As House Republicans move toward a floor vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has again mischaracterized evidence of payments from Hunter Biden to his father.

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In an email to reporters, a spokesperson for Comer claimed that the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Biden, had obtained bank records revealing that Hunter Biden’s law firm, Owasco PC, which had received payments from Chinese-state-linked companies and other foreign companies in the past, made direct monthly payments to Joe Biden. The email claimed the payments “are part of a pattern revealing Joe Biden knew about, participated in and benefited from his family’s influence peddling schemes.”

The three payments of $1,380 that occurred in September, October and November of 2018 — nearly two years after Biden had left the vice presidency — were actually for a 2018 Ford Raptor truck Joe Biden had purchased that Hunter Biden was using, according to an email verified by a Washington Post forensic analysis.



“There Chairman Comer goes again - reheating what is old as new to try to revive his sham of an investigation,” Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement. “The truth is Hunter’s father helped him when he was struggling financially due to his addiction and could not secure credit to finance a truck. When Hunter was able to, he paid his father back and took over the payments himself.”

Joe Biden signed for the truck and had it in his name — at a time when Hunter was in the depths of addiction, had a low credit score and couldn’t make the purchase himself, according to a person close to the Bidens, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private matter. The truck was used only for a limited time, going back to the dealer about a year after the purchase.
Other expenses listed in the email verified by The Post included payments for health insurance, college and high school tuition for Hunter Biden’s children, the Yale Club and a storage unit.



A spokesperson for the Oversight Committee used the fact that the payments came from one of Hunter Biden’s accounts that also included money from a Chinese energy conglomerate to suggest something more nefarious than they have so far proved.
“There is now a pattern of members of the Biden family using their bank accounts that have been funded by Chinese and other foreign entities to send money to Joe Biden,” the spokesperson said. “Based on witness testimony, Joe Biden knew and participated in his family’s influence peddling schemes. The checks and payments we’ve uncovered reveal Joe Biden benefitted from them.”
Comer has consistently oversold or misrepresented the committee’s investigative findings as he has argued to initiate impeachment proceedings. Last month, Comer trumpeted a $200,000 loan repayment Joe Biden received from his brother James Biden. Comer sought to paint the personal check in nefarious terms, alleging without evidence that it showed that Joe Biden had indirectly received payments from his family’s foreign business dealings.
When presented with a bank record of the wire payment that showed the $200,000 payment to James Biden had originated from the president’s attorney trust account, Comer baselessly accused the law firm representing Joe Biden of money laundering.

Gettin' some backlash, from the non-Woke crowd...



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I think we'll see some lawsuits, just not sure how fast, right? By ISU and Iowa athletes?

Paul Newman's finest film?

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Still waiting on some clarification on whether Goodman graduated last semester or will do so this spring — conflicting info out there — but in the meantime, here's my story on the beloved teammate and post presence trading her basketball uniform for nursing scrubs after this postseason.

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Iowa women’s basketball fourth-year point guard Caitlin Clark has declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft, the star announced Thursday on social media. In doing so, Clark forgoes her fifth and final year of eligibility, which was granted due to COVID-19.

NCAA wants iowa women in the final 4? Does that imply officiating going to favor hawks?

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Hadn't seen this posted anywhere, Taylor's tweet after the Gophers game is awesome

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Influenced CC's decision one way or another? It is obvious that she cares very much about her stat line. Not really a knock as most athletes are. I'm sure she wants to be remembered as someone who didn't need the extra year for her greatness. With most of the uneducated comments about her starting after Swoopes' ridiculous statements, I do think it made her decision to leave much easier.

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Diapers Joe Biden is not doing well in the eyes of a vast majority of Americans.

1. Wyoming

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 83%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 16%

2. North Dakota

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 77%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 19%

3. Nebraska

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 72%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 26%

4. Tennessee

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 71%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 26%

5. South Dakota

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 71%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 29%

6. West Virginia

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 69%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 30%

7. Indiana

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 68%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 30%

8. Oklahoma

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 67%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 25%

9. Idaho

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 66%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 21%

10. Arkansas

• President Biden's estimated disapproval rating: 65%
• President Biden's estimated approval rating: 31%

I won't list them all but you get the picture, things look bleak for Diapers Joe in November.

New York AG Letitia James Announces War on Beef in Latest Move Sure to Scare Away Business​

Judging by her recent actions, it seems that New York State's Attorney General Letitia James is determined on chasing all viable business out of the state.

It would at least explain why she's virulently targeting a major beef producer hot on the heels of slapping a multi-million dollar fine on Donald Trump and his business for the crime of being Donald Trump.

Released on Feb 28, The office of the New York State Attorney General shared a news release explaining James' newfound vendetta.

According to this news release, James has filed a lawsuit against the American branch of the JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings, alleging that this company, which is the largest producer of beef products in the world, has misrepresented their "environmental impact."

After all, in a state whose largest city is degenerating into a drug-infested, crime-ridden hellhole, while facing a staggering illegal immigrant crisis, the priority of their attorney general should prosecuting companies for supposed environmental crimes.

The news release goes into detail the major reasons behind this puzzling move, claiming that, though JBS USA has pledged to reduce its greenhouse emissions to net zero by 2040, they have the audacity to ramp up beef production during this horrific "climate crisis."

From there we descend into hysterical claims regarding how damaging to the environment beef production supposedly is, with the news releases describing the excessive amount of greenhouse gases released by the beef industry and animal farming in general, before castigating JBS for its supposed failure to adhere strictly to arbitrary environmental regulations.

Among those failures are JBS driving deforestation in the Amazon, producing some 71 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, and making claims such as "We will cut our own emissions by 30% in 2030 and eliminate Amazon deforestation from our supply chain within five years," despite, James' office alleges, not measuring their initial emissions before making that claim, and receiving a warning from the Better Business Bureau to stop making such misleading claims.

James says that "When companies falsely advertise their commitment to sustainability, they are misleading consumers and endangering our planet. JBS USA’s greenwashing exploits the pocketbooks of everyday Americans and the promise of a healthy planet for future generations."

The news release then describes the penalties James seeks to exact from the company, from ceasing its Net Zero ad campaign, to paying "disgorgement" of their "ill-gotten gains," and finally paying penalties of "at least" $5,000 per violation.

And to conclude, this release descends into a nauseating display of environmental virtue-signaling and stroking of James' ego by her fellow New York lawmakers and other environmental advocates.

Of course, the entire basis of this lawsuit is flimsy beyond measure, and almost as bad as the obviously politically motivated vendetta against Trump.

The entire news release is riddled with the most shameless climate alarmism, dressing up James' intentions with the pretext of prosecuting JBS for its misleading claims, but it's clear her real axe to grind is with the beef industry as a whole.

Indeed, they give away the game in the first paragraph, claiming how JBS's increase in production will increase their "carbon footprint."


Of course, any increase in meat production is an unforgivable sin for these leftists.

Following close on the heels of James' prosecution of Trump (whose alleged crimes were nothing but a pretext to bankrupt his campaign), it's becoming clearer by the day that James is dead set on using her powers as attorney general to push a radical left-wing agenda.

Why would any business want to set up shop in New York when they could be instantly ruined by the whims of a radically progressive attorney general?

James should probably spend more time thinking about the good of her state instead of pursuing her radically progressive agenda to the exclusion of everything else.

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Breanna Stewart won this year's WNBA MVP award. She plays for New York, the largest market in sports. Her huge payout in her new MVP contract...$190,000 per year. The average attendance at her New York team's home games in the nation's largest city playing for the WNBA's best team...7,700 people. Average television coverage? None. And again, this is for the star of the league.

How could anyone in the Hawkeye media (most of them are doing it) argue Clark should bolt to the WNBA with another eligibility remaining? They clearly don't understand the best player in that entire league makes $190,000 playing in empty arenas and no one's ever heard of her? What endorsement deals does that generate?

Compare Stewart with Caitlin's situation at Iowa. She's in her home state where she's treated like a god. Her parents drive 90 mins to attend all of her games. Her friends come to the games. She plays in front of 15,500 Hawk fans every week. Even her road games and the Big 10 tourney are sold out. She's good friends with her teammates and loves her coaches. Because Iowa plays on national tv (unlike any WNBA teams), Caitlin has been able to score HUGE NIL deals. She dominates enough to score 30+ and 10 assists per game which won't likely happen in the pros. And best of all, she makes over $1,000,000 per year doing what she's doing right in her home of Iowa City.

No athlete has ever had a better situation in college sports than Clark. It would be foolish to think the grass is greener in the WNBA wasteland where all stars quickly fade into irrelevance. Just look at how last year's women's college basketball star turned out. Ailya Boston played in the Final 4 and was the #1 overall draft pick. Her #1 pick contract was for just $75,000 this year. She played for the last place team in the league in front of just 4,000 fans per game! Were her games televised? Of course not. No one's watching that.

Clark's situation would be similar. Clark will be drafted #1 and go to the league's worst team. Like with Boston, her rookie contract would be in the $75,000 range and her games will not be televised. Without TV, her appeal wanes and her NIL deals dry up. She also has zero built in fans who rabidly follow her team like Caitlin gets with wearing the black and gold. Hawkeye fans were rabid before Clark and they'll be rabid after Clark. You can't say the same about any WNBA team. I guarantee the vast majority of Hawk fans who tune into Clark do it because she has Iowa on her Jersey. Most aren't going to give a second thought to a WNBA regular season game.

If Clark sits down with her family and really thinks it through, the decision to stay is a no-brainer. Will next year's team have a shot at a title? Probably not, as most of the starters graduate and Clark's coach already proved incapable of recruiting out of the transfer portal to add stars to compliment Clark on the roster. But Clark can be a mentor to incoming freshmen and leave a lasting legacy with the next generation of Hawkeye stars.

What ****ed up times we live in.

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The White House is considering executive action to restrict migrants’ ability to seek asylum at the US-Mexico border if they crossed illegally – a maneuver reminiscent of controversial action from the Donald Trump era and is sure to invite fierce backlash from immigration advocates and progressives.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Those finding a home have moved on to MAC schools and Utah State. Vines still hasn't found a landing spot. I question whether we really lost much.

Former #Iowa MBB assistant Kirk Speraw will be inducted into the IHSAA Hall of Fame as part of the 2024 class.

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