In late November 2014 -- before the rest of the world knew that American Martin O'Connor was about to be released from detention in Turkey -- the U.S. embassy in Istanbul sent an email to the State Department that was then forwarded to senior advisers to then-Vice President Joe Biden, the Obama White House point man for many foreign policy crises.
"The lead attorney for Mr. O'Connor reports that the court granted the detention appeal and he expected Mr. O'Connor to be released from jail today, barring any unforeseen problems," the U.S. embassy in Instanbul wrote in an email that got forwarded to top Obama administration security and diplomacy officials, including current Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland. "Mr. O'Connor will not be allowed to leave the country until his next hearing which is set for December 11, 2014. The lawyer expressed confidence that he will be able to leave after that hearing. The attorney is handling his release arrangements, pick up and temporary housing near his law firm's office. Istanbul consular plans to speak with Mr. O'Connor after his release."
State Department officials forwarded the information to the vice president's office, where Biden aide Colin Kahl (now President Biden's Undersecretrary of Defense for Policy) sent it to the private email account robinware456@gmail.com. It wasn't just any private account. It was one of three pseudonym accounts used by Joe Biden.
Soon after the then-vice president would forward the information to his globetrotting son Hunter Biden with the subject line "Fwd: Mr. O'Connor Being Released from Detention today."
The email is one of more than a dozen that Just the News obtained and reviewed over the last two years showing how Joe Biden's personal email accounts were sometimes used during his first White House tenure to forward government information or discuss government business with his son.
The practice is now at the center of the expanding congressional investigation into the Bidens' foreign business dealings as House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer demands the National Archives turn over unredacted copies all emails Joe Biden sent his son and Hunter's top business partners during his time in the Obama administration.
As mentioned yesterday, Comer is demanding that NARA (the folks who cooked up the classified document case) turn over all emails from these pseudonymous accounts or on which Hunter Biden and Devon Archer were copied. He demands no further Democrat-protecting redactions.
At Redstate: leftwing CNN pundit John Avlon says thatBiden is "very obsessed" over media coverage of his crackhead Smartest Man I Ever Met; his aides are afraid to even mention Hunter Biden to him.
"There's deep reluctance, as this reporting shows, to raise this with President Biden because he has stuck by his sole surviving son--and he will. And in private also, I've heard reports that he's very obsessed with the negative coverage of Hunter. He's concerned about it, it's an irritant.
"And that's understandable. But not one that allies around him want to raise because it will derail a conversation," Avlon continued.
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "Well, Biden may be filthily corrupt, but at least he can still rely on the rock-solid support Americans give him for his masterful handling of the economy!"
And that's where you're wrong, Bucko. Very wrong.
An overwhelming majority of Americans are disappointed with President Biden's handling of the U.S. economy, according to a new poll released Thursday.
The poll, conducted by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found that just 36% of Americans approve of Biden when it comes to the economy, lower than his overall approval rating of 42%.
Biden's economy numbers remain as low as they were two months ago, despite weeks of pushing his "Bidenomics" messaging from the White House. According to the poll, 55% of Democrats say Biden should not run for president again, though 82% indicated they would vote for him if nominated.
The poll of 1,165 adults was conducted Aug. 10-14, using a sample drawn from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population.
That poll found 62% of respondents disapprove of Biden's handling of inflation, compared to 34% who said they approve. Inflation has remained stubbornly high in the U.S. with Americans spending hundreds of dollars more each month than they did two years ago.
Biden and former President Donald Trump, the two frontrunners for the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, repectively, are largely unpopular with Americans in polls.
So now you're thinking, "Well, he may be filthily corrupt and a one-man economy-killing machine, but at least he's a psychologically normal individual who does not have a list of carefully-rehearsed pick-up lines to use on children!"
Wrong again, Jive Turkey.
He made it awkward with one fell scoop.
President Biden raised eyebrows Wednesday when he invited children to join him on an ice cream run, telling the youngsters that "Daddy owes you."
"I want to say one thing to your children. I know some really great ice cream places around here and Daddy owes you, so talk to me afterwards," Biden, 80, told a packed crowd in the East Room of the White House, according to a clip shared on X (formerly Twitter) by RNC Research.
The seemingly off-script remark came during the octogenarian's speech marking the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The moment quickly made the rounds on social media, where Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) captioned a clip of Biden's comment with "#StrangerDanger."