Keeping An Eye On The Biden Administration: ‘Biden shoe’ jokes circulate following Trump’s Sneaker Con shoe deal

February 20, 2024

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‘Biden shoe’ jokes circulate following Trump’s Sneaker Con shoe deal

Former President Donald Trump launched a golden sneaker line called “Trump Sneakers” on Saturday, the day after a New York judge ordered him to pay nearly $355 million at a civil fraud trial. The $399 sneaker sold out on the website by Saturday night. The sneaker craze over the weekend amid the 2024 presidential election […]

Biden touts that his administration has been in East Palestine, Ohio, ‘since day one’

President Joe Biden shared a social media post on Monday that highlighted his recent visit to East Palestine, Ohio, in which he claimed his administration has been there “since day one.” The president’s claim was met with criticism after he made his first visit last week, which was one year since the toxic chemical train […]

Biden now says he’s ‘happy to meet’ with Speaker Mike Johnson on Ukraine aid bill

President Joe Biden now says he’s “happy to meet” with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a reversal from his stance in recent weeks. Johnson has been trying to set up a meeting with Biden for weeks to talk about funding for the war in Ukraine and for border security, calls the president rejected but is […]

Alejandro Mayorkas impeached by House over border crisis after surviving vote last week

House Republicans have impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a contentious vote Tuesday evening, making the Biden administration official the first Cabinet member to be removed in nearly 150 years. The vote was the second attempt by House Republicans to impeach Mayorkas after they failed to do so last week in an embarrassing blow to House Speaker […]

Bill Maher suggests Biden bow out at DNC after he ‘stayed too long at the fair’

Talk show host Bill Maher shared his opinion Friday that President Joe Biden should remain a one-term president and drop out of the 2024 race during the Democratic National Convention. Maher made reference to his nickname for the president, “Ruth Bader Biden,” during his Friday episode of Real Talk with Bill Maher. He has used […]

Alejandro Mayorkas dodges impeachment by House over border crisis

House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a contentious vote Tuesday that will temporarily spare the Cabinet official from facing removal proceedings. Lawmakers voted by a narrow margin of 214-216 to reject the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, who was confirmed by the Senate in February 2021 to lead the department's […]