF CONGRESSIONAL VOTE. More HERE.  MJ: Corruptocrat Nancy and her husband try to show the Bidens how it’s done.

biden sidewaysUNFIT JOE BIDEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST – BLUNDERS AND BLITHERING FROM START TO FINISH. More HERE, Video HERE, and HERE, More HERE, and HERE, and HERE, and HERE, and HERE. MJ: In contrast, Biden’s predecessor was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his statesmanship in the Middle East.  Continue reading

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JOE BIDEN ATROCITIES: JULY 13th

Here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog it’s been several days since I last looked at the disastrous regime of the selected but not elected (just like the repulsive George W. Bush) Joe Biden.

joe biden slovenly messBIDEN CRIME FAMILY BLASTED FOR SELLING U.S. OIL RESERVES TO A CHINESE COMPANY LINKED TO JOE’S UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN. More HERE. Hunter’s influence-peddling still going on?

DEMOCRATS’ OWNERS IN BIG PHARMA (IN THIS CASE PFIZER) SPONSOR A “LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE” FOR THEIR POCKET POLITICIANS. Life in the Biden Regime’s corporate fascist kleptocracy continues. 

BIDEN REGIME’S COMMERCE SECRETARY ADMITS THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT CHINA WILL RECIPROCATE IF JOE BIDEN LIFTS TARIFFS ON THAT NATION. Buying Joe Biden was the best investment that the Chinese government ever made.

biden confused and fearfulA LOOK AT JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF CROOKED JOE BIDEN BEING CAUGHT IN HIS FAMILY’S CORRUPTION

JOE BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATINGS STILL DOWN IN THE 20 PERCENTILE RANGE. They’ve been at 28 or 29 percent depending on which poll you go by. De facto Third Party President Donald Trump beat Biden’s approval rating by DOUBLE-DIGITS at the same point in his first term. 

REPEAT CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENDERS CONTINUE TO JUST WALK BACK ACROSS THE BIDEN REGIME’S UNSECURED SOUTHERN BORDER EVEN AFTER BEING DEPORTED. And there are still no plans by Biden to even TRY securing said border. In fact the Regime continues to persecute Border Patrol Agents, apparently to send a message that enforcement of immigration laws will result in punishment swift and sure.

biden bloodIN DEMOCRAT-RUN PHILADELPHIA, CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 10 AND 14 FILM THEMSELVES LAUGHING AS THEY BEAT A 73-YEAR-OLD MAN TO DEATH. Will Democrats insist that statues be built for the participants in the video?

JOE BIDEN’S INFLATION RISES EVEN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. The Regime’s war on the working class and the poor continues. Continue reading

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ANOTHER BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN LEAVES THE DEMOCRATS BEHIND PLUS MORE

youtuber misha petrovHere at Balladeer’s Blog I’ve written plenty over the years about how the increasing derangement, intolerance and fascism of the Democrats drove me to leave that political party and become an Independent Voter. Periodically I shine light on other people who have come to feel the same way. Here are several:

Misha Petrov did a YouTube video that made a lot of news lately as she joined so many of us in recognizing how hate-filled the Democrats have become. The link to the full piece is below but first some excerpts –

democrat republican other“The video centered around how Petrov had considered herself a Democrat like most people her age. She was neck-deep in leftism, especially in her university … She couldn’t get through a math class without it being woke. Soon, Petrov found herself unable to continue identifying with the left and as her video states, she left it. This includes her university which had sunk so far into wokeness that it stopped being a place of learning.” (NOTE FROM BALLADEER: Which is why I often refer to how Democrats have distorted the educational system into a church of irrational thought and political intolerance.)

“Petrov would be pushed further away from the left as her university descended into madness. Men would walk into women’s restrooms under the claim they were trans but would put no effort into looking like a woman at all, and assignments from professors would focus on identity politics and trigger warnings. Soon, Petrov would walk away from the hypocrisy and infantilization she was being forced to embrace.” Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP: JULY 7th

democrat republican or awakeIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the latest news. 

BIDEN REGIME CALLED OUT FOR INTERFERING WITH INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY.

WHILE THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR SUFFER AT THE PUMP, BIDEN RELEASES U.S. RESERVE PETROLEUM TO HIS OWNERS IN CHINA. Buying Joe Biden was the best investment the Chinese government ever made.

BIDEN CAMPAIGN SURROGATE SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

HARVARD-HARRIS POLL: DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR POLITICAL FIGURE. More HERE, and HERE 

IN THE WAKE OF THE EXPOSE TITLED “RIGGED,” TWENTY-FIVE STATES PASS LAWS BANNING PRIVATE MONEY FROM TAINTING ELECTIONS LIKE IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.  This is why it is so crucial to keep investigating 2020’s corrupt election, so that steps can be taken to prevent a recurrence in future elections.

biden ordered through the mailNEW YORK SUED FOR FAILING TO REMOVE INELIGIBLE VOTERS FROM THE ROLLS. As I mentioned above, there is a long way to go in fighting entrenched Democrat vote fraud. 

TRUMP-ENDORSED SENATE CANDIDATES GO UNDEFEATED SO FAR IN THE 2022 PRIMARIES. 

BIDEN REGIME’S POLICIES SEND THE STOCK MARKET TO A FIFTY YEAR LOW. Joe Biden is a complete disaster. Continue reading

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JOE BIDEN IS AS DEMENTED AS KING GEORGE III WAS CRAZY

Joe Biden took time out from warring on the working class and the poor and collecting graft as the head of the Biden Crime Family to offer this stirring message headed into the Fourth of July holiday recently. 

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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2022

American flagBalladeer’s Blog wishes a happy birthday to the USA! What happened in early July of 1776 certainly needs no rehashing so in keeping with my blog’s theme of addressing more out of the way subjects this post will examine various events that took place on other July 4ths throughout American history.

JULY 4TH, 1778 – George Rogers Clark led his rebel forces in taking the British stronghold of Kaskaskia, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers. Clark and his Rangers were on a mission for then-Virginia Governor Patrick Henry.

JULY 4TH, 1783 – The Massachusetts Supreme Court is finalizing its written decision holding that slavery has been illegal in the state since adoption of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights in 1780. Continue reading

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CASIMIR PULASKI: REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO

pulaski picCASIMIR PULASKI (1747-1779) -Obviously from my last name I’m Polish-American and therefore grew up immersed in the role played by Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko in America’s War of Independence. I’m often surprised by how comparatively unknown they are to the public at large, so in keeping with Balladeer’s Blog’s theme here’s a look at Pulaski. I’ll cover Kosciuszko separately.

Casimir Pulaski began fighting against tyranny when he was 21 years old. In 1768 he served in the Bar Uprising against Russian domination of Poland. The uprising was facing overwhelming odds and was deemed hopeless, but it became a minor cause celebre around the western world as the fierce insurgents kept the war going through four long years.

statue of pulaskiThe war never became as romanticized as the later Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Turks, but the conflict drew attention to Russian totalitarianism and to the abilities of Polish officers like Casimir Pulaski. In fact, it took an invasion by Russian-allied Austria and Prussia to help Russia put down the rebellion in 1772.

Pulaski and other Polish soldiers from the Bar Uprising flirted with an alliance with Turkey against the Russians but when the Ottomans made peace with Russia in 1774 that possibility was eliminated. By December of 1776 Casimir was living in Paris where, the following spring, he was introduced to Benjamin Franklin, one of the American Commissioners in France.

pulaski statueFranklin was impressed with what he could learn about Pulaski and sent him on to America with a letter of introduction to George Washington. Franklin described the Pole as “an officer famous throughout Europe for his bravery and conduct in defence of the liberties of his country against the three great invading powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia … may be highly useful to our service.”

Casimir told Washington “I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it.” During the summer of 1777 the 30-year-old Pole was made Chief of Cavalry by Congress. Continue reading

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LUKE RYAN: PRIVATEER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Luke RyanThe 4th of July is fast approaching, so Balladeer’s Blog will be squeezing in a few more holiday-themed posts up til then. In the past I’ve examined Revolutionary War privateers like John Haraden and Silas Talbot. This time around I’ll take a look at the controversial Luke Ryan.

Ryan was born in 1750 in Rush, Ireland and by the late 1770s he was an established smuggler. Captaining his ship the Friendship, Luke got commissioned in February of 1778 as a privateer for the British but would later switch to the American side.

The Friendship, with its 14 cannon and 60-man crew, sailed as a privateer vessel for King George III until April of 1779. Captain Ryan couldn’t resist pulling a side hustle against his ostensible employer England by smuggling some goods from Dunkirk, France to Rush, Ireland.

ryan's shipSome of Ryan’s crew didn’t like the way the spoils were divided from this extracurricular activity and informed the authorities about Luke’s smuggling offense. The Friendship was seized and hauled to Poolbeg and all crew members on board were arrested, then thrown into Black Dog Gaol. This happened on the night of April 11th into 12th. 

Luke was not among those men on board at the time, so he organized a raid to bust his men free from Black Dog. The raid succeeded, following which the freed men and their liberators went to Poolbeg where they stole aboard the impounded Friendship and overpowered the guards.

The recovered vessel sailed to Rush before daybreak and with 18 additional men signing on, it was on to Dunkirk. Captain Ryan and his crew had committed a hanging offense by taking back the Friendship, so they decided to switch sides and become privateers for England’s enemies. Continue reading

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HOW DEMOCRATS LOST THE WORKING CLASS

democrat republican otherWe need alternate political parties here in the United States. The working class and the poor are ignored and demonized by both major political parties. Yes, there was a time when things were different but pretending nothing changed won’t help the situation. Both major parties are corporate-owned. 

It’s difficult to remember a time before it became a hopeless cause. Let’s take a brief look at November 15th of 2016, when the British news outlet the Guardian of all papers acknowledged how the Democrats of 2016 had more in common with Republican pigs like the Bush Family and the Cheneys than they did with former Democrat presidents like Franklin Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy.

Back in that November the Guardian (link below) observed “The Democratic party once represented the working class. But over the last three decades the party has been taken over by Washington-based fundraisers, bundlers, analysts, and pollsters who have focused instead on raising campaign money from corporate and Wall Street executives and getting votes from upper middle-class households in “swing” suburbs.” Continue reading

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